University High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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IN THE Twenty minute periods, programs signed, unfamiliar classrooms found-thus the Fall i962 semester began at University High School. This traditional minimum day was a day of readjustment and first-cpinion form- ing for both teachers and students. Although Uni stu- dents were at the start of a new semester, they found themselves in the middle of several construction proiects. Along with the girls' gym still in the process of being enlarged and the new music building still cement fcunda- tions and wooden supports, was the auditorium remain- ing barren, awaiting installation of new seats. School spirit rebounded from a summer vacation lapse as the Varsity football team fooled the statisticians by winning their first games. Uni literally packed the stands as arribas cheered the team to success, and the vic- tory banner hung in the upper patio time and again. Uni was again Victory High as the Varsity basketball team won game after game, and terminated the season in the City Playoffs. Success came once more for Uni as the Varsity cross country team's harriers broke track records on the sloping U.C.L.A. course. The Uni Warriors showed strong enthusiasm as they supported the semester's activities. This semeter, once again, small cards printed with the Honor Spirit Code were passed out by the leadership class. Associated with Honor Spirit was a renewed drive for a clean campus. The Warriors expressed their appreciation for the work done by the P.T.A. by filling small brown envelopes with their contributions. The red feathers of the Community Chest were seen on Warriors as they contributed to this necessary drive. Tags bearing Because you can bring a can, made a prominent appearance cn Uni students as they shared the Christmas spirit with the not-so-fortu- nate. The musical interest and the gay colors of the Christ- mas assembly reminded Uni students of the meaning of the Holiday Season. To alleviate the seriousness of study at Uni, teachers and students presented the Fun Assem- bly, in which teachers characterized some student types at Uni. The Emerging Africa was a U.C.L.A. profes- sor's subject for a lecture given at the traditional Cali- fornia Scholarship Federation Invitational Assembly. U.C.L.A. came again to Uni, this time with blackboards to explain data processing at an assembly sponsored by the lVlath Club. The rituals of candidate presentation and installation were the beginning and end of busy weeks of campaigning that included a march around the campus, soap box speeches, and the handing out of cam- paign tags.

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FALL . The Miracle Worl4er, a demanding play for a high school drama production class, was successfully accom- plished on a single stage setting at one evening and two matinee performances. The bright orange of the Sun- downer sweater was seen for the last time on the Uni- versity High campus as the Senior A's presented the Graduation and Awards Assembly for the upper-classmen. The door to room l84 remained continually open for sign-ups during the Fall semester. First the Sundowners signed up for Graduation portraits for the Chieftain. Next, Warriors placed their names on a sheet of paper which would have to be signed three more times before the election results were final, thus exercising their pre- rogative as registered voters. Then, qualified Senior A's applied for Ephebian screeningg and with ballots printed on mimeograph paper, fellow Sundowners decided who the one-in-forty would be. Later, students wishing to run for Student Body Offices came to room l84 in order to sign the candidate's chart and receive their applica- tion forms. Finally the activity moved toward the Spring semester as Board sign-ups took place in IS4. Classwork gave way several times during the semester in order that Uni's traditional elections could take place. A closely guarded election result was out when the secret envelope was opened and the Girl of the Semester stepped out from among the Girls of the Mcnth at the fashion show entitled Strictly Female. ln their his- tory classes the A-l l's voted for their class name, color, and patchg and the A-ll council selected a committee to choose the new senior sweaters. The boys elected the semi-annual Sports Queen from among the nominees presented on the Graduation Terrace. The Sundowners voted for the one boy and one girl to receive the gold American Legion trophy presented at the Graduation and Awards Assembly. They also elected outstanding indi- viduals for the Senior Poll, revealed for the first time in the Senior Edition of the Warrior. By the close of the Fall semester the Band, Orchestra, and Choir had moved into the new Music Builclingg the Auditorium had new blonde seatsg and the Girls' Gym was in use. These buildings were new additions to Uni, but all the sports activities, the drives, the assemblies, the sign-ups, the elections are established traditions that will continue into the future. The semester came to a close as the underclassmen registered for their Spring classes and received their report cardsg the Sundowners came to the all-important day of graduation: and Uni- versity High School looked forward to a new semester.