University High School - Cub Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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THE FALL '16 CRENV Mi '1- -4- L QE

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Football Notes The seasons results: U. H. S ,,,,.,.,,.,,,, .... 5 Oakland 211d .............. .... 6 U. H. S ,,,,,,,, .... 5 Lick - Vtlilmerding .....,. ....... I O U. H. S ........ .... 3 Berkeley 2nd ............. .... 9 U. H. S ......., ..,. 3 Cogswell ,....,..... ....... 1 6 U. H. S ........ .... 3 Berkeley 2nd ....... ....... 6 U. H. S ........ ,... 5 Richmond ....... .... 6 U. H. S ......,. ....... I 4 Tech 2nd ..,.... ....... O U. H. S ........ ,... 3 Richmond ......,.. .... 5 U. H. S ........ .... 8 Oakland 2nd ........ .... O U. H. S ............................, 28 Commerce .................................. 3 if 251 wif all ri: The school, and especially the football team, is deeply indebted to the Leland Stanford jr. University for its unusual kindness in presenting the team with eighteen tickets to the Santa Clara rugby game. s: :e: :a :la Four men shone particularly this season. Many showed Flashes of brilliancy but Porter, Gilsenan, Reed and Wlright played consistent ball in all the games. Porter, first-Five, and Manager-elect, successfully. imitated Roy Fowler and Charlie Austin. His long, swerving dashes to goals were repeatedly executed, and he scored in almost every game. Dutch Gilsenan led the pack in a sensational manner. He is undoubtedly one of the best forwards around the bay and the team showed their appreciation of his work by electing him skipper for next year. Reed, the Eddie Mahan of the squad, accomplished remarkable things at full-back. Wlatch him next season. ::: :K :lf :if zz: :s The football team of '16 and the entire student body certainly owes a debt of gratitude to Captain Don XVright, who has directed the aniairs of the team in a way which has brought the best results possible. Not only did 'lTogo play a fastpconsistent game throughout the season. but he scored in almost every game, He kept up the best of good spirit throughout the season, despite defeat, and earned the respect and admiration of every fellow who played under him. The Student Co-operative Council NYC years and a half ago, when the school first started, the students wanted to have a student hody government. After much discussion the faculty decided not to have the usual form of student government, but to have a council presided over hy the principal and consisting of representatives from each high school major room. The council was an experiment last year, but it has now passed the experimental stage and has become the established student body government of the school. Last term the Council showed its interest in all the activities of the school by not only supporting our victorious crew, but

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also doing its utmost toward making the Shakesperian Pageant a big success. It showed its democratic spirit by fostering the athletics, and supporting the English department in its work. This term the school's activities have been confined almost entirely to ath- letics. The Council's prompt purchase of the suits for the football team showed the few fellows who turned out for football that the school had not entirely forgotten them. The inter-class activities have also had their share of support, a cup being put up for the girls, inter-class race. Activities of the school other than athletic, have been very few, the only one of any importance to come before the Council being the publication of the Cub Thus it is easily seen that the student government of this school works for the good of every activity in the school, and that the Student Co-operative Council merits loyal support. CHRISTOPHER -IENKS, '18. Crew NCE again the L'niversity lligh School Crew is triumphant. The Lake championship and aquatic honors are once more ours. lt had previously been decided to omit crew from the regular list of sports for the fall term, but when a Stockton trip and several cups loomed over the horizon, the school, with the old time loyalty, rallied to the support of its oarsmen. Real work commenced about the Erst of September in preparation for the Regatta which was to be held on the twenty-eighth of the following month. Four crews entered the contest. and. by the process of elimination in preliminary races, two crews were to be picked for the finals. Vocational High School, for the Hrst time, put a boat load of huskies on the lake, and won its three preliminary races, and entered the finals. ln our first race of the season, this crew defeated our Blue and Gold men by a half a boat length. A misfortune like this never quells Uni- versity spirit. This defeat, the first the school ever' suffered, only put an extra amount of fight in our men so that when the race with Berkeley High came, the University crew led to the finish by ive lengths. It was then necessary to beat Technical in order to come back at Vocational in the finals. In one of the best races of the season, the University High School crew took the honors from 'Technical by a narrow margin of three feet. A cup now seemed in sight. Only two days before the regatta, the l3ulletin,'l which was presenting the cups, refused to go on with the deal, and left the crews with nothing for which to' work. Pennants were im- mediately provided by the city so that the champions should have something to show for their endeavors. The twenty-eighth brought with it beautiful weather and high hopes of victory. These hopes were soon realized. From the Hrst shot of the gun to the time the flags were passed, the University High School Crew displayed its superior form and crossed the line three boat lengths in advance of the Vocational huskies.