University High School - Cub Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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five cents for an ice cream cone at Bill's was awarded each winner, said sum coming directly from the pocket of none other than the prin- cipal, Mr. Frank H. Boren. As is traditional in the school, comical attire made no difference in the perfect gravity with which recitations were conducted during class time, but du1'ing activities period, noon and after school, cos- tumes were admi1'ed, relics of grandmaas day were explained and fun-making was at its height. STUDENT TEACHERS' NIGHT OUT The Student Teachers associa- tion enjoyed a splendid evening in San Francisco's Chinatown, on Friday evening, October 22. The young professors met at the flower stand at the San Fran- cisco Ferry building. The first stop that was made by the small trolley that goes up Sac- ramento street, was made at a point, from which the large group of teachers toured through the Chinese night school. This holds session between the hours of five and eight in the evening. By check- ing at the door, it was found that there were eighty persons in the party, all of whom WC1'C utaggedf, so that if any chanced to st1'ay, they could be returned. After causing much disturbance at the school that the portals were closed and all classes dismissed, the gay brigade went on again. A French restaurant was the next resting place for the merry group, and to show their apprecia- tion of the excellent food, each table gave the cook a cheer. The teachers then felt that the Uni- versity of California's football team should also receive a yell which resulted in an Oski.,, The settlement house was next on the visiting list, after which, for twenty-five cents apiece, the party witnessed a Chinese show, of high class Chinese drama. Once inside the theater, the or- chestra was found to be in an up- roar. However, it was merely try- ing to accompany the heroine on what sounded like dish-pans. The drama proved interesting but it took the explanation of the door- man, whom they encountered on the way out, to make them under- stand that the performance was in HP3,I1llOI11lI1lC.,, R.O.T-C. DINNER ltlusic, gaiety, and food were some of the attractions offered at the R.O.T.C. fathers, and sons' dinner, that was held in the cafe- teria rooms on Friday evening, September 17. During the repast, wl1icl1 was the usual commendable result of the labors of the cafeteria staff, Eugene Charlesworthas Ambas- sadors entertained with numerous popular orchestra selections. After the singing of the school song, led by Rolph Burr and Frank Bowie, assistant yell lead- ers and officers of the unit, these 44

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Top-Left to right: Margaret Sanford, Nathan Rowley and Gilbert MacKay, mem- bers of the cast of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Lower 1eft:Eve1yn Bianchi, as the Spanish dancer in the Miniature Revue. Lower centerg Evelyn Graves, also of the. Miniature Revue. Lower right-Left to right: Elizabeth Billings and Phoebe Cooper,. as the Dandy and Belle in Reminiscences of 1890. 43

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same persons entertained with the Singing of an old favorite, NUni- versity I Love You, written by two graduates of this school, Hub- bard Moffitt and Harry Turner. The Needlessness of the War,,' was the subject on which the Rev. Oswald VV. S. McCall of the First Congregational church of Berke- ley, addressed the gathering. Re- marks were also heard from Mr. Frank Herberth, president of the Dads' club and Arthur Arlett, who represented the student body. A skit, the scene of which was laid in a cell where Mr. H. Cozens and Dr. C. C. Conrad had been sent to repent of speeding in Mr. Cozen's 1925 Ford, was presented by Captain Wlalter Vance and First Lieutenant James Ressigue. Jim Brown, a guest of the even- ing, offered two vocal selections which immediately followed the main event of the evening, the pre- sentation of the warrants and com- missions to the new officers for this semester. This dinner is said to be only the first of a series of such events to be held this term. .ff K5- g H T 'li RSJPYGRA. J s '?+fa:f,.+.'f e :1s. g, -g 1a:.f:'f J 1 W--....,f WI, 3234, 4. .as-11115-M - ' . x . 5, Q uai-!'GgQa1' ' H x . fl-:W-L Zsgiilu, ' ' ' '--z.,',3g,-.4-we-xx mg - ' ie? - 'A 1- Q- m W - -1-Q1 v ii - g,,,5,,.h Y , V ., as , gf,3im..,6 -