Washington Union High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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-T I , li yilimloi lf 1' . , U V IIIDRE CHISS H7 CrediT musT also be given To The many sTudenTs oT The Sophomore Class who Took a very acTive parT in exTra curricular acTiviTies such as The l-'laTcheT, The DebaTe Club, The lnkling, and The Camera Club. They also had ThirTeen members in The scholarship socieTy. The sophomores also played an ouTsTanding parT in aThleTics. There were many boys on The VarsiTy FooTball Team as well as The BaskeTball and Baseball Teams. The girls also Took an acTive parT in The various sporTs and many were members oT The W Club. This acTive and energeTic class is looking Torward enThusiasTically To The Junior year, expecTing To Take Their Tull share oT responsibiliTy Tor sTudenT acTiviTies. The class oTTicers were: PresidenT - - Richard MarrioTT Vice-PresidenT - - Allen Amaral SecreTary - - - - Edna Bier Treasurer ----f - DoroThy Be-TTencourT lMarqareT Escobar Girls' League RepresenTaTives - - yvirginia Scammon 5TudenT Council RepresenTaTive A MargareT SchelberT Yell Leader -----'--v-- T-larry Ushiiima Advisers: Miss E. Wilson, Mr. Kibby, Mr. Taylor, Miss A. BoTelho, Miss DuCoTy. 23

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THE SUPH WiTh one year oT experience behind Them, The Sophomores showed greaT enThusiasm in reTurning To Their worlc. They seT ouT wiTh a will To malce The new Term a success. OTTicers were elecTed, and a schedule Tor Their coming acTiviTies was planned. The STarlighT Frolicf' given in The gym Friday evening, December 9, I938, was The TirsT big daTe on Their calendar. The gym was decoraTed appropriaTely Tor The ChrisTmas Theme, wiTh silver and blue as Their basic colors. They used crysTals and snow designs. The cenTral moTiT was an elaboraTe chandelier hanging Trom The cenTer oT The ceiling wiTh a brighTly decoraTed ChrisTmas Tree beneaTh iT. IT proved To be an evening oT greaT enioymem' To all who aTTended. Much oT The school's greaT TalenT is possessed by The sophomore sTudenTs as was shown by The unusually large number who parTicipaTed in The STudenT Body Play, ChrisT- mas PageanT, and The Vodvil. There was also a good repre-senTaTion oT sophomores in The chorus, orchesTra, and band. As one oT The duTies oT The Sophomore Class, They decoraTed The halls and The audiTorium Tor ChrisTmas. In The halls They used garlands oT greens, inTerspersed wiTh large wreaThs which were decoraTed wiTh colored lighTs and large red ribbon bows. ln The audiTorium They had a large ChrisTmas Tree decoraTed in The TradiTional way: and in The Trophy case a naTiviTy scene was seT up. 22

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fi W NJ, F! V. THE FRESH Af fhe beginning of every school ferm a new and larger class enfers fhe gafes of Washingfon Union High, wifh a sfrong desire fo achieve a higher educafion. Af firsf if seems difficulf for fhe freshmen fo adiusf fhemselves fo fheir new environmenf, buf in a few weeks many of fhem are parficipafing in fhe school acfivifies, and so if was wifh fhe class of 1942. As is fhe fradifion every year, fhe freshmen were inifiafed by fhe seniors. lnifiafion Day is fhe dread of every Freshman Class, buf if furned ouf fo be a day of greaf fun. Every freshman came fo school in shorf dresses or shorf frousers wifh big bows and dolls. Wifh faces painfed fhey paraded fhrough fhe halls in fhe morning and in fhe affernoon presenfed a fine assembly of songs, dances, and recifafions fo fhe sfudenf body. Many sfudenfs have falcen parf in fhe dramafic, iournalisfic, scholasfic, and afhlefic acfivifies of fhe school. A large group of freshmen furned ouf for fhe Sfudenf Body Play and displayed greaf falenf in fhe Chrisfmas Pageanf, Freshman Assembly, and fhe Vodvil. Also many of fhe girls and boys wenf ouf for fhe various sporfs where fhey showed bofh good sporfsmanship and fine abilify. These can be looked upon as fufure sfars. The freshmen showed fhaf fhey also have fine scholasfic abilify by having seven members in fhe California Scholarship Federafion, and more hope fo ioin nexf year. 24