Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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THE CHIPMUNK annual Labor Day was Saturday March 24, when all the boys from the high and mighty Senior to the lowly Fresh- man showed up on the athletic field to get the track ready for Spring training. Some dug out rocks, others drove teams and hauled away the rocks, and still others ran the scraper. By evening the track was in excellent condition. The girls did their bit by preparing a hot luncheon of chili con carne, buns, coffee and cake, which was served to the hungry work- ers at twelve o’clock. The latest activity that our Student Body is sponsoring is a typing contest between High Schools in three near-by counties. The date set for this contest is May 12, and all the members of the Student Body, even though they are not interested in typing are looking forward to entertaining the visiting contestants. An amusing incident of this year’s school life was the “Mock Trial.” staged by the Senior class, in which one “Monk” Morrison of the Senior class was accused of at- tempted suicide, and tried before the High Court of Justice of Westwood High School. The jurors and many witnesses were taken from the Student Body as a whole. It was an ex- cellent method of teaching correct court procedure, al- though it necessarily caused much merriment. The jury disagreed and so the three justices rendered the decision, finding the prisoner guilty and sentenced him to be hanged at the next Student Body meeting. The prisoner was hanged in effigy. —L. Me’ ’25 —R. J. ’24 THE APPLE TREE Your trunk is strong, Your limbs are long, Your leaves are soft and green; Your blossoms pink To apples shrink; Soon on your boughs is seen The ripe red fruit Of summer’s suit. —A. J. ’26 MEMORIES Page Stventten I know of a school A queer little place, Where the curtains and shades Are all made of white lace. I know of the vines And the lilies that grow By the side of a school As white as the snow. I know of the teacher Who in the school stays, And teaches the children To write and to play. The games that she knows. Everyone likes the best. They start with a laugh And end with a jest. So all the day thru They study and play. Until they’re dismissed At the close of the day. —H. C. ’26 THE SUNSET At evening when the sun is low, The western sky is all aglow, And as if vying with the blue. The sunset sheds a crimson hue. And on a peaceful winter night It casts its rayfc on the snow’s pure white; But the summer with her twilight’s calm. Seems like unto some soothing balm. —M. B. '26

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1‘age Si.t tern cognize the contestants as being members of the Westwood High School Student Body as they were in tatters and black and gritty as could be. The Sophomores won every event of the day except the tug-of-war, and, needless to say, it gave every one of the Freshmen a thrill to end the day by drag- ging the high and mighty Sophomores through a stream of water. Last fall in an effort to reduce Student Body expenses it was suggested that an orchestra be formed. Accordingly a meeting of all pupils interested in music was called and the High School Orchestra was formed. Miss Fern Stitser kindly consented to direct us and through her faithful and diligent work we became sufficiently musical and harmon- ions to be called an orchestra. We have played for all Stu- dent Body dances and have greatly reduced expenditures. Our music has been furnished us by the Student Body. We have also played at meetings of the P. T. A and for the Ladies Aid. The Orchestra consists of: Stanley Davis. Pres- ident; William Corbett, Vice-President: Ruth Jensen. Secre- tary and business manager; Doris Drake, George Chipman, Fred Davis, Henry Coyle, John Carniato, Victor Scammon. and Earl Lane. With our experience and training we can look forward to a better orchestra in quality, if not quan- tity, next year. One of the new features sponsored by the Executive Committee and loyally supported by the whole Student Body, is Choral. The eighth period each Wednesday afternoon is devoted to singing in chorus, popular and well known songs. The student leaders and student accompanists have been as- sisted by Miss Neill, and Miss Rennie of the Lincoln Gram- mar school, who has very kindly given unstintingly of her limited time and her wide knowledge of music and voice con- trol. Early in the second semester the Student Body was di- vided by lot into two literary societies for the purpose of en- tertaining on alternate Friday afternoons after Student Body meetings. The chief feature of the first program given was a thrilling pantomime depicting the love and self sacrifice of THE CHIPMUNK “Wild Nell, “The Pride of the Plains. Another program in- cluded a modern version of “Little Red Riding Hood and a doubtful reproduction of Miss Elliger’s gym class. One of the later programs was entirely in Spanish and included a debate, the reading of several papers on Spain and Mexico, several musical selections and a Spanish play. The latest program was entitled “A Trip Around The World. A group of sailor lads sang about the sweethearts they had had in different ports, and as they mentioned them, girls dressed in the native costumes of the different ports came out and. in turn, danced or sang for them. There were Irish, Dutch, Hawaiian, Spanish and Japanese girls; finally the American girl came and was declared the girl of the sailor’s choice. Perhaps the most worth while activity that we have un- dertaken is our new Scholarship Fund. Early in the school year we decided to start such a fund with which we could send at least one senior to a university for one year. A committee was appointed to investigate how other schools awarded scholarships and to determine how we would award ours. It was then decided that the proceeds of the an- nual High School Circus would be put into this fund. This affair netted us something over four hundred dollars, so the fund is firmly established. Members of the High School and Grammar School Faculties produced “Stop Thief for the benefit of the fund and added another two hundred dollars to it. The scholarship for this year has not yet been award- ed, but it will be announced on Commencement night Our second annual High School Circus was held in the Auditorium February 17, where many wonderful side shows, clowns, wild animals, hula-hula, and ballet girls entertained the crowds—and there certainly was a crowd and how they did enjoy the pop-corn, chewing gum, pink lemonade, kew- pie doils. and best of all the jitney dance. Two clever vaude- ville programs were staged at 9:30 P. M. and again at elev- en o’clock. It was even a better and bigger circus than that of last year. One of the best indications of the co-operation that ex- ists in the Westwood High School is Labor Day. Our second

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THE ANNUAL PICNIC l‘u£r Eighteen Leaving early in the morning. Lunches every car adorning, Autos spin along at a very fast pace Hurrying to arrive at the picnic place. Arriving there we are given a scare, Chevrolets missing but they finally get there; Fires are built, the lunches are cooked; The program for the afternoon is already booked. Seniors have eaten and feel ready for sport. They get all the freshmen and cut their hair short; Then the fun is only beginning With clothes and all they are pushed in swimming. The day draw’s to a close, we’ve had a frolicking good time. We set out for home, we’re feeling sublime; With two or three blow’-outs. and a couple of punctures. We arrive safely home none the worse despite lunches. —E. S. ’26 the chipmvsk REFLECTIONS OF A SENIOR Though we are leaving Westwood High, And the hour for parting has come, We will always think of the days gone by. And wish those days had just begun. After we’ve left our friends to roam, And they all take separate ways, How we will wish for Home Sweet Home And our good old High School days. Though we’ve not always obeyed our teachers Nor obeyed the golden rule. And they sometimes say “W’hat creatures,” We still like the good old school. We know no matter how we try. We never will forget The good old times at Westwood High. And the jolly pals we met. —G. L. ’26