Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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Girls' Athletic Ass'n. ,-.-I The ouTsTanding purpose oT This organization is the encouragemenT oi sporTsman- ship, malcing it possible Tor all girls To participate in The various games, and promot- ing a Teeling oT school spirit. The second annual G. A. A. Convention was held at Arcata in March with l5O girls, representing seven neighboring high schools, in aT- Tendance. The Theme OT This highly successiul aTTair was cleverly patterned aTTer The Olympic Games. Several assemblies oT original and novel stunts were given by The girls during The school Term. Marion Swap is president oT This active organization with Miss Evelyn Fielding sponsor. The DramaTic Club, maintained To create opportunities Tor acTive sTudenT partici- paTion in drama, has become one oT The most outstanding and popular extracurricular acTiviTies in school. The club is divided irTo Tour groups, each giving a one-act play oT merit aT The quarterly meeTings. As its Tall production The club presented The comedy 'lGrowing Painsll, by Rouveral. The cast under The direcTion oT Miss Sample did excellent worlc in Their portrayal oT high school students. Club oTTicers are: Wilma Simpson, President: Victorine EvangelisTi, Secretary, STuarT Foster, Vice PresidenT, and Miss Sample. advisor. The Dramatic Club

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Girls' League Tris, The elevenTh year of acTiviTy oT The Girls League oT ArcaTa l-li. has been cenTered around The Annual Girls League ConvenTion which was held here This year. This was The second Convenhon oT This lcind To be held in ArcaTa. NT girls are members oT The League, as eiTher acTive or associaTe members. The Annual l-li Jinlrs, which was in The Torm oT an Ad ParTy was held in The Fall. Also a ChrisTmas program was given Tor The STudenT Body. ThroughouT The Year The League has sponsored noon dances, held every Friday. The LaTin Club, organized To :reaTe and mainTain acTive inTeresT in Roman iTe and cusToms, had TorTy members This year. Their acTiviTies included a derivaTion proiecT. an assembly program, club programs, and mary parTfes. The oTTicers Tor The TirsT semesTer were: Consuls, Helen Arnofd, Mary Grbble' Scribes, Beverly l2oberTs, DoroThy l-lunT: QuaesTors, Bradley Barres, EdiTh Cain, For The second semesTer: Consus. Baroara l-lLinT, DoroTny T-liinT: Scribas, Phyllis Jacobs, Aice Duguid: Quaesf Tore BCvC 1yRObCrT3, BE3TTy lvledlin. Latin Club J

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Bachelor- ettesn v- 'E ' A Yi 'Y ,A X The school s newesT organizahon is The BacheloreTTes , consisfing of TwonTy Jun- ior and Senior girls eager To malce Themse'ves socially accepTable, give school service and promoTe selT improvement The BacheIoreTTes are a parT oT The NaTional Sub' Deb clubs organized by Miss ElizabeTh Woodward, Sub-Deb EdiTor oT The Ladies' l-Tome Journal. Among The many acTiviTies in which The club riiarTicipaTeo was The bene-TiT program given Tor The Advance. The main social evenT oT The club was The semifTormal ball presenfed in April, This club is sponsored by The ArcaTa Women s Club. Miss STel'a Sufherland being The TaculTy advisor. The aim oT The Excalibur Club is fo Toslev inslincTs oT service and promoTe The menTal and physical developmenT oT iTs members. To aid scnool spiriT The members have adopTed a cusTom oT wearing orange shirTs wiTh black neclrTies and Trousers. During The year Tne club has successTully given a series oT inTeresTing programs af Their weelcly meeTings as well as sponsored a school dance and assembly program. AlberT Mendes and John T-Tam were cresidenTs Tor The TirsT and second semesTers. The club is sponsored by The ArcaTa Rofary Club wiTh Mr. B. E. Ciaypool as iTs haculfy Advisor. Excalibur Club 9' 9