California School for the Deaf - Foothills Flame Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE d ESTREI LA LITERARY SOCIETY Anothel of the student olganizations is, the d Estiella Llteralx Societx It got its name from Theophilus dEst1ella 1ts founder The DUI pose of thls organlzation IS the dex elopment of public speaking abllltx plogram bulldlng good audience b6h3Y1Ol and co1 rect use of signs and hnger spelllng on the platform Membeis range from the eighth grade thlough the twelfth glade At the openlnff of each school vear an electlon of the OIIICBIS ie held The OIIICQIS for th1s xear 1041 1948 xxere as folloxxs Donna Troon Prcszdent John Vl oods I ace P1 cazdcnt Sxbll Dlullald Srcrctaiy Dell Monahan Fnls Tzcfzsznu Leonald Marshall Boys Trczzszncl Teruko Kubotsu Gzrls Sergeant of Aims Sxlx estlo Inga Boys Sergeant at 411118 On the thlrd Sunday of each month the Llterarx Socletx gixes a pro gi rm Paitlclpants ale chosen bx the Facultx and Executixe commlttees and are expected to do their best and to be plepared beforehand xxith on the progl am Fxelx xeai ln the spimg contcst are held to choose the best songs sroit stories and plax lets slgncd and acted bx the contestants Pr17es of one dollar and less ale axxaxded to the xxmners Fxerx xea1 the JUI1101 Class gixes 1 Ing plax xxhlch IN mx sterlou eiious oi humolous This xeal the Jumol Class presented Une Mad Night It xxas a mx stelx murdei comedx Fxch spring the Litelalx BOLILIX lccompamed hx a fexx teachers goes on 1 hlke 111 the hills nc ll oul school 'lhis 0CCl1ls in the morning hcfoie xxe h xxe oui annual school DILIIIL ln the aftelnoon In all lespects the Iltei 11X QOLl8tX has had a xeix successful xear y ce E X. J u Q v 4 I ' v ' w I 1 Q 4 - Q Q Q 1 1 , . . I n ' -I. ' .I , .' . , 4 . - , 1 . v. my 1 kv . - G kv 1 l I ' I ilu .w . 1 'w v , P' 1 vw: K t . - ' , A K . s ' . 1 ' . '.' . , l. . , . a 1 I .I -1 . -, 1 v . . .I 0 - 1 n y v 1 .' . - -A - '. - n 1 Y ' tv . tv ' v ka I - I 4 . kv 4 1 1 7. their parts. Songs, playlets, dialogues, quizzes, and other acts are given A V - . v 1 ' K, .' ' , ,.. S . L1 A- As' . . 1 ' 4 . v 1 s' A . . v . , s ' 1 I' I' -4 , vs u v n 1 v A2 . L. .' Y ' - .. --v I -'x t'y 2 1 ' lv 4 ' 1 . K-' Y K1 2 - ' ' hw Ai Q 1 N1 , ' I 'Au . ul- ' ' , . v 2 v . . 1 S , ' . ' . ' 1 - . 1 1 hw 1 kv' I. Q2 .iv L .- -' 1 .1 1 a v 4 .uv K1 5 a Aw.: lv 1 '

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THE GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Guls Athletlc A soc1at1on IS an o1gan17at1on to wh1ch the g1rls who are aboxe fifteen xeals old may belong The glrls must show then lnterest ln hawlng the opportunltx to lmproxe the11 charactels Th1s orgamzatlon IS of great benefit to the members bx teachlng them good f1ll3.l1t1QS of sportsmanshlp coopelatlon and lnterest ln athlet1cs and outdoor llfe They should 1eal1ze that these qual1t1es a1e of great value For soclal l1fe thls organlzatlon p1ox1des the members good tlmes at a blg dance h1k1ng a b1k1ng outlng and sex eral other outmgs They haxe a blg dance eve1y yeal at Chrlstmas tlme and the gxrls usuallx put the people lnto the Chrlstmas sp1r1t bx beautlfully decoratlng the audxtorlum where the dance IS alwaxs held In the sp11ng tlme the membe1s always show thelr sp1r1t 1n golng h1k1ng and they sometlmes haxe a barbecue after a long h1ke As fo1 the blcyclmg outlng the members often go to Lake Merr1tt Wh1ch IS IH Oakland some t1me ln Aprll There are also other surprlse act1x1t1es The members are always full of sp1r1t durlng all the thlee seasons 1n games agalnst hearmg gl1lS flom XHFIOUS h1gh schools and thex plax not because they want to VYIII but because of thelr loxe for sports As for the OITICGIS thls o1gan1zat1on elects new OIIICQIS exery seal IH September and each officer has a 1ob to do Thls helps them by glxlng them a good qualltx of respons1b1l1tx The OITICQIS of the Gul s Athlet1c Assoclatlon th1s yeal ale as follows BCWGIIV H11 on Preszdeut Donna T1oon I ue Pu ldent Vlllla NIcKlndlew Src stu J XIIIIVI Owen Cfnespmzrlznq Seucfury Patrlcla Kltchen Tl msn: fl V5 anda Long Spmfs Ed fo: Rosemaly Ralldan Srzgznnf at Arms The G1rl s Athletlc Assoc1at1on has NI1s NIaha1 the members coach IH sports to thank for he1 wonderful work ln 1nsp111ng them 1n the11 athletlcs The same goes fo1 Mrs Buck and Mlss Bruns the11 advlsers ! 1 1 v v v 1 f v ' v 1 ' 7 l ' . 'A vs . K 4' ' -A f y vs , ' - , s I . . which they play volleyball, basketball, and softball. Often they play in yn 1 ' 'I U as ' - 'S ' ,ws ' ' 'K K . . K. x.: v 'tv S V -f ' . Y . -vs' J 7. . V FYI -y --s 'I .. -, ' ' . t , I 1 . 4 . I '- ' . ' ' ' I v L I L. Z' . . .' v AW, . , - - , 1 ' 's ' ' ' v f .. l - ,v I I . A . . I ,

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FOOTBALL The 1947 football season was fairly successful for the CSD gridders The Foothills came from three stiaight defeats to smear all opposition ln their last two outmgs Though thew play ed superblx in the tint three games the Foothills lacked the scorlng punch that makes a winning team Despite all their hard luck the Foothills held their opponents to respectable scores and It can be said that the 1944 squad u ts one of the strongest teams to wear the orange and black in recent yeaxs No non conference games were booked this season Following 1 a short summary of the games CSD 6 October 10 Emery 19 great East Bay rivals from Emeryxllle CSD 6 Octobei 17 Ln ermore 13 Though falling short of tl elr xovs to um the Foothills play ed one of their best games in losing to Ln ermore CSD 0 October 24 Amador 18 It was any body s game but ewervthlng Went wrong for the Foothills and when the smoke had finallx cleared the Foothills were heading home on the short end of an 18 0 score CSD 25 October 31 San Ramon 6 Still red in the face over then poor shovung at Pleasanton the determined Foothills gained back their prestige by running ox er a light but fast wolf pack from San Ramon H1 CSD 44 Nox ember 7 Llbertx 19 The Foothills finally broke the imx ovel Libex ty bw handing the Lions a terrlfic pastlng for the Foothills first mn ox er the Brentwood team in almost a decade Y Y ' l 41 1 . v n ' 7 , . ml I .l S, . ' F' 1 'I 1 1 1 C A n n ' y .- . , . . - ' ' . . S Playing in a sea of mud, the Foothills dropped a bitter battle to their I Y Y Y. ' w -1 ' v 1 Y' ' 1 - 9 Y , Y . . ' , D . . v . 1 nu v. K ,