Castlemont High School - Falcon Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Dia. ALFRED E. BAKER, Principal PRINCIPAUS MESSAGE GraduaTion Trom high school is a greaT accom- plishmenT Tor mosT high school sTudenTsg iT is The culminaTion oT I2 years oT public school work. MosT graduaTes have developed greaTly in Their knowledge, skills, and personal qualiTies. IT you are one oT These, you are ready Tor advanced sTeps in oTher Tields-on a iob, in a Trade, in Technical school or college, or in a home. My message is ThaT, while each oT you will have opporTuniTy in The TuTure To achieve greaT Things, iT you Tail To live up To These opporTuniTies as They come, There will be Te-wer and Tewer chances Tor The worThwhile Things oT liTe. Only by seizing each chance Tor success and using iT To The besT oT your abiliTy, will oTher op- porTuniTies conTinue To be available. In oTher words, keep busy in your career. IT need never be Tinished as long as liTe remains. Dr. AlTred E. Baker MISS IRENE BALL, Dean of Girls

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June Senior Edi+or Faculfy Advisor JUDY MARUYAMA ROBERT E. 'PALAZZI CONTENTS Adminisiraiion Dedicaiion Faculiy Srudeni Governmenf January Seniors June Seniors Underclassmen Clubs and Aciivifies Sporrs Senior Records

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7' .l 'l fL DEDICATICN You are The mosT imporTanT persons in The world. The TuTure lies in your hands. WhaT are you going To do wiTh iT? lT's up To you-you, you, you, and you. These are phrases which have become very Tamiliar during our pasT Three years aT CasTlemonT. We have heard Them Time and Time again-in assemblies, classrooms, and The Vice-Principal's oTFice. Who said Them? A person who has served us aT CasTlemonT as Dean oT Boys and Vice-Principal-Mr. William l-l. lvlacMasTer, or as we have known him, lvlac. IT we goT in Trouble and dicln'T know righT 'from wrong, we could always counT on some level headed guidance from Mac-aTTer a Thorough raking over The coals, ThaT is! TT we meT TempTaTion, and The urge was very sTrong, Mac also served us as a counselor in Times of sTress. By seTTing an example Tor all of us To Tollow, he displayed a way oT cerTainTy Towards The TruTh. We all Took The sTraighT and narrow paTh, buT if we would sTarT To slide-Mac remained The one link ThaT would always bring us back To TruTh and realizaTion. IT in doubT abouT college-Mac was always There To assisT us in planning Tor The TuTure. l-le always had a ready supply oT college inTormaTion available To us ThaT were in- TeresTed. If unsure abouT school acTiviTies-Mac always saw To iT ThaT we were sTraighTened ouT abouT This. We'll all remember The way in which he emphasized The imporTance oT good grades, and The parTicipaTion in school acTiviTies. We, The GraduaTing Classes oT 1956, dedicaTe This book To William l-l. ivlaclvlasTer. 4 7