Claremont High School - El Espiritu Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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TOWARDS THIS, AIMS OUR BOOK The year of I94I has been one of sorrow and hardship for Ihe whole world, especially Ihose naI'ions in Europe figI'1+ing Io preserve Ihe principles of Democracy. We, Ioo, in our own school are sfriving 'ro uphold +he Iheories of our governmenl Ihrough our daily work in class, on I'he field and in our social life. This year we have Ialcen as our Iheme fhe ideals of +he Greek race, believing +ha+ fhey in I'heir way, as we in ours, s+rove To glorify Iheir Iheories of Democracy. Wi+h +his in mind, we presenf Io you EI Espirilu de I94I , hoping Ihal you will derive as gre-a+ a pleasure in reading as we did in preparing i+s four divisions: FACULTY AND CLASS LIFE STUDENT BODY THE ARTS SPORTS AND STUDENT LIFE

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R ,:, X TO WHOM THE WREATH IS GIVEN ln dedicafing our Annual of I94l we have chosen a man who, despife fhe shorf number of years he has been af Clare- monl High School, has proven himself by his undersfand- ing of s+uden+ life, bofh in curricular and exlra-curricular ac+ivifies. In dramafics, parlicularly, has he shown greaf slcill and judgment The sfaff of EI Espirilu de l94l is very happy +o be able +o presenl' ifs book +o a man who will, in years 'lo come, find his name deeply engaved on 'l'he hear? of our school. . . MR. HUGH WILBY.

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TEMPUS FUGITS Vacafion was over. I don'f quife remember if as such, buf I wenf back fo school so if musf have been. Was my face red, fhe beach you know. I noficed wifh chagrin fhaf everyone was fan buf me. And so wifh fhe usual lack of enfhusiasm and infelligence, I sfarfed anofher year and a session of fhe mosf difficulf looking geomefry ..... Much fo our sur- prise we had a foofball feam. If was a six-man feam, and good af fhaf. There were games wifh Sierra Milifary Acad- emy, Bonifa, Valencia, and Berkeley Hall in rapid succession. Then for a change of scenery, fhe Juniors gave a dafe- bureau dance. If was a change-fhe Iibrary was sfrewn wifh rags from book shelf fo book shelf. I guess fhere were a Iof of people fhere, 'cause even I gof fo fhaf affair. And fhe foofball feam kepf winning games all fhis fime, buf if seemed fhaf no one would come ouf fo see fhe boys play. And fhen fhe Sophomores gave fheir dance, and if I re- member correcfly, fhe highlighf of fhe evening was punch and cookies fo spare, and oh, how I like punch and cookies fo spare. And fhen, following a few weeks of secref planning and whispering campaigns, fhe Juniors wifh fhe help of fhe Seniors sprung fheir beige class sweafers, and fhe class furned ouf en masse for fhe Oxy Rally fhaf nighf in fheir new pride and ioys. The Oxy Rally bonfire was fun, buf fhe dance in fhe Sfudenf Union, mingling wifh college life. was more fun. Then came fhe girls' chance fo shine-afhlefically of course. There was a play-day af Bonifa, and we did preffy well for ourselves. By fhaf fime fhe firsf quarfer was over, and I hadn'f even gof seffled-scholasfically. The Iighf hadn'f yef dawned in geomefry .... Nexf came fhe foofball banquef sponsored by fhe Girls' League, and fhaf was really an affair. If was held af fhe Oxford Inn and fhe food-M-m-m-m-m-m. The Inn was bedecked wifh bal- Icons and fhey sfarfed flying around when fhe formalify wore off. Affer fhe food came senfimenfs from all fhe players. Then we-I was fhere foo, goodie-adjourned fo fhe Civic. Then nexf week came fhe Sfudenf Body play, and many young hopefuls showed fheir fhespian falenfs. I guess we were really surprised af fhe display of falenf fhaf nighf. You know, before long, if was fhe Chrisfmas vacafion, and l 'look home my geomefry book in case I found any fime-I didn'f. lnsfead I wrofe ouf a Chrisfmas lis+ and mailed if special delivery 'I'o Sanfa Claus. I guess he didn'f gef if in fime .... Well, affer we came back, if was fime for fhe baskefball season. lf's funny, I can'f remember fhe scores. Oh, buf we did win a league game. Annual Week came along and everywhere all you could hear was high-pressure sales falking, and af fhe oufcome if was discovered fhaf fhe sales had reached an all-fime new high. Baskefball wenf on as usual. The girls venfured fo Puenfe fo a speedball play-day, and fhe maiorify broughf home ribbons fo show for fheir fime and efforf. Then a pep-rally commiffee gof a brain-sform, in fhe form of nighf rallies wifh bushels of falenf and fun. Turn-oufs for fhe games showed fhe effecfs of fhe pep rousing. Then fhe only formal dance of fhe year was given, wifh hearfs and flowers as fhe fheme. If was fhe annual dance, and if was really nice. The Seniors had a number of class parfies fhaf were fhe envy of everyone, buf whaf made fhe enfire school envious was fhe Senior Difch