Colton Union High School - Crimson and Gold Yearbook (Colton, CA)

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I he OophomoPG v vlass THE dignified sophomores entered in September, 1928, to take the place of the green freshmen. They had gained a great deal of experience, and had little trouble in getting settled in their places. Miss Edna Battin was again class adviser. At an early date Eleanor Larsen was elected president; Ed Weiser, vice- president; and Pauline Hough, secretary. Their freshmen colors, green and white, were again chosen to show that they were not ashamed of their frosh experiences. As fall advanced, many sophomores were found taking an important part in football. Ray Gough played on the varsity, and McNair, Rojas, Turner, and Payne played on the reserves. On the championship Class C team were Captain Weiser, West, Crilly, Wear, Shamblin, Mathews, Coe, Logan, Gibbons, and Hansen. Weis- er was easily the most valuable man on the team. Crilly and West also played an important part in the success of the team. On January 25, the sophomore dance was held. This was the first social event of the class and it succeeded beyond expectations. At the beginning of the basketball season, the sophomores had more than their share of representatives on the court. Ray Gough played an important part on the team. Ed McNair and Wallace Payne were mainstays on the near-championship class B team. Captain Crilly, Shamblin, and West played their second year on the class C team. With the arrival of the interclass debates, the sophomores were prepared to take the championship. Patrick Gibbons, Katherine McKay, Ruth McGuire, Dorothy Tanner, Evelyn Mae Corgill, and Mary Louise Savage put up a stiff fight against the seniors and the juniors, and defeated them. But the freshmen brought panic to the sophomore ranks when the sophomore-freshman debate went to the freshmen in a close 2-1 decision. Kenneth Hodge and Ruth Maguire, class representatives of last year, again upheld the class honors in the essay contest. Although they did not place, they put up a good fight. Many members were in the orchestra and the glee club. Patrick Gibbons had a leading part in the operetta. Howard Creason and Arthur Hewitt were in the student body play. Eleanor Larsen was the pride of the school in her tennis ability. She went without a defeat through almost all the season. Irwin Logan also was on the tennis team. Girls who made the required points for a G. A. A. letter were Neeta Yates, Alma Heatley and Marian Miranda. When track season opened, the sophomore hopes were centered on Ed Weiser and Elmer Crunk, Class C stars of last year. Elmer Crunk placed in the League meet. Wallace Payne, new member from Missouri, was the only sophomore to take first in this event. The others who placed were Edward Pearson and Foster Hall. Consistent point winners for the class C team were Doble, Castleberr ' , West, Hansen, Burns and Crilly. Doble showed expert work as a sprinter, and Ed Weiser vaulted in the Southern California finals in the class C division. Sophomores on the varsity baseball team were Lester Hastings, Juan Rojas, Ed Weiser, Ray Gough, Vernon Wear, Frank Lopez, Wallace Payne and Ray Yates. • — Donald Mathews M. Pane Twenly-lliiep

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Ooph pnomoPG Cla ss Eleanor Larsen, President Pauline Hough, Secretary-Treasurer Ed Weiser, Vice President DONALD Mathews, Sophomore Editor Edna C. Battin and D. H. McIntosh, Advisers

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:mam gumim rpGshmnn v la ss Earl Hough, President Maxine Olsen, Secretary Bill Hendrickson, Vice President Petrina Lacorte. Treasurer A. C. McDonald, Adciser ' iiRe Tttpnty-fcnir