Dixon High School - Chanticleer Yearbook (Dixon, CA)

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Just to show everyone that we were not stuck-up and still had some goodness left in us, we gave a Hallowe'en dance to the school. This dance has almost been established as an annual senior affair, and in order not to violate tradition any further las we had done all through school? we heartily agreed to hold this party. For the week preceeding it, mothers of seniors were wondering what in the world their sons and daughters wanted with old-fashioned bed springs, old rags, and door mats. And the principal of the gra msr school was also wondering ---- why high school students wanted a slide that used to see service among kindergarten children. The reason became apparent the night of the dance. On the stage of the auditorium was constructed s so-called WHouse of Horror' through which all students had to pass. The bed springs made up the floor, the rags took the part of cobwebs, and the doormsts represented little hills. All this was in total darkness and by finally sliding down the slide, a person was admitted into the light and onto the floor of the auditorium. we even produced a pantomime play which was as much of a success as the dance that followed. After this masquerade, our thoughts turned to the seniors' annual snowline trip. All during the remainder of that first semester, no other item got as much consideration in the Nfertileu minds of the seniorsL It was planned that we were to leave after a basketball game at midnight on January 29. That night finally came, and even though we lost the games, we were in high spirits. After the game, all, or rather most, of the seniors, Alaskan-minded and certainly dressed as such, boarded the train for Cisco and the land of snow Cwhich turned out to be the land of snow- stormsl. Boy, what an experience! Almost snowbound! The train was late six hours and didn't get us home until 1 A. M. Sunday morning ---- wet and cold, but it was certainly worth the experience and fun we had had. Another venture presented itself, almost es soon as we got back. A call was sent out for talent, to be used in the annual Senior Ilay. Of course being loyal seniors and anxious to see if we had any Robert Taylor or Joan Crawford blood in us, we, or rather most Qf us signed up. Those that were not in the cast did their share by selling tickets and construct ing scenery. For five weeks, afternoons and nights, would-be actors and actresses could be found studying their lines or rehearsing the play. With anticipated dread for so s and anticipated joy for others, the 'big nightn finally came. At promptly eight o'c1ock the curtain was raised on the first scene of NShirt Sleeves,N e do estic comedy, and the curtain didn't .7 descend until a very successful play had been completed. Another part of the evening's entertainment was furnished by the glee club and the orchestra which respectively sang and played several n mbers between the acts. Those who participated in the play really had a lot of fun iaside from having to spend their evenings at home in learning their lineal, and most important of all, the little figures that represented the standing of the class treasury received a big boost. All the above is pest history. At this writing, we are looking ahead to our skip-day ---- a trip to San Francisco ---- and a prospective Senior Bell. To wind up our high school careers, we will give a fitting gift to the school when, and if, we graduate. Sorry that we are seniors and only have a little while left in high school? You bet. We wish that we could start as freshmen again, but we are supposed to represent the coming generation, so out we must go and take our place in life. l14 Ghczfiptztleer ' g c o

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Wi' A' Q h Q ,Q U -- I Q f L-LL.x. amson Hssmrf We thought that we would be terribly glad, when our graduation day. would come, but now that it is really approaching we are growing the least bit pessimistic-Q-mlife might not contain the variety and fun which high school has held for us the last four years. No need for getting so dramatic, but as a group, the Class of '57 has really had a good time, not only socially but the boys have distinguished the class and themselves by developing into outstanding athletes. Everything has a beginning, so we begin this history with us as thirty-one aspiring freshmen entering high school on the opening day. On that day, we all took our initiation in noble fashion. Aside from having to wear a necktio for the next six weeks, our only other odd punishment, and our first duty as high school students, was to clean up after the watermelon feed. QWe were certainly starting out in glory.l Then, the upper :lassmen took pity on us when they saw how awkwardly we fthe few that attempted it! danced, and they gave us lessons. By the time the Freshmen Reception rolled around, we felt quite sophisticated but we fstill only a few that attempted itl couldn't dance very well. This issue was forgotten when the football and basketball seasons called to our manly and athletically inclined boys. A little later and for a third time, we were given a chance to dance and show off, but this time we were giving it ourselves as a return to the student body for the dances and parties they had given us: In the remaining days of that school year we acted as Nservsntsh to our Wsuperior students,N but we didn't let the monniker Nfroshn interfere with our good times. A NEW LEASE ON LIFE! It was our turn to torment the incoming fresh- men. But! Our attitudes and intentions were promptly changed when it was announced that there could be no man-handling or msuling of the freshmen.' Instead, we had to content ourselves with painting their faces and making them take castor.oilr No such a fast start as sophomores, but we had the idea that now as we were a little higher in the world, we'could relax, and relax we did, some of us going e little too far and relaxing in our studies. We spent the rest of the year quietly, our only social venture being a pay dance at the close of the football season. The title 'junior' became ours in the third year. With it came dignity and industry, and we prepared to do big things ---- principally a Junior Prom. First, we had'to improve our financial standing, and this we did by selling peanuts at the football games, selling hot dogs at the basketball games, and violating tradition by combining with the sophs and having a carnival instead of the annu l Junior Night at the Dixon Theatre. We were the first class to undertake such an affair, and I think we started something. What a carnival lacks in dignity it compen- sates for in little round figures. As a result we could now seriously plan for the Prom. A Hawaiian Island scene was our motif. For four weeks, boys and girls alike spent their spare time in the basement making leis and dance programs. For one more week, we spent our nights and afternoons in the gym decorating ---- Ngrowingu palm trees, Wgrowingn Ba- nana trees, and constructing the Nmasterpiecen ---- a large bamboo hut, complete to the palm thatched roof. In it we served the refreshments. A successful Prom was the object of our prayers the night before, and they were answered because it was one of the best the'school has ever had, even though we lost a few dollars on the venture. So, was the climax of our third year reached and passed. We then began thinking of summer vacation and the one year of school left.

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