Eagle Rock High School - Totem Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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CLASS HISTORY The ToTem pole oT The Class oT W'38 is Tinished. The malleTs, chisels, and lcnives have been laid aside. There iT sTancls,-The symbol oT all The acTiviTies and achievemenTs oT The class. lT was TirsT erecTed in February, I932 when The class enTered Eagle Roclc Junior l-ligh School as B7's: buT The TirsT disTincT design appeared wiTh The organizaTion oT The group in The A9 semesTer. Color day and The class parTy were ouTsTanding evenTs oT The Term which was compleTed February I, I935, by an original graduaTion in play Torm. ConsTrucTion dur- ing The nexT Two years was carried on by individual members oT The class. Then, aT The beginning oT The senior year, The class reorganized Tor concerTed eTTorTs Toward The compleTion oT The ToTem pole. Maroon and whiTe were chosen as class colors and The new sweaTers were proudly displayed aT The noon dance on March 29. A new deparTure in sweaTers was inauguraTed by The reversal oT The colors, The girls in whiTe wiTh maroon emblems and The boys in The opposiTe combinaTion. The emblem, a Top haT and cane, signiTying gualiTy and arisTo- cracy, gave The class iTs name, The ArisTocraTs. The big evenT oT The Senior B Term was The prom, given in honor oT S'37 in The beauTiTullyTdecoraTed gymnasium on April 30. Time sped on: The ToTem designs became more inTricaTe. As Senior A's The class had a bang-up dinner and barn dance wiTh Iay-larious games. Pins, wiTh The emblem as The guard, were presenTed aT an impressive Pin Day assembly Tor The Two senior classes. GraduaTion Time came closer and The girls and Their moThers discussed graduaTion dresses aT The MoThers' Tea. The class oT S'38 honored The ArisTocraTs wiTh a lovely prom in December. Finally The day oT all days, commencemenT, February 2, l938, arrived and The record oT The class oT W'38 was closed. However, This day was Truly commencemenT Tor The class as They wenT ouT inTo The world, each begin- ning his new liTe, TorTiTied by The memory oT six happy years in Eagle Rock l-ligh School. EPHEBIANS Barbara Craig Rosemary DeLiban Edward Horstman A1 2 OFFICERS Donald Cole, Preriderzt Dorothy Doork, Vice-Prefiderzl Luana Ritter, Serremry Verna johnson, Trearzzrer James English, Treafzrrer Rose Ellen Wilson, Hirtorian B12 OFFICERS Richard Kratz, Preriderzt Rosemary De Liban, Vice-Prefirient Helen Billingsley, Secretary Helen Hopkins, Treasurer Bill Lawhon, Trerzrzzrer Rose Ellen Wilson, Hiftorirzn A9 OFFICERS Melvin Harte, Preridem' Geraldine Hubler, Vice-Preriderzt Marjorie Stuntz, Secretary