Elk Grove High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk Grove, CA)

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l Bad Actors 1.-Dollyg 2.-N. C. O.'s5 3--The Rest of the Familyg 4.-Foot Raceg AA.-Platoons, atten-shun! 5.-Part of the Fleetg 6.-Aggie and Heleng 7.- Ya-as g 8.-The Prof's. Pets: 9.-Twin Sixesg 10.-The Lover's Tubg 11--Sheldon Taxig 12.-Rose of japang 13.-Sharks!g 14.-Mr. Rolfeg 15.-Soap-boxerg 16.- Teeth of the Gift Horse : 17.- Le-Flee-var. Sixty-fmve

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S- O lui, xf sl ' Sl-'J 1 7 THE MM' hLh wg. Xil- STUDENT BODY OFFICERS ' Jessie Cumpston Howard Wackman Pfearl Wilson CSecretaryJ CPresidentJ CVICC-P1'CSld6fl0 STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS' CONVENTION The fifth annual convention of The High School Student Body Presidents of California was held on October 24-25, 1919, at Stockton in the'library of the high school: Leonard Santini presided. The founder of the annual Stu- dent Body Presidents' Convention was john L. Lynch, president of the stu- dent body of the San Jose High School. That the representatives of the different schools might get together and exchange ideas was the purpose of this meeting. ln the first session on Octo- ber twenty-fourth, an introductory speech was given by each delegate and following this, various matters, such as the school paper, athletics, student control, and means of raising money, were brought up. During the second session on October twenty-fifth, this discussion was continued. After this, resolutions bearing upon the subjects considered were drawn up. The day closed with a swim in the tank in the gymnasium, followed that evening by 2. dance given by the Stockton High School. About one hundred student body presidents attended the meeting, repre- senting about twenty-five thousand high school students. Of the one hundred members, ninety-five were boys. The guests were treated royally, being taken to Stockton's best hostelry to dine, and then to the homes of the pupils or to the Y. M. C .A. where they were hospitably received and entertained. An unusually interesting meeting of the E. G. H. S. S. B. A. was held May 18. At this meeting the nomination of candidates for student body officers for the term 1920-1921 was made. Considerable amusement was found in the statement of the nominations made by some of our wittiest members. In accordance with the testimony rendered by our president, 1 nominate A. Ring for yell-leader, is the substance of XVilbur's contribution to the mer- riment of the occasion. The affair was very successfully managed by the Seniors, who railroaded their choice into office, and but twenty minutes elapsed from the time the meeting was called to order until it was adjourned. Former members of the S. B. please take note that this is the record for speed! -Howard Wackman, '20. Sixty-four

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S 1 w 1 f 1 Hin if. 1. it 1 ., fo 5 1 A-g Ie 1 A : V . Magix , .- s 1' ef as fa, n -' 4 rs H as The Elk Grove Union High School is now closing its twenty-seventh school year. 'l'he School has proved to the community that it is an indispens- able institution. All through the schoolis history a slow but positive growth has taken place. Owing to the fact that there has been no material change in school affairs in general since this paper went to the press one year ago, it is not necessary to dwell at length upon this subject. This year the enrollment reached the number of one hundred and four. 'llhis is the largest in the history of the school. Two additional stages were added for transportation. ' i Our aim is still that of furnishing the most efficient high school education possibleg to develop character and train the youth for citizenship and for lifeg to develop in the lives and minds of our young people something of the rights and privileges of the other fellowg that the policy of the Golden Rule is not dead except when men make it so. The constituency of the school ever strives to so train and instruct the pupils that they will become useful and worthy citizens and members of this or any other community. XYith the incoming of new laws governing our public schools, and with an additional enrollment of fifty freshmen in the fall as against twelve graduates going out, more serious problems are coming closer at hand. ln addition to the compulsory atten- dance law, there is the apart-time education law which, very likely, will effect this school in a few months. lf so, then additions to the courses and teach- ing staff must be made. all of which is wholly impossible under present con- ditions. -L. E. Richards. an is an as Seven years ago the Elk came into being. ln 1918 its birthday was not celebrated because of the pernicious iniiuence exerted by the H. C. L. Yet, it costs about three times as much in these days and times for printing and en- graving and incidentals as it did then. But the hearty support of the student lzodv has been so encouraging that the Staft felt justified, in spite of numerous hindrances, in undertaking the work and expense entailed in issuing the publi- cation. ,X mass of superior material has been submitted to the editorial staff, the Freshmen being as well, or even better, represented than the upper classes. lt was necessary to reject a certain amount of material, due to the limits of Sixty-six '