Fresno High School - Owl Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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llmer Russell lhwutlxy Routt ty Vnmpl-Amari Class Seniors! Graduation! The Class of I940 has come a long way since it made its bewildered en- trance into Fresno High School. ln the first semes- ter of this last year Elmer Russell, president-elect, was presented with a cabinet well able to undertake the heavy duties of Senior Year. The group con- sisted of Betty Copland, vice-president, Dorothy Routt, secretaryg and Joe DeYoung, treasurer. W eWl '! Christmas found each senior advisory working to help the needy. Some took care of a single fam- ily, whereas others confined their donations to the Tin Can Pile, the collection to be distributed by members of the Red Cross. Next on the program for the year was the presentation of the Senior Play, The Skull . The dense, green-lighted atmosphere of the auditorium served to impress Friday, January thirteenth, on the memories of the audience as the date of a most successful play. Success was due not only to excellent acting and direction, but also to the ability of the business and production staffs. The Challenge of the Twentieth Century was the general theme of the impressive January graduation ceremony, with Salutatorian Norman Stebbins speaking on The Challenge to the Educator and Harold Trunk, the class- elected speaker, telling of The Challenge to the Business Man . Sharing valedictory honors because of the equality of their scholastic attainments were Jeanne Pomeroy, who spoke on The Challenge to the Statesman , and Don- ald Gard, speaking on The Challenge to the Man of Science . With only half of the group now left, the Class of 1940 still faced a good many problems and pleasures. Elected as officers for the busy spring semes- ter were Marvin Thompson, president, Marjorie Marvin, vice-presidentg LXYINH 'I'lll'l VILXSS OF lf?-UP l'l..XQl,l'I First- Huw: Caplan. Tlluinpsim, 'I'z1y1ol'. Semnul Row: fiilllly, 3lill'Vlll, li2llllllL'l'l.

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'40 Elaine Camy, secretary: and Edgar Jeffries, treas- urer. We were proud to present to the school the beautiful plaque designed by Albert Dix to repre- sent the class. The final selection of the class gift was yet to be made, and, as the library was in need of hook plates, a sort of sub-gift was presented to Fresno High in the form of the much-needed hook-plates. 1 . AIZIVYIII 'I'lwiupsmn l'l lim llil N11 in Nluxu I lLll 5 NIH That did not solve the problem, however, as the A 1 .l1 ' 1 ' 'I permanent class gift was yet to be selected. When the suggestion was made of amplifiers for the auditorium stage to magnify the voices of speakers and actors, it was unanimously agreed that this would be the gift of the Class of l940. 1 February graduates returned for an evening to their old stamping ground and, with the june graduates and the Class of l94l, spent A Night in Dixie , the annual Junior-Senior Prom. The guests of the Juniors, the Forty- ites thoroughly enjoyed themselves. June commencement speakers discussed the development of Fresno High School through the fifty years of its existence. Donald McFarland, salutato- rian, spoke of the graduates of Fresno High School who have made a con- spicuous success, and George Zenovich, chosen to speak by class vote, told of the changes in architecture and in the plans of the buildings in which the in- stitution was successively housed. Parmelia Snider and Laurel Ellen C-lass, co-valedictorians, spoke on Curriculum Changes in Fresno High School Dur- ing the Last Fifty Years and The School of the Future respectively. .ll'Nl'I l'llNlNllCNl'liXIICX'l' Sl'li.XIil'IllS Xl4'l zlil:1mI. lilzxss. Hniulvr. Zvlnmivli.