Galileo High School - Telescope Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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,I sf R .. Some of the boys line up for a snap- shot at lunch time classes were being held in the shacks, with Mr. Joseph P. Nourse, lifted from his position as teacher of Greek at Lowell, as principal of the new school. A faculty of 23 was chosen, and school was held there for two years. In June of 1922 Galileo had its first commencement exercises. Three girls, Aileen Corridan, Ruth Miller, Rowena Rossi, comprised the first graduating class. All three took an active part in the program, Rossi giving the salutatory address, Corrigan reciting the class his- tory, and Miller speaking the valedictory. These students were transfers from other schools, for the first freshman class en- tered in 1921. Commanding the R.O.T.C. at the first, was Major White. Then the most colorful commander in the city, Sgt. M. Weiss- berg, took over the Galileo battalion. His most famous stunt was to make all the cadets sing war songs while marching. The drill, as well as all athletic practice, was held in the square bounded by Lar- kin, Hyde, Fulton and Grove streets. The first football team f1921j had only 11 men on the whole roster. Gal- ileo being a very small, young school there was no abundance of football ma- terial, and consequently it was hardly pos- sible, that year, to find more than a few huskies who knew the game and could spare the time. The first season under the San Francisco Athletic League saw Galileo take a complete beating all around. The 11 men lost to Commerce, 14 to 3, but had a moral victory in the field goal, Galileo's first score in history. Then came the Cogswell game in which AQAWWIH9 ,,,,,y.ss' ,f .R . . . and here are some of the girls rm

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A Here is Galileo's first faculty. In the front are Major Overton, Miss Metz- ner and Mr. Nourse. You Hgure out the rest of them Thirteen Years A-Grovvin' By RICHARD CUsHiNG, D64 ACK in 1917, when most of us weren't very tall, a group of Red Cross shacks were built as emer- gency medical auxiliaries for soldiers wounded in the war. These shacks stood in the blocks between Fulton, McAllister, Hyde and Leavenworth streets, one side facing the main artery to the city hall. At that time, as now, the school system was overcrowded. The five public high schools in San Francisco-Lowell, Poly, Mission, Commerce and Girls' High-were so crowded that classes of 50 and 60 stu- dents crowded into the little rooms built for 50. Something had to be done in a hurry, so the city fathers put their heads ,1 Jie f'Yi. i 1 ,MM a 'f., 1 together and decided to build a new high school 'way out there in North Beach. The site was chosen, and after an im- pressive ceremony, the work was begun on the new high school, named after Gal- ileo Galilei, famous Italian scientist. The late Governor James A. Rolph, Jr., at that time Mayor of San Francisco, drove the steamshovel that broke the first ground. But it would take a couple of years to build a high school, and the need to re- lieve the overcrowded classes was acute. While the Galileo High School is being built, the Red Cross shacks could be used to house some students, thought the Board of Education, and within the month r wqmw f f W f ff f f f - I 21 When they'd build bleachers for a pa- rade, you couldn't even see the school. The cross marks Galileo

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L Galileo R,O.T.C. battalion parades in X r. . . a. e CN ' W 57VliYf.3f-G 'l'fi'5l37,s f St ' 351.139 'N vWT5f?i1f'.ii-f t r 0 n t of s c h o o l. 'X ir 'Doc' ' Y a te s was L 5 ' x t' s 'S 'R :Rvws-xf's.s. ww 5- is fr, - -i, J-:gf 1,15'f8.gFfkQvyT.'jQ2-,gilffm 4-:j,,'x stz- QA-.1-f,:,,-,,. fhffl CHPIHIH Q X si only ten men were in the starting lineup, one was injured, and the other nine fin- ished the game holding the visitors to a 26-0 score. Lowell then proceeded to give the Lions the worst drubbing they have ever had, the Cards running up 83 points against none for Galileo. Quoting from the first issue of the Pendulum: Galileo's first season of football has not been a failure in spite of what may have been said. Many say it has been a failure because not only did the players show a limited knowledge of football tactics, but they had high scores piled against them, and not one victory throughout the season. Others say the season has been a success because in spite of the fact that the boys knew very little football, and many times played against men much larger than themselves, they always showed the right spirit and fought to the last. This good spirit will last through the coming years and will win many championships for Galileo. The prophecy has been fulfilled. Publications at the old school were supervised by the late Dr. john B. Mol- ineux, a member of the Galileo faculty until a couple of years ago. He died early this year after being struck by an auto- mobile. By Ianuary of 1923 the regular Galileo building at Bay and Van Ness was com- pleted, and the jubilant students imme- diately moved into their new quarters. fft- A24f1Ki.,:',?'.' 7-5' alarm, QM! Whenever a parade went by, school would be dismissed and the students would line up on the curb to watch the procession go by. Galileo is on X f fy y A, f , I rms l if I 4 6 rf 5 4 l , 127 2 fa i ,f'41.4 g 2 , r K 3 giklfl' f f . W .... Wa . H . . M. ' aff- W, aw w , f r i f .iw ff 2 ff A if 1 7' v. at L J' -Q ff' ffi 1. f' y ,,., , .v Q! W, if 7 -a,rs1..,,, . wiafsf 9 ',. w- , -, - .-10' . A- .' 2. , f 1 ' . 1 1 , ef . an 6 n J. 44, Q-Waprf, In , r -' 1? w ,Q I- ' - -, t.,,dZ,:,, -,Q-Q , 39, ,.p,y55gQ,7.4,j Ziff V, ...aff 'li' 3 in 2 yyfgfffffrjffyfyfffyy XA., f- !g4..Vf.2w,f'ff,,,f,!f,.Vmg.f!,'V,f !,7fygfV,.g, ,L 1 v 5 V . sf 1 . ,, ff ,fv,ay4V.,f ,.f,,gf, I ',!f,,, , , I , f, X - , ' the extreme right V 1 M of the picture, next door to the public r , . ., ,WW fzfff WWW W qw M 7 Z ala if 5 is M- I i 'ev i if li gm Q gf' I fi Vx 7 X17 X f f.,ffW1.f?ff,. ,- .f ff UW M 0450? f if f f f ff f, Cf' ffffff, fm! 2 . 1 x , fQZg,Lj?,4':f,f,.,'XJ .fi 'f 23 library