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

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The same faculty was brought over and a few new teachers were added. The following quotation is from the 1924 Telescope, written about the im- pressive ceremony that took place when Galileo was dedicated: San Francisco's latest gift to secondary education-Galileo High School-was dedicated on March 50, 1924, while plans were under way for a new wing to the building which will almost double the capacity of the institution. And a proud day it was for the students and faculty, for they were made the subject of a ded- ication service that was featured by a gathering of notable men and organiza- tions on a Sunday afternoon. The or- ganizations that sponsored the service gave the event a ring of confidence in the next generation almost as stable as the building itself. The day was in keeping with the event. The western sun, making its way towards the Golden Gate, sparklecl down upon the drill team and the Native Sons of the Golden West in a parade which stretched along Van Ness avenue and cul- minated before the school entrance, where more than 3,000 citizens lent dig- nity to the occasion. The event was one which gave new inspiration to the responsible directing heads of Galileo. It brought out Fred Dohrmann, president of the Board of Education, joseph Marr Gwinn, superin- tendent of schools, A. J. Cloud, deputy superintendent, and Major P. Nourse, principal. The exercises, which were in charge of Thomas F. Boyle, chairman of the day, were characterized by their rich simplicity, which provided a text for Act- ing Mayor R. McLeran, who declared in his dedicatory address that 'We have come together today for the most pa- triotic cause for which the American peo- ple can assemble' President Dohrmann spoke as one in- spired, and in his audience saw satisfac- if l American oot Again mi, i. , f - 'Z s , 313522 Established in the San i I on Q I gql. 'ti' l Francisco High. School-sirggt y l -.--f-H aglfl i Wins From Gallileo in the First' Came'sQ3rfgE5' i Played by the Local School League for 3555: Many Years Past WL? ' l .--+-.--4----iT----'- of tlfl I By FRED jagiygggm ew-W WYFZSS' i 3 A'l?l:!:l:id1'l2hf:d1!lQ 33513822-.mai Will dlvejpp ignto' I l l E251

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The first foots ball team, in the Fall of 1921, which consisted of just 11 men. Two were injured and the other nine held Cogs- well to a 26-O score, Mr. Bain coached the team at that time. The team won its first game on Octo- ber 7, 1922, when they de- feated Bates School. Z7-2 24 Here is the sec- ond year's foot- ball team, with 17 p l a y e r s. This squad was coached by Fred Swan, who had just been grad- u a t e d from Berkeley High. He is now at Temple Uni- versity with Pop Warner. This team dee feated 0 n l y Sacred Heart in 1922

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LA n i The Hrst base- ball team, in 1922, which consisted of but twelve players. Their record for1923: Gali- leo 47, Sacred Heart 65 Gali- leo 7. Saint Ignatius 63 Galileo 12, Cogswell 38 tion and the thought of a satisfied pop- ulace for the work of the Board of Edu- cation, under the auspices of which the structure was dedicated. 'I think a city is judged more by the quality of its schools than by its police department,' President Dohrmann said. The parents, brothers, sisters and rel- atives of the pupils were escorted through the modern edifice, consecrated to the cause of education, and shown through every room in the building. The visitors saw modern, well-ventilated classrooms, an auditorium which resembled a most modern theater, a gymnasium second to none in the city, shops for hand-minded students who choose to learn by doing, and most important of all, they min- gled with the youth of today, the cit- izenry of tomorrow. Future Galileo pu- pils, students of the grammar grades yvere present to sing their appreciation of San Francisco's latest educational accom- plishment. Eleven boys who made up the Hrst track squad. Mr. Koch coached the track teams for a while, and thenMr. Spitzer took over the job rm