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

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s These are the recently- retired colors that have been used by t h e R. O. T. C. s i n c e 1 9 Z 2. Careful h a n d- ling made these colors last for 12 years l ---.- - Galileo now was certainly as well equipped as any other school in the city. The defeats in athletics began to recede, and the Lions turned into a football threat -something unheard of before. In 1929 they defeated Cogswell, 48 to 0. If it were not for an early season defeat by Poly in 1930, the Galileo team would have been city grid champions. In 1951 Poly again marred the championship chances, and the next year it was Mis- sion that won the title. The football hopes were suddenly realized, however, when a powerful attack on Commerce's undefeated team gave Galileo a 7-0 win and the title. Then they traveled across the bay to beat the eastbay champions for the bay region championship. This year the Lions are also city and bay region champions, by virtue of their win over all teams but Lowell, and Lowell's loss to Poly, which team was beaten by Gali- leo, and so around in a circle. The Lions defeated Castlemont, 49-O, to take the bay region title. Singularly, there have been eight dif- At the flag pageant this year the old colors were retired, and in their stead were put two new flags, bought by students' contri- butions. The old colors are now in a case in the princi- pal's office E291

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I L The American flag, a gift of the Ex- position and Golden Gate Valley Im- provement Association, seemed to take on a new meaning as it was unfurled in the gentle breeze from the bay and hoisted to the air while the Municipal Band played the National Anthem. Then came the San Francisco R. O. T. C., clothed in the uniform of their country and pledged anew their alleg- iance to the flag. It was fitting indeed that the Native Sons of the Golden West, the descendants of the pioneers who wrested a competency from the undevel- oped frontier in the early days, should take a prominent part in the proceedings. Accompanied by William J. Hayes, grand president of the order, members of Pre- sidio, Marshall and San Francisco Parlors of the order came to the platform with American and Bear flags which they pre- sented to the school. Major Nourse delivered an address which gave to the assemblage some idea of the appreciation of his faculty and his charges for the building which San Fran- cisco saw fit to add to its educational temples. The new school with its gym, lockers, auditorium, shops, large classrooms, etc., looked like a palace to those students used to braving the weather in the decay- ing shacks. Then in 1927 came a greater surprise-there was to be an annex built to the building, which would contain many more classrooms, steel lockers, drawing rooms, sun porches, and even an observatory! By 1929 the annex was complete, and the number of students at- tending began to equal that of Lowell or Poly. Galileo l-ligh School Ml. joseph P. Nourse, Principal st' Commencement Exercises Class offune 1922 june 14, 1922 J' Graduates AILEEN CORRIDAN RUTH MARGARET MILLER ROWENA MARY ROSSI wt' Program 1. Selection, The Prophet fMeyerbecrJ ........ ....,..,..................Galileo High School Orchestra 2. Salutatory .............................. Rowena Mary Rossi Cello Solo ......... ......... .... ' 1 'hcodore Barret 4. Class History ................................ Aileen Corriclan Duct from The Pirates of Penzance .......... ..................Muricl Bates and Fernando Ybarra 6. Valedictory .......................................... Ruth Miller 7. Bass Solo from The Pirates of Penzance .... Fred Ellenberger 8. Address ...,.............................. Major W. S. Overton 9. Trio from The Pirates of Penzance ............ Hosmer, Fernando Ybarra and Fred Ellenbcrger 10. Address .................................... Frederick H. Clark tPrincipal Lowell High Schoolb 11. Presentation of Diplomas ................................ Alice Rose Power tMember Board of Educationj 12. Waltz from Madame Modisten ...................... ..........................Galileo High School Orchestra Excerpt from the program of the iirst graduation. The irst class consisted of but three girls, all of them transfers. wi

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A .. I Dr. Edwin A. Lee, Supt. of public schools, addresses Galileo students at the flag pageant. He was surrounded by students wearing costumes and carry- ing the flags of more than fifty nations ferent football coaches at Galileo. Mr. Bain, who is now on the coaching staff at U. C. L. A., had the job of teaching the boys American football, since rugby had been played for the past 15 years. In 1922 came Coach Fred Swan, ex-quarter back of Berkeley High, to the coaching position. He is now an assistant coach to Pop Warner at Temple University. The next year another instructor took over the work. This time it was a Mr. McKnight, who stayed until 1925, at which time james E. Spaulding came to Galileo. In 1928 Howard Ross was se- lected for football coach, and the next year the head man was Ralph Chase, a former All-American football player. It was in 1950 that Coach Ras johnson took the Galileo team in hand, and under his guidance the Lions in five seasons placed third, second, second, first and Hrst in league competition. Under the heading of Galileo May Enter Annex January lst, Dorothy The flag pageant was one of the most impressive ceremonies in the history ofthe school. The bleach- ers were entirely filled with students and visitors