Gresham High School - Munhinotu Yearbook (Gresham, OR)

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Girls' League The Girls' League, to which every girl belongs, was organized in 1992 under the able leadership of Miss Miriam Inglis. The league presented ent r taining and educational programs for the girls of the school. The officers for the past year were these: Irene Bliss, president: Bet Andrews, vice-president: Isabelle Bliss, secretary, Iune Metzger, treasur Bette Ryding, song leader: Doris Hinkley, pianist. G. A. A. Every girl taking gym is a member of the Girls' Athletic Association, group organized to create interest in athletics for girls. Miss Elizabeth Ion the adviser, trains the girls in sports and sportsmanship. Girls who succe fully fulfill certain requirements receive awards, and each year the outstan ing girl is given a sweater. The officers for the past year were lune Metzger, president: Gerald Cowan, secretary-treasurer, and Louise Black, reporter. 9- .ly an a is' ss- H- ine Fire Squad The fire squad is a group of boys who are selected to serve during drills or in case of a real fire. Their duty is to close windows and doors, clear the exits, and help crippled students. This year's squad was composed of abo one-hundred boys under the leadership of Bob Lewis and Sam Haley, fi chiefs. Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction Our school bus system is the largest in the State of Oregon. Fully thr fourths of the students ride to and from school on the eleven busses. Each st dent is hauled an average of 14.4 miles a day, at a cost of elevencents. T total daily mileage of all busses is 509 miles, while that for the year is actu- o l ally 90,000 miles. The average cost of transporting a student to and from sch for the entire year is Sl9.62. The busses use, all in all, 9,276 gallons of gasoli and 654 quarts of oil per year. What's New Around Our School: New gym locker rooms, etc. New music room. New Cafeteria Equipment. New track. New eighty-nine lockers. New letters for minor sports. New gavels for each class. New slide projector. New bell and fire alarm system. New seven-room addition. New addition to study hall. New combination locks. New park and lawn. New athletic shed. New office and library. New bus sheds. New ventilation system. We seniors wish to express our gratitude to our Board of Directors for these fine improvements and hope that you students who will be back n year will take good care of them and use them to the best advantage. in F9 99- hi? r. all ext

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FIRST ROW: I. Strong, B. Ryding, W. Haley, D. Young, W. Bettis. SECOND ROW: E. Somerville, E. Booth, M. Fleming, H. Gillett, E. Noren, B. Iones. THIRD ROW: Mr. Dent, T. Suscmka, B. A. Collins, K. Tambara, M. Kondo. Forensics Gresham's debate squad, which consisted of Bette Ptyding, lack Strong, Wendell Haley, Wade Bettis, cmd Dorothy Young, completed a successful season, finishing with a Winning percentage of .5UUy they won three and lost three contests. All but Dorothy Young received letters in debate, and both Dorothy Young and Wade Bettis will be back next year. From the Linfield tournament, Gresham successfully brought back two cups, and three medals. Kimiko Tambara won first in oratory, and Bette Anne Collins and Tom Susanka tied for first in humorous interpretation. Other winners were Esther Noren, fourth in oratoryg Bette Hyding, fourth in dramatic interpretation: and lack Strong, sixth in extemporaneous speaking. At the Willamette tournament, Tom Susanka Won third in humorous division of interpretation. Gopher Club The Gopher club consists of all boys who have received letters in major sports, athletic managing, or yell-leading. Annually a colorful and long remembered initiation is held for the new members. This last year's officers were Iirn Metzger, president, and Iohn Williams, secretary. Those of the coaching staff are the advisers.

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Buildings and Grounds Improvements The school has this year had its face lifted and its back scrubbed. This transformation has really been going on over a period of three years-begin- ning at Christmas time, 1933, by the C. W. A., continued later by the S.E.R.A., and this year by the W. P. A. During this year the workers have regraded the track, football and baseball fields: they have dug a drainage ditch around the outside of the grounds, and they have laid a drain tile between the track and the football field. An athletic field house to shelter equipment has been built, mostly out of old lumber salvaged from the old bus sheds, which are notice- ably absent. The removal of the sheds has made possible a larger parking area, which is fenced off by a neat white rail. The back yard cedar tree has become a distinct land mark, and shows itself to be a part of the cedar and fir grove located just to the south of the buildings, and which grove has been land- scaped. A new entrance and exit has been built to the south across newly acquired property. Two days' work on the shrubbery by an expert has provided the necessary hair cut and revealed a cornerstone on the gym not seen in many years. Seventy-six yards of concrete were poured in one day between the buildings to provide safe and dry passageway from bus stops to school. Besides all this, our district has, without aid from the federal government, done 540,000 worth of construction and the results are the new wing, the addi- tion to the gym, and the new garages.