Gridley High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Gridley, CA)

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QullL awL As compensation for meritorious service on the Bulldog Flash staff, high school weekly, would-be journalists are privileged to become members of Quill and Scroll, interna- tional organization for high school journalists. It’s a real honor to belong to this organization because the standards are high. Students must be juniors or seniors, must rank in the top one-third of their class scholas- tically at the time of election, write at least 100 column inches for a high school paper or other publications, be recommended by the sponsor for ability and dependability, and submit samples of their work to the national executive secretary, Mr. Nell. Awards this year were presented to eight girls. Doris McGuffey was awarded the editor's pin for her work as the director of the Bulldog Flash. The seven remaining girls— Sharley Lou Thompson, Dolores Detling, Barbara Wheeler, Wanda Ruth Marr, Beverly Groth, Barbara Bullock, and Shirley Jensen—received the regulation gold badges of membership. At the time of the awarding of the pins, Rodney Brown, named the ace reporter of the year, not eligible for Quill and Scroll because he had not reached his junior year, was given special recognition for his work on the Flash and his contributions to the Gridley Herald, Appeal Democrat, and the Sacramento Bee. He will be eligible for Quill and Scroll next year. Because Gridley High has no stipulated fund for the buying of awards for Quill and Scroll membership, the staff of the Bulldog Flash raised the money for the badges by selling hot dogs, cokes, and homemade candy during the noon hours. Mrs. Dunlap is the advisor of the organization in Gridley High. BACK ROW, left to right: Beverly Groth, Wanda Marr, Sharley Lou Thompson, Dolores Detling. FIRST ROW: Barbara Wheeler, Barbara Bullock, Shirley Jensen, Mrs. Dun- lap.

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BACK ROW, left to right: Jack Sherman, Ed Biggs, Larry Perrin. SECONO ROW: Miss Ballew, Dick Peekema, Mr Vaughn. FIRST ROW: Barbara Pryde, Mary Janet Finney. JhfL {Bulldog Editor Assistant Editors Business Managers Photography Manager STAFF DICK PEEKEMA MARY JANET FINNEY and BARBARA PRYDE LARRY PERRIN and EDDIE BIGGS JACK SHERMAN Perhaps you think it is easy to get out an annual! Maybe you think it is fun? Well—try it sometime. First, find a publisher: then, a photographer: then, select a theme, which never pleases anybody: solicit advertising, for without that—no yearbook: then, try to get your writeups of classes in on time—yes, just try it: race around for snaps: get names correctly spelled for all the pictures—or just get names, that's hard enough; get your group pictures made outside, if the fog and rain will let you: take flash pictures of the faculty, and groan at the ghastly results: slip around to take a snap of Al and Ben—on the wing. Do all these things and then meet your deadlines to the engraver. Brother, it cannot be done. But if you want to feel worthwhile and useful, at last, just get out the good old Bulldog. Here it is, Aladdin's Lamp and all. We did what we could. Better luck next year! - 5 21

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BACK ROW, left to right: Violet Lester, Dick Peekema, Forrest Duranceau, Shirley Jensen. SECOND ROW: Miss Ballew, Bertie Stenzel, Lenora Edwards, Robert Smith, Mary Janet Finney, Nancy Stead- man. FIRST ROW: Mary Jo Nugent, Carol Waters, Dorothy White, Bev- erly Ellis, Virginia McClanahan, Pat Hulen, Pat Armes. Sfiaadv CbdA, (flub OFFICERS FALL SPRING MARY JANET FINNEY President LENORA EDWARDS BERTIE LOU STENZEL Vice-President VIRGINIA McCLANAHAN DICK PEEKEMA Secretary CAROL WATERS Work in speech arts has consisted of study of voice control, stage poise, correct enun- ciation, speeches, extemporaneous debate, interpretation of poetry, radio speech, and drama. The casting of plays has been hampered seriously by our lack of boys in the class. Dick Peekema, Robert Smith and Forrest Duranceau have carried the brunt in mascu- line parts. We put on several one-act comedies and one serious play. Love in Bloom and Sob Stuff seemed to be the most popular with our audiences. Sob Stuff was requested by the Rotary Club of Gridley and the Kiwanis Club of Live Oak and the cast went through ther antics for the tired business men.'' The latter generously used the words talent and clever. Our patriotic program, except for a few spots, was a failure. Unfortunately the chairman set the wrong mood. As special projects for the year the club suggested a new plan for assemblies and rallies which was carried out successfully, and bought a cyclorama and furniture for the small stage in the social hall. The club's funds were not sufficient for the latter, so the school helped to pay for the furniture and curtain. The chief objective of the class has been to help raise the general standards of public speaking, assemblies of all kinds, and audience appreciation of student entertainment. We can only hope that this objective has been attained in a small measure. We can say, truly, that most of the things we attempted were fun. 2