Hilo High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Hilo, HI)

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Reception Committee Hilo Hi's Hosts Hello! I'm from New York and I'd like to see the school, the neatly dressed GI greet- ed the receptionist at the desk in the adminis- tration building. Surely,'i returned Margaret Luna with a winsome smile. HCome on. I'll show you around. How long can you stay? A long time, l hopef came back the answer. Wonit you sign in our visitor's book! invited Margaret as she opened the official book and offered him a pen. I sure will, and l'd like to add a few com- ments after my tripfi Scenes like this were familiar ones. Two students with pleasant personalities chosen from the study halls, were at the reception desk every period of the day. They escorted guests from building to building and engaged them in friendly conversation. In all, there were about 40 boys and girls who acted as escorts. During the year, the receptionists were hostesses to approximately five hundred visit- ors. Both civilians and men from the armed forces came to the school. From New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California and Oahu --persons from all over the continental United States and the islands, are registered in the gn 24 Margaret Luna holds the Guest Book containing impressions of visitors to our school. visitor's book. Excellent school! I wish I had attended this school. Very nice girls! Students well-dressed. HOne of the nicest schools Vve seen out of the United States. School in excellent form. These are just a few of the many sincere Comments made by the visitors. During American Education VVeek, the public was invited to visit the school. Down- town, the receptionists passed out special pamphlets containing useful information about Hilo High. This four-page pamphlet welcomed visitors to the school with a message from Margaret I,una, chief official hostess. Hilo High's his- tory in a nutshell-with the names of all stu- dent body and class ofiicers, school clubs and committees, Vikings in the armed forces and the Alma Mater-was squeezed into it. The three things the visitors liked most about our school were the well-cared-for cam- pus, the large buildings and-the girls! Many came back more than twice-just to see the school again! The Reception Committee, headed by lvfar- garet Luna, second vice president of the Stu- dent Association, was kept on its toes all year. They did a Ilne job in welcoming all visitors interested in our Alma Mater.

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Boncls, Bulletins, Props and Posters Vtilizing Mrs. l'utnam's office for their headquarters, the Stamps and Bonds Commit- tee, under the leadership of Miriam Noda, worked pretty hard to maintain the high stand- ard of Hilo High in the sale of stamps and bonds. Auctions in the homerooms were employed to stimulate the buying of bonds. From Octo- ber to December in the Speed His Recovery campaign, the eighth and last war loan drive, these bond auctions boosted the sale of stamps and bonds to 3316,486, almost tripling our tluota of iS6,000. Over 325,000 yvorth of bonds were sold in V745-1046. Advised by Miss Mary Genung, vocational guidance counseller, the Vocational Guidance Committee unled Leatrice Loefller proved to he an active five-member committee. livery week they gathered material on various occupations and careers for the voca- tional guidance bulletin board while helping the vocational counsellors. They also assisted in organizing the career clubs, such as the 'l'eaehers' Club and the Nurses' Club. i l Clockwise: Overworked Stamps and Bonds Coni- rnittee ,,.. VValking vocational references .... Printing t'ornniittec .... future Raphacls or Gau- guins? .... Property men. Members of this committee were Seichi lhara, Frank Kim, Mabel Takae, Mildred Tolentino and Leatrice Loeffler, chainnan. Under Kiyoto Mizuba the Property Com- mittee used plenty of elbow grease to polish the numerous trophies. They also took care of school property and obtained a few articles for the improvement of the school. Artistic posters announcing the Senior Play and the Blue and Gold campaign, boost- ing the sale of stamps and bonds and urging good health were the products of the indus- trious Printing Committee, working in co- operation with the student body government. These colorful displays, which adorned the walls of halls and cafeteria, reminded students cf forthcoming dances, plays, and activities. Besides printing all the senior graduation certificates, Chairman lsami Iinomoto and assistants, Ian Fujisaki, Moriwaki Ogayva, lsao Yamamoto and Toshiyuki Mizutare, also undertook part of the decorations for the Shrine dance in March with the help of Mrs. Anita Carter, adviser. ..' 3 slr - cu-,. 3 Q a sir' L Q i Will 1 GUW

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Masques, Mail And Memorials Under Ronald Beers, the Program Com- mittee which included Richard Chalmers, Wilma Ednie and Anita Ramona Carter, made a plan for a series of programs that kept Hilo High students entertained the whole year round. f'The First Dress Suitf' given in coopera- tion with the Student Playhouse, started the merry-go-round of amusements. Chronologi- cally they were: October: Squaring lt With the Boss, The Ghost Storyg November: 4-5 minute radio skits, Father Talks Turkey: De- cember: The Birds, Fliristmas Carol: Janu- ary: The Migration of Races to Hawaiig Feb- ruary: Spelling Contest, And the Lamp Went Uut, Come Rain or Shine. At Christmas, over 40,000 postcards were handled at Hilo High School alonel That's the splendid record of the Postal Committee. Headed by Goro Endo, the committee sold over 45,000 student association seals at a penny apiece which meant that some S400 was added to the student accident fund. Three weeks before Christmas, gay umail boxes appeared on the campus in three of the buildings for student mailing. Each day, members of the committee made the rounds and emptied the contents in their post office in the basement of the auditorium building. Does Hilo High have unsung heroes? Yes, dehnitelyg especially in the Vllai' Service Corn- mittee. Equipped with information blanks, Wah Sung Chun and his associates recorded a thousand names of former Hilo High stu- dents serving in the armed forces. They can- vassed the school and town to fill information blanks and cut out newspaper clippings for their scrapbook. But their work was by no means through. Besides this work, the committee also ob- tained a service tlag for the school and pre- sented gifts to boys inducted while in school. Top to bottom: Four-man Program Committee .... ar- chcologists of the War Ser- vice Committee .... poten- tial postmastcr generals? 25 r v .