La Jolla High School - Viking Yearbook (La Jolla, CA)

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CLASS HISTUIQY O our class is going to graduate! We made it in just six years, tool That's something to be proud ot, considering that we stopped along the way tor so many good times. When we tirst came here in the tall ot I934, we were just a group ot unprepossessing and rather unruly youngsters, as peagreens are likely to be, but as soon as we'd become used to high school lite and tound our places in its activities, we blossomed out and made the rest ot the school aware that we were an outstanding class. As early as the eighth grade, we looked into the matter ot parliamentary procedure and, under Miss Tillinghast's direction, made ourselves a constitution to govern the activities ot our own and suc- ceeding eighth-grade classes. ln the ninth grade, we were the tirst ot Mr. Rand's social science classes to take up the study ot ballroom dancing and party etiquette, in the war to end walltlowersf' Social science notebooks and murder trials were other never-to-be-forgotten projects in the treshman courses ot study. New vigor and inspiration were introduced to our class when we were Sophomores and the Pacitic Beach Junior High graduates came to augment our ranks. Shall we ever torget the beach picnic we held that year on Boomer Beach? We ate more sand than anything else, but we had a tumultuously good time. That was the year we man- aged the concessions at the baseball games to add to the meager tunds in the class treasury and to prepare ourselves tor handling the Junior tootball concessions. At last came the eventtul day, in the tall ot l938, when we torsook our summertime activities to return to school and become mighty Juniors. Now it seemed as it all that had gone betore had been merely to prepare us tor this important position. We rushed about helping the Seniors manage the school, being leaders in sports and club activities ot all kinds, even studying exhaustively when we had the time. Our championship tootball team attracted huge crowds, making the Junior concessions and our dream castle prom- enade highly successtul. ln our Junior year, too, the auditorium received new curtains and work was begun on the Senior Court. The Senior Court! We, the class ot l94O, were the tirst to sit on its spacious lawn 'neath the rose-entwined arbor and exercise the authority ot keeping lower classmen ott its premises. We ate lunch and studied and learned our parts tor the Senior Play there. The play was The Charm School, which was well received. For the sake ot being taithtul to the illustrious spirit ot our class, I will torbear to mention the base deed ot the ignoble Juniors who trespassed upon our court on Ditch Day, when we were torced to leave it unguarded, but otherwise Ditch Day was successtul, though we lett the school incomplete until our distinctive green sweaters and tlash-gold rings were again seen in its halls. Now we are ready to graduate. Our six years in La Jolla High School are over. No more shall we study English and Latin and chemistry in these familiar classrooms, or cheer our teams to victory under the pennant ot the scarlet and black. As the Viking ship docks, we leave the wheel ot government in the hands ot the next class, and gather our belongings to set ott on ditterent trails, with the memory ot a successtul cruise behind us. Nine

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CALENDAR 55L . . ONS distance, please! l'd like to make a person-to-person call to Mr. Reader on Fifth Avenue in New York. Thank you. Hello, Mary? What's that? Ch, l just called to tell you about all the things La Jolla has done this year. , Well, in September the Senior class started ott with a bang. By October things were rolling along at a tast pace. The senior sweater and ring committees were selected. But that's not alll On the thirteenth, the A. S. B. broke the iinx a-nd threw a dance. November was ushered in by the seniors in a scrumptious way. They had clean taces, and immaculate clothes. Why? Oh, senior pictures, ot course. On the 3rd, the A.S.B. proved itselt again by another keen dance. But that wasn't all tor that day. We also played tootball against Escondido. Football again on the IOth, Sweetwater. Helmets clashed extra hard on the I7th when our eleven played Point Loma. The Pointers beat us that time, but on the 22nd, revenge was sweet at the Thanksgiving tootball game at the San Diego Stadium Carnival. The band wore its new unitornis the tirst time that night. Decemberl lAnd Christmas.l The titteenth was made merri- orable by the Scarlet and Black Ball. By the 2Ist a green wave ot senior sweaters had swept La Jolla. With January, came cold weather and senior rings, pins, and pendants. Basketball started on the fifth when we played Gross- mont. January I2-ibasketball with Coronado. The Sadie l-lawkins Dance was given by the G. R.'s in the Auditorium on the 26th. February was a genuine basketball month. But with basketball on the oth, 9th, I3th, loth, and 23rd, there was still time tor Occi- dental Glee Club Assembly, ninth grade Etiquette Party, Award As- sembly, Piney Woods Singers assembly, and an intormal A.S.B. dance. So much tor February. Let's go on to March . . . You bet this school is active. The drama and band classes starred this month with a Play Night on the lst-and a Concert on the l4th. Baseball started this month on the I5th, against Point Loma. Track also came to the tore when La Jolla met Escondido on the 28th. April commenced with a tennis tournament against Escondido. The Senior Play was presented on the 26th. Boy! Some playl There's Garbos and Taylors in the class ot '4O. May wouldn't be May without the G.A.A. May Baskets. lm- mediately following, the 3rd, to be exact, came Boys' Council Fathers' Day. Again the G.A.A. Banquet. Now were the new peagreens to be slighted? No! They were given a party on the loth. Patiently awaiting their turn, the l-li-Y tellows produced the bunny out ot their toppers in the torm ot a semi-tormal on the I7th. The dancing slippers didn't sit still long betore the Girl Reserves Spring Dance swung in on the 24th. Then the month ot all months-June! Following in quick succession came Senior Vespers on the ninth! Junior-Senior Prom on the I2th, and lOh l-lappy Seniorsl on the l3th-Commencement! Well, Mary, l've taken you through a whole school year ot tun and trolic at La Jolla l-ligh. cn