Livermore High School - El Vaquero Yearbook (Livermore, CA)

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The Most Interesting lperson I Know HIC is small, has wonderful eyes of blue that look at you unllinchingly, dark brown curly hair that reminds you of silk and velvet, and a chubby ever-rosy face. lt was her face that won nie at first sight. VVhen she! was in deep thought, her eyes became sober, her face lost its tint, and even her hair took on a somber aspect. Wlhen joy was in her heart her eyes began to sparkle, her lips began to curve, the rose flowed back into her cheeks, and even her tresses seemed to smile back at me. Since the first time I saw her l have learned that every change of thought, every type of emotion is registered on her face. Although her hair is bobbed, she is not a tlapper. Indeed, she seems to take little interest in things that usually claim a girl's attention. She rarely goes to a party and when she does at least one of her parents accompany her. She does not dance so far as I know and she is no great talker. Birds and animals always interest her, however, and she also likes to ride. As I said before, she is not a Happerg and yet there are times when she actually delights in Hirting. Although I am modest by nature, I can truly say that she has tried to charm me with her smile on several occasions. I must con- fess, however, that I smiled in return. I am not her only victim for she has practiced her wiles on many others, but, I say it once more, she is NOT a Happer. This most interesting person has very few faults but perhaps I should men- tion them, nevertheless. Ifirst, I must confess she is inclined to be lazy. This is the fault of her parents, however. They think she is a perfect doll and conse- quently do not allow her to do work of any kind. She does not even wash the dishes! No, indeed not! X'Yhile her mother toils in the kitchen, she sits com- fortably in a chair or on the hed and plays with a doll or looks at a hook or listens to the radio. And sleep, my how she can sleep! She sleeps in the night timeg she sleeps in the daytiineg she sleeps anytime and anywhere she pleases. Second, she seems to have very poor table manners. Perhaps I am not the one to criticize her but, nevertheless, I thought lingers and hands had long ago passed out of use as implements for transporting food to the mouth. Not so she. I doubt if she could handle a fork or knife in a becoming manner. In fact, if she thinks it necessary, she will make direct contact between her mouth and the desired morsel. Lastly. she is quite conceited, This fact is fully demonstrated by the way she makes her parents step lively to obey her slightest wish Indeed, everyone seems to think she is a queen and they her subjects. Perhaps you have guessed the name of the person of whom I speak. If you have not, I shall say for your benefit that the subject of the above discourse is now spending her second year on this earth and has not yet a full set of teeth. Further- more, she cannot walk unless assisted by another. LLOYD Bemis '23, Dawn Iluylvrvule and flu' birds' clear roll Duylvrcule and zlzitys call llitzlee lIIUfl'17'11I my sleep. Ilyllfkl' 1110 from. my flrenuz, Siizzlmznizx clinzlwing 0'er tlzv mill: 3111117011115 tlzmzuizzg slzculoztxr iallg Illia' .rlcefi from my eyeliflx cwcjv. Good lzra1zfe11.v.' llfy English tlzeuzef -GRN iz SHi2RM.fiN 20.

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L. U. H. S. Alumni Association P1'c'.Yfdt'llf ..,Y... ,,,.......,., ..,,. ..... 1Vl a rgaret Baxter 5ll't'I't'ftI1'j.' .., ...... S amuel Bothwell T1'6'tIS1!1'l'l' ... ... .. ,. A rthur Burns N NOVEMBER -1, 1026, the Alumni Association started another year with new vigor and enthusiasm. lt was on this date that the Annual Roll Call and Alumni Dinner was held. At a meeting before the dinner, the officers were elected and the policy of the Alumni Association was shaped. Following the meeting was a dinner-dance, during which the Roll Call and a short program was held. The dinner-dance was a wonderful success, and the attendance was larger than at any preceding dinner-dance of the Association. The most important move made at this meeting was a decision to hold a social dance after every quarterly meeting. Special bulletins are to he mailed to every memluer announcing the meeting and dance, and any other matter of im- portance. The hrst meeting was held 'lanuary 29, 1027, followed hy a dance. There was a good attendance. The second meeting and dance, held on April 247, was even a greater success than the first. The Annual Alumni Ball, held on Saturday night, May 7, improved the reputation gained in former years. True to its policy of doing new things, the Alumni Association gave the Senior Class a dinner at Croce's Cafe on May 21, the night of the Senior Ball. The dinner served two purposes: liirst, to initiate the Seniors into the Alumni Associationg and secondly, to he a class reunion for the Alumni. The class with the largest percentage of its members present will have its class numbers on the Alumni pennant. Following the dinner. the memhers of the Senior Class and the Alumni Association went to the Senior Rall. The Alumni Scholarship lfund is creating a great deal of interest this year. The purpose of the Scholarship Fund is to aid a deserving student through college should he need the help. The fund is large enough to he hut into operation this yearg hut due to the fact that there are many different views on the way of awarding the fund, action will he deferred for another year. The Scholarship Fund was the main topic of the meeting of April 20, and it was not until then that the impossibility of awarding the fund this year was apparent. A special committee was appointed to study the matter. lts rules will he puhlished at the opening of school next August in order that the students may prepare themselves to apply or to compete for the fund. The Alumni Association is fully aware of the dilh- culties to he encountered, lioth in the Alumn Association itself and in the minds of outsiders interested in the fund. lt helieyes that, although the delay for another year will he felt hy many, the postponement will ultimately hring aliout greater success to the Scholarship Fund. These activities show that the Alumni Association of l.ivermore High is very much alive. lt is a hond of union for its memliers, and a liond lletween them and their old school.

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Bolb Simmons' Experience OB SIMMONS, air mail pilot who fiew between San Francisco and Reno, was preparing for his daily run. His plane, which was a Curtiss scout plane, was his treasure. He had been Hying with it ever since he had been employed at the San Francisco air port. He spoke of it as if it were a person and he called it Betzy.,' Hey, Bob, called one of the mechanics who had been helping Bob prepare for the fiight. The Boss wants to see you, guess he'll say you can't make the run in this wind. Gee! the wind is blowing sure enough, but I've got to get through with that sack of mail. It contains money that was collected here in Frisco and it's being sent to Hood refugees in the Mississippi Valley. The quicker they get it the better. VVith this Bob jumped down from the wing of the plane where he had been tuning the engine and ran across the field to the office of the air-port superin- tendent. He was pufhng when he reached the door of the olhce as he had been bucking the strong north wind. XNell. Bob, I guess you'd better not try it tonight. There's no use taking a chance. NVait a minute, interrupted Bobg don't say I can't Hy tonight because I know I can. Those people need that sack of mail and they're not going to wait a day or two because some chicken-hearted air pilot in Frisco was afraid to make his part of the run on schedule. Now I don't know what else was said in that oiiice but I do know the super- intendent gave his consent and that Bob took the air in his plane at 7:30 that evening. The wind had made the 'ttake-off difficult and Bob was about twenty minutes in finally leaving the held. In spite of the wind that evening was clear and the beacon light at Livermore greeted Bob fifteen minutes after he left Frisco. Bob Hew over the Patterson Pass with great care. He kept accurate watch on the gauges and meters and kept his plane out of the treacherous air pockets as best he could. The wind was straining every wire, every bit of the fuselage and Bob once or twice wished he had not taken the chance. Then again he would think of the cause of his fiight and fear left him. Then like a flash of lightning out of a clear sky a sharp singing sound came to Bob's ears. He felt his plane give from under him. XYhat had happened? XYith a horrified glance over his left shoulder Bob saw that one of the main wing sup- ports had been conquered by the strong pulling and twisting of the wind. Then the plane seemed to give a last leap like a wild animal that was fighting for its life. But it was useless. Bob thought of his parachuteg he thought of the mailg and then he quickly grasped the sack and leaped from the plane, which was then about one thousand feet above a wooded district. All this had happened in less than a second and now Bob was swiftly being taken helter-skelter by the wind. Poor old Betzy was twisting and turning hurriedly toward the earth. Bob closed his eyes just before she hit the ground. His old companion had been conquered! Wlliat was to be his fate? Swiftly he was descending. He knew that the para- chute would drag him after he landed. Certainly the wind would keep it open and his chances would be slim.