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

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GREEN 6' Goin ALUMNI Alumni activities for the years 1927 and 1928 began with the Annual Roll Call Dinner at Mally's Grill on November 26. Election of oliicers for the new year was held at a short business meeting which preceded the dinner. The class of 1926 had the largest percentage of its members present, entitling it to have the class numerals on the Alumni pennant. On February 5, 1928 a meeting of the Alumni was held at Miss Nissens home, and plans for the year's activities were outlined and discussed. Foresters Hall was the setting for a Leap Year Party for Alumni members and their friends on Tuesday evening, February 14. The Leap Year spirit was carried out during the dance, and gentlemen who walked across the floor without lady escorts were fined ten cents. The party was acclaimed a success by all those present-especially by the ladies. Last year the Alumni gave a dinner to the Senior Class which served both as an initiation for the Seniors, and as a reunion for the members. This year it was de- cided that the dinner should be made an annual affair, and plans are now under way to initiate the Seniors into the Alumni at a dinner at Mally's Grill on April 28, the night of the Alumni Ball. Following its customary procedure, the Alumni is now planning for the annual ball which is to be held at Sweeney's on April 28. It is hoped that the Alumni will maintain its reputation of former years by having a ball that is both a social and .1 financial success. The proceeds of the Alumni Ball will go toward the Scholarship Fund, which will be awarded to a deserving member of this years Senior Class. The fund of one hundred dollars will be paid in quarterly installments to the recipient, the first installment to be paid on the opening date of college. This money is extended in the form of .i loan without interest to be returned to fund one year after recipient leaves college. Any person to be eligible must be a senior in the Livermore High School, must have a principals recommendation, must need the help, and must be entering some non-sectarian school. Business colleges are not included. The Scholarship Committee, consisting of Charles Sweet, Fred Young, Beatrice Harvey, Mrs. Henry Hupers, and Lloyd Gunderson will decide upon the awarding by May 1. In this capacity, the Livermore High School Alumni Association is endeavoring to aid its future members, as well as those who are already members, The Alumni unites the graduates of Livermore High School and induces a feeling of good fellow- ship between them and those who are yet to come-the future Alumni. l27l

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GREEN 6 GoLD GIRLS' LEAGUE The Girls' League of the Livermore Union High School, an organization whose purpose is to develop cooperation and good fellowship among the girls to encourage courtesy, loyalty, and democratic behavior, has been organized for six years. The League has had monthly meetings every first Monday of the month through- out the ist year This day also is set aside as Middy Day A contest was started to iwlx L . I C c 1 L L . C see which class could have the largest percentage of its girls wearing Middies. The juniors and Seniors had the same percent. At the first meeting of the year officers were elected, and due to having two Gym classes two Vice-Presidents were elected to preside over the meetings in the classes. julia Moy was elected for the Sixth Period Class and Leona Lassen for the Fifth Period Class. Elvira Holm was elected President of the League and Reba Teeter Secretary of Fifth Period Class and Myrtle Groth Secretary for the Sixth Period Class. This year as usual the girls from the Livermore League sent delegates to the Confederation meeting. Those who attended were Julia Moy and Leona Lassen, with Mrs. Gilbert, the faculty advisor. The Convention was held in Redwood City. The delegates gave speeches when they returned and told of the ideas they had learned in regard to bet- tering their own League. One of the most interesting events that took place during the past year was the Initiation Party, when the upper classmen initiated the Freshmen girls and the new teachers. All the girls present were dressed in kid clothes. The afternoon was spent in playing games, initiating the new members into the League and serving refresh- ments. A very enjoyable time was had by all of those present. The next point of interest for the girls was Athletics. This year each class formed a basketball team which challenged other teams of the school. The juniors were victorious after defeating the Freshmen and Sophomores and the Senior girls being too busy with the Senior Play could not meet the Juniors and so were forced to forfeit their games. It is to be regretted that the Seniors and juniors could not meet to decide the championship definitely. The Seniors were champs last year and would have put up a stiff battle with this years' championship team. The members of the junior girls team will receive Block L's which were given to the Girls' Athletic Club by the Student Body. There was also a team formed of juniors and Seniors to play the Business Girls Team. The High School girls were victorious in two contests against this team. As a whole, the girls of the Livermore High School show more than average ability in playing basketball. The girls have had very good cooperation in making up programs for their monthly meetings. Mrs. Gilbert deserves much credit for her help during the past year. She has given many interesting talks which have been very beneficial to the girls. Every year the Girls' League is getting more interesting and the cabinet hopes that next year will prove even a greater success for girls' activities than the past year has shown. f26l

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GREEN 6 Goto LITERARY THE sEcReT or A PERSIAN RUG The room I entered was a small palace of luxuriousness. There were deep cush- ioned chairs, a grande piano, an old violin, a radio cabinet, an orthophonic victrola, a glowing flre was in the great fireplace, on both sides of which was a bookcase filled with leather-bound books. Blue velvet drapes hung gracefully from the eight wide windows. On the walls were exquisite oil paintings. The dim light of many shaded lamps and the rosy glow of the hreplace completed the picture. What impressed me most was the Persian rug on the floor. Various shades of blue, it was with intricate floral designs. 'Twas a fantastic rug. What at flrst appeared to be gorgeously colored flowers. on close examination, took many shapes and forms. If you gazed upon a certain design intently, you could trace human features-a pair of searching eyes, a nose, a mouth-but never could you flnd the entire face. Some- times you could almost complete what you thought would be a profile when suddenly your eye shifted and the face was lost. Again, when looking at a large group of flowers, you could see a garden-the blue sky, a fountain, rose covered lattices, benches. Quickly all this would vanish and in its place were hills and sheep. Try as you might, you would never see the same picture twice. Sometimes the blue sky was gray, or the flowers grew in profusion instead of on a lattice, or the fountain and bench were missing. The hills were different. Often they were rugged and bleak with no sheep upon them or they might be low plains covered with wild flowers. Strange this rug and beautiful. Well, there were stranger things in this world than this rug. I took a book from the bookcase, drew a comfortable chair before the fireplace, and prepared to spend an hour reading. But I couldn't read. My mind kept wandering to the Persian rug under my feet. Why could I see those fair gardens, those green and gray hills, those mysterious faces. Was it mere fancy or were they actually there? Thus wandering, I sat looking into the fireplace as if I would flnd an answer there. And here I saw, rather than heard, the tale of the Persian rug. Green, green hills that seemed to touch the blue, blue sky, rose before me. On their slopes, white sheep grazed. When they were tired of the hills, the sheep ran down into a tiny valley where a brook wound its way into a flower-bordered pond. Here the sheep drank and ran races along the pond. Then up into the hills they ran and played until sunset when a young boy and a great dog came to drive them home. I-le was a handsome lad, this young shepherd. But was he a shepherd? His fair skin and flne hands seemed at variance with the life of a shepherd. I followed the young boy. I-Ie did not go home to a thatched cottage, he went to a Black Marble palace! What a strange home for a shepherd boy to live in. The Black Marble palace was surrounded by gardensAsunken gardens, terraced gardens, old fashioned gardens. Directly in front of the palace was a great extent of lawn fashioned in queer shapes-stars, a full, a quarter and a half moon. The shepherd boy came down the Black Marble steps. I-Iow different he looked. Gone was the shepherds simple garb and in its place were the purple velvets and sables of a king. Oh. but what a look was in his eyesl That boy was far from happy. I23l