Lompoc High School - La Purisima Yearbook (Lompoc, CA)

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SOCI Z-X THE F RESMAN RECEPTION At the first of the year the Upperclassmen gave the Freshmen their reception. The wild rumors that were spread about school for a week before hand nearly had the youngsters in a panic by Saturday night. However, they found that things did not turn out so dreadfully for them as might have been expected. After William Negus had given the Freshmen a welcome speech, and some bits of advice, a ghostly review of the class' entrance into High School was enacted. This was followed by some examples of High Happer life. The High School's Jazz Artists, led by Elton Nicoles, proved a wonderful and awful inspiration for a Freshman jazz band. The big hit was the tragi-comedy, Love Will YVin, with the heroine, Toby Negus, and hero Elton Nicoles, supported by an able cast of bandits and a truly mean looking villian- Don Cherry. And wasn't Randy a true-to-tradition mother-in-law? The savage chorus from Robinson Crusoe's Island, under the direction of their chieftess, Miss Arkly, rendered some interesting examples of their musical customs. After the program games were carried on and refreshments were served, the Freshmen seated in kindergarten style with unsweetened pink lemonade and animal cookies, were placed under the gaze of the others, who gloated over them with punch and cookies. Later, the newly-fledged students went home, content that the ordeal of initiation had been passed at last. THE F RESIVIAN RETURN PARTY The play that the Freshmen gave for the entertainment of the Upper-classmen at the Freshman Return Party, surely did succeed in entertaining. ' All the characters filled their parts so well that we are all looking forward to what the class will do in the Senior play of '26. THE DANCES OF THE YEAR The dances this year have been a big success-considering how they line up with the dances of last year. For one thing, the boys didn't hang around out in the corridor, peeking thru the door while the girls danced. Perhaps as they grow older their bashfulness dissappears. The third dance was given the night of the County Track Meet, and the visit- ing schools were invited. The decorating committee, Mr. Green, Evelyn Arkly, Irene Lewis, and Hal Stater camouflaged the Gym with flowers and vines so that it had more of a dressed appearance than usual. Steve W'hite and his orchestra usually supply the music, but rumor has it that there is an orchestra being formed of some of our own Hi students, so we hope that o11r next dance may be given to their music. ' 23

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L.- l'f f:f' P WY num iii EH IW it F RESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS MILDRED GENTRY ...,. ..... P resident GENEVIEVE RUFFNER . . . . . Vice-President JESSIE SHORT ........ ..... S ecrctary RAE STATER ......... ....... ..........,........... 'I ' reasurer HAZEL SCHUYLER ...................................... Cup Manager CLASS COLORS-Flame and Green CLASS FLOIVER-Sweet Pea .. SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS HOWARD SMITH . . . . . ..... President AGNES WESTROPE . . . ..... Vice-President ANDREVV DUTRA .................... , ,....... ...... S ecretary-Treasurer CLASS COLORS--Green and Gold CLASS FLOWER-California Poppy JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS LOTHELE MILLER .... ......... P resident ETHEL UPTON ........... ........ .................. Y I ice-President THEODORE HAWKINS ............,............... Secretary-Treasurer CLASS COLORS-Purple and Gold CLASS FLOIVER-Larkspur THE HONOR SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY In the establishment of a chapter of the California Scholarship Federation here at Lompoc High, the student body has helped to establish even higher stand- ards in scholarship than we before possessed. Last year Miss XVIIZIIIIS had obtained data from other high schools in the State and from Federation officersg so, in the early part of this year, a committee met and drafted a constitution. This was presented to the student body, which ac- cepted it and approved the connnittee's sending in I.oinpoc's application for mem- bership. This was doneg and, after our constitution had undergone several changes sug- gested by the Fecleratioil, we received our charter, formally giving ns the title, Chapter No. 419, California Scholarship Federation. The officers for the term of 1922-23 were: Donald Cherry, Presidentg Elton Nicoles, Vice-Prcsidentg Vera VVinebrenner., Secretary-Treasurer. -Donald Cherry, '24-. 22

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f X' Xt- 4 0 f , , ,, MUS I C - 'ffi : ' ' ,V l l . f ff fffff w D M A C S ES THE FLOWER QUEEN CANTATA' In October the Girls' Glee Club gave their first outside performance, in the form of a short cantata called The Flower Queen. It was given October 9 in the gymnasium in fourth period, and despite the fact that it was pretty cold, the girls didn't seem to let temperature interfere with their singing ability. The cantata was all about the meeting of the Flower Fairies as they came to crown their queen, and although there was no stage setting or costuming, the idea was carried out very well. THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY A SCRAP OF PAPER C A S T Prosper Couramont ....................... ...... E lton Nicoles Baron de la Glaciere ......................... . . . Frederick Marshall Brisemouche-landed proprietor and naturalist . .. ..... William Negus Anatole -his ward ........................ .. . Lsyle Hawkins Baptiste-servant ...................... .... D onald Cherry Louise de la Glaciere ................ . . . Vera Winebrenner Mlle. Suzanne de Ruseville-her cousin .. ...... Evelyn Arkly Mathilde-sister to Louise ............ .... I rma Learned Mlle. Zienobie-sister to Brisemouche ...................... Margaret Truax Madame du Pont-housekeeper .............................. Audrey lsom Prosper Couramont, having just returned from the Orient, finds that his uncle has given him six weeks' time in which to find a wife. Otherwise, some one else will inherit the family fortune. Passing thru the villiage, Prosper is struck with the beauty of Mathilde, sister to Louise de la Glaciere, with whom he used to be in love. He immediately goes to Louise, telling her of his idea. She playfully accuses Prosper of past fickleness, and hints that Mathilde may be in love with Anatole. He, in turn, charges her with having left him to marry the Baron de la Glaciereg whereupon she tells him of the note she wrote on the eve of her departure for Paris, where she married the baron accordingtoher mother's wish. She had left the note in their mutual post-box on the mantel, but Prosper, wounded in a duel that night, had never received it. The letter is still there, and Couramont secures it, keep- ing it as a means of getting Louise to consent to his marriage with Mathilde, for he knows of Louise's fear of her husband's deep jealousy. Later, Prosper, a guest of Brisemouche, who is guardian of Anatole, hides the letter in his rooms to keep it from Mlle. Suzanne de Ruseville. She comes to his rooms in search of it, and he leaves her, telling her that if she is able to make him burn the letter he will return to the Orient. Soon Louise comes to search for the note, Suzanne finds it just as the baron is heard aproaching. Louise hides, and to cover Glaciere's suspicions, Suzanne tells him that she was once in love with Prosper, and that she wishes to prevent his marriage with Mathilde. He promises to help her, and leaves. When Prosper returns, Suzanne endeavors to get him, thru trickery, to burn 24-