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

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lla Huriainia Scholarship Society The Scholarship Society has been quite active for the past year, al- though its membership has been small. Oficers were elected at the beginning of the year, and a record of all business transacted has been kept. A new state constitution and a revised chapter constitution have been adopted. We have decided to have an Honor Scroll upon which all names of graduating sealbearers will be kept. Another innovation is the novitiate pin, which will be given to each pupil who belongs to the Society for three suc- cessive periods. In November, Allen Owen and Fenton Holloway attended the State Convention at Los Angeles and learned a great deal about the aims of the Society. One Senior, Louise Griffin, will receive the coveted Scholarship Pin at the coming' graduation exercises. Merit System The Merit System was started in our school about a year and a half ago, in order that the students might have a more active part in the control of the school. After three semesters' trial, the majority of the students think this system a great help to the school. Each student has one hundred merits at the beginning of each semester. If the student loses more than twenty merits he is unable to take any part in the school activities that semester. A decided advantage in our system is that a student who loses merits by improper conduct may earn them back by scholarship or participation in school activities such as athletics, plays, and serving on committees. The Welfare Committee acts as a court to pass on recommended merits or demerits. There are five members on the Welfare Committee, two faculty members and three students. The student members are appointed by the A. S. B., the faculty members, by the principal. The first semester Alice Smiley, Fred Ruffner, Clifford Gilkeson, Mrs. Solovsky, and Miss Holmes were members of this committeeg and the second semester Mary Morehart, Neal Westrope, Richard Rudolph, Mrs. Solovsky, and Miss Holmes served on it. l-221

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lla lklurinimn The annual this year has retained the size which was adopted last year, but it has assumed a cover which is very different from those of all preced- ing books. For this new cover and design we owe our thanks to our publisher, Mr. Adam, for it was through his suggestion that we secured this. A Within the covers are the chronicles of the year. Many times in the past the editors have had constructive events to write of, but this year the chief event was destructive. This event was the destruction of our gymnasium, and for a while it looked as though most of our social affairs and all our games could not be conductedg but the damage was repaired quickly. After it had been repaired we found it much more spacious and convenient than it had been before. With the stage gone there was additional room for our basketball court, bleachers being built on the left hand side, level with the balcony. This also gave a great deal more room for our dances. The responsibility of the dances has been transferred from the school as a whole to the individual classes. At the time the annual goes to press the Seniors are the only ones to have given one of the series. The dance was very successful. Outsiders were invited and the Alumni responded to their invita- tion in large numbers. By the end of the year other classes hope to sponsor one of these dances. Another outcome of the gymnasium d'saster was that we were obliged to stage our two dramatical works,.the Senior Play and the Freshman Operetta, in the theatre. We will also hold our graduation exercises there. The theatre was a great deal more comfortable and commodious than our old gymnasium and we were very pleased with the accommodations there, but we found it somewhat inconvenient because the theatre is so far from the High School. This has shown us our great need of a theatre or an auditorium for our dramatic productions, educational programs, and our Associated Student Body meeting. This year has seen the inauguration of a new system for the manage- ment of the library or study hall. Under this new system monitors have been appointed to keep the library in order and to check out books. Merits are given for this, but more important than this is the fact that the system places a new responsibility upon the pupils. This seems to be another step towards modified student control, and so far the system has been carried out very well. Although this has not been a year of any great accomplishments long to be remembered, it has been a happy and successful one. l21l

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Ea liurizima A. S. B. First Semester Second Semester Sam Morehart ...........,.. Presfdent .....,....,,,. ,..,,, B ill Schuyler Dot Riggs ............. ..... V ice-President .............. Genetta Cheatham Lois Jennings ....,........., Secretary ..........,,........... Anna Allcott Kenneth Heiges .........,. Assistant Secretary ..... Fred Ruifner Francis Beattie ............. Treasurer .................,.... Francine Cazenave 'Genetta Cheatham ....... Yell Leader ........,......... Harry Rule WELFARE COMMITTEE Clifford Gilkeson Richard Rudolph Alice Smiley Neal Westrope Fred Ruifner M'ss Holmes Miss Holmes Mary Morehart Mrs. Solovsky Mrs. Solovsky We have not been able to have as many meetings as usual this year, owing' to the gymnasium disaster. We also were somewhat less fortunate than in other years in that we did not have as many speakers as usual, although the addresses we did have the privilege of listening to were very interesting and instructive. Among those who talked to us were: Mr. Goodcell, representing the Southern Cali- fornia Auto Club, who addressed us on Safety Firstg and Mr. Watts and Mr. Cardoza, of the Kiwanis Club, who awarded the prizes for the essays written by the students on Care of the Teeth. A little later in the year Professor Metcalf and Mr. Fairbanks, of the University of California, demon- strated an apparatus for rural fire prevention. On December 14, we had our annual Christmas party at which Santa Claus presided. We also had a White Gift Booth for charity, as usual. This has become an event that is looked forward to by the students. The only programs given this year, to date, were given by the faculty and the Junior class. We are looking forward to some very good programs to be given, in the future, by the different classes. l23I