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

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LOMPOC UNION I261 HIGH SCHOOL MAMA T--7'-Q -Y f- - -- ---- fu- - - ,YY Y , W, m-ana c...v.,i The Orchestra We have just completed the third year of our existence under the able direction of Miss Hamann, and we hope for many more such years. Our membership does not stay constant from year to year, but for those that go there are always others ready to take their places. At present we have sixteen members, five girls and eleven boys. Last year the Student Body began the practice of awarding pins for service in the orchestra. The first year a silver pin is given, and the second year a gold oneg then for each succeeding year of service a more elaborate emblem is awarded. We are called on occasionally to play for lodges and club entertainments as well as for school functions. These occasions we always look forward to. Our study and our practice are not entirely for the good of the orches- tra as a whole, but for the pleasure and up-lift of each member in the years to comeg for we are learning to do that which will fulfill a desire in the life of all, the ability to produce music.

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LOMPOC UNION I251 HIGH SCHOOL of entertaining the Student Body. This was very well done March 7 by present- ing The Grand Cham's Diamond . The characters were: Mrs. Perkins, Eileen Swan, Mr. Perkins, Attilio Rivaldig Polly Perkins, Marguerite Shel- many The Man in Black, Fred Ruffnerg Albert Watkins, Harry Rule. An operetta, The Quest of the Gypsy , was given by the girls of the 6th period music class, March 28, a few days after the same production had been presented at the Lompoc Theater. Mr. McAllister, leader of the Santa Maria Quintet, composed of High School and Junior College students, brought the members over on April 11 to play for us. The club was made up of the piano, cello, violin, double bass, and the flute. Two of the members of the club sang for us, also. This was very much enjoyed by our Student Body. May 2 three students from the Senior English class, section one, pre- sented Stuart Walker's clever one-act play Nevertheless Janie Grossi took the part of The Girl, Merle MacCullon was The Boy, and Mario Vial entered upon the scene as The Burglar. Other programs are scheduled for the remainder of the come too late for recognition in this year's book. WELFARE COMMITTEE First Semester Dorothy Riggs Mary Morehart Denning McArthur Mrs. Solovsky Miss Ricker Second Semester Jeannette Fairbanks Wilbert Fitzpatrick Denning McArthur Miss Ricker Miss Pritchett Pk ik Ik lk lk year, but will Scholarship Society The past year of the Honor Scholarship Society has been one of marked success, although the membership has been small. Those attending the district meeting of the student branch of the Cali- fornia Scholarship Federation held in Santa Maria this year were Fenton Hollo- way, Marjorie Fischer, and Hellene Hardesty. The question discussed at this meeting was Shall there be regular meet- ings of the northern branch of the Scholarship Society? A banquet was held at the Santa Maria Inn, and after the banquet all delegates were shown through the Santa Maria airport. This was an enjoy- able experience for all the delegates. There are many advantages in being an honor student. To have one's name on the honor roll is the greatest scholastic honor in school.

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LOMPOC UNION l27J HIGH SCHOOL f.-- - 1 l in Operetta The Quest of the Gypsy , by H. Loren Clements, was presented at the local theater on March 25, 1930. This operetta was given by the Girls' Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Hamann. The main characters in the cast were: Virginia Parks .............,..................., ....,.. G ypsy Chief Elisa Lafourcade ..,... ...... C ountry Boy Genetta Cheatham ...,... .,.,........ I sabel Francine Cazenave ........ ...,,.., B arbara Lois Jennings .........,.... ........ R hoda Irma Benedict ..,...,...... ,,...... D orothy Genevieve Ramos ........ .,........ M yra. Lorean Horn ..,........... ........... I da Lena Moody .,..... ,.............,........,.................,....,........... J ean Emma Schuler .,....,.........,....,,.................,...,............... Lillian The cast was supported by a chorus of twenty girls. The girls representing a gypsy band were in reality the graduating class of a famous cooking school in Boston, with Back to Nature as their slogan. They encountered the Chief of a band of real bachelors , who was looking for a cook. He was successful in his quest, and left with the assertion that hap- piness waits on good digestion. Girls' Glee Club The Girls' Glee Club is composed of thirty-seven members from the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes. The club has been divided into two parts, the fifth and sixth period girls, according to the period in which they take music. The groups have made several appearances this year at the clubs and churches. At present the girls are working on words to fit to the march tune of the Stein Song,,so the melody can be used for a school song. The classes have been rehearsing semi-classical songs along with their regular three part workg this makes the course more interesting, and the girls enjoy it very much. This year seven girls will receive pins, twenty-five will receive G Clefs, and five will receive eighth-notes. I