Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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22 r! The RED and WHITE Eugene Sheehan Evelyn de Richard Steuben Pretident Vife'Pre.ridenl Secrelary Senior Class llilliisifory EY! Iiresthiel Where .ya goin'?'i This way for the elevator to the top Q ide floor! The swimming pool is on the roof. These echoes still find their way about Lowell, and we do unto others as was did unto us. Our history started with this initiation in january, 1925, and since then our lives at Lowell have been filled with many interesting events. How well we remember the first few weeks of our high school career! They were indeed sad and sorrowful ones. Unable to find our classrooms, repeatedly using the wrong stairways, innocent and ignorant of the customs of Lowell, frightened at the size and dignity of the high and mighty Seniors, we were about to give up the ghost, when the long remembered Freshman Reception saved the day. We began to feel like genuine Lowellites, a unit of that institution which stands for Loyalty, Obedience, Willingness, Eagerness, Liberality, and Learning. Within a few months we were affiliated with some school activity other than that of the classroom. Some of us joined clubs, others tried out for various athletic teams, and a few qualified and were carried on the various school squads. Our sophomore year found us gaining in prestige in our respective clubs and on athletic teams. Our weaknesses were better known by our teachers, and theirs in turn were better known to us. The custom of having interclass football, since discontinued, was running in full force at this time. Our strength and cooperation can best be illus- trated by the success of our sophomore team. They administered severe defeats to the freshman, junior, and R. O. T. C. squads. This feat has not been equaled by any other sophomore class in the history of the school. How big we felt when in January, 1927, we became Juniors! We were now included in that part of the Lowell High School called the Upper Division. With our junior standing there came a privilege hitherto denied us. We were allowed to

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LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL 25+ + l , - L .ff George Rader Gilmore Dowd Valediclorian H irlarian organize, and did so with the utmost care and deliberation, as a result, George Rader was chosen president, Betsy Harrigan, vice-president, and Edward Hewitt, secretary. Our first activity under their leadership! A dance in conjunction with the High Juniors! What a record! And what a success! For our High Junior ofiicers we elected Harry fHercj Laborde president, Florence Krenz, vice-president, and Eugene Sheehan, secretary. This year we felt rather ex- clusive, and independent enough to hold our High Junior Sport Dance. Again a success, and the beginning of our senior class unity. Many of our members have distinguished themselves in all branches of activities. Representatives of the Low Senior class were found before the footlights and on the green sod, gaining the knowledge and experience that was to stand them in good stead during the senior year. Our students set out to disprove the adage that a class reaches its zenith in the junior year. A step in the right direction was taken when the following officers were elected: Gil Dowd, president, Ardine Otts, vice-president, and George Trice, secretary. The-May-day dance was a credit to the Low Seniors, due to the untiring efforts of the committee. In August, 1928, the class entered upon the final semester of the senior year. Officers elected for the .last time were: president, Gene Sheehan, vice-president, Evelyn de Clairmont, and secretary, Richard Steuben. They proceeded to demonstrate their capability by securing permission to hold a night dance outside the school premises. Incidentally, ours is the first class to be granted this honor, an eloquent testimonial of Mr. Clark's esteem. 'lNot in power, not in profit, but in the glory of the achievement -our only ambition at Lowell. And so, in this, the day of our departure, we pass on that lamp of achievement to our successors, that they in turn may keep alive the fiame that has burned for the past sixty years. GILMORE Down, Hiffomzn.