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

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CKQTC. 1 1 OWELL can well be proud of her Reserve Officers' Training Corps Battalion. At the conclusion of the twenty-first semester of its activities at Lowell, the unit is one of the ranking organizations in the Ninth Corps Area. Credit is due to the instructors, Captain john Adams, Captain Lisle, and Captain Flexsenhar, for their untiring efforts towards perfection. This term, the battalion was under the command of Cadet Major William Kaye, Cadet Captain Marlow Harrison was adjutant and Cadet Captain Emmet Sullivan was assistant adjutant. The companies E, F, G. H and Headquarters were captained by Robert King, David McDaniel, Thaxter Andruss, Alfred Schwartz, and Henry Perlmutter. To stimulate interest among the cadets, competitions for the private, corporal, and sergeant with the cleanest equipment were held. A prize was also promised to the company with the best record at the end of the term. The result of these incentives was a snappy, wide-awake battalion. A rifle team was formed with Henry Perlmutter as captain and Robert King as secretary. This team practiced faithfully during the Christ- mas vacation and after school. By virtue of some very good shooting, it ranked first among the school teams of the city. A drill platoon was formed out of the best men of each company, and drilled regularly before the first and during the X periods. The drill team and physical team competed at the civic auditorium with other schools. Manual of arms contests were held. The battalion as a whole functioned each Thursday, the seventh period. Reviews, parades, and retreat parades were held. The unit took part in Memorial Day exercises. The inspection for Honor School of the Ninth Corps found Lowell in good con- dition. The inspection was carried on by Major Wadell, who remarked on the showing of the battalion. The band was under the supervision of William Pratt and Mr. Heinemann, and made remarkable progress. The Officers' and Sergeants, Club, the executive branch of the organization, met each Thursday before the first period under the leadership of Major Kaye. The business of the week was there transacted. All in all, it may be considered that Lowell R. O. T. C. has had a very successful year. In appearance, drill, discipline, and spirit, it is as good as any preceding Lowell unit. Twenty-nine

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jud Taylor Rupert Pray Al Cook Amt. Yell Leader Yell Leader Ant. Yell Lender Cfiooting EE-RAH-RAH, Ooo-rah-rah, L-O-W-E-L-L, Lowell! Lowell High, Wow! And the Spring term of 1929 was on its way with Poot Pray and his two able assistants, Al Cook and Jud Taylor, extracting these enthusiastic cheers from an eager-to-root student body. Basketball! Lowell High Varsity, rah-rah-rah-rah-rah-rah! Lowell High Varsity, Hooray! Terminating the basketball season in a blaze of glory. The baseball team also received its share of Poot Prayls spirit medicine, and finished the season among the winners who added athletic credit to Lowell. Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Rah-rah-rah! and across the finishing line swept another great Lowell crew, urged on by the loyal spirit of Lowell. Track, soccer, swimming-all had the support of everything Lowell could give in the way of rooting. And finally the term ended with Poor, Al and Jud standing before us with the last strains of Hail, Red and White'! still resounding in our ears, and con- cluded their duties as leaders by bringing forth an Ooo-rah-rah such as was never heard before by the solemn gray walls surrounding the tradition-crowned court. Twenty-eight

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