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

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THOMAS McCARTY JEAN ARNOLD JOHN ROSENBLATT Presidenf Boys' Council Presidenf Girls' Council Valediclorian f' ., ..ce ,,ee SElllllliS Second Row-Molinari, Elliolf, Marron, Todd, Siolund. Firsi Row-Ferris, Gorler, Arnold, Granf, Ridqway, Franklin, Trendi. The Senior Ball, held this year af lhe Sf. Francis. The end of ihe perfecf day of graduation. member of lhe Boys' Double Quarlei: Gordon Kenny, Boys' Double Quarier: and Priscilla Finley, who sang in The Girls' Triple Trio. Roberl Dawson direcled The school Dance Orcheslra, which plays al all The Lowell dances. Presiding over 'rhe various clubs were Richard Cohn, Advanced Chess: Joseph Friedman, Psychology: Marshall Tall, Radio: Richard Ralael, Town l-lall and Lileraryt and Viclor Rundle, Camera Club. Clifford Wiley allained The highesl rank in rhe R.O.T.C., lhal oi Lieulenanl Colonel, and marching under him were Caplain Adiuianl Richard Callaghan, Caplains Forresi Cobb, Roland Ghiselli, Gavin l-ligh, and Marshall Tall: Firs'r Lieuienanl Oliver Berven, and Second Lieulenanl John Aaronson. ln 'rhe Girls' Block L Doroihy Libby regulaled all business as The Presidenl, and June Meese helped her as Clerlr oi Awards. Priscilla Finley led ihe G.A.A., lhe largesl in rhe ciiy, wirh Marylee Callow as badminfon manager. and Ruih Carew as hoclcey manager. Peler Delos was Presidenr of rhe Boys' Bloclc and assisling him as Cleric ol Awards was Carl Siolund. l-ligh Seniors playing Varsiiy baslceiball were Pefer Delos, Ward Lame, and Joseph Marron, while Terrence Kilpalriclc and Thomas McCar+y played Thirlies. On rhe baseball diamond were James Cunha, Peler Delos, and Gerald Todd: on The gridiron were John Cooney, Edward Epling, Chase Gregory., Wal'er Kraclce, Madison Marcus, William Tibbs and Gerald Todd. Varsify crew claimed Johr Rosenplari Clark Grani and Roberl Ellioll, while George l-lagg, Fredericlc Sandroclc, and Coxswain Bruce Bonner rcwed Th'r+ies. Samuel Mendelson was a lighlweighl 'ri-acl: caplain. Swilching from sfudies 'ro a lighier vein, The erslwhile l-ligh Four's held Their semiannual Senor Dal., BUG havfng been excused from classes bolh lunch periods, lroliclced and made merry in ihe audihorium wiih dancing and ofher iesiivilies, io The delighf of all, while The lower classmen looked forward lo rhe lime when rhei. loo mighr be able lo have a similar day in which 'ro disporr rhemselves likewise. The class of June, l939, aller elecling John Rosenblaif as Class Valedidcrian G53 Yvonne Cnr as Class Flie- iorian, chose lo follow The example sei by The las? graduafes, and wear caps and qOw'lS 1 which lo receive +l'e'r diplomas. Wilh an aura of seriousness prevailing, lhe gradualion was a mos+ eiiecfive sighi rendered even more sfrilcing by The deparlure from lhe black and while caps and gowns ol lash 'e'm. Lhe gra:ua'es adooiing 'his lime a dark blue and cream color scheme, which was e'-ceedingly akfraclive. The dicpmas v-ere given ou? ar ihe War Memorial Opera l-louse on lhe aifernoon ol June l3+h. Climaxing l'he gay round of commencemenr fesliviiies, The Senior Ball was held af me close of graduahion day. in +he Colonial Room of The S+. Francis l-lolel. Thus ended iour years ol happiness, GPC v-:rl al Lowell l-Vgh School.

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WJ CLARK GRANT CLAIRE RIDGWAY JEAN ARNOLD President Vice-Presidenl Secretary SElllllliS e,,, . en.., Second Row-Levin, Korn, Horn, Rogers, Hagq, McCarty, Riss. First Row-Larson, Schwariz, Arnold, Palmer, Bufcher, Sanders, Jorgensen. Candidales Bob Dawson, Sian Bernhard, Frank Laycock, John Rosenblah, Ben Parkinson, Carl Livingslcn and Marion Leary await Their Turn as Yvonne Cyr delivers The winning Class Hislorian campaign speech. MEMBERS OF Tl-lE l-ligh Senior Class were inTensely inTeresTed in acTiviTies, busied Themselves in all services. and gave Their Time and eTTorTs Toward TurThering enThusiasm and parTicipaTion in every evenT connecTed wiTh school liTe. Leading The graduaTing class were Clarlc Granf, President Claire Ridgway, Vice-PresidenT: and Jean Arnold, SecreTary. Holding STudenT Body OTTices were PresidenT Donald Minlcler, Vice-PresidenT Teresa GuilT'oil, SecreTary CliT- Tord Wileyf, and Treasurer John Cooney. RoberT Bacigalupi ediTed This Red and WhiTe, his assisTanTs, members oT The sTaT'T, being Claire BuTcher, GerT- rude Ferris, Teresa GuilToil, Shirley Joy, Jeanne KaTz, EdiTh McFarlane, BeTTy Sanders, and Floyd SmiTh. The Lowell was puT ouT by Gavin l-ligh, ediTor, helped by sTaTT members DoroThy l-leiss. DoroThy Lee, Richard Noah, Benjamin Parkinson, Claire Ridgway, and Muriel TrendT, assisTanT ediTor. AT The head oT The Shield and L was GerTrude Ferris, and The l-ligh Senior members oT The girls' service socieTy were ivlyla Bailey- Marylee Callow, l-lelen Conlislc, Yvonne Cyr, DoroThea Franklin, Priscilla Finley. Grace Gom- perTs. Sophie GorTer, Teresa GuilToil, Shirley Joy, RuTh Knoph, DoroThy Libby, Elsa Schlamm, and JaneT Smith. Gerald Todd was PresidenT oT The Scroll and wiTh RoberT Bacigalupi, John Cooney, RoberT EllioTT, Clarlc GranT, William l-larrison, Gordon Kenny, Donald lviinlcler, Sidney SmiTh, CliFlord Wiley, and David Wilson, l-ligh Senior members oi The Boys' Service SocieTy. E'ecTed lrcm 'he l-ligh Four room represenTaTives were Thomas McCarTy, PresidenT of The Boys' Council, and Jean Arnold, Girls' Council l-lead, while Frank Laycock was chosen by The C. S. F. To be The conducTor oT iTs affairs. Upholding our high sfandafds in debaTing, ForresT Cobb, Richard Cohn, Selma CorneT, RoberT Dawson, Jcseph Friedman, Donald lvlinl-ler, and John RoseriblaTT, SocieTy President and San Francisco DebaTing League Presi- deni :cole for Lowell. Thesoians Jean Arnold, Yvonne C,,r, Priscilla Finley, DoroThy FiTzpaTriclr, PresidenT of The DramaTicz Sociew, Teresa Guilioil, Joseph l-lorn, Gordon Kenny, Donald PeTers, and CliT'lord Wiley Trod The boaros oi The Lo.-fell Vage, Donald PeTers Tool: second place Tor Lowell in The All-CiTy Shakespearean conTesT' RoberT Dawzon represenied Lowell in The NaTive Sons' and San Francisco in The Crusaders' OraTorical Compe- 'i'ion:. l-le covered hirnf.cflT, his school and his ciTy wiTh glory by becoming The one among l5,000 high school refer: in Calilornia To be awarded Tirsi place and an all-expense Trip To l-lawaii in The Crusaders' ConTesf. Eliza- beTh Beige? won Tirsl place in The compclilion wiTh all The high school sTudenTs oT San Francisco Tor her essay on The 'mc-'C Organized Labor-Americas Problem or OpporTuniTy, sponsored by The San Francisco Labor Coun- cfl. Thoce especially Talented and inlcreded in music were l-lugh l-lousTon, PresidenT of The Boys' Glee and a l 4

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-5 l H Y ' - ,. 0 ' 61' i ff ' ' . ' 'f fr .yog J . ,sd . msn- 915 .v ' l W' BANTON, MAYBETH Maye went out for swim- ming and tennis as a lower classman. Later she made the Girls' Advanced Glee Club. ann, ELIZABETH Bette was a room rep. She signed up for swimming and qolt. Plans to qo to U, C. BERNHARD, STANLEY Stan won his Block L in track by throwing the shot and discus. He was also interested in crew. I aeaven, Ouveu Oliver received the com- mission of Ist Lt. in the R, O. T. C. He also turned nis interests in the dirac. cr ol debating 1:47 J., 'Ft BICKEL, JOAN ICHANDLERJ Joan was a member of C. S. F. and Girls' Block L. She was a room rep. and a Lowell stalt re- porter. BLONDER, ELIZABETH Betty made the Honor Roll many times. She plans to start at S. F. State and then go to U. C. BLOOM, DOROTHY Dorothy, an honor student and history maior, was a member of the Contract Bridge Club and the Dra- matics Society. mum, auzaaaa Barbara, a JW, year grad. was .s restroom attendant and member of the C. S. F. and the Dramatics Society. Enioyed qoll .ind swim- ming. AA RONSON, JOHN John was interested in mu- sic. He participated in R. O. T. C. band and ln the dance orchestra. His ath- letic interest was swim- ming. ABE, ALICE Alice was a swimming en- thusiast. After graduating she plans to study to be a dietician. ADAMS, NATALIE Natalie was greatly inter- ested in sports, signing up for both golf and ice-skat- ing. She also worked in the library. ANDERSON, MARION Marion, a transfer from British Columbia, interest- ed herself in golf and ice- skating, A girls' restroom attendant and in the or- chestra, ANDERSON, ROIE RT Robert was a member of the R. O. T. C. His name was consistently on the Honor Roll, end he plans to enter Stanford. ARNOLD, JEAN Jean was a member of the Dramatics Society. ln H4 she was both president ot the Girls' Council and class secretary. BACIGALUPI, ROBERT Bob was the Editor ot this Red and White, and was elected to membership in the Scroll and L. BAGET, ELIZABETH Elizabeth was honored by membership in the C. S. F. She was secretary ot the Debating Society, and worked in the offices. BAILEY, MYLA Myle was on Shield and L, and in her L3 term was e room rep. She worked for Mr, Monroe. BAILEY, WALTER Walter was on the Honor Roll many times. He plans to go first to Junior Col- lege and then to U. C. BAKER, JAMES James was sports-minded. He chose the tootbalt squad as the scene of his participation. amen, MARGARH Peggy was assistant man- ager of hockey. She was in- terested also in ice-skating. Became a member of the Block L. BONAL, GENEVIEVE Genevieve was on the li- brary statt and on the girls' tennis team. Plans to study iournalism. BONNER, BRUCE Bruce, in the Debating So- cietyg was Varsity coxswain tor two years. On the swimming team and a cal. worker. BONTE, HARMON Harmon was interested in soccer in his early years at Lowell. Upon his gradua- tion he plans to enter Stan- ford. BRECK, ROBERT Bob was greatly interested in sports. He played loot- ball in both his iunior and senior years. s 'D 1 73 .5 ,A f