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

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No, Hoffman hasn't the big head but a mortar board goes on it this time instead of a helmet. Barreto waits his turn for a fitting while Miss Wilson sees that cap and gown measurements are kept straight. There were 206 records to be kept this term and there were also funny feelings in 206 stomachs when fittings took place. Seniors said: “It won't be long now'' and all knew that they weren't at all happy to leave Lowell. SENIORS Boys’ Councils, respectively, and accomplished a great deal, as did Naomi Shain presiding over the C. S. F. The number of high senior students belonging to this federation totalled thirty-one, and the total number coveting life memberships at the present tine was seventeen. ® The Boys' Glee included first tenors Ralph Buchan and Leslie Keisling; second tenors, William Chandler and Clifford Roberts. Barbara Beall was soprano of the Triple Trio, and with Patsy Alexander, Sonja Hayward, Marjorie Finck and Avonne Arnault comprised the seniors of the Girls’ Advanced Glee. ® R. O. T. C. officers were Lt. Col. Bush; Major Flexsenhar; Captains Mauer, Rahlmann, and Warnke; and Lieutenants Dudley, Mac- Farlane, and Murphy. Sports played a major part in the activities of the terms’ seniors. Elsie Wagner was President of the G. A. A., and Norma Kothe presided over the Girls’ Block ''L. Badminton, golf, hockey, and volley ball had senior managers Wyona Lindner, Janislee Casey, May Almlie and Betty Klinker, respectively. The Boys’ Block 'L'’ was represented by Skiles Hoffman. A star athlete himself, Skiles led such outstanding players as football captain Robert Burmeister, William Chandler, Ber- tram Horn, Peter Kepon, Wayne Marsh, Angelo Misthos, Jack O'Brien, Edwin Rowe and John Thompson. ® Turning to the lighter side of school life, a day was set aside by the seniors in which only they partici- pated, entitled, Back To the Farm day. The students and most of their registry teachers dressed in gay and colorful attire typical of the farm, with a barn dance climaxing the day to the envy of the lower stu- dents. Then came the sad but significant part of the term—graduation. The students marched solemnly in their navy blue and cream caps and gowns to the platform of the War Memorial Opera House on Janu- ary 22, 1941. Here speeches were delivered by Class Historian June Nakayama and Valedictorian David Robins, excellent vocal selections were rendered by the two advanced glee clubs, and concert selections were played by the orchestra. The end of four perfect years entered its final stage the same evening at the graduation ball held in the St. Francis Hotel. B Four years of loyalty and everlasting spirit, an example for future seniors to follow, had passed into Lowell history. Ze ee. Ee nna CRNA See SO Si a oa nL ed

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ARTHUR SCHUMACHER H-4 Room Representatives DAVID ROBINS President Second Row—Barreto, Graves, Raaka, Misthos; First Row— Valedictorian Weiss, Erickson, Sonnenfeld, Engler, Beeker. SONJA HAYWARD MARJORIE WEISS Vice-President H-4 Dance Committee President Girls’ Council BERTRAM HARTFORD Second Row—Raaka, Chandler, Kitchen, Hartford, Spiegl; ANGELO MISTHOS First Row—Fitzgerald, Deckman, Hayward, Schumacher, : ; Secretary, Koarncmlones President Boys' Council TO MAKE THIS TERM AS SUCCESSFUL as it has been, the high seniors elected their officers and cooperated in all activities and services with an everlasting spirit, characteristic of interested American youths. Achieving the honor of holding the highest student offices available at Lowell were President Carl Raaka of the L. H. S. S. A.; Vice-President Agnes Jones; Editor of the ''Lowell,'’ Edwin Conn; Editor of the ''Red and White,'’ Donald Beanston; and Yell Leader, Alvin Heyman. Aiding these officers as lead- ers of the seniors were President, Arthur Schumacher; Vice-President, Sonja Hayward; and Secretary, Bertram Hartford. The Shield and 'L, led by Barbara Krase, included high seniors Marilyn Adams, Marjorie Deckman, Betty Fitzgerald, Jane Griffin, Sonja Hayward, Agnes Jones, Anne Kilcourse, Elizabeth Kitchen, Norma Kothe, Patricia Moffitt, Lucy Mouradian, Helen Schultz, Joan Stuart, Elsie Wagner and Barbara Walter. The Scroll and 'L,'' claimed high senior president, William Chandler and members, Donald Beanston, Robert Burmeister, William Bush, Edwin Conn, Bertram Hartford, Alvin Heyman, Skiles Hoffman, Bertram Horn, Edmund Normoyle, Carl Raaka, Arthur Schumacher, and Ralph Spiegl. Don- ald Beanston, editor of the ''Red and White'' headed an efficient staff comprised of assistant editor, Marilyn Adams; co-senior editors, Alice Bloom and Lucy Mouradian; literary editor, Ruth Kaufman; boys’ sports editor, Ralph Spiegl; and artists, Marjorie Close, Gilbert Jones, Patricia Moffitt and Joan Stuart. Assisting Editor Conn, the ''Lowell'’ staff included Arthur Cohen, managing editor; Lorraine Glos and Skiles Hoffman, girls’ and boys’ sports editors, respectively, and reporters, William Graves, Douglas Johnston, William Manning, June Nakayama, Edmund Normoyle, Frank Quinn, Naomi Shain and Mar- jorie Weiss. F Prominent thespians were Agnes Jones, William Manning, Frank Quinn and Joan Stuart. Upholding the previous and present honors of the oratorically inclined were David Robins, league as well as society president; George Karonsky, vice-president; and members Edwin Conn, Lorraine Heiman, June Nakayama and Shirley Zelechower. Marjorie Weiss and Angelo Misthos presided over the Girls’ and 24. (ne ce a ae a an mR a eS

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CLASS HISTORY HISTORY, as we know it, is a chronological narration of events with their causes a nd effects. There are histories of art, of music, of nations, of civilizations . .. which people study in order to understand man and the world in which he lives. Then, it might seem pretentious for us, this graduating class, to call the little story of our last four juvenile years a history. ¥ Yet it is a human weakness, on a day of fulfillment and happiness such as this, to pause for a pleasant moment and give thought to some aspects of our class life in Lowell; and we hope you will indulgently forgive our youthful desire for the limelight during an hour or two. ® Four years ago there were hundreds of students throughout the city, thousands throughout the nation, entering the high schools. They were all strangely alike, strangely different. Though, for the most part inarticulate, all wanted life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; their outlooks on life, their definite aims, their ambitions differed widely. H Their choices of a high school were largely governed by those aims and ambitions. We felt that our class, entering Lowell then was fortunately made up of students whose aims and ambitions would carry them on through university training or its equivalent. When graduating from grammar schools, we thought ourselves important personages; but, somehow or other, we shrank into timid nonentities when entering Lowell. The school was as big as we were little, the room numbers bewildered us, the locker clangs deafened us, the thousands of new faces frightened us. Only the kind shepherding of Mr. Stephens, of our vice-principals, our teachers, and a few upper classmen, saved us from stampeding. B We were divided into different flocks, assigned to different folds; but after a few days we realized that the great big boys and girls weren't wolves, and that it was safe for us to venture alone in the corridors or in the court; and presently, we were gamboling about as if we had always been there ... It was OUR school. We had very little choice of work in our first year. The program was made out by the office and it was not for us to question