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

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BEST 0F LUCK 6 RED 81 WHITE REPURTS 6'Meet you on the front stepslw How familiar. that expression, and how very old! The steps of Lowell were the steps of the first high school west of the Mississippi-of a school 12 vears older than the University of California. l,owell's steps have heen in many places-on Bush Street. on the corner of Sutter and Octavia. and even at Poly and Galileo fwhen Lowell was being earth- quaked-proofedl. Our steps today have horne the weight of l.ow- THE FRONT STEPS ellites for 36 years. Down them have gone Lowell boys to fight and die in two world wars: to attain prominence in business. professional and political lifeg and to marry Lowell girls whose children many of us are. They get to he a habit. those steps 4 dates are arranged there, jokes cracked. gossip exchanged. dashes made to and from the old 2l . new acquain- tances acquired-all amid friendly 3:10 confusion. On week-ends, vacations and at night the front steps are deserted. But on one night each term, some- time after midnight. after the Prom, the graduates return to sing the Hymn. To those, the tradition of meet you on the front stepsi' has become but a memory.

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UF SKETCHES... Howard Brodie Covers Lowell Three years of top rate basketball playing is Bob Mathenyls contribution to his school, Lowell. Bob won a place on the l3U's team as sixth man when only a Low Sophomore and held through the following term. However, in the L-3 and H-3 he was always one of the FIRST FIVE Lowell players on the court. His ability proven, Bob was taken over by Ben Neff and held down the Guard spot on the Varsity First String this past season. Future plans include junior College and then Calf Lowell wishes you 'lBest of luck, Bob. MM ,E Y7 Bmw MEFF Of' LOWFZL AS' 795 19557545- 1675411 CUf40ff M' TOWM 7305 Mawr 4192979 AS' A C0fV77FD- Kc-'ZFJHZ 57172: ' 1WffV 7' 507' fl' K5'Df7 fC'ULf 70 ASPXE' f47'fW!f 056459 CZWCIZU- SUM , X K. ' H. .,.. ,N- Coach Ben Neff has become an indispensable part of Lowell. The city's sports pages all agree he is San Fran- ciseols best cage coach. With high school basketball his ufirst lovef' he has presented Lowell eleven varsity cham- pionships out of twenty-one seasons. Time is catching up with him, though, for as his gym classes line up, he finds the sons of his former cage stars among them-the second generation has arrived. 5

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RED 81 WHITE VOL. 74 JUNE, 1947 Published by the Lowell High School Students Association San Francisco I7, California CONTENTS THE YEAR'S EVENTS DEDICATION ,,,,..,....... PRINClPAL'S MESSAGE ..,. SHIELD-SCROLL ,,.,,,,, .. .. .. STUDENT BODY OFFICERS. , , CLASS OFFICERS ,.........,... . EDITORIAL ..... .. .. . . PICTURES OF THE YEAR DRAMATICS ., . .. .. ART ,... .,,, . . DEBATING .. R.O.T.C. . MUSIC ,,,, . G.A.A. ..,,, ,. ,, , , , PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS STUDENTS LEARN ..., ...,,,..,,. ,,,,, STUDENTS EAT. ..,.., ,,,, ,,,,,,,, . . STUDENTS PLAY. ,,,,,,,,. . .......,,....,.,,,,. .. A DAY IN A COACH'S LIFE ,......, . SPORTS 8 .. 9 . ,,.. 26 . ,.,.,, . 30 .,,, . 32 .. 42 . ,. 43 47 48 . . 49 53 .. ,.... 56 .. . 58 ., I4 , ,.,..... 22 40 72 FOOTBALL .. ,,,,, . ., 66 BASKETBALL . 75 TRACK ..,,,, . , .. . .... . 81 BASEBALL - SOCCER . 84 SWIMMING ,,,,, .. ,,,,.,,,A,, , ,,,, ,, B6 TENNIS ,,,,.,, ,. . 87 GRADUATING SENIORS CLASS OF FALL l946.. ,.,,,,,, 94 PROM .... .. .. .. ,,,,, . .. . ,. , 92 CLASS OF SPRING I947,.. . I00 OTHER DEPARTMENTS LETTERS TO THE EDITORS .. 3 SPEAKING OF SKETCHES ,..,, . . 4 RED AND WHITE REPORTS .. . . 6 FACULTY .. .. ,...,..,................. .... . . I8 THE LOWELL ...,...., . .,...,. .. 34 THE RED AND WHITE ......,. ,, 36 SMITH BANGE OUR THANKS TO: Life Magazine fur permis- sion to use their stylcg Mr. Howard Bnmdicg Mr. Bob Rnsendahl of Walter Mann Co.g Mr. Howard Watson of Lexicon Pressg Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Doherty of Fisher Studiosg Mr. Tommy Tomasog our faculty advisor, Mr, james Patterson: Mr. L. H. Stephensg Miss Harrisong Miss Adamsg and our staff photog- raphers, Duane Smith and George Bange.