Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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PIUIRIPL IE JINID) WWHEUISR Ee, SMEs During the middle of the first semester the senior class elected the following people as an editorial committee: Bill Garner, Joe Gomes, Jimmy Hanhart, Frederick Lesan, and Eleanor Shuman. After Fred- erick Lesan had been chosen by the RICHARD KENNEY Senior class for editor of the Pur- Business Manager ple and White, this group selected the two Junior assistant editors, who we re: Gladys Basye and James Desmond. Richard Kenney was chosen as business manager. FREDERICK LESAN Editor ROBERT ARNOLD Advertising Manager This year the Purple and White staff was made into an advanced journalism class for which the stu- dents received credit. Sostspattecs ectste! Editor A ant Editor Assistant Editor eich ards Kenney ee sees eeece seccenstenec cos seonsseeecectuceetesesececes w--s-s2-----------Business Manager Herbert Futrell. : seh cosesiceeie: does dev eeu be see ete aoe ne ee a Assistant Business Manager Robert Arnold... E Ms eee Oh PRT Ns Bee Srizstesibesstizt : e ........... Advertising Manager Bay IN ONG) SB TONINSS Soe: cee 5 ee ee ee cera ems pce oper eee Sa nen eee cere 3 ees SOLU E OO Byron Trout...... Se Assistant Sport Editor Margaret Fahey... — Be Anta nditon Bill Garner...... ....Assistant Art Editor Bill Saunders... Seniors Willard Pitman... Classes Sylvia Munter ... matics Frederick Lesan Gladys Basye....... James Desmond cll Norma Benjamin... Organizations Eyelyn Cheuvront. FE Da Sa Dee Eee Se ek ee eC EE a a ee Seg BSN eee Se Pea eee ean Mn ec oupantertee ers ee Pe Vusic Truman Lanningham......... nap Editor Avis MeDonald ... ee eee Fats SR betes aia ag oe See en BE oa ere STU SCO Pe es tS YS E Alice L. Edwards........ ce RE ee Sete es ee ee ae B pe aceon Adviser PURPLE AND WHITE STAFF Row 1—-N. Benjamin, Fahey, E. Ennis, Basye, Desmond, McDonald, S. Munter, and Cheuvront. Row 2——R. Brown, Garner, Lanningham, Trout, Saunders, and R. Ewing. Row 3—Futrell, Edwards, and Pitman. Page 30

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FUTURE FARMERS OFFICERS 1934-35 President, Robert Crawford. Vice-President, Shirley Jones. Secretary, Louis Paulo. ‘Treasurer, Elbert Lincoln. Reporter, Joseph Gomes. Yell Leader, Robert Scott. Adviser, B. J. McMahon. Despite the fact that their agricultural buildings were moved during this year, the Future Farmers won many trophies, ribbons and honors at the various contests which they entered. San Joaquin Valley Robert Crawford was elected president of the t Fresno, in October. Future Farmers at their regional meeting held At the San Joaquin County Fair, at Stockton, Shirley Jones won the statewide Future Farmer public speaking contest and a cash prize of $25 at the Great Western Livestock Show held at Los Angeles in November. Shirley also won second place in the spring contest for the San Joaquin Valley held at Fresno. Prizes were won in the weight estimating and dressing percentage contest at Los Angeles by Herbert Foth, James McDougald, Joseph Gomes, and Rudolph Lundstrom. Ten chapter members exhibited livestock at the Interstate Livestock show at San Francisco, April 14-18, bringing back over $1,000 from the sale of their animals, and prizes. Robert Barnett also won the showmanship contest and a wrist watch. He also won a $150 scholarship to the California Polytechnic School at San Luis Obispo for next year for being the best all around beef cattle exhibitor at the show. The judging teams won second place in the sweepstakes for the San Joaquin Valley and Central California at Modesto in March. MADERA FUTURE FARMERS Row 1—Bennett, Ely, Foust, Kumagai, Pendergrass, and Lundstrom. Row 2—Brown, Koch, B. Scott, J, MeDougald, J. Gomes, Crawford, Lincoln, Paulo, M. Faso, S. Jones, and Gong. Row 3—Turner, Gangbin, Ryan, Rasmussen, D. MecDougald, E. Rasmussen, Foth, Lightbody, Findley, Creamer, Byron MeMahon, Adviser. Row 4—E G. Barnett, Cozby, Pfister, Crick, Anderson, and F. Page 29

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THE PAGEANT Progress seems to have run rampant at Madera high school this year. One notable example is the change to a more modern form for the commencement exercises. Instead of a speaker, the school pre- sented an outdoor pageant on the athletic field. Mi ss Mary Lou Shet- ler, dramatics instructor, wrote the production called “The Builders” for which the keynote was the development and growth of our citizens and state. There were three main divisions of the production: “Builders of the Past”; “Building Materials”; and “Builders of the Future’. The theme song selected as the musical emphasis was Charles Wakefield Cadman’s, “The Builders”’. “Builders of the Past”, the first section, depicted the historical events and famous personalities of the early era. Among the famous men whose deeds were dramatized were: Vallejo, Father Serra, Vis- caino, and Captain Merritt. Tableaux representing “Building Materials” formed the major por- tion of the second division. The pioneers, the Indians, and the miners whose manner of living gave a most colorful note to history, made excellent material for the dramatic scene in this part of the pageant. Especially dramatic in its historical significance was the Days of ’49 which brought so many thousands to California and gave much in build- ing material. The final division, entitled “Builders of the Future” had for its most important persons, the Senior class members. This espisode showed the educational contributions which build for the future. ‘The five subdivisions of this part depicted the training for vocations, health, and home-making with the additional requirements for a well rounded lite: culture, art, and music. The prologue and epilogue written by Miss Shetler, also, was given by Norma Benjamin, member of the class of °35. The inspiration for the pageant came from the Nation-wide observa- tion of the tercentenial anniversary of the establishment of free sec- ondary schools. The Boston Latin School, which was organized in 1635, was the first free public school of its kind in the United States. The pageant in its concluding section shows the development of free secondary school education from that early beginning in Boston. Approximately two hundred and fifty students took part in the production, “The Builders”, while eighteen members of the faculty supervised the technical work. Combined orchestra and choruses under the direction of Miss Annabel Denn furnished the music. ‘he chorus assisted the Seniors in singing the Processional and the closing selection, ‘America the Beautiful”. A special verse choir interpreted the pageant. Page 31