McClymonds High School - Indian Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Afterglow R. O. T. C .... After a successful season of army tac- tics and good times, Dave Taylor is still the commanding officer of the McCly- monds R. O. T. C. unit and is still hold- ing the rank that he started out with, that is the rank of major. Captain Al mont down the line to smooth off the corners. Phillip Cameron was the captain of the second team, with Raymond Laus- ten as coach. Other members of the team were Oliver Kolander, Phil McCafifery, Harvey Farrel, Chester XValsh, Mike Satsonis, Douglas McLay and John Fow- ler. The members ot the first team were: Perry Lacy, captain, Bill XYagner, Coach, Gray is in command of A company, with Lieutenant Peck as second in com- mand and Lieutenant Rieman is in coni- mand ot li company, Willie was the successor to Lieutenant Phillip Cameron, who was promoted to the position of ad- jutant at the first of the term. l'hil is to be the commanding officer of the unit next term and the men in the unit wish 'Phil a lot of luck because Dave says that he'll surely need it. The whole unit marched in the Armis- tice Day parade and was judged. Uni took first place and Mack came in some place near the top. It would have been nice for Mack to win, but it's all in the family. Sergeant Baldwin, military in- structor, is the instructor at Uni also. just so Sarge was the teacher that won, the fellows don't 'feel so under- dogged. Mack's second rifie team beat Oak- land's by 13 points and then took Fre- Flmer Lew, Arthur jeoung, George Le- Sire, and liarl Logsdon. The first team lost both matches. The first was against Tech, and the second match was against lfni. ln order to make comparisons between the Oakland R. O .'l'. Cfs and those of San Francisco, hve orticers and men went over to visit Galileo High in the Big Town only to find that they had six hundred men in their class and thirty- Iiye officers, only five hundred and sixty seven more than Mack has. Graduating officers of this term are Major Ilave Taylor, Captain Albert Gray, Lieutenant XYillie Reinian, and Lieuten- ant Vincent Peck. At the hrst of the term some of the officers and non-commissioned officers forming the unit went on a hike out in the hills and worked some war time prob- lems, such as scouting and patrolling and then they had very refreshing refresh- ments.

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Afterglow Traffic Reserve . . . Finishing the fall term without any mishaps, complaints, or lost equipment is the accomplishment of the lXlcClymonds traflic reserve under Mr. Horace Haight, advisor of the group. Officers serving during this banner term were: Floyd Musgrove. captaing stice day parade in downtown Oakland was Floyd lvlusgrove who lead the unit in getting commendation. The roster of the traffic reserve was greatly reduced during the semester, due to the installation of electric signal lights on Twenty-eighth Street and San Pablo Avenues, by the Oakland Police Depart- ment. lYalter Perry, lieutenantg XVilliam Pear- son, Alton llflartin, Damo Giorgi, and Frank Gray, sergeants. The privates are Louis l.eca, Richard Hawkly, Charles St. Cyr, Phillip Smith, Abe Roback, Edward Magan, Henry Hill and Newton Baker. The Oakland junior Traffic Reserve theater party was held at the Fox Or- pheum Theater, November 24, and was attended by over 2,000 boys from Oak- land, San Leandro and Alameda. All of the O. A. L. games were seen by the Mcfllymonds Reserve with the per- mission of Mr. G. E. Furbush, principal. Football tilts at the U. C. Stadium and passes to the downtown theaters were other activities that were enjoyed this year. The battalion commander for the armi- The granting of the safety signals was gained mainly through the efforts of the economics classes of Mrs. lileanor Do- herty. Their survey of the number of persons crossing San Pablo between Mc- Clymonds and Durant was as follows: A total of 3.265 people crossed the dan- gerous thoroughfare d a i l y between Twenty-seventh a n d Twenty-ninth streets. At Twenty-eighth Stlreet the total was 2,4l5g Twenty-ninth street reg- istered 384g and at Twenty-seventh there were 466 pedestrians daily. Commenda- tion is extended to Mr. Ei VV. Kottinger, principal of Durant Elementary School for the important part he played in the survey proceedings.

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AfZergZ0w Orchestra and Choral . . . Music, its beauty and significance, should be given its deserving credit due to the work done by the musical classes this fall term, according to Mr. Charles P. Bourne, musical instructor. Being called on for their willing ser- l vices, the orchestra and choral ' g r o u p s brought music an d song to attentive aud- iences so that they might learn of the op- portunities found through music in the senior schools. Appearances were 1-mg' W g g yell, PreSCOtt, and Hoov- er junior High Schools. Members of the orchestra were: An- geline Carpenter, Helen Nascimento, E- laine Regas, Golda May Rasette, Tony Narducci, james McCloud, Herbert Ro- an, Alvin Che'lean, Sylas Kieser, Adlaide Lomba, Mary Ella Sanders, George Le- Sire, Bob Narducci, Gerald Nickle, Al- bert Cerimeli, Bill Fontes, Andrew john- son, Newton Baker, Elliot Melancon, Ed Mathews, James Kane, Paul Black, Ar- thur Candelario, Mary Asonovich, Doro- thy Nickle and Virgil Baker. Members of the choral groups were: Tony Catalan, Ronald Collins, Carmen Gomez, Arthur Humphrey, Daniel Les- ser, Phil McCaffery, Adolph Mondragen, Gerald Nickle, Robert Morton, George Owen, Gilbert Phelps, Constance Bail, Angeline Carpenter, lda Catera, Dorothy Correa, Bernice DeMello, Irene Enos, Vancie Geraldo, Cecelia Gold, Stella El- liott, Lois Hibson, Gertrude Jeong, Mar- gery Johnson, Dorothy Johnson, Eleanor LaClaustro, Margaret Marshall, Louise Merel, Herbert Roan, Orvil Rolfe, Joe Salemme, Phillip Smith, Vernon Thorn- ton, Alice Oliver, Virginia Puffer, Julia Rose, Mary Rhoades, Louise Silva, Vir- ginia Sullivan, Velma Thompson, Ruth Thompson, Mary Tsukahira. HifY Clubs . . . Under the leadership of Ida Catera, president, the girls' Hi-Y organization gave a successful skating party at Roll- erland on October 17. Games and stunts were held and many prizes were given. A joint session was held with the boys' Hi-Y and they discussed the plans for the annual Hi-Y and alumni party. This party is given near the end of each school term. The girls usually bring the refresh- ments and the boys obtain the orchestra. Miss Marguerite Muncy,. cooking in- structor, is the adviser for the girls, while Mr. George Hensley guides the destinies of the male group. The girls' organization is under the ruling hands of Ida Catera, president, and Dorothy Thompson, secretary. Mem- bers of the Girls' Hi-Y are: Ida Catera, Dorothy Thompson, Virginia Melo, VVin- nie Jewell, Mary Rozales, Marge Fraga, Dorothy Vacha, Faustine Uribe, Sylvia Silva, Gladys Radovan, Eugenia Broch- ier, Louise Endrizzi, Eva Melo, Mary Celia, Margie Marshall, Josephine Silva, Virginia Puffer, Bernice Lynch, Sybil Dorman, Mary Alice Rhoades, Helen VVickenhauser, Barbara Holstrom, Viv- ian Simpson, Betty Haynes, VVanda Beach and Grace A'Perry. Frank Thomas guides the boys' Hi-Y as president, with Rudy Kelly vice-pres- identg Ted VVoods, secretary, and Roy Epperson, treasurer. Members of the club are: Frank Thomas, Rudy Kelly, Ted VVoods, Roy Epperson, Frank Fazio, Henry Lyons, Alfred Ciremele, Carmen Gomez, George Shiaqua, George Steven- son, Albert Symons, Donald Aabakken, Bill Milicich, George LeSire, George Na- politano, Edward Fraga, Lefty Husband. Louis Moroni, joe Davidson, Manuel Delcinio, Don Farrell, and Granville Na- politano. The semi-annual High Y Day dance was held from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock De- cember l0 in the school gymnasium.