Medford High School - Crater Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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characterize OLDYELL Go-geT . . . Them . . . Ti-ger! 20's 1 I 6 5 4 , T T a E Go-geT . . .Them . . . Ti-ger! GHRUFF!! SerpenTines are a TradiTion aT MedTord l-ligh. ln earlier days The sTudenTs in long sTockings and heavy coaTs cluTched hands and wound in and ouT among The Model T's in The dusTy sTreeTs To adverTise Their games. As The Town grew and shops Turned inTo deparTmenT sTores, The TraTTic in- creased and The sTudenTs Tound iT Too dangerous To run down The sTreeTs. Today The TraTTic has reached such proporTions ThaT serpenTines are conTined To school. 2 E i 3 s 5 T 3 E. T I95l serpenTine, above, winds Through downTown MedTord. Below: Carolyn Hillyer, Nancy Picard, Doug Randles, Susan Hubbard, Larry BerTeau, Judy McGraw, Winnie GOTT and STeye Morris lead a serpenTine Through Thevhalls. I3

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NOISE PARADE AND THE DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL! I-luge M On TlOaT TlaunTs school spiriT. A NOISE PARADE IN I920? Yes, The Times may change, buT The spiriT OT yOuTh lcnows no cIaTe Or Ioouncls. Noise parades, exuber- anT yells, inTer-school rivalry are all a parT OT sTudenT spiriT, The Tun and The TOOIishness OT high school. 'l'raOIiTiOns are a living parT OT MedTOrd High. We dOn'T lcnow how They begin, lOuT They grow wiTh us and become a parT OT our lives and memories. Above and below are picTured some examples OT early Noise Parades OT lvledTOrcI High. GIANT FOOTBALL in Noise Parade rallies a crowd OT rOOTers TO cheer Tor a slam againsT Ashland, Med- TOrd's TradiTiOnaI rival. GEE, KID, LET'S GO SHOCK THE NATIVES. Black sfockungs and school spiriT were TrequenT scenes in The gay I1Te OT The l92O's. QONMWUI' egg vs: is sill 2.lb' - ,, Pep,splnt

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This young man is none olher lhan Mr. Leland Menlzer, wood shop inslruclor. Nole The round agale wafch charm. Even in I92l when he lirsl' came lo I909 CLASSROOM SHOT in Med'ford's firsl' high school buildinq Medford, Mr. Menlzer was a rock hound. T h e S C h 0 0 I g 0 e S 0 n Mr. Menrzer, Medford I-ligh's wood shop inslruclor, has been a member of Jrhe facully since I92l and has never been absenl. Ai' righf is a piclure of a carpenfry class Jralcen in Jrhe early I92O's, a few years eller Mr. lvlenlzer slarled leaching here. Each year carpenlry classes under Mr. Men+zer's inslruclion conslrucf a garage or a house. I4