Napa High School - Napanee Yearbook (Napa, CA)

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N A P A N E EE Merit Sqstem ' It is not possible to give you a better realization of the Merit System that is now in force in Napa High, than in quoting the following: There has been a rising tide of feeling among college authorities and business and financial organizations that high schools should keep account and furnish a record of a student's character, dependibility and citizenship as well as his scholarship. In fact, several of our leading universities now require such a rating on all applicants for admission, and business institu- tions are requesting such information in increasing numbers, It becomes both desireable and necessary therefore to keep such records in Napa Union High School. To do this in an intelligent manner the following Merit System has been adopted: The rating will be made on th-e semester basis, and a merit credit will 1 e given at the end of each semester. Each student will be given 100 merits at the ieginning of each semester. For lapses in citizenship, honor, relia- ' ility, ndorality, etc., merits will lie deducted from the 100 according to the offense as indicated in the schedule below: Loss OF MERITS ' i 1. Stealing-20 or more. 2. Forgery of an excuse-20 or more. 3. Cheating-20 or more 4. Lying-10 or more. 5. Cutting classes or Assembly-10 or more. 6. Unnecessary tardiness-5 or more. p 7. Unexcus-ed absence-5 or more. 8. Rudeness, disorderly, ungentlemanly or unladylike conduct-5 or more. 9. Wanton destruction or defacing of public property-5 or more. 10. Smoknig, gambling or had language about school-10 or mnre. GRADING OF MERITS 100 or over ,....., ...............,........................,,,.... 1 90 to 100 ........,,..........,,.....,.,.,.,..................,.... 1 80 to 90 ,.........,.. ........... 2 V 70 to 80 ......,,......... ..,,..,......, .........,..........,. 3 Below 70 ,.,.......... ,......,.,.,,.......,,,............,,.,. 5 Failure For college recommendation a student must average 80 for the semest- ers spent in Napa Union High School. Students scoring an average of less than 70 will not be graduated. A record of merits will be kept by the Vice Principal and Dean of Girls, and will be rnade a part of the student's permanent recor-d.. The following committee will serve as a Court of Appeal: Vice Principal Dean of Girls Head of English Department All extreme cases will be delt with by the High School Principal. This system is the same one used in many of the other high schools throughout the state, three of them being Piedmont, Sonoma, and Santa Barbara. W frifceeyq

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NAPANEE W, ,, ,,,,,,,-N ,,.,,, .,,, , ,Yx,, ,,,, ,, ,. ,. . ,. . .. , ., .--. . .. .,.,...i ' 'vt-1 Robert Bornan Lowell Edington OFFICERS FALL SEMESTER SPRING SEMESTER Robert Boman .............,..................... , ........ President ............... .,- ..,..,,.,.,...... Lowell Edington Edward Hillman .................... - ....... Vice-President 1 ,......,.....,..,..... ,........, W inifred Jones Alice Banks ........................ Secretary and Treasurer .4.,.,.,..,...,...... Peggy Sheilield The Freshman class of approximately two hundred students promises to be one of the b-est classes of Napa High in more than one way. Q if 1. The Class C basketball team, principally composed of Freshmen, four of whom received their letters. Three Freshmen played on the Class B basketball team. P In the track meet the Freshmen proved superior to the Sophomores in both Classes A and C , y Five Freshmen have positions on the baseball team and promise to give interesting competition to their interclass competitors. V I This class not only excells in athletics but also in scholarship, Eight- een received honor cards and belong to the State Honor Society,tWo holding office in that organization. During the entire year this class has received more honor cards than all the other classes combined entitling them to the greatest number in the Honor Society. This. is the first time in the history of the school that a freshmen class has exceeded its upper classmen in the number of honor cards. Let the good work go on. ' fFourteenj

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N A P A N E E Aciivilq Period The Activity Period held every morning from 9:55 until 10:30 which has been a part of the schedule of Napa High this current year, allows for advisory work on Mondays, student body meetings on Wednes- days, classes and club meetings on Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the opportunity classes meet with: Mr. Strong ......,........,....... ..,............... ...,....... ............,..,.. . . ,.......... B o ys' Glee Club Mr. Youtz ........ .,,.........,...l............ , .Automobile Design Miss Crever ....,... ............,. S tagie Craft and Decoration Mr. Post ....,...... - ..........,.......,.....,. Radio and Electricity Miss Beck ..,., , ..... ...,.,.,......... C orrective Gymnastics Mr. Johnson ,............ .......,...,..... ,............ A t hletic Aims and Ethics Miss Kime ........,. .. ........ ....,............,.....,.......,i...... - ..Vocations for Women Miss Lynch .........,.... - .........,,..... - ...........,.....,. -..Good Manners, Problems of Ethics Miss Coombs ..................,,.i............,..... . .... ...................,...,............... - ...........i.......................... D ramatics Miss Palmer ................. ,....... . .... - ...- ....,.............,...........,.......,.............................................. - ...,. Debating Mrs. Hills ...,.. Chemical Arithmetic, Popular Science, Scientific Current . Elnents . . . Miss Colhns ..... - ....,. ...,....,...,................................ . ......,..,...,......,...............,.......... C ahfornia History Mr. Conners .,.. .,.. . . ,..,.. .....,,....,......,.......,.,..,.... M achine Shop Work Mr. Hughes ......... ,.......... .,,..,,.,.. ............ .............................. T h e S lide Rule Miss Hawkins ....,... ........ - ...Parliamentary Law and Practice lVIiss Nelson ............. .........,..... - .... - ....,................, - ...., E nglish Grammar Miss Parker ........... ............. - ........... 1+ 'ancy work, sewing etc. Mr. Webster ..- .,..... ...........,,.,........................ 0 ral English Mr. Gray ..,........ ,... ...,.,........,...........,.,..,.......,.. Civil Law Miss Olsen ..- .... -.. .... ...........,.. C atering Miss Allegrini ..... ...... ....,...4....,...,...,... - .,.., S p elling Mr. Cunning .... - ,........ . ...,....,...,,., ....,.... P enmanship Miss Beal .....................,...,,......,......................,. ..... .,..,......,,...,...........,............... S c hool Citizenship Mr. Hemmerling ...,..,. . ..... .... , , ....,... ...........,.....r.,... - .,.................. If lowers, their cultivation Mr. Louis E. Kahn and others ..,., .Advance Scout Merit Badge Course Miss Offutt ..,,,,....,......,........,..........,.,..... ........... N ursing, Home Making, Social work Mr. Crawford . ............,.... Personality Development, Elementary Psychology Mrs, Schalow ........,....,,.....,..... , .....,.....,........,,,. - ....,.........,.......,...,.........,.....,.,.,...... Girls' Glee Club Probably the most successful of the above classes were the Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs. The Boys' Glee Club under the direction of Mr. Strong put over a very good comic openetta, besides providing entertainment at many of the student body meetings and other gatherings. The Girls' Glee Club also presented a very good operetta. The girls were directed by Mrs. Schalow. Another very successful club, organized under the direction and ad- vise of Mr. Post is the Radio Club. Early in the year this club was organ- ized out of the opportunity period class that was studying radio and elec- tricity. The club elected Arthur Tockey as president, Clifford Rawson was selected the club technician while Hilary Helsley was the very able and ef- ficient operator. The purpose of the club is to enable its members to read the wireless ccde known as International Morse and to acquaint them with the prac- tical side of radio communication. To facillitate the object of the club, its members donated sufficient apparatus to construct an up-to-date transmit- ting and receiving station. This station transmits on forty meters with sufficient power to make international communication possible. The in- stallation of this station puts Napa High on the map as one of the few schools that is equipped with a radio transmitting station. l:Sixteen1