Oakland Technical High School - Talisman Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Girls' Reading Contest 1. As the Moon Rose One of the most unique a11d all around successful events of the term was the Girls' Reading Contest, which took place March 26, in the school's auditorium. The prize, a complete set of Shakespeare's works, bound in leather, was awar- ded to Mildred Weinilig, a High Senior. The prize was given by a friend of the Tech girls, who hoped in this way to stimulate inter- est in good literature, espec- ially in the works of Shakespeare. The six girl contestants and the readings are as fol- lows: .........Genevieve Perreau 2. The Soul of the Violin ...... ........ Elma Ferguson 3. The Heart of Old Hickory ....... ......... M ildred Weining 4. The So1dier's Reprieveu ......... .......... H elen Williamson 5, The La Rue Stakes ,.,., ......... A manda Lou VVhite 6. By Courier .................................................................. Janice Clark The three judges were: Mrs. C. L. Kloss, Mrs. A. A. Dennison, and Pro- fessor French. The contest was under the direction of Miss Emily Zene Craig, of the English department. Due to the great amount of interest shown, the affair will probably be put down on Teclfs calendar as an annual event.

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Tree Planting Campaign Never before in the annals of Tech has she witnessed a day so unique as March 4th, the tree planting day. Results that will stand for years and years were executed by the students, with the advice and co-operation of some of the faculty. Beautiful birch trees, shrubs, rose trees, and ivy were plantedg the ivy around the shops, so that in the future, instead of seeing the bare walls of the shops, we will see a mass of beautiful climbing ivy over everywhere except the windows. The rose trees were planted near the entrance to Pershing Hall and along the Pagoda joining the main building to the shops so that an artistic arch of roses will be formed bc- tween the two buildings. Surely this is a work that is worthy of execu- tion and worthy of being carried along term after term! That is what is intended. The Tech Improvement Committee has started this term and is going to carry its work well into the future. The students give voluntary contributions to the major room representatives, who turn the same over to the Committee, which is composed of Mrs. Chamberlain, Mr. Cronyn and Joe Shaw.

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Red Cross Salvage Drive URING the week of March 22-26 salvage was gathered and carried to Tech for the Red Cross. The donations were received in the major rooms and were counted by points. ' Mr. Drew's major room gathered more points per pupil while Mr. Theriot's class gathered the largest amount of salvage. On March twenty-six the drive was ended by a huge parade of seventy automobiles, fantastically decorated and :filled with junk, from Tech to the Red Cross shop on 12th street. The drive was under the leadership of Miss Helen Crandall. The parade was managed by Bud Moriarty, the yell leader. I U. C. Glee Club Assembly ' HE U. C. Glee Club held an assembly on April ninth in the Tech auditorium for the purpose of raising money for their summer tour of the Orient. College songs together with a few solos, vocal and instrumental, made up the program. '-1. C4 E' rc. '-flaw - Q j XR - w