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

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Vulcan Club h President ............... ............. J ohn Menges Vice-President .,..... ....... E dward Ravizza Secretary ,.................. ......... A rsent Leroy Treasurer ..................... .......... E arl Madden Sergeant at Arms ..,....... .............. J oe Steck Yell Leader ...................................................... Ray Wheeler HE Vulcan Club was organized in the Spring term of 1917 by Mr. Joseph Petty of the Forge Shop. At the time of organization it was composed of only boys from the Forge Shop who numbered about 40, but as it got firmly started it opened its membership to all boys interested in shop work, and now has u membership of about 200. The emblem is a V crossed with an anvil. Meetings are held every other Wed- nesday at major period in the Auto Shop. The purpose of the club is to promote good-fellowship among the shop boys and also to get a better knowledge of outside shops. To ac- complish this, various kinds of activities are entered into, such as bean feeds, tug rides, movies, baseball and inter-shop basket-ball, and interest- ing trips to manufacturing companies in this vicinity and to Mare Island were also taken. Mr. Parker is the faculty advisor.

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W s Forum Debating Society President .........,............,.,.... ......... L ionel B. Benas Vice President ....................... ...,... L awrence Sowles Secretary and Treasurermt .... ......... H arold Haas Sergeant at Arms ....,..........,.. ....... C . R. Bennett HE Forum was a decided success this term. Membership was ex- tended to girls, and many'new members were received into this organization. Lively debates and discussions were held at each meeting, and profitable criticism given the speakers by the critic and facultyfadvisor. For the first time in its history, inter-scholastic debates were given against both Oakland and University High Schools. The Public Speaking Class and Miss Swett's English Class also met the Forum. The Forum's purpose is to create a school-wide interest in debating, so consequently its policy has been to debate chiefly on, school questions, It is to be hoped that its purpose will be carried out, and that it will soon hold a large place in school activities.

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1 w Tech Girls' Y Club President ............. ....................,.. I nez Hubbard Vice-President ....... ....... J osephine Nnnenmacher Secretary .......... .................. F ern Campbell Treasurer ...................... ....,.. ........... Y n ez Daugherty' HE Tech Girls Y Club has always had for its purpose social and service work, but it has never accomplished as many practical things as it has this past term. This was due, no doubt, not to a sudden spurt of enthusiasm, but to a better organization. In the early spring the girls elected their oiiicers and made plans for a membership campaign which was most successful. As a result of the larger number of girls in the organization, a great many more things were done. The girls took complete charge of the Red Cross Shop on Saturdays and were prominent in every drive to aid the Red Cross Society. They also gave several enter- tainments, the most elaborate of which was the cabaret presented at the Club House. Responding to every call for every drive, these girls have more than accomplished the essential aims of their organization.