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

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MEMORY SKETCHES HROUGH graying sfreaks of wind-curved rain, sfern and aloof fo fhe assaulf of fhe sform, fen shallow, widely-builf sfairs lead fo fhe heavy doors of Technical. Scamper- ing raindrops, nof unlike faf, squirming gob- lins, splash and slide ioyously fo form widen- ing pools on fhe walk. Sfray sfudenfs, garbed in galoshes and raincoafs, and wifh umbrellas fhaf fighf fo hold fheir own againsf fhe sform, are swepf up fhe broad walk, like crisp aufumn leaves, frisked abouf by fhe wind. The lawns are flaffened, fhe corners flooded over by muddy wafer, and fhe firs af eifher end are myriads of finy cold raindrops, blown care- lessly againsf fhe boughs, shaking and slip- ping wifh each new downpour . . . K K D D Wildly cheering roofers below fhe brighf Technical banner, fhroafs fhrobbing, faces glowing: fauf players, shiff fo fhe righf, fhe ball snapped, fhen fhe final glory of a fouch- down: an iniured player, face wrenched wifh pain, roofers shoufing ouf his name: fhe band, insfrumenfs gleaming in fhe sun, brown uniforms dark againsf whife middies and shirfs-fhe fhrill of a feam pushing on fo vicfory . . . K K D D Walking from one end of Tech's hallways fo fhe ofher, one hears fhe sfaccafo click of fypewrifer keys, voices from hisfory and mafhemafic classes, fhe quief hum peculiar fo fhe library, fhe business-like underfone of fhe offices, fhe noisy iumble of newspaper sounds from fhe Scribe headquarfers, fhe blending of fones descending from fhe glee rooms, all mingled fogefher. One's fooffalls on fhe rubbery floors echo up and down fhe empfy corridors, fhaf are soon fo be fhronged wifh pushing, surging sfudenfs, shoufs of hello fo friends, faces responding in quick smiles . . . Flashing sabres, shining buffons: barked commands, companies wifh sfraighf lines passing in review: fhe slap of well-polished slings againsf glossy rifles: low voices of fhe officers asking quesfions and eager voices of cadefs answering: cadefs under fhe direcfions of non-coms marching back fo fhe armory: fhe crash of bolfs as fhe companies inspecf arms: fhe command Dismissed, and fhe cheers of cadefs relieved of fhe pressure of being af affenfion: fhe parade is over . . . K K D D Two sfone benches, invifing and cool under shade frees: fhe parade ground, marching columns, even, khaki: flowering peach frees, blazes of clusfered blossoms: powdery yellow acacia, peppery in odor: fhe sfeady clamor of machines in fhe shops: carefully planfed shrubberies: lacy paffern laid on fhe marble lobby floor by sun and ironed-crossed doors -all are parf of fhe campus we will never forgef . . . SENIOR MEMORIES

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FACULTY ART DEPARTMENT Miss Gladys Elam, Miss Clara HeI'scheI, Mrs. Maude H. Hollis, Mr. Kyle Wilcox Iheadl. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Miss Berfha Brown, Miss Anna Camp- bell, Miss Irma CarruI'h, Mrs. Louise Chandler, Mr. W. E. CIayI'on Iheadl, Miss Carrie Comings, Miss Cafherine Irvan, Mrs. Frances Price Parrish. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Miss Rufh ForsyI'he, Miss Sebena Frazier, Mr. E. W. Long Iheadl, Mrs. M b IC.T I . I ' ae ayor U, lqfyoij LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Mrs. Elena deFremery Iheadl, Miss Marguerife Ellis, Mr. Nels Johnson, Miss Rufh McGovney, Miss Euphrasie MoIIe, Miss Frances M rray, Miss Emma Schneirla. - MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Mr. C. L. Clawson, Miss Nora Evans, Miss Berfha Henningson, Miss Mary Tyrrell Iheadl. CW MUSIC DEPARTMENT Miss S. Grace Gan+'r, Miss Sylvia Gar- rison, Mr. Herman Trufner Iheadl. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Miss Cornelia McGiIIivray Iheadl, Miss Myr'I'Ie Mowbray, Miss Ber+ha Schwab. SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Miss Anga Biornson, Miss Kafhleen Dawson, Mrs. Elena deFremery Iheadl, Mrs. Elsie Grover, Miss Anna Keefe, Miss Donna May Lewis, Miss Ru+h Mc- Govney, Mr. R. F. Nyman, Mrs. Harrier Pillsbury. . LIBRARIAN, Miss Florence Baker. . . ., rg n+A.G.Okey. 5543705 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Miss HenrieH'a Balch Ihead, girIs'I, Miss Margarel' Fi'I'ch, Miss JoviI'a Fifzgerald, Miss KaI'hIeen Lapham, Mr. Ray Hamil- Ion, Mr. Alvin KyI'e, Mr. Leroy B. Sharpe Ihead, boys'I. DECEMBER Q.. 1913 I4

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And so a door has opened wide And s+ands flung back . . . DECEMBER ... IQ!!