Pershing Middle School - Reflections Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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2-Coalinga Track meet. hWe wont get home ,till morning? 4b-Steve decided to get a partial hair cut. 6-Manua1 Training Shop construction begun. SePlayed baseball with Kerman. 9rEverettts flrst shave. 15--Spring is here. Francis tries out the new shower bath. 16e-Miss Hunt proves a very jovial chaperon for students. 17-VValter Covington has found a good recipe to become popular. Those beautiful roses. 19'Just consider the source if you hear Lester singing, ttOh, Helen? ZOeAsk Inez Brown about the new house that is being erected. 21-Dontt let them kid you, Mattie. They all fall sooner or later. . ZZ-ttRed Letter Dayf, Won baseball from Clovis. Electric lights installed. Royal Hawaiian Family; full house. 23-Look out for Miss Doughty and her treacherous camera. 24eKeep your face straight and watch Marshall Johnson in the Music Class. 29-Raisin Day. Hurrah for the float. May- Z-eLocal Declamation Contest. bOh, you orators? S-Final Declamation Contest. hNo time to shimmy? 7eOperettaettIsle of Chance. IIeColor rush. Rah! Rah! Rah! 13eSchool Board dinner, given by Domestic Science Department. 16-Senior Day. Now,s the time. June- S-Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Harry White. FSenior play, All-of-a-Sudden, Peggy? 7eJuniors entertain Seniors. 8eCommencement. Tully C. Knoles. 9eA1umnidinner. Farewell! Farewell! uzgu

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DEBATES ELSIE STRICKLIN WALTER COVINGTON XVe are very proud of our debating team which is composed of Elsie Stricklin and XValter Covington. Hard work, perserverance, a strong co-oper- ative instinct, and their natural abilities carried them to Victory. Miss Lang, the English teacher, gave them much assistance and advice, and deserves much credit for her noble efforts. The inter-high school debates held in our division were all won by our team. The question was: tResolved that the United States Government should own and operate a Merchant Marine? The first debate was held December 10 at Sanger. Tranquillity defending the negative carried off the decision of the judges. The second debate was held January 14 in Tranquillity. Our team had the affirmative and the opposing team, Kerman, had the negative. The strong arguments and good presentation of our team received the award of the judges. The third debate on the same questioniwas at Clovis, January 28, Clovis having the affirmative. In this debate our team put forth their best efforts and won a hard fought debate by unanimous decision. Having won all the debates in our division, the team entered in the semi- finals with a Will and debated with Fresno High School on the question: tResolved that Congress should prohibit Immigration into the United States for four yearsf on March 11. This debate was won by Fresno, but our team deserves much praise in putting up such a good argument against the very best Fresno could produce. Altogether, we feel that our debating season has been very successful. eMattie Franchini, t21.