Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Class History Listen, my children. and you shall hear how. in Scplcm- her, l909. llwe Class of 'l3 knocked on the doors ol Long Beach High lor admittancclan eager, lmlf-frightened Fresh- man Class. Of course. this is very imaginalive language. uscd to keep up tlie lradilious nf rschnal Annuals from time immel morial. for, no doubt. some of us have been drifting in ever since 1907. Rnslj. Indeed, would br' nn atlcmpl to wlate in tlw liml iled space allotted the numerous and varied experiences of lllc ClaBS Dl 'l 3. The writer is. Lherefm'el confined to a hale enumeration of the feats and defeats of her class. and whether successes 0r failures preduminate it is the privilege of the reader to determine. It took only a short lime for our shyness to wear off. and we began to take as much interest in school aflairs as all the other Classes in Fact. no other class in the history of this sclmnl has taken a more active leading part in all phases of school life. We have always been well represented on the athletic field. As FICSllan, we qucceeded in vanquishing all hut the invincilale Seniors. ln tlm last three years lcw l'uWF ljcen nur defeats, and we have carried off nearly all of the pen- nanls ol the truck and relay carnivals. Myl W'hul fun we him: had decorating the booths and then cheering our men an to the goal! Bert Dodd. our mile champion of the Pacific: Cuusl. and Ross Middnngl: were with us then. l'lLll thry have left this year for new lieldsl We have been proud also of George and Glenn Green. Way. Raider. Campbell and Chief Hayward ln sncial life we have not been found wanting. either. WE have had all. kind! of parties imaginable. Our Hrst waa n pantomime of Lochinvar. in which Way Middough was Lochinvar. We have had sgveral parties an the beach. where we assembled at seven p. ml and were Sent harma to bed by higher authority at nine n'rlock. When juniors, the Class at 'l 3 took a trip tn bubylund, and what cute Mary James and Bustmr Browns we did make, with Miss Torrey and Miss Stoker as our governesaesl This year we are not as childish, but although we did no! hang up 0111' stockings, we had a Christmas tree, and each one recPiVECl a present. Anal Who can forget that night! As we left the Ebell Club House the sky seenled m lac ablaze for miles around. Did we go home? I should say not. I even saw Miss Stoker there land at that time of the nighll walching our beloved skating rink burn to the ground. '1 '11 I r'J' u