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

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DnmLhy Ball Dorothy Slz-w-ns Harlan Ward ?! Fluu'nlc W :zm'r Ruhy wmmms

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Not less prominent than on the field have we been on the rostrum. The Honorables Hugh Shippey. Harold Crowe. Harry Buffurn and Hal Carrol have brought many victories 1n debate to Long Beach. The success of our ciass has been due to a large extent to our class officers, especiany the presidents, In our infancy We were guided by three presidentsiHugh Shippey, Esther Dayman and Bert Dorid. When Sophommes, we elected Father Shippey with the promise that he would not leave 113 again. Last year Esther Dayman was the favored one! Now. as mighty Seniors. we have made the best choice possibie? Ha'TY Buffum, who has carried on the work most efficiently. Nor has our class lacked representatives in Student Body Government. In our Junior year seven of our number held Student Body amneseEsther Dayman. Evelyn Eads. Hamid Crowe, Way Midduugh, Harry Buffum and Bert Dcdd. This Y'EEIT. under our new Commission Government. four Commie:w SIQHB are held by members of '13-Esther Dayman, Way Mlddough, Harold Crowe and Hugh Shippeyt Our class plays! What successes they have been! At our reception to the Senims of 'IZ last year we presented Sherwood. Maid Marion was taken by Clive Powers and Robin Hood by Charles Green. This year our choice was Mice and Menu Fern Browning played the part of Lilli : Britain beautifully and Hugh Shippey. as Captain Lovell, made a Fine tovcr. considering his ignorance of such things. The has! laid schemes of Nike and Men' aft gang aglee. SUCh, in brief. are the characteristics and the history of the Class of 1911 Let the reader form his own opinion cf us and may he not be too severe. Our past hm been a happy one, and we lack Forward With much regret, for soon our High School days can he lived :11 memory only. CARRIE. E. SMITH. Whirl Um