Quincy High School - Pine Yearbook (Quincy, CA)

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CLASS OF ’39 FRESHMAN • Froshies. fresh out of grade school, are tramping up the steps, prepared to add to the high school their noble presence and acquired knowledge. Questions are asked of upper classmen such as, Where is the English room? Where do we go now? The first bell of the morning rings. Classes are divided into four separate groups to get the initial list of do's and don’t's. Lunch time finds girls biting their fingernails and fidgeting with their hair, boys strutting up and down the campus in a vain effort to cover up their nervousness. But all in all, that school year is a success and as it nears a close, there are many up-and-coming froshies who regret the coming vacation and of course an equal number who seem joyous at its forthcoming. Down the steps traverse our newly initiated “sophs to be” to await further adventures into the portals of dear old Quincy High. SOPHOMORE o The new school year has begun with a bang! The froshies of last year are not trembling with nervousness as was true last year, but complacently strolling around the campus with that we know it all look. On the arrival of this year's primaries, Quincy sophomores are not at all sympathetic. After what seems only a few minutes, classes begin. The secondaries are considerably more studious than last year. Things begin to move along rapidly and parties are quite numerous. The sophomore year is always considered by the students as a year of rest. Quincy sophs end the term by showing they have done their part to make good this custom. JUNIOR • Look us over, we re upper classmen, is the look of defiance on the faces of the dignified members of the junior class as they walk into their respective classes for the first time this year. The fact that they are upper classmen means little or nothing to the