Redondo Union High School - Pilot Yearbook (Redondo Beach, CA)

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RUHS September 6, 1928 Thr grfat blue mounlains and the .rmall grey hills.-Anon. Our glorious school has opened with droves and flocks of admiring students clamoring for entrance at the stately portals. Some of these students are tall, some short, some thin, some fat, some wise and some otherwiseg but all were trying to be the first in line at the ofiice for their registration. They pushed and they pulled as they saw some face that was familiar or that brought back some memory of the preceding year. There were four hundred and thirty-one enrolled today, and there was a goodly number of the so-called A'Scrubs among them. The first day must seem like an endurance test for themg if they can stand it that first day they are good for the rest of the year. There were groups of boys and girls all over the school grounds. They were re- newing old friendships and making new ones. Oh! This is going to be the best school year that I have had. 1929 ?.1l MARY2 FRITZ A , - Q S wwf L 4- ge mwwmis CONC-ENTRATING 25

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929 September 5, 1928 In the southland many birds sing.- Warzg Chien. It just thrills me 'n chills me, in fact nearly kills me with joy, to think that I am on the Pilot staff! Youill notice, dear Diary, that the shock was so great I am waxing poetic! I can hardly contain my overflowing joy, en- thusiasm, and no little measure of pride, be- cause I, Mary Jane, have been chosen by the Pilot staff to record in you, my Diary, all the events of importance in the following school year at the Redondo Union High School, the year 1928-29. lt seems also to be my duty to hunt out, as 'twere, the deep, dark secrets in the lives of our student body members who are of the shrinking violet type. Without a doubt, Diary, my fondest hope has been ful- filled because Thelma and Mary impressed vividly upon my young mind the fact that R. U. H. S. is to receive her just amount of attention in this year's Pilot. Why, even the theme of the book is to be the school, and the loyalty and fine spirit of the student body and faculty are to be at last portrayed. Really, it's wonderful! I have that very pleas- ant sensation of knowing I can express my just admiration for our school without re- straint. The students are privileged to turn in snapshots which will be forever recorded in the formation of a marvelous scrap book, which will recall as the years roll into oblivion those happiest of all memories, school days. Gee! This is a great life if you don't weaken, but then who ever did hear of a Pilot staff that could weaken? I'd like to know! The annuals have all been good, and this one we cannot allow to fall short of the mark! I'm afraid though, that I'll lose all my youth and beauty from want of sleep after all of this excitement. Wouldn't that be awful? However, the reward I will receive will compensate me for all of my labor. I, llflary Jane, am the first one to write the diary of R. U. H. S. for the Pilot. Isn't it Wonderful that I am the first to do such a noble work? 2+

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fl H Runs. v rl? OFU5 1929 September 7, 1928 Oh, fha! fwhite cloud driven by the aulumn fwfnd.-Anon. Today I was called down to the attend- ance department to see the honorable Mr. Van Hellen, who, by the aid of the efficient and capable Mrs. Davis, deals to all culprits slips bearing varied types of info,U mostly pleas- ant, and if they are not pleasant whose fault islit, dear reader? Mrs. Davis is perfectly darling, and Mr. Van, as he is affectionately called by students and faculty alike, is patient beyond comprehension, with our shortcomings and transgressions. By the way, last year he was often mistaken for his daughter's brother. Mr. Joy has laid plans to start a detective agency for himself sometime in the near future, after he has had a little more ex- perience tracking sixth period Hditchersu who just must attend football games on the op- ponents' gridiron. You plainly see, with such excellent training he will soon be an expert sleuth. Tom Sampson went in there today with a call slip and a little after came out with a face as long as from here to London and immediately began to complain to me of the world in general and the attendance depart- ment in particular. His Ukeenu excuse that he intended to use during the year was gone just like that. TOO BAD! The students are working in the attend- ance oflice as in previous years, and the ones chosen for the positions are usually the effi- cient students about school. I hear, however, they are picking heavyweights to trip the light fantastic from room to room to collect the absence slips. This evidently is to re- store that sylph-like figure. Sometimes, in my lighter moods, I try to imagine what school would be like if there were no Attendance Department. No excuse slips-no detention cards! However, lim afraid that our quiet order would be dis- turbed, and we would feel lost Without Mr. Van's guiding influence. VVhen I come back to earth, I believe it is best as it is without any changes. 26