San Diego High School - Gray Castle Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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YOUR MUNEYS WORTH fx HERE are three dlstmct classes of students 1n the H1gh School 0 tint F1rst those who labor under the 1mpressxon that the1r sole it gf-Q duty durlng the1r four years at the Hxlltop IS to cram all the book knowledge physlcally posslble mto the1r cramums Many long QA- hours are spent dxgglng over the1r texts 1s adorn the1r cards Thexr frlends are few they do not have tlme for them They feel consc1ence smltten 1f they take a lxttle t1me for recreat1on They are regarded as grmds snmpletons prod1g1es or accldents Second those who have no speclal purpose or goal for the1r four years at Hlgh School They 1dle away their t1me few and far between are the hours they spend on the1r texts 3 s adorn the1r cards Then' frxends are also few Interest 1n the1r school work lS that of a prlsoner towards hrs cell They are looked on as loafers problems reglar fellas ammals or sxmply not re garded at all When the first class the grmds get out 1nto the world they blmk and are supplemented by the hard school of experxence granted they are called gemuses But even then the l1fe of a genlus IS not always as n1ce as news paper wrxte ups p1cture lt More than llkely they worry through l1fe wxth the1r noses to the grmdstone comparatxvely fnendless and wonderlng where real happxness IS to be found A sheepskm IS the1r pltlful substrtute for horse sense Members of the second class the 1dlers are m much the same predlca ment as the Hrst class Never havmg learned the slgmhcance of the word must they dr1ft along They too have very few frlends and enjoy llfe more when they forget It What they should do enter mto some school actxvlty then there would be no loafers or grmds For the 1dler class the most attractnve cure posslble IS athletics Th1S lS well for most often perhaps too often schools are judged by the1r athlet1c qual1t1es so a good school needs an abundant sup ply of athletlc materxal both male and female For the grmd class there are many allurmg stxll not paxnful dev1at1ons among whnch are newspaper work and debate The Russ weekly would benefit by some good addltlons on the staff and mnumerable clubs and organlzatlons are des1rous of their membershlp But what about the thlfd class? They are the ones few ln number who enjoy themselves ln the bellef that the1r four years ln Hlgh School 1S to secure a well balanced educatlon pr1mar1ly also for the purpose of making frrends and developmg themselves physxcally and to have a reasonable good tlme and help others to have the same amount of pleasure They consxder nelther wholesome recreatlon nor concentrated study wast1ng t1me ls and 2 s adorn the1r cards They make frrends and are frxends They prepare them selves to be useful happy c1t1zens They are gettmg the1r money s worth out of the1r Hugh School l1fe Of whlch class are you a member? E he SENIOR SEMI ANNUAL JANUARY 20 9 T r 9 Vx! . . 1 . . . if f , . , . . . I r 4 A IQ, e I H SLA 3 , . . I . l , . . , . . ! ! ' . y N - Z 65 Y! ' ' I 9 9 y v ' , bl ' 99 ' ' 1 . , Q , Q groupe 1n the sunlight of realxty. Thexr years spent 1n the school of books 3 , hi ' 99 ' 66 ' 9! ' ' - Y . 18' UI ' ' , . , 1 v - ns uv - 4 ' ' - ' 9 7 66 77 ll ' .Yi lb' 77 -l ' ' Y n , 1 T' , - ' ' it ' Y! . i . . . , 9 7 ! I . . . . . , , . . . I ' . . . D. , , . . . S g - 3.25

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15 CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS Y -gb, RADUATES of the class of January 1920 wh1ch marks lb ,4 the forty first class handed the1r proverblal sheep sk1ns x I by the San D1CgO Board of Educat1on the wr1ter assumes the honor pr1v1lege pleasure and author1ty of trymg to express to you the s1ncere and hearty congratu1at1ons the ent1re Assoc1ated Student Body and members of the Faculty as well ex tend to you But when the wr1ter tr1es to find the words by Wh1Ch to express the h1gh commendat1on for wh1ch you are so r1ghtly 1n l1ne he finds h1S vocabulary suddenly falls short that It IS far below normal and confesses he d1d not know It was so 11m1ted W1th the lapse of t1me marked happemngs occur 1n the 11ves of every 1nd1v1dual Graduat1on 1S a happemng of marked s1gn1ficance 1n the l1fe of every sen1or to wh1ch each of you w1l1 refer 1n latex years Wlth a keen feelmg of appreclatlon wh1ch w111 pOSS1b1y be frmged Wlth a sllght touch of unaffected reluctance for the many fr1endsh1ps graduatlon IS severmg As th1s story IS bemg wr1tten a full moon 1S seen to be r1s1ng from beh1nd a slantlng h1ll As the moon r1ses h1gher and h1gher 1nto the clear sky whlch 1S dotted here and there w1th a brlght spot lt marks the end of another Cal1forn1a m1d w1nter s day and also the sane startmg of another ThlS plcture can also be compared W1th the present l1fe of a graduatmg sen1or The sen1or takes the pos1t1on of the moon and IS seen to be leavmg the H1lltop As the sen1or graduates from the H1gh School and r1ses hlgher and hlgher 1nto the clear sky of 11fe dotted here and there w1th a br1ght spot lt marks the end of one per1od 1n your l1fe and the seemmgly un eventful startmg of another And so the wr1ter speakmg for the ent1re A S B and Faculty w1sh to extend to you graduates the1r most SIHCCYC congratula txons upon your graduat1on from the San D1ego H1gh School They w1sh you the best of all the good thmgs 1n l1fe It IS needless to sav that to see you leave the school 1S a source of deep regret We hate to see you leave our mldst SENIOR SEMI ANNUAL JANUARY 20 4? S 233 H3 'i ii E031 5,13 ra g gcaib .-?Xff.,,f-in ' 63 ' X ag, . . . U '75 77S ' ' '49 '. . O C. . - - 1 ' . Q f ' 1 -.lax-s... - - - - Y 9 f , - ' s 1 1 , . , . , . . 9 7 . .... , , . , 1 7 - . ' , , 0 . . 1 1 ' . . . - rf., - ' even .Q uf!

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G LCA.: FACULTY HE Faculty of the Hrgh School and juruor College comprlses 98 ,671 l' 1' members teachxng m the followmg departments Enghsh Draw 0' fi'-Q mg Commerclal Mathematlcs Languages Qmcludmg French 5215292 Spamsh and Latmj Hxstory Home Economlcs Scrence Manual J A Arts Muslc and Physlcal Trammg The I-hgh School thus represented const1tutes a well balanced umty such as IS sometlmes called cosmopolman At present the very number of subjects offered IS bewllderlng somewhat to the same extent that the number and ex tensxve floor plans of the varlous bulldmgs offer to the new students It IS qulte a whlle before he flnds h1s way about The Physlcal Trammg Department stands by ltself ln 1ts four phases physical trammg for boys phys1cal tralmng for glrls Mllxtary tralnmg for boys and sports Llke the Enghsh language 1n 1ts relatlon to all other sub jects phys1cal tra1n1ng tends to permeate all phases of work acts as a gov ernor or balance wheel Nor must we forget the cafeter1a w1th 1ts 1mportant necessmtmes and last but by no means least the Llbrary offers a speclal relatlon to all the depart ments that cannot be overlooked The Englxsh Department IS represented by fourteen teachers on full tlme and Hve on part tlme Mlss Sarah E Dudley IS head of the department The work offered ranges from oral express1on and grammar through a compre henslve range of subjects mcludlng a survey of the Engllsh Lxterature Short Story course work 1n EXp0S1tlOn and Argumentatlon and to junlor College compos1t1on drama and publlc speakxng The Drawmg Department lncludes seven teachers w1th Mlss Shxrley Charles as head Mr George F Sawyer actmg head of the Commerclal Department wlth ten teachers workmg ln the department The Mathematlcs Department w1th Mr Mott H Arnold as head conslsts of nme teachers The Language De partment of whlch Mr Lawrence W Carr IS head mcludes ten teachers The History Department w1th Mr L S Gerlough as head IS comprlsed of elght teachers One notable addxtmon to the department recently IS the emphasrs be1ng la1d on Amer1can Hlstory and C1v1cs No freshman can now escape con tact w1th Amerlcan Hlstory Home Economlcs wlth Margery L jenkxns as head embraces s1x teachers The cafeterla has recently come under the super v1s1on of th1s department Mr B O Lacey heads the Sclence Department w1th ten teachers Mr J J Green IS head of the Manual Arts Department wxth four teachers Mrs Al1ce Barnett Prlce IS head of the Musmc Depart ment w1th three teachers Mlss Moran Mlss H1mes and M1ss Crabtree rep resent the Phys1cal Traxnxng Department for girls Mr Llgda and Mr Shaver for boys Lt Col W D Geary IS commandmg ofhcer of the local R O T C w1th 150 men Wlth this Vaflety of courses and the wealth of teacher materlal offered them It would seem that the average boy or glrl of San D1ego need not lack of opportunlty to perfect hlmself ln any branch of educatlonal work that may appeal to hlm f '7 E253 SENIOR SEMI ANNUAL JANUARY zo Nne E33 L J L J Fo 17' vw, hxza .v4. ,v 'N Nfl-.3 . . . . cn ' - TY Q 1 . ' 1 ,jg blxft . . . . . . 9?4g,yQw,,' , 1 1 1 .,QJ I' In . . . . , arp ,:'. 1 l 1 n . 1 1 ei: ,epffi J ' , , , 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 1 ' 1 , - 1 1 , . . . , , . . , . . . . , . . , ' , . . 1 . F n 3 ' me .f 9 - ' i .f 9 5 J, amz' rfi. -ff-V