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

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U EDITCRIALS UR grandmothers may lament upon the girls of today, censure their short socks, Hwildl' coiffures and predict future degraded Happers. VVe know that the morals of our fair sex are secure as represented by the girls of the graduating class of '22, who will forever leave their trade-mark upon the history of our school. The firm stand they have taken against excess cosmetics has not only eliminated this external facial application but has challenged the honor of future classes to adopt a similar plan. Plucked eyebrows, inflamed cheeks and Hcupid lips are a thing of the past and are branded the same as the old Give 'em the axe yell. Similar stands against cheating and dishonesty have been taken by this departing class. These girls have not only made this worthy resolution but they have steadfastly proved to the school and the citizens of San Diego that non- camoudaged beauties still exist at the Hilltop. HAT has school done for you ? That is the question often asked by the person who has not had the opportunity of a high school education. just what school can do for a person is illustrated by each graduating class. This year there will be nearly 225 students graduating-the largest class and one of the best which has gone forth from these corridors. They will show the world the worth of an education. They have not spent four, possibly more, years in vain. They gained their education not only from books but from their associates. VVhen one of the graduates answers an ad- vertisement for a position and meets as a rival for the job one who has not had a high school education, it can easily be imagined which one will be selected. if Pk P21 As each Animal of the past has said, we take pleasure in saying: GOOD LUCK TO THE SENIORS. A is :lf Pk San Diego high will soon have another opportunity to show the state what the Hilltop has in athletics. Having been forced out of the running for the baseball title, the school lost its chance to gain a diamond reputation for the past semester. San Diego, however, must show more spirit next sport season than was evidenced by a majority of the students this year. There seemed to be a general tendency this semester to allow 'fthe other personn to do the workg consequently, the spirit of the school has waned low. It was only the fight- Page fifteen

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ing spirit oi the Junior and Senior classes that kept the school from com- pletely forgetting the spirit of '16, which to the school is much the same as the spirit of '76 is to the nation. Outlooks for next semester are very bright. Let's line up squarely back of President Kennedy and put the school back into the rank it deserves. Student Self-Government scored a big victory at the high school this semester, because the keystone meaning of the organization was made evi- dent to the students. Not until posters advertising the fact that Student Self-Government means your government were posted did the students realize that they formerly were opposed to what they really desired. ggi 1535 lit 45 MN mm 53 Page sixteen