San Francisco State University - Franciscan Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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O SASSY SOPHS Some strategic signs succeeded, somehow, so Frank Muldoon successfully supervised sixtyfsix sophs, skillfully securing support. P. S., he sucf ceeded in being chosen president of the class of May, '39 and reigned fhail, hail!J in that office for the past year. Cn the other hand, in the January, '39 section of the class, Shirlie Senk turned out to be a workf ing president who stirred up considerable comment by having her proxy actually run the class and atf tend Exec Board meetings. Finally, when the class became juniors in the spring of '37, Roy Laugesen took over the burdens of the office. We're still trying to find out who the officers were under Shirlie Senk, but have only dug up the fact that she became president when Daryl Hopkins resigned to become treasurer of the student body. Talk about spirit! Fifteen members of the class, which numbered close to one hundred, turned out to vote Laugesen into office. Officers selected to help him do the impossible farouse the classj were: Ruth Bradley, vicefpresident, Gladys Ketterin, A. W. S. representative. Now you tell us the soluf tion to this one: ln the race for secretaryftreasf urer, Betty Brown tied Sylvia Sadler, yet in the runfoff, J. Wallace Gallagher was elected! Well, Roy Laugesen of the large smile and feet has really tried to drag the bunch out of the mire into a fairly active social season. He appointed an entertainment committee to work with the officers in planning social events, and chose the following: Herb Vecki, Ruth Bradley, W. J. J. Smith, Carola Beetz, and J. Wallace Gallagher. Present plans of the group call for a swimming party to be held on the 5 th of May in the Fairmont Plunge. First of the blowfouts under Laugesen was the Low Junior Getftogether, held in the Activities - i, Room. Helen Cox, Herb Vecki, and Harold Cuz Jacobs disturbed the peace. The former two sang, while Jake gave his usual repertoire of imitations. Following the entertainment, refreshments were served. It took several weeks for the class to recuperate after this strenuous effort, so it will be some time before Roy can pull the above swimming party. Thus far, this is the only function planned for in the future, mainly because the school work takes too much energy and time to allow the class to actually hold a meeting. Well, we hope they do something when they're juniors, just so the next annual doesn't have the same trouble we had in collecting material. lt's a welcome relief to read about the high sophs, because they did something. Muldoon did so many things that the class wanted to give him a Croix de Guerre, but the Third Street merchants were fresh out of the supply, so they gave him a dinky gavel. Now this gavel has a history. It represents the successful social season that the high sophs put on MAY, '39 OFFICERS: Gallagher, Ketterlin, Bradley, Laugesen. SAN FRANCISCC STATE COLLEGE fPagc Fortyffoud

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Dewey Allread and Bill Rowlands on the junior varsity basketball team. The girls also aided the school by participation in rally or play programs, and figured in most of the major entertainments of the year. Among these per' formers were: Rita Sadler, Sarita Ganedo, IvafBeth Gain, and Oliver Paccini. These girls were also on the KYA radio program, Varsity V arietiesf' The big social event of the class was its dinner' dance held at My Rendezvous. Bob Sweeney was the efficient toastmaster and introduced the new class sponsor, Hal Harden. Mr. Harden expressed his pleasure at being elected to the office and his desire for the success of the class in its future en' deavors. Arrangements for the affair were success' fully dealt with by Bill Abbey. Before the Christmas holidays, class members, under the direction of lvfarge Kearney, sold State calendars for the benefit of the FRANCISCAN. This amount aided in partially offsetting the expenses of the annual. In the spring, the class started off its peppy ses' sion by arranging the Frosh Hop with the low frosh then entering State. This dance was held in the Palace Hotel during the middle of March. It was the Hrst major social event of the semester and the first offfcampus dance sponsored by the frosh. Bill Ferem and George Peters, presidents of the classes, were cofchairmen, assisted by a large committee. The gracious hostess of the affair was Grace Gustafson. Novelty paddle programs of purple cellophane were favors at the door. Again, financially and socially, the frosh put over their dance as a huge success. The class dinner dance given each semester was held the first part of April under the chairmanship of Bill Rowlands. The class of january, '40, following a rather inf active term under the leadership of Marshall Blum as president, elected new class officers in the early part of the spring semester. Aiding Morley Garrothers, the new president, are Gwen Smith, vicefpresidentg Lee Scarlett, secretaryftreasurer, and Peggy Clifford, A. W. S. representative. The first activity of the class was the Low Soph Shuffle, held in the gym in the last part of March. Financially and socially, this was a great success, as witness the opinions of those who attended and of those who checked the accounts. A class dinner was held during the early part of May at a downtown restaurant, and plans for a Searsville picnic during the last part of May were being discussed as the annual went to press. This group has planned for more meetings and getftogethers to foster class spirit, and are working hard to revive their pep. So we give you the class of 1940 and part of 1941, the future leaders of State college life now finding their place in its activities. fBy Eunice Catletrj gfgjff T H E 1 9 3 7 F B A N fPage Fonyfthreej C I JANUARY, '4O: ROW ONE: Carrothers, Clifford, Smith, Chandler, Row Two: Sigrand, Douglass, Blum, Pearlman, ' .Sandee11.

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last semester. It has unwritten words inscribed on what is left of the handle. These tell of the Soph Strut, Soph Picnic, Supper Dance, and several social meetings. Going further into this tacit tale of the unspeakf ing for unspeakablej gavel, we find that the Soph Strut was held at the Devonshire Country Club down Belmont way. There was stiff opposition to the choice of locale, but Frank assuaged many of the boys regarding the long journey by arranging transportation through the novel ride bureau of his. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Freeburg, and Dr. and Mrs. William Knuth of the music department Knuths were there to keep the lasses and laddies all in their very best behavior. The tots danced to the tunes of Al Lamonet's orchestra, admired the conservaf tive black and orange Hallowe'en motif, and guzf zled soft drinks and sandwiches. Rumor hath it that the class made seventyffive bucks on the affair. In charge of the Soph Strut committee was Ann Lundquist, assisted by Lew Morris, in charge of printing and placements, and Vernon Rees, in charge of tickets. Now, you see that little scratch there, near the end of the handle? Well, that isn't a scratch: it's a hieroglyphic. Translated, it means that the rest of the class officers assisting the Mad Muldoon were: Ann Lundquist, vicefpresidentg Madeline Ghiglione, secretary, Jack Hulbert, treasurer, and Lorraine Arata, A. W. S. representative. After the class got through throwing the Strut, they started in on the Soph Nite Picnic. This glorf ious affair is forever handed down to posterity by the first of the grooves just above the handle. Squired by Lauren Post, the kiddies celebrated at Sigmund Stern Grove. jack Hulbert, chairman of the committee, assisted Prexy Muldoon in planning the affair. IANUARY, '39: Row ONE: Geirizer, Anders, Towle, Ghigliorle, Muldoon, Lundquist, Hulbert, Soldavinog ROW TWO: Porterero, Stadelman, Bailey, Hoxie, Hubert, Car' ringtori, London, Glasgow, Taylor, Arata, Barusch, Dawson, Murphy. But enough of this stuff ! That gavel couldn't possibly have all of that unwritten on it. Perhaps all of this story is just so much phantasmagorical hallucination on the part of the writer. Mebee there wasn't even a gavel! Now, having definitely stopped this phenomenal flow of drivel, on to continue the tale of the doing of the high sophs. On January 9, they held a semi' formal Supper Dance at the Forest Hill Club House. Food for the revelers was sent in by caterers, and Muldoon says, It sure was a honey of a dance. fOr was it a honey at the dance?D Mr. and Mrs. Cowell jointly sponsored the evening's festivities. I And so ends the chronicle of the doings of the sophomores. Their plans for the future include another dinner dance and perhaps another party at the Sigmund Stern. Anyway, they have some' thing planned for the future. lf anyone has successfully come this far in this masterpiece of journalistic endeavor, they might as well stop, because this is the end. QBy Cliff Worth, additions, R. BQ THEIQ37 FRANCISCAN lfPage Fortyfflvej