San Gabriel Mission High School - Pioneer Yearbook (San Gabriel, CA)

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denial 'zeam Comes true. Japanese maidens display the delicate grace and beauty characteristic of the Orient in their first place dance. The perfect blending of terrific spirit, abundant talent, and graceful coordination brought a hard worked-for victory to the Chatelaines. The seniors had a special reason to be Iubilant. Since this is their third straight victorious year, they have gained permanent possesion of the playday trophy: a feat never before accomplished! The pleading chant to Buddha in the rally brought his blessings upon the ,symbolic Japanese dance which con- trasted the beauty and cruelty in nature. The drill team's fatal cry of Sayonara reverberated through the halls of Mission as did the rollicking laughter of delighted audiences when the Chatelaines enacted some very unusual events in the Empire of Shang Boo. The wonderful spirit and heartwarming congratulations of the underclassmen combined with the sight of the coveted trophy clutched in the hands of the senior class president proved to the seniors that Friday the thirteenth is their lucky day. A hilarious hair-raising lor should we sdy snatchingl skit left the iudges in laughter and gave the seniors first place. 206 tx Fi A unique drill which climaxed in mass suicide mer- ited 2nd place far the senior drill. Praise to Buddha, god of power sang the seniors as they invited all to share in their Oriental Dream.

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'17- ' Wally St. Clair comes from behind to gain a victory and new field day XX Dennis Celmer speeds to victory in the final heat Dennis Sella collects 5 points with a of the 50 yd. dash. winning punt of 45 yds. ir' Ed Walsh tees off to take first place in go accuracy event. lf INTRAMURAL SCORING 1959-1960 'z 'z 22'h 22 V1 ' 1 FOOTBALL BASKETBALL SOFTBALL VOLLEYBALL Fl 22'f1 22'fz 755 3 'z 'z 7l7 ELD DAY OF TP 90 V1 IOOVJ I 31 94V3 37 T 7 V7 l 07 V1 83 V1 4 record of 'l:34.8 in lO0 yd. shuttle race FIELD DAY RECORDS 94' 50 YD DASH D. Celmer Miano, Bollitti, G. Spallina 100 YD DASH Larson '59 108' Stowart ll 3 220 YD DASH Berger, 59 25 4'l' J. Pomcono 27 5 DASH Loggins, '59 561' Zortman 800 YD RACE E. Walsh 2 23 3' G. Ryan 2 35 0 YD SHUTTLE RELAY 3-C 51 4' 4-I 100 YD SHUTTLE RELAY 2-A 1 34 8? 4-A 'I 36 6 BROAD JUMP J. Stewart ' T. Brown E. Walsh W. Nicholas FOOTBALL PASS s C. Santoro '59 55V3 Ramirez FOOTBALL PUNT DiGrassi 57 D. Sllla SOFTBALL THROW DoFo1uo '58 ............................,...,....... D. Lenahan .......................................... 24BV1' BASKETBALL FREE THROW Mayo, '57 .. ......................................... 'l6f20'4' A. Sanchez ............................................ l4f20 HANDSTAND soc. P. Maloney, '57 ...................... .......... 7 6 5' R. Clark ..................................... .......... 5 Sllg PUSH-UPS Zartman .... ..........,................ ........ 1 3 5? P. Garcia .........................,,........ ........ 'I 33 BERPIES D. Civorolo, '58 ......................... ....... 4 5'l' L. Martillaro ................................. ....... 40 GOLF ACCURACY E. Walsh ....................................... ....... 5 '9 'Y Patchott. Gultavuon, E. Gatz 22 V: B 30Va 2 Above left Ed Walsh 13rd from a victory in the 880 Above right Fleetfooted Johnny Stewart gains an easy win in the IOO yds dash Below left 3C muscles their way to field day victory in the tug of war Below right Louis Morlrllaro pausesin his busy schedule to gain victory in berpres left on his way to Dale Sm ith wins the first annual Hang Smith con- test. 205

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Zfawzdaw Zfanm-4 Capture second place Under the leadership of King Brian, the Warriors of Clontarf raised swords in a victorious rally which took first place. -.W g 13 wq.......,,..,.,l,,-1-- . ...V --w-.Lg,,.......,s,.,..- Warriors of Clontarf defeated all comers to march off with first place in drill. Viking maidens tell story of lost ship in a captivating dance which placed second. , - H1 With the fierce cry, Kill, Burn, Plunder, the iunior Vikings captured second place in Playday. Undaunted spirit matched only by their tremen- dous enthusiasm proved to be the secret of suc- cess for the Vikings. Coming from behind in the past two years, the iuniors took a big step ahead. With an effectiveuthrash and beat, the Warriors of Clontarf raised their swords in the powerful cry of battle. Thanking their god, Thor, for the safe return of their ship, the Viking maidens performed an enchanting dance. Forming intricate patterns such as the Viking ship and the Warriors' horn, the drill climaxed with a fierce battle of precision and skill. The ingenious Battle of Clontarf between the V.A.A. and the Block M gave a different light to the fierce warriors. Indeed, the iuniors conquered! Battle of Clontarf proved to be a decisive victory for the V.A.A. over the Block M and rated a second place award for the skit. 20 7