San Jose High School - Bell Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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We Q21 qp.,.'o. N a certain sunny day in February, 1911, we. the class of Febru- ary, 1915, a frightened little band of liresluneu, crept into the halls and corridors of this school of ours. X'Ve were quickly gath- ered together under the calm supervision of the faculty, and were linallv led into the assembly hall to receive the beginning of our instruction. lrlenceforth we were to be under the careful guidance of our class teach- ers, Miss Pitcher, Miss Carroll, Miss Jordan, and Mr. hlernigae, and we were forced to take refugge for the remainder of the winter in the old rambling shacks that have long since disappeared. In the fall of the same year we found a more coml'orta.ble refuge in the new shacks, which are still standing. Some weeks later we were allowed to creep into the hack seats of the assembly hall to witness a most important event, the Senior Show. One of the most admired members of our modest little band, Frank Gonzales, stepped bravely out on the stage in the midst of the glorious Seniors and tried to help things along. And very proud we all were to feel that one of us had been so honored. On our next venture into the wide world we witnessed the animal football game between the boys of the Santa Clara l-ligh School Alumni and the San Jose High School. But alas, we came home sadly and slow- ly, for San .lose had lost the game. After this, we settled back into work, and time rolled on until lieb- ruary, 1912, when we rejoiced in the fact that we now called ourselves Sophomores, walked through the corridors bravely, and entered our class-rooms with assurance. By this time we had become really inter- ested in the school and its welfare, and being desirous of having' better facilities for athletics, we decided to clear off the lot at Sixth and Santa Clara streets. In doing this, we mixed both work and play, and the re- sults pleaserl every one. During' this year, we rejoiced that our school won the State Cham- pionship debate through the efforts of Alice de Wit. Ralph Oppenheinu-r. and Arthur Johnson. Lectures, concerts: and the Senior .Kolb and Dill play brought us pleasure in the midst of this year. Again in the Senior play, one of the members of our class, Lloyd Carmichael, helped with the production, this time we contributed a piano solo. Perhaps. however. the most memorable event of this year for the class was the jolly ac- quaintance party given us by one of our class teachers. Miss Pitcher. At the beginning of our Junior year, Miss Mabel Kimball was made one of our class advisers. ln the Hrst semester we were fortunate in hearing a series of lectures delivered by Professor Rugh of the State University. In these lectures, he spoke to us on How to 'Make Our Brains Viforth Owning. Shortly after this, owing to the fact that we 32