San Pedro High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (San Pedro, CA)

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ixarcelii o sinner geti oul oliui Each class has vtctims in p enfy. So (rue y I ' ll be as good as goUl Of course It ' s a dungeon, tho ' I cj ' Whether or not they ' re treated i Tilll ' ve been sentenced, then I ' ll » What sinners have to undergo I haven ' t seen the dungeon et. Though i.ouoi!cn lu,:ihft I «Mi»..-s »uH.:i.«. ' „, ' the Solewav Hore ii i iVarbooks 01 th«- ( ■ lent stones and I ' •ii,i fvinnv fhof ii ' O rhe earlv yearbooks, such as the 1 .hired the seniors with their c oss oi. . !iom Lillian Buckle] . Laura Gamer. «H-..r.|iu laughlin and Ernest Kirchner represent the ■ orsofthis year 75th nni ersiir

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In the beginning, seventy-five years ago, SPHS was only a one room school. Classes were held in the 15th Street Grammar School, taught by three tea- chers. Twenty-three students, eighteen freshmen, three sophomores, and only one junior and senior each, comprised the student body of 1903-1904. The first graduate was Miss Maude Wayne in 1904, followed by no one until 1906, when three more students received their diplomas. SPHS moved into a new building after the first year. Along with its new address on Gaffey (where the Safeway now stands), classes were also added. In 1906 the Drawing and Commercial classes were new favorites. 1907 saw the seventh and eighth graders join the growing school. Just as San Pedro and Wilmington were consolidated with Los Angeles, so was SPHS annexed to the Los Angeles School System in 1909. This meant that more money was available for SPHS. The following year students were split into summer and winter classes. This was to save money and hopefully to cut down on complications. The fresh- men were fondly known as Freshies along with the Scrubs, another nick- name, this one for the sophomores. The juniors of 1910 produced SPHS ' s first yearbook. The Black and Gold. The Board of Controls was established in 1911 as a nucleus for student govern- ment. Both faculty and students were in- volved in this and the Judicial Board. The Judicial Board held trials and punished offenders by sending them to Room V — often referred to as ' ' The : Dungeon. The next few years saw the domestic science and wood shops completed, the library established and machine shop classes started. ' wwywipiiii W M ii»» ii « w iii iiiiiiiii| I. The tower left classroom of the 15th Street Grammar School was the first home of a high school (hni ft Iftft ni 4 f iimi%

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The roaring twenties might not have actually roared into SPHS. but they certainly did not go unnoticed. The seventh graders were dropped from the student body, the school buildings were enlarged as were the choices of classes and a new principal, T. H. Elson. was added to the faculty. The Black and Gold had been a success since its beginning in 1910, and so the 1920 students wanted to add a school newspaper to their printing successes. It became the Fore n Aft. The community hosted the first Ca- brillo Pageant in 1921 in honor of early adventurer Juan Cabrillo. This event became a tradition, as did the now illegal ' Senior Ditch Day ' and Senior Boat Ride. Senior Ditch Day in its original form, came to be in 1922. The senior class and faculty took a holiday and went hiking over the ' Palos Verdes hills ' to White ' s Point (now Royal Palms) and back again. The third tradition, less easily kept alive, was the Senior Boat Ride. The faculty sent the seniors on a tour of the 2 3 hfltfeefi The Harmoni] Tour Tibtre Pdtne Three Younq Ama om ' SI KRRI JOHNSON frej ej 4n!di ' QlUiiife l !!