Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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SW W LIT ERARY SECTION

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AVV A RD S Space for the eight' high schools has been ap- portioned again this year according to the size of the schools and the number of pages re- quested. .Art for the frontispiece as well as all matter for the general literary section has been selected on merit by competent non-resident judges and the iudges were instructed to ap- praise and rank the school sections solely for quality without regard to quantity. There have been several White and Gold trophies since 1928. Yreka retired one trophy in 1928 after having won it three times over a period of years. Mount Shasta High School won permanently the second trophy in 1940, having won it the most times in a ten-year period. Schools to win the annual awards of the trophy during that period were: 1929 Yreka, 1930 Yreka, 1931 Mount Shasta, 1932 Weed, 1933 Mount Shasta, 1934 McCloud, 1935 Mount Shasta, 1936 Yreka, 1937 McCloud, 1938 Yreka and McCloud tied for first place, and in 1939 Mount Shasta, McCloud and Yreka tied for first place. Mount Shasta won the trophy permanently in 1940. A trophy, which was presented in 1941, was to be perpetual until won three times by one school. The first award of this trophy was made to Yreka High School in 1941. The second award of this trophy was made to the McCloud High School in 1942. The award for 1943 was made to the Yreka High School. ln 1944 the award of the trophy was made to the McCloud High School, and the permanent award of this trophy was made to the McCloud High School in 1945. The first award of the new trophy, pictured on the preceding page, was won by Yreka in 1946. The second award of this trophy was made to McCloud High School in 1947. The third award of the trophy was made to Mount Shasta High School in 1948 and Mount Shasta High School won it again in 1949. In 1950 the trophy was awarded to the Butte Valley High School. In 1951 the trophy was awarded to Yreka High School and in 1952 to McCloud High School. This year the trophy was awarded to Tulelake for the largest number of points out of 100 distributed as follows: W I N N E R S Competition Author School Points Art of the Frontispiece Barbara McMaster Mt. Shasta 10 ' Best Nancy Young Tulelake 15 Essay 4 Second Harriet Koch Weed 5 ' Best Beverly Peterson McCloud 15 Story 1 Second Bob Anderson Weed 5 ' Best Susan Skidmore Tulelake 15 Poem 4 Second Mary Ann Dobbs Tulelake 5 ' Besf Tulelake 20 Local Section 4 Second Fort Jones 10 Divider Page Suggestion Rheta Perkins Fort Jones