Stockton High School - Guard and Tackle Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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FRENCH CLUB Soda waterf Soda waterl Ice cold Soda waterY Such was the nature of the cry that floated from a gaily decorated booth, man- aged by the French Club, in front of the boys' gymnasium last Tacky day, This booth, trimmed with red, white and blue paper ribbons as symbols of the French, was the out-standing activity of US' Amicale Francaise during the past semester. Interesting monthly meetings composed the real program of the club. The governing body consisted of: Bernita Salmon, president: Janice Dixon, vice-president: Margaret Wisler, secretary: Ruby Tremain, treasurer, and Joe Tremain, sergeant-at-arms. The chairmen of the various committees appointed by President Salmon were: Entertainment, Lucy Ritter: .Music, Mildred Judy: Publicity, Bessie Backes, and Decorations, Elizabeth Dozier. SPANISH CLUB Not the famed Charleston but their own version of the Spanish Tango brought roars of laughter and gales of applause from members of the Spanish Club to Allison Pope and William Mahaffey at the meeting of El Casino Espanol, held in the assem- bly hall on December l, 1925. At that same meeting Lois Scantle- bury, Thelma Tretheway, Dorothy Ratto and Erma Davidson sang La Golondrinau and Titina, accompanied on the piano by Janice Dixon. A reading, El Alma Espanola, was given by Marjorie Scott. The club, which holds meetings at least once a quarter, elected at their first meeting, which was held during the latter part of October: William Ma- haffey, president: Yvonne Goulding, vice-president: Lois Scantlebury, secre- tary: Meyer Corren, treasurer: Virgil Belew, sergeant-at-arms. PHILOPHYSEAN CLUB Feminine science enthusiasts met in November to discuss plans for their year's activities. Officers of the Philophysean Club, who were elected last June for this year, were: Ruby Tremain, presi- dent: Margaret Wisler, secretary-treasurer. On the latter's moving to Oakland, Orma White was chosen to fill the oflice. Another meeting of the club was held on December 4, l925, when the members were divided into groups according to the science they were taking, and a chairman was appointed for each group. Each group was to prepare club programs. In connection with prospective programs. Mr. Snook and Mr. Sweet, science teachers, offered to address the club. The members voted to get pins, and other interesting matters were arranged to make this year's program exceptionally interesting. Si,x'ffwl

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JUNIOR RED CROSS On October 6 the first meeting of the Junior Red Cross was held to plan their work for the coming year. The group was com- posed of Junior Red Cross representatives, one elected from each adviser section, who constituted the Junior Red Cross council and served during the year. The society was financed by dues of fifty cents collected from each advisor section. The first work of the year was sending thirty-five Christmas boxes to the poor children i of Ciuam. Each advisory group who chose to do this was given a Red Cross box to be filled with Christmas gifts suitable for a boy or a girl. These were sent to San Francisco by November 16, and on November 20 were sent on their way to Guam. This welfare work was accomplished under the leadership of Lucy Ritter, chairman, and Rossi Reynolds, secretary. SENIOR I-II-Y In the fall of 1925 a publicity campaign was held by the mem- bers of the Hi-Y Society in order that students might learn the creed and platform of their order. The Senior Hi-Y Society, which is composed of juniors and seniors, held their first meeting on October 7. Dwight Campbell was elected president: Robert Peter- ' son, vice-president: Dwight Humphreys, treasurer: and Harry Berg, fy :hairman of the athletic committee. They met every Wednesday 6 evening. Their platform consists of clean speech, good sports- manship, high scholarship, clean living, and the support of all noble causes that tend toward the betterment of the school. JUNIOR HI-Y The Junior Hi-Y Society accomplished much after their first meet- ing on October IZ, when Tully Knoles was elected president: Lee Hathaway, vice-president: Bernard Ruhl, and Wilson Morehead, sergeants-at-arms, This society, open to all worthy freshmen or sophomores, met every Monday night. In this, their second year, they plan to send four boys to the Senior Hi-Y Convention at Mount Hermon. LITERARY CLUB French. Spanish, and Latin Clubs hold a place of undisputed importance among the organizations of Stockton High School, but V , it was not until November, l925, that a real effort was made to 5 i organize a society for the study of English literature. The movement was started by a number of boys under the leadership of Ralph Nagle in Miss A. Howell's ll-B English 34, class, and on November 14, a group of students met in the assembly to discuss plans for the new organization, It was decided that the ' club should be called The Literary Club, rather thanf AEnglish Club, since the word literary included a wider range of subjects than the word English, A committee was chosen to draw up a constitution and present it at the club at the next meeting. Page Fzfmvz

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LATIN CLUB 'ASalveT SalveY Latin Club meeting which took place in advisor period on October A - l, l925, in the assembly hall when the Hdiscipuli Latinae came f- , together for the first time in the year. An election of officers took ' place with the following results: Mary Louise Leistner, consul - The above salutation might have sounded the key note of the 35 9 'SA 1 major .qpresidentj 1 Wesley Dunlap, consul minor Qvice-presidentj 2 t J. Henry Smith, scriba-quaestor Csecretary-treasurerj 3 Clark Briggs, lictor fsergeant-at-armsj. A Trip to Pompeii was enjoyed by this club on November l7, l925, when pictures of Pompeii and other cities were shown in the' assembly during advisor period. Other pleasant meetings and instruc- tive entertainments are being anticipated for the rest of the year. PRESS CLUB Ye news hounds and Hpen pushers who compose the Press Club met for the first time on September 16, 1925, and elected oHicers for the year. Jean Williams was chosen president: Dwight Humphreys, vice-president: Dorothy Lloyd, secretary, Virgil Be- lew, sergeant-at-arms. Two experienced journalists addressed the club at its second meeting on September 29 and discussed newspaper work very in'- terestingly, These personages were Alvin Trivlepiece and Melvin Bennett, former editor and sport editor, respectively. on the Guard and Tackle and now students of the College of the Pacific. Both had had considerable prac- tical experience on papers. Plans for The Tacku were discussed on October l3. On November 24, the ambitious journalists decided that a banquet should be given on December 8. AGRICULTURE With the establishing of an agricultural course in Stockton High School, a new organization was added to the list of societies in the school. This latest addition was the Agriculture Club, or- 'fu ganized on October l5, 1925. At the first meeting XVilliam Ma- . Q haliey was elected president: Stafford Wild, vice-president: Robert in ' Koch, secretary: Alvin Schneider, sergeant-at-arms. Plans were W made to meet on the first and second Monday nights of each month and meetings were to be devoted to the discussion of some particular phase of agriculture. . Mr. Wakefield, owner of a fox farm, and Mr. Single, local taxidermist, spoke to the club at its second meeting on October 22, l925. Although the Agriculture Club is new, it has already done much. and the new society gives every promise of becoming a most lively and worth-while organization. Pizgf Sf'f'fIIfz'1'll