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

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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

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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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Pfzgr' HONOR SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY -. T semester was the sending of a delegate to the convention of the Cali my wi ll fornia Scholastic Federation, of which Stockton is Chapter No. 41. -7..3g,f, a The meeting was held in Santa Barbara on December l7, 1925. The delegate from here, Mary Louise Leistner, was nominated by this school for the oflice of vice-president. HE biggest event in the Honor Scholarship Society activities the Hrst g l l Q - Qi ii A system which is used in many other schools has been adopted here. By this system activity points are awarded for certain student activities such as: Student coaching, typewriting, monitor service, laboratory service, and library assistance. No more than two activity points are permissible in any line of activity. No more than three points are awarded to a student in one quarter. For the quarter ending November 6, one hundredand nine students enrolled in the society. Four tied for first place with l8 points each. They were: Paula Weinstein, l2-A: Eugene Root, l l-B: Louis Benguerel, l0-B: and Myr- tle Conwell, 9-A. The high point members of each class were: 13-B-Aurelia Dentone, l2: l2-A-Paula Weinstein, l8: l2-B-Lucy Ritter, l5M: ll-A- J. Henry Smith, l5: ll-B-Eugene Root, l8: 10-A-Leona Burgin, l5M: lO-B-Louis Benguerel, 18: 9-A-Myrtle Conwell, l8: 9-B-Lloyd Ander- son and Bess Cooper, l l M. The officers for the first quarter were: Clara Catherine Hudson, president: Mary Louise Leistner, vice-president: Dorothy Storm, secretary: Hoyle Car- penter, treasurer: and Wesley Dunlap, sergeant-at-arms. The officers for the second quarter were: Clara Catherine Hudson, president, Mary Louise Leistner, vice-president: Jean Williams, secretary: Helen Turner, treasurer: and Wesley Dunlap, sergeantfat-arms. Efkifhfffff