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

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FEBRUARY HIISTURY QJVE Ga! X69 T wasa cold, bleak February day in the year fc A of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Q, that the proverbial stork deposited on the doorstep of Stockton High two hundred and 3 ninety-nine frightened little particles, which 1 were immediately tagged Freshmen, They may have been little, but oh my! They did things and made the school hum with their activity. After a year of delving into the mysteries of X:the un- known , proper grammar, re-learning that Colum- bus discovered America, and other important facts, this noble group of greenies finished the year with flying colors. Immediately they were affected with that serious malady, the sophomore big-head. Luckily they recovered from this ailment, and soon they became intelligent and diligent juniors. And then the smoke began to whirl. It was during this year that the separate members of the class started on the road to fame by distinguishing themselves in the various lields open to them. Walter Ding Dong Huber won for himself the place of head yell leader, and could he lead 'emi Johnny Predagne and Jack Rohrer broke into fame on the gridiron running around with the ball. In the realm of music Lauren West and Catherine Mullen took care of the cellosg Elmyron Cooper, in view of the Rhumba on the Tuba, be- came an expert on this very modern instrument, and as a singer to go with the rest of these, Ding Dong is again heard from. It was also about this time that a very stupendous newswriting class edited their very own issue of the paper under the leadership of Jack McFarland, who was assisted by Douglas Nelson, Dorothy Walker, and Fred Emerald. So it was up to them to take over the G. 8: T. the next year. Galen Potter gained national recognition in the field of art, winning first place in block prints. In dramat- ics, Jean Rossi, Jeanette Stamer, James Wootten, and Douglas Nelson made their debut. Distinguished as scholars were Elsie Johnston, Carolyn Brock, and Mary Chesi. After getting into everything that was possible, this class finished as juniors and became mighty seniors. As February 1932 rolled around the 12B class started in to make their lasting impression on this school. They stepped into every department and took JDOUSLRS Dilorm' WALKER M815 VOOTTCN wmsmewv vice Pvzesmewr aecww:--rnes. over the reins of the school. In music Harriet Pulich, Alys Simmons, Elmyron Cooper, and Walt Huber were supreme. Galen Potter won more recognition as he presided over the art department. In the sports there were such names as Elmyron Cooper and Don- ald Root, track, Johnnie Predagne and Jack Rohrer, stars with the pig-skin, and Bill Daoust and David Du Frene took to base-ball. The plays continued to be led by Douglas Nelson, Jean Rossi, James Woot- ten, and Jeanette Stamer. The Guard and Tackle was raised to a high standard by the work of Jack McFarland, as editor, assisted by Douglas Nelson, Grover Bethards, Dorothy Walker, and as the up- and-coming mb there was Alden Brochier. Before they knew it, one half of the year for these seniors was over. In order to do things in a more parliamentary way, the last semester oliicers were elected by the class as follows: Douglas Nelson, president, Dorothy Walker, vice-president, and James Wootteifll, secretary-treasurer. These officers proved their ability by making every senior event a success, socially, and financially. Their activities started off with a pep,' dance the day before the Lodi-Stockton game. Next came the very successful play, The Sky Train , a three act mystery, as the senior play. In the cast were such notables as Juanita Browne, Jean Rossi, Jeanette Stamer, Joan Robinson, George Ditz, Paul McCarthy, Harrison Fisher, Ralph Walker, James Wootten, Douglas Nelson, Kenneth Byers, and Bill Morris. The Senior Jinx was execut- ed in the theme of Amateur Nite , and was the best ten-cent program of the year. Then came the annual Senior Prom. It was this remarkable class that for the first time in history cleared money from this dance. Was that a feather in their cap! Then came the beginning of the end. Class Day. This year it wasdedicated to the Ships of Port Stockton, and Dorothy Walker presided. A tradition was broken that dayi Commencement was held for 120 graduates on the 2nd of February, with Jack McFarland as student speaker. Soon there was nothing left for the class to do but bid farewell to the familiar halls of the school and always cherish the memory of their high school days, not soon will the faculty forget the work done by this class. Fifteen

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7 - . JUNE i-iisiroiitfr QXVE l X. X . ,A A HORN! SILVUNAN LMLRY LINDBERG SQIQLLY JONES UIISQUQNT VICE-PRESIUEHT SECTY.'TRLS . UST four years ago 484 green, wiggly little IJ creatures were admitted into the portals of E Tl Stockton High School. They were so fresh and energetic that they soon exhausted the supply of gym books and elevator tickets, .Lv ' and it is said that they actually broke the elevator until it can be used only twice a year- around the first of February and the first of Sep- tember. After breaking this contraption and straining their already vivid imaginations with mythological pursuits, they launched themselves upon the giddy bark, Sophomorism. This final year of lower classmanship was somehow endured, and in '31 they received the more settled title of juniors , Here is where they began to branch out into politics, drama, journalism, and athletics. Claire Wehrsted distinguished herself in tennis, Geraldine Patton was elected vice-president of the regional Honor Scholarship convention which met here in Aprilg Herschel Thompson, Maxine Haas, and Attelra Hanford were definitely headed toward journalistic careers, joan Robinson became one of the famed Troubadoursg and Merlanne Gardner dis- tinguished herself in the literary field by winning both the I-Iaggin Memorial poetry contest and Stock- ton High's annual prose and poetry contest. In no time at all these juniors developed the charming characteristics of high'n' mighty sen- iors .... and then the fun began. After the Febru- ary graduates had emerged victorious from the arena, one of the members of the remaining body of cou- testants fotherwise known as June graduatesj began her reign over the Associated Students of Stockton High School. This student, Geraldine Patton, will always be remembered as the first girl student body president in the history of Stockton High School. She was ably assisted by that tiny little person, Nina O'Nei1l, who acted as vice-president. Not many of this class will forget that last election in which they participated. Rules were thrown out the back door fwherever that isj, and posters and place-cards were tacked, nailed, and hung in every conceivable place on the campus and in the buildings. Alvin Learned in the music department will be remembered as the brilliant young lad who composed The Walrus and the Carpenter, which was pre- sented at the annual band and orchestra concert, this was incidentally the first student composition pre- Fourleen sented in the history of these concerts. Lawrence Short, that almost master of the violin, and Robert McCormick, the trumpet player, upheld the high standard of work in the music department. The 1933 Troubadours, Beth Little, Mildred Harrison, Beck Parsons, Roy Godfrey, Nina O'Neill, joan Robinson, Marion Maynard, Harmon Ginn, and James Lewis, formed one of Stockton High's busiest organizations, and contributed not a little to the school's music fame. Bill Carder was another up-and-coming lad- besides being active in print shop work, he was also president of the vocational boys' cabinet, This class displayed their dramatic ability in both senior plays of the year. In the Sky Train Paul McCarthy and Joan Robinson contributed their bit, and the cast of Stray Cats was entirely composed of graduating seniors. Paul McCarthy and Bonnie Finkbohner had the leads in this production, sup- ported by Mae Kiehn, John England, La Verne Christensen, Mamie McGlothen, Walt Cottle, Morris Silverman, and William Santor. Those budding young journalists of the year be- fore now budded out-with Herschel Thompson, editor of the Guard and Tackle, assisted by Attelra Hanford, associate edirorg Maxine Haas, Memory Book editor, j. N. Ponder, sport editor, and jack Early, business manager. In the literary field Merlanne Gardner and jeanne Smith found an outlet for their talents. Merlanne was the class poet, and Jeanne took first place in both the essay and prose divisions of the annual prose and poetry contest with her essay, My Favorite Car . Ethel Best lent her Terpsichorean ability to many of the school meetings, both musical programs and rallies. Song leaders for these rallies were Evelyn Seliner and Martha Hachman. Barbara Minturn and Bernyce Dervin, inseparable campus queens, contri- buted to the success of the Junior-Senior Prom of the February class. Class Day exercises were presided over by Morris Silverman, class presidentg and Emery Lindberg, vice- president. Following the banquet and commence- ment exercises, this class of 372 students sadly left the portals of Stockton High. Some will return in the fall as post graduates, others will go on to college, and still others will enter the business world. Their four years here flew quickly by, but their days spent here will not soon be forgotten.

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RAYMOND AH TYE-Academic, 25 Semesters Honor Schol- arship, Pres. Chinese Club '32g Circle S Track, Re- porter and Cartoonist on Weekly '32, Prize in Robert Tittle McKee Art Contest BERTHA M. AKIMOTO-Academicg Gold Seal, 5 Semesters Honor Scholarship, Pres. japanese Club '52, '533 Girls' League Program Committee CLARENCE ALDERS JR.-Commercial, 4 Letters Basketball GLADYS VIRGINIA ALTREE-Commercialg 2 Class Numerals NATALIE AMANN-Academic GEORGE EDWARD AMARAL-Vocational ELEANOR ANDERSON-Academic MARY ANN ARBANASIN-Commercial, Class Numerals EDITH ARDLEY-Academic, Circle and Class Numeralsg Circle S. ANICETO BALLESTRA-Academicg Pres. Filipino Club '32, Vice.-Pres. Filipino Club '33 ALBERT BALMA-Vocationalg Pres. Radio Club '32 CATHERINE BARKETT-'P3gC 34 LBLA MAY BARLEY-Academic, 1 Semester Honor Scholar- ship PALMYRA C. BAROSSO-Commercialg Class Numerals MARGARETTA BARRows-Academic, Pres. Tri-Y '32, At- tended Miami High, Oklahoma '29, '30 ELIZABETH BARTLETT-Academic. ALFRED BAVA-Commercial MARGUERITE P. BECART-Commercial, Class Numerals. ETHEL BEST-Academic, Christmas Play '31g Danced in Hiawatha ARCHIE BE'rTs-Academic, Attended Oakland High lk years BERNARD GILBERT BIALKIN-Academic, Rally Committee .51 JOSEPH BIANCHINI-Vocational