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

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IIENIOR MEMORIES I Fear Cl'u1rles Parsons Ir., February Class I fear Wlmen my last long trail is taken, And my soul has come to its end, That I shall leave nothing behind me To be long remembered by them Who live on to their journey's end. I fear XVhen the last prayer is uttered And the last mourner is gone, That my name shall rest on a tombstone And not be revered and thought of Abroad or by fires of home. Only the shadows may know me, Only the well-sheltered glen Wlmere my body rests in eternity, Away from the thoughts of them Who keep in memory forever The titles of famous men. Oh God, let me not falter! Help me to ever be true To the goals at which great ones are aiming, And what all men are longing to do. Nine Door of New Building

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SENIOR MEMORIES School Organizations STUDENT COUNCIL HE Student Council, which meets every Tuesday afternoon, sets our dates and bestows our honors. This yea i' the coun- cil has increased our entertainment by mak- ing school dances more frequent. As to bestowing honors, the council decides who shall receive block letters. The council this year donated one hundred and fifty dollars to a swimming meet. One of the greatest responsibilities of the Student Council is to decide whether or not our student desires, if granted, would be constitutional. Those responsible for directing the activities just mentioned are the student body president, Robert Peekler, who presides at the meet- ing of the Student Councilg Jean Swenson, who as vice-president of the student body, occupies the vice-presidency of the coun- cilg and Howard Becker, who holds the office of recorder. A small group of both boys and girls completes the membership of the Student Council, which has termin- ated :i successful semester. STUDENT CONTROL HE STUDENT CONTROL, aiming to de- velop a greater response for law and order and to maintain higher standards of conduct in and about the school, has done much the past year toward fulfilling its purpose. Under the capable direction of Eleanor McCloud, fall semester, and jean Swenson, spring semester, the Girls' Student Control, in addition to its regular activities, worked out a number of regulations for the JUNIOR N STOCKTON High School, as in many schools in the United States, there is a junior Red Cross. This organization is made up of every student in the high school, whether he pays dues or not. In order to make money, one day a month is set aside as Penny day, where everyone brings a penny for the collection. This year 6,627 pennies were collected for good causes. In December, in order to secure funds to fill Christmas baskets for needy families, an unique Tin-Can Dance was given. Also at conduct of high school girls. These con- cern chewing gum, attention in assemblies, applying make-up, cutting, and smoking. The Boys' Student Control, with Tony Calvelli and Eldred Barnes at the head, car- ried out the usual duties of supervising as- semblies, helping keep up the campus, and improving the general conduct of school boys. RED CROSS this time 217 Christmas boxes filled with toys were sent to Guam, and S00 menu covers were sent for men of the United States fleet in Pacific waters. In the spring 400 dinner-dance programs were designed by art students, printed in the school print 'shop and sent to Wasliington, D. C., to help make the National Junior Red Cross con- vention a success. Monthly meetings, at- tended by representatives of the several classes, are made interesting by student and faculty speakers. Eight

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Samoa MEMORIES Music Department HE orchestra started this school year with more members than it had ever before known. Immediately members of this organization began to work toward a series of programs they were to give, the first of which-numbers played for Teach- ers' Institute-aroused much favorable com- ment. The group also assisted the German Club and the February class at the time when they gave their plays. The orchestra made a total of eight appearances during the year and learned eighteen different se- lections-one of which was the Caesar Frank Symphony. The band appeared at all football games during the fall and lent needed support and enthusiasm to rooters. Another im- portant function of the year was the Pom- ona College Glee Club concert for the bene- Ht of the band uniform fund. At the re- quest of the glee club the band played a group of numbers during the evening per- formance. Two organizations of band mem- Auditorium bers, the trumpet quartet and the wood wind ensemble, were active during the year, as were the boys' and girls' string quartets, composed of orchestra members. Band and orchestra combined to end the year with the Fifth Annual Band and Or- chestra Concert, at which Josephine Mira- montes and Charles Welch were soloists. Another time, May 18, both groups joined with the choral department to participate in the largest May Music Festival. Alfred Hertz, Herbert Clark, and Charles M. Den- nis, outstanding leaders in the country for orchestra, band and chorus, were chosen for conductors of this affair. The Troubadours, the group of singers picked from the chorus, gave performances for downtown clubs and appeared on the Washington-Lincoha program, the annual Christmas program, the Band and Orches- tra Concert, Commencement, and at other times during the year. Ten