Tracy High School - El Portal Yearbook (Tracy, CA)

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DEDICATION May The appreciaTion oT The class oT NineTeen Hun- dred and ThirTy-Seven be shown by The dediCaTion of This book To our advisors, beTore we ioin The ranks of The alumni To Tace a diTTerer1T Trend oT moderniTy- The rapid progress oT a civilizaTion wiTh which we hope To keep sTep. to right: Mr. SmiTh, Mrs. Edmiston, Mrs. Coupe, Mr. Sfruckrnan

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FOREWORD Inspired by The roar of cars and Jrruclcsg fhe droning of airplanes: Jrhe clicking of rails under slreamlined Jrrains ihroughoul +he naliong by The newly compleled highs way overpass and posl office in Tracyq by +he re- modelled high school library, shop, and foolball field -fhe El Porial slalf has soughl +o incorporale ihe Spirii of Progress wifh your memories of Jrhe year. Mr. Kosfer, Mr. Pefz, Mr. Mullally fPres.l, M B T CCI kl M C f ll

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yrie W. Crow, A.B., MA. PIINCIPA ,KS MESSAGE Anofher year has passed and fhe EI Porfal is a moving picfure of fhe evenfs which have falcen place in Tracy Union High School. This book presenfs and preserves for you memories of fhe loyalfy, fhe co- operafion, fhe progress of fhis school, ifs faculfy, and ifs sfudenfs. Againsf a somewhaf unchanging back- ground of fhe school planf, buildings and faculfy, fhe sfudenfs pass before fhe screen revealing fheir acfivifies and inferprefafion of High School life. This EI Porfal will nof have a large circulafion, buf where if does go, if will be among friends. Be- fween ifs covers fhey will find remembrances which laugh and sigh and comforf. Memories of our prog- ress and of fhaf indefinable somefhing called 'School Spirif' fhaf somefimes grips you and inspires you have been preserved fhrough fhese pages of wriffen record. May fhese memories of friends, of places, of experiences be ever wifh you in your progress fhrough life. lf will be a founfain of youfh, always carrying one back for a renewal of friendships, and a reliving of fhose acfivifies which are held so dear. Gra'refuI appreciafion is exfended fo fhose who have made The El Porfal possible. If is a splendid producfion and he is forfunafe who lives and re-lives in if.