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

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fi KQW KEN N E TH THOMAE LEA MOORE GEORGE KER ' 'QFCDT Q33 MAXHQE lyfmcz-m.o LEILA Rises MARGARET DANNER 1 -.Jn RENA CROSS LETTERS T0 THE STAFF Editorial Staff: There have heen many splendid issues of the lil Portal in the past, hut you are to be com- mended for the unique manner which you have employed in presenting the 1950 issue. You have done an excellent job and your efforts will be greatly appreciated. Irvin Petz President of School Board Sirs: Like everyone I was a little doubtful on entering a new high school, and was sure this school could never compare with the one l formerly attended. I have gone to many schools, from Indiana to California, and I can truthfully say that l have made more friends more quickly here than in any school l've attended. l just hope that Tracy High School students will continue to be friendly to newcomers like myself. Sharon Kingery Tracy, California Sirs: I am very happy to live in the United States. The American people are just wonderful. I shall never forget how kind the American peo- ple were in Germany, on the hoat, and right here in Tracy. ln America a man is free. This is different from Europe. In Germany if you wanted to move to another place, you had to register with the police and get allowances. That's how it was during the war. Also the people in European countries had to suffer from different wars and foreign governments. Housing in Germany was very bad: lots of people lived under the blue heaven, and it was much harder with the food which was almost nothing. The difference between American food and German food during and after the war was that a millionaire could not eat as well as an American Workman eats. Everybody had a ration card, but the rations were so little that a man could eat his food for one month in one week. I like Tracy High School very much. I am iust surprised that a town ot this size has such a nice big school. The teachers are very good and kindly. The subjects are very prac- tical and good. In our school we didn't have such subjects as shop, auto, radio, and photo- graphy. We could take them outside school. We had school about half a day, and couldn't study in school: we had to study at home. I think that we had more work in our schools. We learned more languages and about foreign countries and their histories. It's strange that American schools don't teach these things. The American students are very friendly. They almost all like football. In Europe we played a difTerent kind of football. The Amer- ican students don't have the rigid discipline in the school. After I have finished high school, I want, if it is possible, to get more education in an American college. Guido Zvigzne Recent immigrant from Latvia Tracy, California

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LETTERS T0 THE 9 ' smrr , Q Dear hir. Luce: ln our capacity as the co editors of the lil l'ortal, the yearbook of Tracy Union lligh School, we wish to ask your permission to use the format of your magazine. We have en- closed an approximate copy of our cover. We do not plan to use the name, Life, nor the names of anyone connected with it. We intend only to use Life as a general basis for the organization of our yearbook. Tracy is located 65 miles east of San Fran- cisco in the San Joaquin Valley. We would greatly appreciate it if you would allow us to use your format. Margery Monnich l'at Campbell Co-Editors of lil Portal Tracy Union lligll School Tracy. California llear Miss Monnich and Mr. Campbell: Thank you for your letter of September 22nd and enclosed layout, which Mr. Lucc's office has referred to my attention. We are glad to give you permission to pat- tern the l950 El Portal alter LIFE, and your cover design looks line-except for just one part: the band at the bottom will have to be a straight line all the way across, instead of having a jag. For your guidance in planning the rest of the yearbook, following are the modifications to be observed, in line with U. S. trademark and copyright regulations: l. The word LIFE must not appear in a box, regardless of color, either on the cover or elsewhere in the book. Z. lt must he stated nn the cover that the yearbook is published by Tracy Union High School. as you indicated. 3. Our copyrighted subtitles, such as Speak- ing of Pictures, LIFE Goes to . . . , or Visits . . . , etc., should be changed enough so there is no chance of identifying them too closely as coming from LIFE Magazine. Many thanks for your kind compliment to lgFE, and all best wishes for a successful e ition. Dorothy l.. Smith Editorial Services Time 8: Life lluilding Rockefeller Center New York, 20, New York Sirs: Your Mid-Century Issue of lil Portal is tremendous. We are pleased with the selection ol LIFE Magazine as a theme. The quality and breadth of coverage is interesting, accur- ate, and. from all reports, complete. As a vet' eran school executive one can easily realize that our student body, teaching staff. and ad- ministrative organization are essentially ade- quate fnr a school which is Second to None. W. W. Crow Prin. and Dist. Supt. Tracy Union High School Tracy, California a s BUY G it Student Body Cardfche leey o all e. ae activities . Q SG satisfied fi x,'f,'? TRACY UNION HIGH 5CHO0L sruoeur aoov CARD . Nr OJQTNI' nm sa. U 5:2 '33Vl'67lf1l11rz13 nr 4-14 it C9 '45 A nn.. r -7 9 C .JA 51. 1 -, , 1 fi , 4 6. Ns , K 1 - C., F. .' X I , lr X dia s s

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EL PORTAL 7 - ws, if V .162 lf- 41 '. ' ff'if ff f Y xf ,., PRESENTS QQQW r z.. vfyf L 0, ' ' 6 Q il. , L ,' :zu XY 177 ' , s 3 ,X . -I' , . X A -uv. 35 I'he sounds of hammering and san- H j Q - ing. and the noises of great tractors .. -. were heard Over the eampus ol' Traey t -5 ' 'MK fee A hlnion Hligh St-hool this year. Front ' ,V -' , ttese int it-ations one was aware that ii A r it ' so .Eiga there was much buildint-'Z at hand. The 6 1 4 'ARR - yr! tedious labors over blueprints and ron- ' L' IV' tra:-ts were finally showing some profit. 'Q ag X X X ,ff The foundation of the gym had been sq' a, V E laid. as were the foundations of the K new garages and classrooms. Soon the ' '- skeletons of these buildings were seen. , n' ,L and finally the finished bttildings them- ' 5 selves. 1 ROLAND OBERI :ef it E-If 75 . . I FL I E-.1 1 5 1 I A 1 , 'sl-L' , If '.-21,4 592251 'VL '4 - vgfih 4' I-Istapg tv 5 7 --11481 Y 5 1 1 p ,I . .ff X '9 S L' N . I 4 49' . -fe 71,1 3 Q2 .Q X o ifunuu ul Tiiin ARATA -cs' EDWARD LYON These additions were made to at'- eommodate the ever increasing elasses that are entering Traey High. The old loeker rooms have bet-ome erowded. and the gym, built to seat 500, strains at the seams. The new loeker rooms will provide ample spaee for every- one. There are enough showers now, so that students will never again have to wait their turn. The great strueture of the new gym was built to seat 1600 to 2000 people. There will be a dividing vurtain to aero m mo date two mueh needed gym elassrooms during the day. The strong steel beams and the won- derful lighting system is certainly no eomparison for the old gym. Four of the elassrooms that were built will be used to house the English department. These four rooms are iden- tieal. The remaining three classrooms will be a modern and well-equipped Home Economies department. Six new gas stoves and five new eleetrie stoves will be installed in the vooking room. There are enough sinks and working tables to aeeommodate twenty-two girls. In the sewing roont will be many elosets and separate drawers lor eaeh girl. Thirteen mueh lleeded Singer sew- ing marhines have been purehased. A spaeious fitting room with full length mirrors aml a display ease has been eonstrueted eloseby. The interior of all classrooms is light green and the ex- terior is a darker eolor with an ofl' white trim. A new bus garage was built in order that the old building eould be used for shop elassroom expansion. These modern buildings, that were eompleted during the latter part of April, were eonstruvted for the safety and health of the students aeeording to state and lot-al requirements. ELM NE LAWRENCE I t , 4 U 1 l 5 Q sv . 1 Q f, 3 I MA RJORIE DUN TON xx ' J ' J 1 tl. A V I l if , . L l 1 ', E- A lT,1,, . . NN ' Q if I . vt fir l Y ' l l, i E R,.r tt ll Luft. i ' I l il 5 K ,fi 'tc . K 'V lj, 4. L V ' , Y 4,