Washington High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Fremont, CA)

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The Story of the Hatchet VICTORIA PALMER Assistant Editor ROBERT SWEENEY Editor-in-Chief The origin of our school paper, “The Hatchet,” is an interesting one. The school wanted a paper, and through the efforts of Mr. Moyer, Phillip Griffln, “Kelly” Wales, and one or two others, the publication of the paper was started in 1916. Up to this time they had mimeographed one, which was not successful. A change was inevitable. Their plan materialized and “The Hatchet” was published two or three times a year. The publication of it then discon¬ tinued for a few years until the arrival of Mr. Kibby. Mr. Kibby has done remarkable work with the meager equipment we have for printing. At present “The Hatchet” is published every three weeks, and next year it will become a weekly paper, its four pages crowded with the very best material obtainable from the students. The Editorial Staff this year is as follows: Editor... Associate Editor.. Assistant Editor... News . Boys’ Sports. Girls’ Sports .. Senior Class. Junior Class. Sophomore Class Freshman Class... ...Robert Sweeney Victoria Palmer Jeanette Richmond .Edward Collins .August Alquist .....Estelle Hirsch ...Nila LeGue .—Arwin Ormsby .... Edith Gomes ..Logan Paige

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lewis musicic President MARCELLA NORRIS Vice-President GEORGE RICHARDS Treasurer MAY LOGAN Secretary LEONARD LUCIO Boys’ Athletic Manager MAMIE DUARTE Girls’ Athletic Manager Student Body A complete union of the students of Washington Union High School was brought about through the formation of the Associated Students’ Organization, February 8, 1923. This organization was formed for the purpose of promoting a spirit of unity among the pupils of the school and of securing an efficient man¬ agement of student activities. The officers of this organization are: president, vice-president, secre¬ tary, treasurer, editor of “The Hatchet,” all of whom are elected by the students, and the banker, who is the principal of the school. The boys elect a student manager for boys’ athletics, and the girls elect their mana¬ ger for the girls’ athletics. As time passes we feel that the Association will fulfill its aim as the main factor in the school for the unification of the students.

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Girls ' League Before our Girls’ League was organized, there was a feeling among some of the faculty members and pupils that we needed some kind of an organization in the school which would help solve two problems. The first of these was: how could the girls of the school interest the girls from the grammar schools in the high school, and help them get started in their new work? Before this time girls in the various towns had been appointed by the principal to act as advisers to the new girls about to enter high school from their towns. The second problem was: how could we create a feeling of unity, friendliness and school spirit among the girls already in the school, and discourage snobbishness and cliquishness among them? With these problems to be solved we organized the Girls’ League, in 1919, with Miss Marietta Edwards as first president. This organization was one of the first of its kind in California. But the idea of Girls’ Leagues has spread widely, so that now several Federa¬ tions of Girls’ Leagues have been formed in the State. A Federation was formed in the Bay Counties, at San Mateo, October, 1922, of which our league is a charter member. Miss Sandholdt, our faculty adviser, deserves much credit for her un¬ ceasing efforts in helping us solve our problems. The Girls ' League has always stood for hospitality, welcome, unselfish¬ ness, and the refinements of school life, and has been the chief social agency in the school since its organization. The present officers of the League are: President....Gertrude Destrella Vice-President.Jeanette Richmond Secretary........Madelyn Moore Treasurer.... Marcella Norris Committee Chairmen: Ways and Means...Aleine Joliff Hospitality.Buby Joyce Program.Estelle Hirsch