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FEATURE,
Lowell High School—130 years
B T Aifatty Boyd nad Cdntc S^Uod
IP1854, the BUperintcndct; of schools. Colonel Thanwi
J. NTUM. convinced the Board erf Education Out higher
«Juc*ioa w* nccttsaf) for San Francisco's jrouin|
nrwlatfoo. end UwcU Hi|h School was bora.
The wkoot a,xned on Aufua 25. ISS6. on oowril
Street between Clay and Sacramento Streets, under the
"Lowell was tough; many
people quit to go to work."
name Union Gramm*. 1 Schoot The fim purcipal was
Ellh H. !lotmct. and he wa» one of three lead-en for
shout 40 students.
F*cm the begiontrji. "LoweU was a strictly academic
school." sated Paul Lucey. director of the Umtil Ahmmi
Association.
Student* had to be bc*ceo ten and twenty years old
and »weadm»ncdc^yafK/passing a seres nf:ests. tt
.was dt.Txuit to fd Uao umttt even then. v*i ooe hid
to be L rious tbout vjwA in order to stay.
At the beginning. Uiwell wu the only high ichool and
the only loan uf higher education io tSe Wot.
Andrew J. Moulder, state superintendent of public instruction,
maintained •*« ibe *choot'» course of vudy was
as jood at am! nwe practical than ihat of nxnt eastern
wiuon Grammar School olfcrud Latin. Greek. French.
German. cbemUvy. physics, oathetiutici. and indent
and Zutppcan tmuay.
Lor tU uid (eneraliv referred to as "the high school."
ioJotaWy. 1KB, iunanw was officially changed to San
F,ancisco Hijh Svhoo'.
The first graduating class graduated on December 14.
1S39. It comibcd of only 11 out of the 40 original
Ljuosy explained 'Lowell r/a* tough, and many
Being
Ufuddlcd by qucaiom liVc these:
"Why diu 1 do ilut? ... W»io am I?
...Whydidlhe> react lo me like that?
... Am in insane?'*
Do you cvtt get * 'trboo" ideas that
mi^it iNnci >our fuerdt. family or
tcacSer*? Aie >o>i afrJa (p^utKy
coiurnttcd} to eujvrss wn< PCW
•deaf to peptic who nught react *ubjccti*xiy
or Dtpalivcl> to them?
Are you in dire «e>l to cxpio* or
discim a qucuioa. pr&blent. or upsctwng
feeling?
Tour psychology inttrru »rc
a-ailablc to any Luw*ll student who
wont to talk ahout their fcan. stemm
ing from low iclf-c^ccm.
Other quotiom arc rcl rtcd w a person's
identUy truest. Lehman Katcd.
"Now is i tiiiK when many [cople
begin to look tt thenuches *tu at the
world around them and ask. 'Who am
P . V/hy d'ji thtic rxuplc read to
me likr that?' "
Family,friend, drag, andacademic
problems are also discussed.
Ot*.rct to talk io somecne etojecuve,
profctstona:. and trained about any
coofostjas in hi'Jher mind and who
chooacs not to share this itformatwn
with a (unify member, frienj, or
teacher.
TTie four icteras ttt t>«n
Srhooder. Neil GouM-Talkoff. »nd
Harriet Lefem-Ji fron OMl W-nlly
Service Ccnur and .Mict Thai from
Westslde Contfnunirjr Cemcr.
WcdJin j - Buthday CUta Our Specially
e balance b reached. he 'an be rcl>o -
Ol Of UTGS.
"M(»t of the prt-bknr and questions
are very cummnn xswng
teenagers, and the uptet itudcn: only
«xds the assurance that he/she is
otiy and normal. I cut expUin why
a s^xlent is havicg thrse «xMitusing
feelings'." tsiurced Lenman.
Lehman doesn't *ust focus on the
Lowell in the beginning
Th< lint Graduates Chan of the San frsncbco 1 Ugh School: (Top nm)
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HUotl, Henry Gibbons, Jr., Pitrlckd Barr>; (BotKvn nm) H.nma J.
Swmw>. Virginia Ross Rab % Mt\i* B. Kimbai, .\Ury A. Cascbo!.
ifciK uvght help hi »il\c the pmMem.
"I help ihe sJikV.il IwL Jt whai's
l\x best uutcomc position. Btn I'X
stuc'.TH takes his own \uncc," attd-
ConflJcntiality iv sti c^tCki.
Family, frknd. drup. and aculcmk
Teacher*, irtcnd*. parent*, and
jchooi Ti-mtclor, ^rc 'old r
abcut the student's problem
*l are ab
d i i iton, or cuAs.ern.
"Many t;me« uhen a ^rr has "Another ihtnj* appcalinfr it the
many small proMcnu. p fad tUat our (the intents! vie* is
become t»^-*»ly ma;ninci. There U distorted. There are fcupb out ol
a need io develop equilihriam. Once Lowe'l tviih seveir piychot c
i disabilities. They a^ qut'c craxy.
Hokamp's Bakery
17% Pdlt Strwt
(41E) 474^1822 San Francisco 94:09
Corns In to M« ot'r fabrics for (pring ...
••'''.' : - ' tram party sOto to cotton torn.
Coming hjrc » very pleuan*, it's
rkx u sec peoplt who ar_- bcalLiy
a"»d stnmg." enthuxd Le» man.
, *ppo»umcnti can be nude with
' Barbara Rothcnbe'f in the Coumclia$
Office for anyone who wuhes to
express or discuss ha.'het thoughts.
idou. or problems ^ an irfem.
r,y lisa FcnUrv
Renumber the p^xJ oUl days when
"»hucU** va\ a bed word?
Hat MKKIV niched a point where
it is acrepuble fo* i.hi!e graduating clauc. tintil 1*79 had about 2J pff*fle
in them. As the city grew, the school grew, uvt the
graduating claues from 1880-1837 tuk! aroand SO people
in them.
In June, 1864. the guii and boys were -cgregaud into
different «chroc. Tic giris" tchool wac in a brkt building
at Bush and Stockton Sutett. O>wcU was now ejted
Boys' Hi*h School and was located la a three story
building on Softer Sate b£wc« Octivia and Go>yth- The
priiwipal was G.W. Minims.
The Kift were vrparatrd because parenu bad ol jecliom
to placing their well-brought up daughters in the
same classroom with disorderly boys.
Thn lasted only four yean because in 1861 tU.-Univtritly
of Californ J (U C > was established. The gta-ls and
toys wete put bacr togither became thai made n more
acceptable for gtrU to antnd college
It was difficult to get into
Lowell even then, and one
had to be serious about
school in order to stay.
LO-ACII wu ve*y impofum in U.C.'s development.
Lowell w»i, and is. the main feeder school for U.C.
Btihcley. bccifv: it «m the only really establiwSed bjh
school in the Wcu.
A student only had to complete oae year of attenJin|t
Lcwcll in addition to a grammar »chnol education for entrance
into U.C. io nor.y studeots dkl not complete their
rducatku at 'JTACII, Urt at U.C. instead.
(Sf.j iuti*; Ln*rll a: the turn vfthe ctntury.)
.*ju.tt *
• to beat around tr.e bush." continued
senior Jul£ Higaihi.
"Not only have lociery and the
media had a direct effect on the grtnving
use of obscenities in our generation.
Si*, our oarcmi * swearing ha*
also influenced us.** rrmarkrd one
junior.
Alr.rru Lun. senior, iddcd. "I
tlunk r~.y mother «wcars, but if she
docs it's in Chinese. That's
cheating!"
"My parents only swear when they
drive." cmuludcd one sophomore.
Mint pc flc whodj not swear will
use close (.'crivations of swear words
M»ch as "fudge." "darn," am'
"ihoot."
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