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This >tar nurb. the 75th birthday of the Lovrell High Scheo!
Alumni Auocltiion. The Cliu of 1910 dcdicani iu am.ua! ijur.
book) (o the .icw or^ani/aiirn. irus:
TD THE LOWULI. HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
THIS ANNUAL ij AFHnCTIONATELY DEDICATED
MAY THE ORGANIZATION PROSPER
AND HECOME ONE OF THE LEADING ASSOCIATIONS
OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE
Alumni Quci:
1. What achicvcmcnu do Lwrllim Frank Olis (Class uf I86H)
and David Cheung (Class of 1980) have in common?
Answer Both attended U.C. Berkeley unil cKh «s Gold
Medalist of his claw (ranked number one). Olis ia 1K73 was
Berkeley's fim Medalist. u,*l Cheung was the most recent.
2. What Lov.cHitc MI the first woman :o receive jn honorary
degree frum UC Berkeley?
Amwtn Dr. Aurelia Rinchardt (Clav. of IS>32) who »is President
of Mills College fcr 27 jcars.
3. Who wu the first Rhodes Scholar from California?
Answer: William Critlcndcn (Class of 1901)
4. What Lowell student body president became a Rhodes Scholar 1 . 1
Answer: David Heilbron (Clx'i of i?M)
5. What Loucll God had a btrA written about him called The
.\la\ler of Light?
Answer: Dr. Albert MicbjUon (Clo.vs of I86h) who rtxcimj
America's first Nobel Pr/c in Physics foi his research mlo the
properties of light (1907)
b. F. r what is Stephen Mather (Ciass of ]S83> remembered/
Answer: Because of Mather's efforts. President V>oodrow-
Wllson wus persuaded to create the National Park' Service in
1016. Mather vns iu first dirrctor and was cjll.-J the "Father
of the National Park Syttem." Camp Mather, the city's summer
vacation camp in 'be Sierra Mountains is named after him.
7. Who is responsible for the pine trees along Luke Merced Drive
and the coujncaslcrn plant hedge which borders lite eastern end
uf the campus?
Answer: The Class of 1969 planted thrm as pan uf "Proj-ct
69 Pines."
8. What school facilities vicrc ran:rd after graduates?
Answer: The Meyer Library for George Wilson Meyer (Class
of 19-13) who was killed in Germany in 194?; Vr,ne Field for
former football coach (1920 to 1950) Mike \byne (Class of
1916); and the Ucsl. the newly ruined Carol Charming Theater.
9. What Lowtllite was co-founder of the Thundering Her it!
Answer: Frank D. Madisrn (CKss of 1HK4) was a cit«foui:der
of tlie city's largest law firm. Pillsbury. Madison & Sutro.
sonKtimes called the Thundering Herd because ol the big c
number of lawyers it employs.
10. What is the Lowtll connection to the Morrison Planetarium
in the Academy of Sciences in Grilen Gale Park 1
Answer: Alexander Morrison (Class of 1875). co-founder of
•he law firr.l. Morrison & Focrster. donated the plancurium
to the city.
11. What Lowell class had is graduation ceremonies in Golden
Gate Park?
Answer: Because of the earthquake and fine on April 3. 1906.
graduation ceremonies for all city high schools (Mivsicn.
Polytechnic. Commcux. Girls' High, and Lowell) wire held
in the park. The school building (then on Suiter Street) was
used to house soli'iers and police in June of 1906.
12. What current Lowell teacher and former sradiute of Lowell
couched OJ. Simpson?
Answer: J:ick MeBridc. math teacher, when he was foolhall
coach at Galileo High Stliool
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No snow, but...
Sophs 'Trip
the Ice
Fantastic'
By Stephen AbrrnxmlLt
The S^homorc Clau of 19*7
prewired the »cc bating nigh:. Trip
the tcr r,ii-auU\ at lite San Francttcn
Ice Rink on January 5.
O\-:r *X) Lowellifc* aitcndexl ttK
ctenf. wh)ch lasted from 5:15-7:15
p m. From each Utit dollar* of admK%H>n,
rthi included free >katc
tcnul. one dollar went to the OIa«
uf '87. In all, the wpbomore* earned
S79.
The uitc jock-cyv. Muiic Matter*.
with the auunnce of Patrick T\c.
*87 Ur-cti Executive Council
reptc«rtali%x, nxunlcJ niuvtc for
the \kaicn' enjoyir^nt.
Sophomore* enj«> skating niliht.
Several \tuJcn:* c»prt>«J disappointment
thj; the iLilinp oni>
UMcd for tv»o htjun. At 7:15 \twp.
\lutcn »rrc not only nked to lea»c
the ice. but toeut the building.
According to nnk employee John
Thunlon. weekend teething setiiom
take place frum 1 to 5 in the
afternoon and fnxn 7:30-10:30 at
nigh*. Since rink rrurugen rewne
ir>: ir^)rninj lor the pcrv-r?! p^iblic to
tkatc. thit time period uit the only
one available
"t liked the event because it
wasn't too crowded. io e\rr>onc
had enough room to ikjtc," noted
sophomore Judy Mm.
The San FranciWn Ice Rink, the
only ice nnk ii the city, it locirtJ
on 48th Avenue betveen Kirklum
and Lanton Street*.
GRAND OPENING
GOLDEN CUTS
$6
HAIRCUT
PERM
S15
-GOVERNMENr
Student
notebook
LEC
ryUwlwMiU*
take place thi* mon*>. (>n the t\*Hl
Are cmduijtct fof thj Lowell Executive
Council* 1-ECiChiirpcrwnelect.
canJidjr:* fur Cla»* of I^fed
*priiit otficcrv
The etui f the wmcttcr mark* the
end of the tern for current LEC
Hjningtoti Thccfuiipervin for the
•»[Mng vrmcitcr uill he senior Nivk
An all-*cho»>l f-j^Ir-imng ditve
foi ihc Ethnifun relief fund i\ being
discussed J! this time, with all the
money gting to help aid the drought
victim*.
Presently, the LEC it working on
getting air frevhener* lot tftc
twthroomt, installing an cnclinet!
announcer's and press hot fir the
football ficlJ. anu a February student
exchangi* with other htph
%cht»»li in the Bay Area.
SAB
y f c
The Student Activities Board it
planning a Satitc Hawkint Valcntirte'k
Dsy dance called "Why Do
Bo) 1 * Fall in Love?" ic February;.
According to chairpcrwMi Mike
Zimmerman, the SAB : - *ti!l
"rcvupcrjtini;" from the Winter
tUII. TK- c* (or a fundraiser.
••'S6* #
Tl»c Jun:' T Prom Comminee will
choose ?TM t the following places
for their Ju; or Prom: the Gold
Ruum H the .Shcnrr-,, the RaKum
Rrom at the Sheraton, or the Gr, >4
Bail Room at the llyati on Union
S^ujn;- Possible DJ't are Mut»c
Mastcn and KMBL radio Nation.
PouJerpufl football pocticei for
the junior* art bold every Tuesday
and Thursday from 3:30 to •l^»
p.m. The head coach i* Michael
Alberts.
The '80 officer* are planning a
service project "..for the conv
muntiy rnd not the school." UMi 'S6
president Luiw Yamamoto. "It's
nunc WIUJMC do *cr*c the community)
hec-mve there'* n