311 NEW STUDENTS ENTER THIS TERM - The Lowell

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BLOCK L RALLY
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ELECTION
THIS MORNING
LJOWEJLL
FRANCISCO'S OLDEST HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAP!
FAREWELL TO
SENIORS
GRADUATION
JUNE 11
Volume TG. No. 5 San Frnnctwo. Ciillfornln.June 5.1040 > > FoonoVd Jannary. 1808
By Betly-Mae Lewis
North. iou'h« cast and west—
Lowell graduates will travel to
all points of the compact to attend
college atitt spend their vacations. •.
The "Senior Census," taken re-1
cemly, showed how many and how I
varied are the vacations that the; ]
graduates are anticipating. The: i
same census showed the numerous { |
colleges the seniors expect to at-,
tend in the fall, and the jobs that' f
they would liko to have. (These '•
latter facts were merely incidental, i i
for who's going to worry about col-;
leges and future positions with'
summer vacation practically here!)
Some "Loafer*" j
A large number of lazy grad- j
uatcs will spend the Hummer "just
June 15th to August 25th
Graduation Exercises
For 405 Lowellites
School's largest Senior Class to receive
diplomas Jane 11
Editor's Swan Song
Editor for 107,260 minutes, ftndovery
minute -f excite*
[ ment. That ha* been .ny expo-
! Hence as your editor.
, To please the student body as
i well ns the faculty has been my
'
loafing." (We wonder how mimy
will extend summer 1 o a f i n g
thruugh college yearn and future
job hunting!) And, there nre those
who arc going to hibernate and
n ' m - Sometimes the going was
•gftj-vrr 1 California's oldest public high
school — Lowell—will hold commencement
exercises for the largest
graduating class In its history*
Tuesday afternoon, June 11, when
405 young San Franciscans receive
their diplomas from Principal L. H.
Stephens ut the War Mciua.-ial
Opera House.
;— } tough, because opinions varied.
• ^- ' j Several new ideas were presented
One hundred eighty-eight boys
to the student body for the first
and 217 girls will be given **aheep-
I time.
nkins" signifying completion of
their courses of study at Lowell,
With n now staff nnd J new ad- San Francisco's first high school
viscr, certain aimfl were achieved. und direct descendent of the oM
"Lowell Day by Day" became n Union Grammar School, estab-
hig feature; more pictures with lished in 185G.
rii ,i at »»n it *II ' XT T i r\et' stronger background were printed;
Girl Valedictorian
Block L Rally will New Term's Officers ;;$„» £««• »•»» «>•"•«• »••> Ellen Shnnk, prominent debater
ami t I I* * 1 1 1 1
lent of the Shield and L,
»r society, will act as val-
c " lch be the climaxing event to be elected today
with only eight students planning the Shield ami 1, and the Scroll and* ~yar vice-president tlarc
to spend vacations there, and the L. : M.fri,,-:. n tn,n „,
name number to see the exhibits at Special Awards Sir " »>!ldti* ?"
June 6—G. A. A. luncheon
at Aquatic Park.
June 6—Graduation reht-arsal
at Lowell.
C. S. F. dance.
June 10—Graduation rehearsal
at Opera House, 1:00
p. m.
June 11—Graduation at Opera
House. 2:00 p. m.
Senior Ball at Fairmont,
8:30 P-1
June 12—; -Making out ^f new
program*.
June 13— Molting out of new
programs.
Jane 14—Making out of new
programs.
School out at 12:30.
Jane 14-Aug. 27—Vacation.
August 27—Back to school
again.
IWueW ana • 5cro11 nm$n successiui term
of Senior Class ball aMin B LowelKtes and assisting Teachers
SCROLL AND L
Bol) Kitchen, Scroll and I, proxy,I
22 Work on name-plate.
winning design shown
Look at the top of the page.
That is the new Lowell name-plate,
result of the combined efforts of
Fred Suucr nnd Jean Malonc last
Monday. Some twenty-two students
in the classc* of Mr. McCord
and Minn Hermann submitted dc*
signs.
If you'll recall. The Lowell took
second place in the National Scholastic
Press Association contest
lost spring. One reason we didn't
place first (the goal of next term's
staff) was the poor design of our
name-plate. Thus one of the first
steps toward our goal has been
completed.
n0 Soft lights and Hwcet music will
ccrs and members will be anpour
forth from the mlrror-re- Bol) Kitchen, Scroll and I, pro "n«