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Volume 77, No. 4 Son FranciKo, California, Occcmlxr 12, 1040 Founded January. ISM
Social Events Postponed;
Influenza is the Cause
cifli event* plnnncd for about this VJITIS in LtGSLQ
time have been called off at the
rnggestion of the Board of Education.
Activities Hit
"Senior Day," that frolMmome
fut>fest. originally not for tomorrow,
will not corn*.- off unt'l after
Christmas vncntio.; ».t? C. 3. I',
1940 CIIIMST.MAS
Our voleea tnll with sonir and
cheer,
A' VuMlde-»ca»on ]oy» draw near.
Our homra ar..1 htorls reflect the
sway.
And thrill lo tiie uplrit of Chrlnt.
mas Day.
215 Seniors Slated
To Receive Diplomas
"There Ain't No Justice." Fun's Off,
But Work Goes On and On
By Mildred Pickering
"Kcrchoo . . ."
"You're fretting the Flu!"
And so the absentee list hns (frown from an nvernRc of
175 to 200 a day to over 400. All because of the subversive
activities of a "fifth columnist," I • • ,
taown to the medical profession as _—- *. - , •» „
TSTEi 11 -*. -fore,, 891 Graduation And Senior Bell
Our fireside* slow with radiance
nrlshl,
Will Be Held on January 22
An loved ones gather within il«
H«ht.
And trees besprinkled with tinsel- Graduation is sneaking up. It won't lie long until 2 p. ran
slow
January 22, rolls around, and then 215 senior will marsh
Spread brooding arm* o'er the gift* down the aisles of the War Memorial Opera >'ouse to bid
below.
farewell to Lowell.
ilut hark lo the voice lhat vails In
One hu.iiired and iWrtcen boyt
the wind,
md one hundred and ono jdrln will
That thin Christmas for Borne is ol r i Journal To Be rcrcivo their sheepskins in Lowell's
different kind.
123rd ccmmcnccment exercise*, tbe
Make Roll; For candle* have swelled into Sold Jan. 14 fa_£ being held when Lowell was
searchlight* bold
the Union Grammar School, way
ncenC all the long-anticipatcd so- llit»lo m I A~*1 To light the demons that airplanes
"Come early! to it* to be su.t to
hold.
!>:ick in 18K.
get yours. \'en, I mean vour fall
!'4O Ked.tr.d Whhe, that'll lo on
Present Colon
dincc, scheduled for December li,
v»» postponed Itj-finlioiy: the ' G. V!«2tt f-oints. the hfelioit honor! "
A. A. tea UL.- IH-.T. tiir.vcil un to
Jummry 13: "M tlic Ci. A. A. c
diJates' rally will •r-cur Jnnui
14
The
ur
iinVv '•'"""*• l " IH> nc' lt cra;;it total of S!>' honor student*.. Tdat war on earth may quickly ; c«mp'ieled""and" a't^th"'Venters' j Arthur Schumacher, clans prcsi-
Frnncca Mizuno. H2-!o5, and: cease. I ruuiy to be made into 1475 an-1 dent, will itlve the introduclcry
rvnsld O'Conneil. L-l-20'. received' n . 1 r .mtrt." r>CMiiL.'
«vml. Sixty point*.! ,
Mnr>
.- tin' next hicliPst number of point*, i Aim*
Iwns received by Kisie Wagner,'That
n Preceding an address by
0514 toims. iho hiclim: honor I O«r umeful nation now mustf Mr,. Kuhnle. faculty iklnser fo. ! ^"'V „„ JuZ frkTrf
' P«y .(hit Journal, laid. "ItOBirdlcss of EiUnn Conn, editor of The Lowell,
ive all clue on CliridtmnK !>ay. i tlic fact that this issue may lie a I *'.I1 lie a piano solo hy Sonin Hay-
• HiHin ai:ain, this KCaxon m.y mean I hit small in *izc(!;-i 1,1 a small j uitrd. vice-prcsiilcnt of the senior
type. , , i The regitttry with ihe highest In D.A.R. Contest "'"Si"
,. " Ca " nrr{im ' Cnn T' I? ' claw nviTmuH wan M-201. with a,
Although numerous IAWCII sin-jonunt of a 1.4. The next hi chest'
dent* have been hopm* thnt lh" fctnsse* Were Hl-SSfi wiin 2R.fi. Hi- pi,,.n.n *. i .. I printed, 2.1 less than lust
city school* might bo close*., nl-, r,0f,a with 2fl. lA-MT, with 2. r i.B. nnd 1. ' il> ' Iin AntlL ' min * w - W!l * unatt ! senior class, it will be more color-1 chss
June Nakay. -na. prominent Low*
eil debater and orator, will recount
Ihe claim history, and David Rollins,
nlno a well-known debater, will act
an valedictorian.
.„ Muxical selection* fur the pro-
He sure to (ret >-mir« early, n*j Ki>m Includt; Liszt's "Loreley" and
re are only to be I47fl jciurnnls ; "'"V "«»« "t Th.- Sweet Voice ht-
• —
-: when there wns a complete nel
loving them n longer Christmas • H2-rn° with ".* 4 « unously .•mlnm-d !-•,• the fatuity
vacation, their hopes have done lit-1 The complete honor r»ll will lw ' r\umhci> as the eaimlilato from Al I 1 m n; 1 MJ-I.B
tk m influencing the power- th»t, fllUnd „„ mRC fi. I Uw(.n ilt n Ktme.w;lk. y(;]irIv coM; Alumni Leaders
But thoro is one cheerful note.
f •»-•-- • • > Sr.int Snims. ruiifc* by the Giuj 1
year.
ll-s*
j test, sponsored by the D.»uBhter?« of
minor though it may 1H>: the man-1 The ReX, ITOSt
I the A mem-tin Hi-volution, to rcpre- \
uftctrers of Kleenex mtt»t he mtik- TftR O nffirAr«i
iiik a fortune.
K r. Cnt . C ^° rrill L. nt lhc D * A ' n llfll m* fc T ' Lj.|i'cubic Quartet of the Buys* Glee
Will Meet Tonight iclvb. under the direction of Miss
__„. Nrppcrt. will sinjr the "Cherubic
• IT-" inn" by »,,. Borlnlnnky nn«1«tn.t,u and «H.I Frimle's P^mU'a
1O I\. \J» VjrnCerSI Goo* of the National above all others for the position—
Christmas.
Guard.
a position with the Buckbcc Thome
Heal Csfntc Co.
Earl, in a letter to Mrs. Jordan,
Lowell Students Lf*ve School Early
head counselor, said he felt sure
t.ia C. S. K pin brought him hip job.
To Work in Stores; Tramp the Mail Routes Orchestra to Entertain
If you went shopping during the Ecr hnnl at work carryinR pack- At FairmontDecemberl7
Cliristtoas rush wher« would you uees. At Licbcs' we found Bob
find some of Lowell's Ktudcnts hant Hater and Georce Llebei. while nt
*t work? Let's seel
. Lowell'* concert orchestra will
the Emporium was Boh Arnold.
We rush Into Kress' to buy somo
Jcntortafn the American Vocational
Katioaery for nn aunt In New
At the Show
Association on the cerund day of
xoric. and thcie Rwecpinjr the floors That night, after a hard day, we their conference, December 17, at
wo find Don Welcome and Dave decided to KO to n show and the Fairmont Hotel.
Berwick. We then run to the post couldn't decide whether to KO to the Thih. the thirty-fourth annual
office to mkil aald stationery, and Hardlnp; Theater where Art Cehcn convention, will be the first one
Jarjco Into John Preovolos. Bill works, to the Empiro Theater held tn San Francisco in twenty-
Chandler and Dean Marcucci, who where Bob Troppmati is on duty, five years. Over 3500 delegates
are iGOJnjr out with mail sacks or the Athambra where Court Por- from nil parts of the United States
over their shoulders.
ter hold: forth.
will meet here from December 16
At O'Connor Moffatts, whim we We haven't got the time to tell tti 18. at the Fairmont headquar-
want to buy some handkercrj'cfs, vou of all the other smiling faces ters.
we find Marjorie Votaw, and at of Lowell students we saw at work, The onhestra selection* will In-
PodMta and Baldocchi, the florists, but go around yourself during the clcde "Orpheus in the Underworld"
*• "^tcb Dunne Tweedale monpinir Christmas holiday. There is a ly Offenbach, and "The March of
up wilting roses from the floor. At Lowell student in every store In tne Toys*
Ijvlnirton?s we noU Pierre Salln- town—well, almost every.
1 Is there n-ally a student government
in San Francisco** public high
schools?
The Lowell got curloue recently.
So out they trottwl to make a aurvty.
By interviewing n number o.*
study body presidents, they go; nJ
by Vl.-tor Herbert, all
under the direction of Mr. Devlin.
l
er, the auditor and the principal
draw It uu. lhc student council
can r'mnge the nmounts liy a majority
vote.
BALBOA nnd MISSION—A bud-
JM committee ail .*iscu Ly the facthe.
answers—here they nre. liul COMMERCK—The principnl and
they're mill confused. You figure u faculty treasurer keep a ciieck
it out.
rn all money spent!
The student body officers went POLY—A Hdgel committe* of
nbout the camo in all cases—but student body otTicera, a 'utility
from there on the schools went sponsor, the faculty treatsmr and
tlioir own sweet ways.
1
How many Board meetings are WASHI??GTON—The school
there?
treasurer and a faculty adviser.
GALILEO—Every two weeks. The students O. K. it ami spend the
BALBOA—Every week. money.
MISSION—Every week.
LOWELL—Thr faculty draws It
COMMERCE— Every week, up. It Is then approved by the
i'OLY— Every week.
Board of Directors.
WASHINGTON—Every week. Ifc> the ntudentft know where the
LOWELL—About four n term. money goes?
Can students out-vote Ihe facul- , In every cote the faculty or stuty?dent
body treasurer reports, usual-
GALILEO—The .irincfpnl has a ly to the student council, which re-
final vote. Thr, rest of the faculty lays It to the students. Poly also
has practically r.., voice in student prints the budget tn Its paper.
government.
A.c Ihe student* MUSHM?
BAI.BOA —What the faculty The overwhelming answer was
-Yes. but . . ." Moat schools
'''MISSION—Same here. flit that their officers could bo
POLY—Here. too.
tiiwtid with more responsibility,
COMMERCE —"We cin't re- altnough they were grateful for
icmher even tiying to outvote anJ relied on good faculty advice.
them."
Severn! schools declared that they
WASHINGTON —The principaT woulJ V.ave better government if
has a final vctt. but ho seldom lhc students knew what It was all
utcs Et.
about.'
LOWELL—We agree with Bal- Now then—UJ '. San Francisco
bcn. high srhools have student fc