311 NEW STUDENTS ENTER THIS TERM - The Lowell

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Publlahed hjr t*M A»«v!«t«d StuiI«nU
of Lowtil Hi«h School
1100 Hajrca 3trt«t. 8M Francisco. California
I. Ii; S. S. A. X.irt'^n Frw
STAFF
EDITOR. ...CHARLES DAVIS
AKScIntc Editor. Glortii Spn>"»
Now* Editor. - „ „.-Pierre Salinger
Sport* Editor. ~John Prcovolo*
Feature Editor.- _ .-..AnnJQowman
NEWS STAFF
Mnry Klen-i.-r Juan Poritliie
llfirtuir-i Oiila 1U>|(>- Hulliv^n
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FEATURE STAFF
llnnnlrick school building
with its wonderful tmditir.ns, its spirit, it* fun.
Are you disappointed in it? Love of it will grow
in you junt as it haj< on most of us why came
-here before you.
There is Homcthing, intangible though it [5.
"that will mnk'! you proud of our old alma mater
Perr-np* it*« the traditions . . . the arc . . .
the U»wc!l Hymn. Perhaps U'« our fighting ri>iril,
our tendency to stand behind our team and support
it. even though it may tic losing.
Welcume future seniors! Our hope and faith
is in you to "carry on" where we leave off. W«
aec ymi. not us lowly freshmen, but as future
-clam officer*, future deHtcrjt, future block men.
future lenders of Lowell-
Get into Lowell's ; fe by participating in our
nctiviiics. You won't regret it! Enjoy Lowell for
.all the grand opportunities it can offer you.
Safety Measure: driving should
Be taught in public schools
Why is It that teen age boys and irirls have
znorc automobile accidents than any other ape
? ft fs not chance that Ottrs these ac*;iin
this one age croup.
No, there must be a good reason. Fibres for
1940, gathered by the Public Itoads Acimiutstra*
tJon tJn of Federal Fedeal Works Agency Agcy show sh the te age a iip
op to t twenty t yenm of f age have h twicr i Oi many
accident* as any other. Why in it? Pirhaps It i;
that young people nrc not prepared tr» drive a car.
It's true, maybe four out of every t?n pom
through thfc atfc group without on accident, but
on the whole, a young p»nmn. In the glory »if
finding himself behind the whee> cf a car, forgets
2]is responsibility of "Live and L~t Jive."
But still the question prevails—what should ho
•done? These young people rr.jst be taught to
drive carefully and be ready fr.r a:>y and oil crr.ereenclcii.
And what better way •« there than tefich-
'Jnjc them In public schonto along with tlrawire;,
jrymnustiea, ami the three "RV?
- Bewildered Freshman Struggles
Through First Day at Lowell
Ily Fr«nclitca Mlddlclon
(The fut'owing essay won the low Freithman
Eam*y Coldest, which ended February 4. The
- wiener received a bid to the Low-3 Dance.—The
Editor.)
My firtt day at Lowell was one of the happiest
and most eventful dny* of my life. Bric^r
and early (fcr me), at 6:110, I jumped out cf bed
"Yc* jumped!! I wonder how long that will last?
When I arrived ot Lowell I wu creeled by
many "Shield ana V girls, ready to help me find
my room. I wus iligntly afruid I would end in
the battctnent or the pvinnndln of >hvur Cal.
aup'iomoru?
tloli Arnold—About bijr re^pon*
fiibiiitles as proxy?
N'cw tenthera—If Lowcll'5 n.cb
tilsyit you?
N'nricy— Owi **:io Kiden" rule in
Vi.ywlt-'a tintype?
Ini Thompfcon—Over a noiioa
thst you haven't go", what %vu
tl-em? tS; A.)
Yua iwo—If Don Welcom» for-
Kttit to bring hi« luncii for you to
«-t'.'
Geary Krill—About your smooth
"platform appearances?"
Diive Berwick—flow Jong forever
will last?
Readers--If you don't get above
references?
Rila Wiolaod—If you ever ean.
less than liisty *io'iur DoinU?
Low 1 giiia—If t hey call you
"Rosebud" |jrcsc—If you'll never
gel wise?
Fellow."—Because Barbara PJnpcr
has »-T# welcome mat?
Bab ' ••••• -S — ^out getting
"Wise*'
Jear ' , '|«y circle?
Cur— 1 • .-• rfn Barb
Letter Box
Tho girls' g>m 11 reality? All's
h(cretar>- wondfringly incaked a
>ly glance Into the depths of the
mystcry-fhrau'I'.rd cn*stul bull. Ans—ers
to m.iny nuericF vvera there,
l-ut AH** Secretary, Hhc everyone
•-lee, can only wnlt and hope. Word«
It'ck, and we thought we could
score n Kcoop!
Dear Ali's Secretary*:
I wish these yang '.varit In thu
court, 'jtli i*eriod. would stop. Us
dcfennclens civilians haven't .1
rl.aiice. We get hit in the head
with squishing oranges and rotten
apple cores.
What do wdo?
—An Ornnge-Juicc Ha tor.
Dear CranirdJuit., Hater;
You have two alternative*, either
tlr,dge the flyinrr missileH of liquid
punshlm- or carry nn umbrella.
Ituth arc proven methodn,
—All's Secretary.
—L—
Pear AII'J* Socretarj";
Why r:in't we have a little soap
in the cK'tnii'try rooms? T':e other
iiinrninir I had an experiment which
invulved lampblai'k nrd the rest o:'
the day I W.M cjked. "Are you cold, Beven^e?**
Someone replied, "PII nay sho In." . . . It's
easily seen Ihnt the xki xraiton IN Id full nwiu«—
Jerry Apptegarlh*^ icft leg In only onr nf (tie
ir.any ncridenN. . . . Pat Farrell—a very cite
;ngh-:i. . . .
Seen around . . . Snonn TrYjMch hitch hikinv—my
niy, . . . "Boob" Thompson nnd
"Cnnu'l" L'offman seen whooping it up at one of
thv local jigs, . . . Court porter nonchalantly
oyruig a new soph—her name is Barbara Jean
Cuiilnttt. . . . 'Tool" U'Connetl really enjoyed
hi.* "blind date" with a certain Hamlin clr'—we
hear nho hud the same feeling. . . . Every girl
looking wild-eyed at the fight of mammoth Bill
Ctnvden. . . . "Corky" Kettler just can't stem
t» be able to :nake -p Ms mind. . . . Norm
Keller doing very \. • on S. F. S'-ote'n basketiral!
team—he never played at L«w-ll. . . . Dot
Richnnlnon nern grabbing a "Quickie" breakfast
at the King Cnle. . . .
Our Lo'vell composers, Bob Rotfprs and Patsy
Alexander, are really scaling the heights—Lto
lii'ismni] ha/» nccepted tneir sont», "Evening to ILjintnt^r,"
C'lnKratulatitnn:!! . . .
Fred N«'L'atadter WHS th" only fnor and M.icein WilMam» t. \»z hit oft
HuddliaV Amateur I'our. , . . .Mac^'o hef.t out
MH version of Boiurr Vi'oogy" on the ivork'jc -Ue
cnvt. a \nca\ renditfem of "JeanEe With tlir Light
Mrifwn Hair." . . .
Vinl"t Johns wan seen a.i one of t!>o many
"1'aiiely model. 1 * at the Si»b-Den Fashion show.
. . . Gtenna Martin *een in n Girl Sc-'Jt uniform.
. . . What are you ncoutlnir iir. t'lrnna?
,r . . Val V,'i|.*o» getting inti of golTing prac*
tice. She ca-i rea'ly swing those elubi!' , . .
lion McKee trying to take iiliysioljc/ U when he
liasn' 1 an yet pac>c you prefer Stan "Peanut" Rwler,
or Elmer "Thick-knee" i'icr?on?
How about Steve "Turk" Dotur, Clayton "Lefty"
Calender, or Gloria "Sutwlster" Sproul?
HereV "Charlie"!
Do you know- Shirley "Charlie" BurKc Lor
ralne "Tommy" Thoinns. Howard 'Tank" Hjllt
and Jim "Tool" O'Connell? Perhaps you'd IU;V
Louise "DuckiV Iloran or Doris "Dody" McCuIr*
Have you been introduced to Betty "Cynthla*|
Bohln. Louise "Pussy" Austin, and Janet "Ricoco
P.ico? Over here you might like to meet Ed
"Easy" Eas*a, Bernico "Bee" Bowman, or Ophel»
"Dopey" Marrorjuln.
Of course, Johan "Joey" Files, Jean "Beannte"
Rowe, ond Ira "E-Sah" Thompson are quite nice,
too. And may WR suggest Barbara "Ping" Pinjfff
and Jim "Mltcaue* Montrosc, who have nicknames
of the first water?