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THE
COHENING
—TOWER
By Morton Cohen
• it not rashly said four yean
"• • have- passed*—
iL-'Still be tt with us; though the
**" next appear.
ear to coio thu vngv. Four
years may last
To llffht a lifetime's tale of
.; longer years.
la the bejtinninjr there were two
—Adam and Eve, As the years
..progressed, this number was ln-
.^ creased many fold. With each new
^.addition to the society of man. m
"Vi-crclo of events evolved. Now tnfe|
,'• cycle became continuous, and before
£', iontr. each small evolution, in which
- was embodies tho events thnt con*
Uitote tho life of a man. became
' mlnuto In comparison to the great ]
gcycle. .
£: However. «nch episode was comfr.'oleto
in Itself, and to the few whn
'- partook of it. Its significance was
ATTENTION
; MONDAYS
Founded Jajnary. 1888 . v$S
Election of New Officers
Results Announced at Rally
The results of tho election of next term's officers will be
revenlcd it the Block L rally today, when retiring; officers
announce their nuccessors.
Succeeding Tom Stcegc an student body president will be
cither Roger Johnson or Lindsay Wilson. Roger was presi-
dent of his L-3 class. He was n representative 1'or two terms
| and is active In both tennis ud
• tracic
Ul y \ynMn hu 1«1 Ike traydlj
at tho IJIIICI thai
Bond Sales
Near Million
yoll lender » J , tesldent of hii
clui. Liir , h ii member of tho
' of prime importance. Ami to it
V'lme to pass, that on June 2J, 1944.;
'.IOS Lowell BtudcnUi wore graduated.
I
- Graduated ? That's on odd
thought. &nt It? Wha', docs it
•scan to bo graduated, especially
atLowcIi: Ask any rifior. He'll
rprobably say that It ovens the vast
U.door to the beyond, st that now
1
re an no more barr'.Ts to stop
t from Kotatc ou; in the world
^ maklnc a name for himself*!
SiHtfU probably add that ha may;
•'miss Lowell a little, but In a short
rAtlroe, that sensation will bo far
tftnm his mind.
' But if you axle that «atne senior
on r-redaaUon - day, you uro very,
likely to como up ..gainst a totnMy 1
Photo by Gordon Tovanni
Uoltom. left to rlnht. IUI ..rflcen.: Stxrdary &W&(lMMVlt$4S.\? V ( I i
-.afferent answer. Ttutts a .tmark-
CHIQ thing about Lowell; you don't
*'' * the true spirit and tradition
m ^JV£V?a* •a«»« blocks
dent Anita Sniff !er. Ensayht .Martha SchVlm ley*e«J left Z,rlS!t^ ln u lw " al K h t-Aahbury District toi
Mr StcphrrtK. Jerry IMilf.rr. 11-4 president; Tom MCVRI viSlc'- ?\.T* ° *° buy lhcir ^"^ ai
Dollar Goal
Announcement of
the ruochinc ochinc
of thi thi> million million dollar Koal Kol i in th tho
sale l of f bonds bd nnd d stamps is expected
hourly. Twenty boys from tho
Bund Staff and Junior Statesmen
organization have volunteered to
t blk
. Sphcmi. Jerry [olitrrr
torian; Don Low. hfetorl an.
Graduation To Be Held
June 23 at Opera House
Lowell's 308 hljrh settlors will
march down the alslo of tho San
Francisco Opera House tho
sately music of "Pomp and Clrcumitanco"
next Friday afternoon.
ThQ occasion will be the school's
sprim.; commencement, number
130 itt Lowell's history
This elm?, which is unusually
the true spirit and tradition larpe, „-. is „ contributing -_ „ about one
you arc rcoily to leave, nndlh'mdrcd — ' • boys — to -•• the armed • forces, forcoj.
tfwa ft w-»oo late. Yes, the true! *Jw majority of them have already
•Plrit mnd tradition thnt nvrte* I planned what branch uf tho scri
Lowell tha schcool that It is; tho ' * vice th*y will enter,
fenttkt and court dances, the Axo Luwell'ii srradualluns are usually
JiiYtU.the football games, tho frrxh- held at the Op*ra House; huwever,
k|inaii reception, everyone stniuUmr , la*t term's seniors did not receive
"'with bared heads a* tho Lowell i Uicir diplomoK at tho beautiful
'Hymn Is suntr. the elections, and ' building This commencement,
ov« all, Mr. Stephens.
then, will mean the returning of
The cycle of events continues, to Ion
old cuMtom. Acvordine to Jerry
«oWe. Juno 23 IK nf little siffnifM S'oliUer, president of the «n!om,
„«(«, and has no effect or. the path! the ciaw is very happy to be back
Vor.the rrent cycle. And so It U,|!» the Opera House. I
tint all things which scum of pom- The coramfnermen'. ceremony
••——- importance,are trivial in ( .he! will follow tradition. AfUr the
r aspect, and only those few' seniors' entrance will come tho saparticipate
In the eplsodo urcj lute to the Flap nnd the "St.ir-
) to few Its weight weight. I Snnnrfcd Banner." The orchestra
K"And that mar bo the reason why
P* old philosopher said. -All thf«
mt
*o .shall come to paxs," to all but
B308.
'', • " •
Vconclusion, the mrmbeni of
Lowell staff would like tir
frhuk k Bliss Bli Osborn, Ob our faculty flt ad-f d tha £chw!mley, class cwn
fivtasr, who has taken time and ef-1 ni-rsvnt her essay, The
tTmv4- t #A to L.th help ••/• ua . put -* out —.i» at.!- tl.ln uter- «*-«_! fills, fjt^nlsi "
• (T> paper; photographer*
ter Torres, our own John Stand
Gordo Tovanni. Then
Ru^no words to express our
viRMJt) to Mr. Stephens, exce jtrat-
»,k peo
LoWcn.
To stimulntt* bond salci, further,!
a drawing U ln-intr held on Sfondny,
Blood Drive Ends
This Term With
A Great Success
LuwuU'fi blood donor drive has
been brought to a successful close
for this term. To date 1110 donors
have been procured by tho student*.
Some of ihese donors are giving
blood for the second Unic /luring
the Lowell drive. Lowell's record
fet one of the mo»t outstanding in
the city, and for thb reaiun the
drive wit) it) continue for the duration.
Awli Awortliriff t> t Mrs. M Clone, Cl nrlto l is i in i
charge of the drive, this in one of
the most important drive* which
Lowell hnii over conducted. She
emphasized the fact that this drive
requires serious effort on tho part
of every student.
w(l| be under Mr. Krieger'i direc- Lowell has rvccivod commendation.tion
from city newspapers, Uic-
Tfc») wflcomlnjr speech will be magnxincs. and by the Rod Cross
given by Jerry PoIItxer, who will!#w«jo» for the success of tho
then intioduco the class historian,! Biood Donor Drive.
Don Lowe. After a ruvlow of the
icninm' four years at Lowell. 3Iar-
* ' ' '> l ir
#, — ./ar and
iur Ideals.
Tim Glris' Gleo, dire directed by Mlrs
Aloicandor. Alevandor, will ssiiijT
inf three selec< selee
tlons. tlons. Follow-inir Followinir this, tho vale-
dlctcy dlctcry will ill be b spoken k by b tho h stu t
- „ — -„,...,.._. except to, dent body president. Tom StecRc.:
r the; he Is the urandcit human Hivinc compIetcJ thnlr fare-!
C*a know of.
ells to Lowell ,the seniors will hoi
resented thei di"
Thanks!
^Tho music at future court
and rall'i* should bo
j : Improvot because
Kof {tho ntcont Kunorous o£f«r
Susan HIrsch, 135, to
tjlat roily committee
yte*ni« of her collection of
;»»»roi.v-. W«"proposo a voto
Co£uh«n]M:on"bckalf ot ,ho
?stmtoit«'< of: Lowell, to Sue
-for. h,r fins school spirit.
1
Two. Vie for Treunrcr
With 100 ixr cent as their coal
In tho salo of student body canto,
.Bill Even and Dick Morris aS
competing fpr the otflco of treaiurer.
BIU I» a member of the
Scroll and b a Ble Brother. Dldc
Morrli has been afs!sranl yoll
leader this term. He Is a member
of tho Scroll, a Blc Drctlnr. and
servo on this traffic squad.
ViM-Preij Race
Either Connlo Ccok or Jean Furnil
will be ussistinir the president
m planning rnlllei. Connie has
been girl*' yell lesder and works
in which first prize will be a bond in the library. J«m. In addition to
Each purchaser of a bond receives, hi-r work in tho office, is a Big
by paying ten ccntn uxtra. u chnnco Sister.
to win the bond prize.
Ilcnilinit a!"d taklnir the minutes
Another content fs nlno being at next term's executive meetings
held. In which there will be tenwill
bn performed by- Jim Duvamu
winning rcgjutries. One of these or track LaRoree, Jim Is one of
4*ui;istrics will bu thai one which Lu'A-clrs uutstandlnir \nrslt; bas-
jiclU tho largest amount of bonds. kcilw.i: pkyers. Frank LaBenre is
The second one will bo thnt which captain of thu traffic Kiuad and
sells the greatest number* of works In Miss Harrison's office.
bonds. Tho other eight will be He participates In swimming and
chosen for the greatest numbnr of
Kttidcnt* participating in bond Lowell Leadership
buying. Tiiuso ten winners will be unopposed for editor of The
invited to sec two plays, crcatntcd Lowell (just put a -Ja" or "Keln"
bv Mr. Poltand'ii dramatic class
ilonday.
with big plana for next term's
Airs. Reid.'mnnn, In charRe of '"«M.,Nocl Krly will take over
bonds snd ctamps. U confident that "• '"derfhlp. Noel was president
with all the students working at of Ills class. He b a member of
top speed, the S1CC.0OO needed to tho Block L and an outstanding
reach tho goal will be met very suimmcr.
Cafeteria
Bob Hitchcock and George Salinenr,
both candidates for cafeteria
In Memorium manager, arc. besides their cultajry
work, both very active In the
The Lowell student body pold of sports. George especially
tlvcply regret* the pasdittjr of takes an active part In tennis.
or.o of its members, BeiiArd rrcm the above data, ono can
Ilctgstrotn. Bentard was to sen that no matter what the out-
hnvn bivn jrrailuatcd with the come of the election, an excellent
fall. i0U. clou. He will bo set of student body officers Is as-
tnlsccd by his classmates, sured for next term.
but he will remain in the
memories of his friends at a
beloved associate of hlch Debating
ftrliuol days at LWlL
TO THE SENIORS
"With hernia bnred we stund
In tribute tuthee "
Next Friday, you 308 seniors will «inir Lowell's Hymn
_ for the last time as a group. You will leave forever your
fr''d'rpfomas''by I ' > Mr,i roles as high school students and enter it world ravuged by
^teochers—Mr Hari War- Howevcr - J'0 u wi " hliV(! P 0SKe in si ,.*"?* Prwno, Itlpon and Stato.
the climax came st the National
Forensic League's Northern Call-
I fornla Championships at Stockton.
u tho tournament rules with a Modesto
combo with five wins and a
lors. Lowell's team of Wallace
Atherton and Jocelyn Mitchell ohw
finished with five wins and'a iln-
Blc. setback. Athorton and Deer-
Ing repeated their performance at
•rcsfinted thci
State Stato. taking first anti Sd flnu>iu. SST nr S
Stephens, RSS^-^.^ _
speetlvely in oxtemp; whUo Frank
Sht, for June 6 PhllllDDS took second in . oratory
kor, jfr. Hams. >U >Uss KU KoIlogi.'Mr.l M markd marked the (.he bbeginning i i of f th the wnr's ' ond. d Y You will ill have hhope
and Ronald Kloln copped third In
MI,,I..II MI., n... MI., D—. iQf 0 ggad ijfe/fo,. you have received the fundamentals of| oratorical declamation.
Tho nucleus of the winning team
learning at Lowell.
were, of course, the handful of vet-
Scholarships for
erans—Beran, Klein, Doerinjr. and
.-, We have a message for you, seniors. First, we want Atherton: but the term would
Two Lowcllites you to knovj that you willbo missed. You have all been a never have been the success It was -
without the contribution of a num-
Two members of the high sen- vital part of the unity that makes Lowell "tops' 'in scholastic| ber o fnewcomers who learned— .
ior class have won scholarships to honnrs, athletic competition, and good sportsmanship. but fast Among them wero Joce>.
continue their eduucatlon afterl
lvn Mitchell. Rath Schwabscher,
mniliiaUon. -They "o Peten Secondly, we wiah you success in whatever you attempt. Frank PhilUpps, Bob Spleffelman,' -
Dencker, who won a scholarship to
Ronv ficbab, and Bill Johnson. .. .. :*
Ullls Collert.' ami Jerry PoIItxer, You have made a start at Lowell. Now go out and show the Well;, they did It Eight first,7.:
who won s roar's tuition at Yai«.
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