Burlingame High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Burlingame, CA)

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CURTAIN CALLS are a few of The infriguing ingredienfs ThaT combine To make up This lad of meriT. Friendliness and good humor fairly radiaTe from his crinkly smile To his warm, deep voice. Annabelle Cook: None of us really dislikes a coqueTTe, which is lucky for This aTTracTive dark-haired girl, for she cerfainly can fluTTer a wicked eyelash. Seriously, Though, Annabelle has aTTained remarkable heighTs in scholasTic and musical fields. Keep up The good work, Annabelle, and be careful of Those eyes. BeTTy CourTer: Miss Nimble Fingers is a deserving TiTle for one of The members of The BeTTy clan. This Time iT is BeTTy Courfer, and can she make The TypewriTer keys dance! Buf BeTTy ouTshines The TypewriTer in liveliness, for There is seldom a momenT when her brown eyes aren'T sparkling. BeTTy CrockeTT: Black eyes ThaT fairly radiafe good-naTure. a cheerful land sillyl giggle, and sofT black hair all go To make BeTTy, anoTher member of The qualiTy-noT-quan- Tify-club, an aTTracTive member of The senior class. Our smallesf senior, BeTTy is a TalenTed arTisT, and her meTicu- lously prepared posTers are The pride of The school. Jim Crump: A regular American high-school hero is This genial lad wiTh The wavy hair. He ToTes a Tricky TooTball, swings in The approved Benny Goodman fashion, and seTs all The gals' hearTs afluTTer. BuT alas and alack, 6od's gifT To The women plans To lavish all his aTTenTion on The birdies in The Trees when he seTs up camp wiTh The Old Ranger. James Cummings: Jim is disTincTive by way of a fine crop of pale reddish freckles Topped by a mop of almosT- colorless, wavy hair. He has a cheery smile and a fine personaliTy, buT his naTural shyness and reserve make him one of The quieTesT boys in The class. Fred Dakin: Wifhouf sfage-crew-Fredo The lighfs and The curTains and The seTs around Burlingame High wouldn'T funcfion. Small, quick, and acTive, This ardenT Hi-Y-er and T-Square-er is full of fun. JusT a liTTle girl-shy, Fredo plans To reTire inTo The proverbial dark-room and Take up phoTography affer graduaTion. George Daufermanz Burlingame's big finance-cheer is This small, wiry Napoleon of The BudgeT. He has a hard head when iT comes To The figures, buf a sofT hearT for The ladies and a friendly hullo for The resT of us. Can usually be found loafing in BenneTT's or roaming on The avenoo. Laurence Day: Smoofh-moving, broad-shouldered Larry is well known for his sense of humor and quirking grins. He

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CURTAIN CALLS qualifies of vivaciousness and 'rhoroughness are seldom found fogelher in human nal'ure, bu+ Mary combines vivaci+y and conscienliousness lo make her borh a very willing worker and an enioyable companion. Elhelynne Clark: Mickey, once fhe gay young rowdy whose H robusl voice and infeclious laugh rang merrily Through l'he corridors, is now a slrikingly good-looking girl, seri- ously considering her fufure. And wilh her same old sponfaneous enfhusiasm, her lremendous energy, and her level head, she will surely make a success of anylhing she aflempls. arold Clarke: Tha+ cloud of dusf you iusl' saw whizzing pasr was Pally Clarke. He's 'l'ha+ way all 'rhe lime . . . always racing aboul 'rhe halls, gehiing lhings done in his slraighfforward elilicienl way. Usually all lhal one can see of iovial, smiling Pally is a swirl of dusl' sailing down lhe hall, accomplishing 'rhings-Presfol-iusl like +ha+. John Coacl: In Hollywood, a LeRoy or Capra would nab him for lhe silenl Marx Bro+her's sland-in. ln Burlingame High we already know him as Harpo, lhe genial, curly- haired chap. He slides a mean Trombone, and has a six+h sense when il' comes lo radio. Phofography occu- pies his spare momenls, and chuckling, his odd ones. D Alfred Colby: Whefher behind 'rhe varsily loolball or be- hind +he gavel of lhe Associaled Boy Sfudenis, Al Colby clings inslinclively To 'rhal ralher rarely possessed Amer- ican Sporfsmanship qualily. Fair-haired, wi+h a friendly grin and lighl blue eyes, 'the well-liked boys' associalion presidenl is sure of a 'Friendly spol' in 'rhe world. John Collins: Carrel defines a genius as an ordinary being wi'rh one brain-parl abnormally developed. lf ihis be +rue, John is 'the rule-proving exceprion. While The luminous qualify of his wriling is noihing if noi genius, he is equally dislinguished in olher fields. And more valuable fhan lilerary abilily alone is a slrangely wonder- ful and all-loo-rare spiri'rual qualily, complemenled by an ear+hy sense of humor, enabling him lo make game of l'ha+ which would make game of him. James Connelly: Jimmy, lhe boy wifh The ligh+, curly hair and lireckled, snub nose, seems +o have grown 'fall over nighl: ln facf, he is beginning 'ro oulgrow 'lhe liH'le boy's face which, combined wi+h a sincere and congenial per- sonalify. makes him a well-liked senior, whelher in class. in 'rhe band, or jerking sodas behind +he counfer a+ Dodd's. Bob Considine: Deep blue eyes, louched wilh a spark of Irish humor, dark brown, curly hair, and a manly sl'ride

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kicks fhe furf wifh a defermined foofball, rounds fhe CURTAIN CALLS frack wifh pracficed ease, and is an aquafic ace. Dahlia and radish flourish wifh equal enfhusiasm beneafh his clever gardener's fouch. Peggy Deane: Enigma: fhe obscure or ambiguous: any- fhing fhaf puzzles or baffles. Thaf's Webs+er's definifion of an enigma, and fhaf's Peg. l-ler safurnine counfen- ance gives no hinf of fhe fremendous, rollicking sense of humor fhaf lies righf beneafh fhe surface: similarly, her gruff manner gives no inkling of a soff hearf and greaf sense of iusfice fhaf she unsuccessfully affempfs fo conceal. Lorraine DeMarfini: l-lusfling, busfling, pefife Lorraine has high ambifions along fhe line of privafe secrefaryship. Righ+ now, however, Lorraine spends her spare minufes on a pair of roller-skafes, and her exfra acfivifies include glee and homemaking. Rainie has a friendly nod of her dark curly head and a flashing smile for all. Charloffe Diberf: A wise-crack, a boisferous chuckle, a playful poke, and a mop of blond hair clash by. An inno- cenf bysfander scrafches an amazed head, gazes affer a wisp of fog, and decides, CharloH'e musf be around! Generally conceded fo be fhe besf-nafured and friend- liesf senior, Charloffe fops fhem all as a giggle- and gag- provider. Roberf Dierker: When a fall, blond, gum-chewing indi vidual swirls pasf us, surrounded by a smile and a brown Ford roadsfer, we immediafely recognize Bob Dierker. A double for Gary Cooper any fime. his highesf ambi- fion is fo have a Buick fo replace fhe presenf V-8. Quief and well-liked, Bobqs chief inferesfs are glee and me- chanical drawing. Cyril Dieu: Few of us have ever seen Cyril wifhouf his French horn barring a silver way before him. A serious- minded recluse, wifh eyes fhaf fwinkle ouf warnings of a mischievous nafure under if all, Cyril passes among us, dreaming of his gun and fishing-rod, peering over his French horn. The enfire class is beffer for his presence. Charles Dole: Formally Charles Dole. informally iusf plain Charley, he wields a deff firsf-chair violin-bow and a sure-fire dramafic abilify wifh fhe same casual enfhu- siasm. A punsfer of fhe firsf rank, Charley's delighfful sense of humor and quief poise make him equally af ease in class or on fhe dance-floor. Ellen Douglas: Fair of skin, fair of hair, and fair of nafure, fall, graceful Ellen and her lovely friendliness have a special place in fhe hearfs of all her acquainfances. An afhlefe of merif, one of Mr. Young's bass-viol pluckers, and a silver-fongued speaker, we know fhaf Our Friend