David Starr Jordan High School - Jordan Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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EMM' Lg nz? el DAVID STARR JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 1952 V01 XIV No 8 ATIO AL EGRO HISTORY EEK 39 I- '?5i SYMBOL Recxpxent of the Nobel Peace Prxze In 1950 Dr Ralph .T Bunche LS syrnbohc of Negro Hlstory week RIs1ng from h1s days In Detro1t when he was mascot for the Detroxt Tlgers he be came medxator for the Umted Natxons In Palestxne and a worldwxde personage As he accept ed the Nobel Prxze In Oslo Norway he expressed the hopes of the world when he declared May there be in our time at long last full peace

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TOREADORS LEA E LAST ILL ,ff ,,,.-we TOREADOR CLASS Graduatlng from the Jordan Tumor Hlgh School IS the Class of Wln ter 52 p1ctured above The sponsors of the class xnclude Mrs Thelma Banks Mlss Luc1lle Bonnett and Mrs Marlon Maddox The name of the class IS TOREADOR WILLIAM BARRETT w1ll my false teeth to Toe Terrell YVONNE BATTEY w1ll my llps to Wllma Foley BOBBY BERT w1ll my feet to Don Webster IUANITA BIDDLES w1ll my clothes to anyone who needs them NOLA BOLDEN w1ll my graduatlon shoe to Shlrley Carter ROBERT BURTON w1ll my haxr and clean ears to Charles Gaxnes MODIE CHAVEZ w1ll my w1g to Davxd Bllls WILLIE FAY, w1ll my D average to Alma Peters CLIFFORD GILMORE w1ll my money to my brother Kenneth GLADYS HEATH w1ll my abxllty to be on tlme to my brother Thadls DOLORES HENDERSON w1ll my bralns and fxne face to Iuamta Blddles JUNE HOFFMAN w1ll my beaut1ful eyeballs to Yvonne Battey GENESSE JONES w1ll my ex boy frxend to Mary Morgan. LESTER LEWIS, w1ll some fat to bony. IVAN MCGEE, w1ll my good looks to my br other, Everett. I, SALLY MOREZ, w1ll my clothes to Frances Serrano. 2 Page 8 T. D 1 LEE PIERSON w1ll all my love to .Tune Hoffman WILLIAM POUNDS w1ll my good teachers to future A9's VERDELL ROGERS wxll my haxr to Mary Walker FRANCES ROSS w1ll my new earr1ngs to Ruth James MOSE SMITH w1ll my love to Barbara LONNIE STITT, w1ll my graduat1on dress to Mary Morgan ARCHIE JOE TATE w1ll my bralns and know ledge to my cousxn Dolores sHughes .TOE TERRELL, w1ll my clothes to Wxllxam Barrett MARY WALKER w1ll my clothes to Verdell Rogers WILLIE WALKER, w1ll my gym socks to Mr Fred Johnson NATI-IANIEL WHITE w1ll my muscles Mose Smxth SAMSON WILEY w1ll my good looks to my mama. LILLIAN WILLIAMS, w1ll my shoes to Mary Walker. BOOKER WOODS, w1ll my head to Edward Thomas. C gn N ,,,,, I A ff YQ' 5,31 i K I L A , - 1 . I A ' L do ' .T .- ,L 4 1 g 'Q I , ' ' -it X , . . . a ' ' a I! 3 . - Q I! 1 - In 1 . ' I: I I ' I, , ' . . I, , ' ' In n I ' 1 . . L , . . I, ' ' I. . . I, , . . . . . ' v l . I, I, . ' I, , ' I' ' ' . . . I ' ' I, , I ! I, , . . I, ' . I, , . . I, h , ' to I, , . . I, , ' I . 1 ' , ' 1, K ' I 1

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H111 Elected Sr A President In electmons held last week Ezra Hlll was elected to the offlce of presldent of the mlghty Marcellman Class of S 52 Other Officers e lected xnclude lst Vlce Presxdent Maedean Iones 2nd Vlce Presl dent Pless Taylor, 3rd Vxce Pres ldent Wrlllam Douglas Secretary Freddle Frankhn and Treasurer Walter Coates Ezra has been the vlce pres ldent of the student body and a mem ber of our league champzonshlp bas ketball team Thls semester besldes Th t t d dt 1 k belng presldent of hrs class 'he 1S al so edltor of the Bulldog Sentlnel and presldent of the Jordan Hx Y Maedean IS treasurer of the sen lor hxgh Grrls D1v1s1on and a mem ber of the school orchestra Pless IS a member of the school orchestra Wrlllam Douglas IS pres xdent of the Semor Knxghts and last semester was clty edxtor of the Bull dog Sentlnel as well as a cheer leader 'Young Ameuca Speaks Features I ordan Panel A panel of f1ve Jordan students dxscussed the subject Should a Young couple marry when the boy IS about to enter the Armed Ser vlce over rad1o statxon KFI on the program Young Amerlca Speaks last Saturday mormng at l0 30 The partlclpatlng students ln cluded Iestxne Barnett Barbara Barrett Earl Battey Ezra H111 and .Tames Vaughan Sponsor of the students was Mrs Margaret Henderson e ac 1Vl y car an owe txc et have been separated thxs semestel w1th v1rtually no lncrease 1n prlce The actxvlty card alone wlll cost 51 50 The actxvxty card entltles each student to attend s1x track meets seven gymnastxc meets baseballl games lncludlng early dxsmlssal from school lf the sale of cards Justxfxes xt noon movles and the Bulldog Sentlnel A magn1f1cent prlze w1ll be gxv actxvlty cards The exact prrze IS be1ng kept a secret but It IS guaran teed to be someth1ng all the students of the w1nn1ng class w1ll enjoy Towel t1ckets wlll contrnue to be l 00 for the gxrls and S125 for the boys START Snvme Now mm YOUR CLASS wm. uv .59 Q TllfxT7' 1 UMD gf V 293552 FACULTY LOSES GAINS TEACHERS At the beg1nn1ng of the sprxng semester sxx faculty members are m1ss1ng through transfers or temporary leaves whlle two new teachers have come to Jordan The teachers who left are Mr Ivan Babbxt who went to Westchester Hxgh Mrs Phylhs Oster, who transferr d to Mt Vernon Mrs Marlon Walker who was called to North Holly wood and Mr Wllllam Gotts danker who went to Fulton Teachers who left for a short txme are Mr Walter Srrnth who IS workxng downtown Lllustratxng a book for elementary schools Mrs Alxce Hawklns and Mrs Barbara Nell school nurse who are both on matermty leaves Both of our new faculty mem bers have taught her before Mrs Helen Sturm IS replacxng Mr Smrth ln the art department and Mr Sher man Broldy IS takxng Mr Babb1t s place ln the electrlc shop NIGHT BASKETBALL Wxth only a week gone by favor1tes are beglnnlng to shape up ln the bas ketball leagues bexng sponsored by the Watts Youth Servxces A red hot club ln the Mldget D1v1 slon appears to be the Hawks spark ed by Burdett and Howard Guldry ln the Jumor Dlvxslon the Buckeyes are settmg the pace under the dead eye shootxng of .Tohnson Guy and Freeman The Semor DIVISIOH appears to be a three way battle among the Upsetters led by Gamble and Contreras the Lovers paced by Lee Potts and the Valent1noes wlth Ervln Johnson doxng most of the wooxng Students Cut Themselves By Nola Cato Out of School Improvements At the close of last semester the I'O0mS the day after they were re In the past years students gxrls and boys restrooms were parnted The doors were taken off and reflnxshed At the same tlme the fence adjolnlng the Jordan Downs area was mended by men who worked for three days The newly paxnted restroom doors were slashed and carved on IH both the g1rls' and boys' rest turned The fence was cut by lor dan students before the repaxrmen had even flnlshed mendlng It The Jordan Adrnlmstratlon had a dlffxcult tlme conv1nc1ng the repalr department that they should gwe Jordan students one more op portumty and now we rulned the results of the new repaxrs. Page L have complalned about the ap pearance of Jordan Before Ior dan can be tops we students must realxze that we have the key to the power that w1ll determlne how good a school Iordan shall be Let's use that key to open doors xnstead of cuttlng them up ' 0 I I . . . , . - . : . - . -- : - - -- I ' --. ' ' - - 7 . --U . . S -- I , . . 5 -- : . ' I . - - 5 , ' . . - , n I , ' . - - . - . - g . ' ' - I I - . . . , . . . , . . . l K ' ' ' ' ' . . . Q . . S . , . . . . ' ' ' - y. . . . , , . ' ' - . . . . ,, ' - , - en to the homeroom selling the most - - - . ' - v 1 , H . ' . . - ' - a S . ' . ' . - ' , - . , . . I ' ' I I ' . . . . . . . : . . in . x ' - - -. x 1 . 9 x 3 flwf . , , 3 7 7 , S . A i I PRIZE 5 , s ' , I .re . ' , -ll . -