Inglewood High School - Green and White Yearbook (Inglewood, CA)

“Twenty-five years ago. when Inglewood High School had two hundred fifty students and six- teen teachers and when everybody knew every- body else. Miss Stella Chappell, now Mrs. Sco- field. became a member of the faculty, as head of the English department. In addition to teach- ing English she went to all the football games, attended the school parties (most of which were held in the one gymnasium), and became the friend and adviser of a long line of students. During her first year she was faculty sponsor of the " Green and \^ " hite. " continuing this service through the publication of eleven regu- lar annuals and two literary editions. She helped to start " El Centinela " in 1922; and since there were no journalism classes and no time for such activities in school, she and the staff did most of their work in her home on Saturdays. Today Mrs. Scofield says. " After my twenty- five years in Inglewood. I still think high school students are just about the finest people in the world — fully capable of making their genera- tion a better one than ours. " And Inglewood students and alumni think that Mrs. Scofield is a fine teacher and a grand person. Miss Hazel Rose Lawrence Mrs. Stella Chappell Scofield Miss Hazel Rose Lawrence also joined the faculty of Inglewood High School in 1916. as the teacher of speech, dramatics, and girls ' physical education. Since that time the great majority of Inglewood ' s dramatic productions have been given under Miss Lawrence ' s expert supervision. Scores of amateur Thespians who have " trod the boards " of our stage have known her as a talented director, the best of good sports, and a valued friend. It would take volumes to tell all about the splendid work she has done at Inglewood. volumes that would be filled with little incidents of interest and humor that Miss Lawrence and her students remember. There was the night of the first play produced in our present auditorium. The last seat had finally been put into the newly built hall at five- thirty that afternoon. A short time before the opening curtain the new back-stage lights went out. and the make-up had to be applied by flashlight! But the volumes would also contain the stor- ies of lasting friendships and the sincere appre- ciation of many boys and girls who have known her, worked with her, and carried her influence with them as they left Inglewood High School. To them and to us she is a vital part of the school. ”