Los Angeles High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Erresl Oliver Vice-Principal, I9I2-25 Principal, l925-4l Ralph C, Noble Vice-Principal, I925-45 Dr, Paul Webb Principal, l94I-45 William l-larvey l'loush Principal, l895-I925 lliiildiein' ol' 'l'raiIiI.iiin Williarn Harvey l-loush became principal oi Los Anqeles l-liqh School in l895. From The beqinninq oT his adn'iinisTra- Tion, Los Anqeles Hiqh Schools exTra-curricular acTiviTies, especially aThleTics and debaTinq, were sTressed. Durinq his TirsT year as principal, a boys' aThleTic associaTion was lorrned, STudenT body qovernrnenT was under way by I904. While Ivlr. l-loush was qreaTly admired lor his leadership oT The whole school, he is siill remembered by sTudenTs and Tacully as a personal Triend. When he reTired, The Alumni paid his expenses Tor a world Tour, Well lcnown To presenT Romans are The aThleTic Tield and Tho windinq sTairway, which are dedicliTed lo Mr. l-loush and bear his name. Susan Miller Dorsey, second qirls vice-principal oT Los Anqeles Hiqh School, and head OT The Classical DeparTrnenT, sTands ouT noT only in The hisTory ol LJX. l-liqh, bui in The r-ducaiional proqress oT all Los Anqeles. ATT-er leavino Rome, Mrs. Dorsey becarne superinTendenT oT The ciTy schools. ln I937, a local high school was named in her honor. ErnesT W. Oliver began his career al LA. as a senior sludenl in l895, and laTer reTurned To Rome as a Teacher, served as vice-principal under Mr. l-loush Trorn l'?I2 To I925, when he succeeded lvlr. l-loush as principal. Durinq his years as a Teacher, he coached The baseball Team. Oliver Pool, The fqiTT oT The class OT S'3l, is dedicaTed To Rornes ninlh principal. Elizabelh T. Sullivan, an lfnqlish Teacher beTore Tollowinry Mrs, Dorsey as qirls' vice-principal in IQI4, has become a psycholooisT, Sarah F. Wlolverlon, who became qirls' vice-priniipal ilTer Miss Sullivan, is well-lcnown Tor loorilcf, she has wriTTen ance her ielireinc-nl in l937. Ralph C. Noble- Tauqhl rnalhernalics and was a noTed roach oT TooTball and aiher sporTs beTrire he be-carrie boys' vice-principal in IQZS. Dr. Paul Webb, aTTer Tour years as principal, left LJX. Tc lieronie an assisiani superinTendenT oT schools, AT presenT, he is on leave ol' absence and is in Japan as adviser Tor The lexlboolr and rurriculurn revision ol The eduraTinnal proqrarr under Gr-neriil MarArThur. Susan Miller Dorsey Vice-Principal, I903-I3 Eli7abeih Sullivan Vice-Principal, l9I4-I9 Sarah WolverTcin Vice-Principal, I9l9-37

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sludr-nls, one ril' whom diruclc-d il, The orchoslra lirsl played al Slar and Cri'-,rifril rrim-liri-qs, lil in di-bale belween L.A. and Pasadena l'liqh Schools, in I ,I-,if n was llu di-difuliffn ol The pre-s--nl sfhool, The or-jheslra was much S THE TIME CHANGE LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA L.A.is lirsl orchnslra slarled in S05 wilh aboul 20 members, In l9I2 lrluli- ol piflurrel the orchesfra was lorlunale in havinq a few more rnirrnlu-rs and also xi sponsor, Miss Verna Blylhe, lor many years head ol l,.A.'s vnu-.ir df-pnrlmrznl, The loundinq of lhe orcheslra is credired lo Iwo ind ,il Ihr- srlioril play, which was held in lhe Burbank Thealre. A laler rimrw I-Ili-il liy Iliii Slllfifxfll lxody. LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL MOVES Speclalors included The sludenl body and ihe alumni of the school o Norfh Hill filreer, Cn Ihe spealcers' plallorrn lpresenl lronl slepsl wer several prominenr persons, includinq educalors and alumni, who qav 50 YEARS OF LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL REVIEWED Dedifalffd Io lhe alumni, The 5Orh anniversary paqeanl depicled evenls in Los Angeles from Ihe year I78I, when Ihe cily was a Spanish colony, lu l923, Wilh l-Ioush Fir-ld as Ihe sellinq, several hundred sludenls, along willi some ol lhe alumni, reenacled Ihe slory ol our cily under Spanish, Mi-xirun, lhen Amerifan rule, as well as lhe scenes lamiliar lo lhose who wilnessed Ihe loundinu of Los Angeles Hiqh in I873. The panorama carried ou. llie Iheme, LoyalIy lo The cily and lu The school, in six dillerenl .rr-nos, A fqolden slar and crescenl, siluaied above a replica of lhe Red Silio-illmusfr' lower, siqnilied The Alma Maleris iourney lo her new hiimrw larlhrfr wesl. Golden briclcs represenlalive ol scholarship, cilizenship, ind -,Iudenl .iclivilics were symbolically beslowed upon The new school. Two hundred :girls willi blue and while pompoms were lealured in a drill luild lu-Iwifen sci'-nes, lhlole Ihul Ihe soulhwesi winq had only Iwo slories lil Iliril lirw-,l WINDOW IN MEMORIAL LIBRARY A Iribul-e lo Romans who died in World War I is This window in Memorial Library. The window was presenled by The sludenl body in 1930, rhe year in vfhich lhe Library's cornerslone was laid. ln Ihe lowesl panel lnol shownl are inscribed lhe names of Ihe boys Io whom Ihe window was de-dicaled, They are: Reber? J. Bonkenlcraqer, G-reayer Clover, J. Clyde Collison, Waller A. Ellis, Leon S, Francis, Joseph S. Knullman, Noel Kerr, I-larry M, Loilcwood, Elywn C. McKinnon, I-Iarold F. Maxson, Edward G. Norfh, Harry I, Schwanneclce, Harvey L, Thorpe, I-larry C. Turner, John Wiqmore, and Lesls-r D, Hiivens. The names of Romans lcilled in Ilm second World Wai' vfill be inscribed on a plaque in Ilie lnrlhcorninq Safial Hull, lo be dediciawad as I mernorial Io Ihern. Novemlier 3, l9lo marlced lhe dedicalion of The new Los Anqoles Hiqh, which was buill on a silo al Ihal lime in lhe wide open spaces. H is 0 dedicalion addresses, Direclly in lronl ol' Ihem is seen Ihe school orfheslra, l d by Miss Verna Blyrho, The hislory of every class up Io I9I6 was placed in The builcinqls cornerslone by an alumni represenlalive, Aulomobiles in riqhl baclqround are parked al llwa inlerserlion ol Olympic. and Rirnpuu, - JV . .y,g,Q-2 -vs .Mtg 7' W M. ' w-sias..l

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FURMER FAUULTY MEMBERS Elizabelh M. Amick Alvin W. Aull Alice L. Baies Verna C. Blylhe Alice Benson Charles Benson Nona S. Bridge Margarel Burkhaller C. M. Carpenler Kalharine C. Carr Frank P. Clark Belle Cooper Anna B. Daniels Concepcion O. de Clark Dr. Waller A. Edwards Pearl B. Fisher Grace A. Franks Page K. Gayman Josephine Ginaca Florence M. Goddard Alma E. Gunning Berlha Hall Josephine B. Hague Helena Hamplon Lorenzo Hamplon Henrieila Hanna Maude A. Harbach Earle Hazellon Snow Longley Housh Mariha Johnson Eveline Kennedy May G. Kimble Louise N. Kimball Calherine Laughren Eihelwyn Laurence Grace Lavayea Sgr. James Lawson Lois Lockwood George Maas Col. John Mudgell Frances McCray Pearl B. McEndree Lena L. McNaugh+en Grace A. McPherron Ralph C. Noble Ysidora Pedroarena Irvin D. Perry Ida M. Rankin A. M. Reilly Margie Richards Wilhelmina Roclenberg Florence Rogers Samuel Scherlee Frances Shurllefl Edna Slerreh' Roger Slerrell Harry C. Theobald Charles Thorpe Florence C. Todd Leno C. Webb Jennie Welsh Olive P. Wilson Anna Wise Sarah F. Wolverlon ll IN MEMURIAM G. L. Bergman Fannie C. Dillon Dr. James Z. Gilberi William Harvey Housh ll928l Della Nichols Berlha Oliver Ernesl W. Oliver Elizabelh D. Palmer Anna Siewarl Helen Snyder Mabel Wrighl Todd 937