Morningside High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Inglewood, CA)

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1-he Morningside's Art Club, under the direction of Clay Beale, sponsor, enioyed a very eventful and rewarding year. Art exhibitions in Beverly Hills, Exedous Gallery, and the Huntington Art Gallery were but a few visited by the club. At graduation, the name of the most promising and talented senior art student is inscribed upon a perpetual plaque donated by the club. The officers were - First semester: president, Gwen Stonerp vice president, Carol Carroll: recording secretary, Janet Mcllvaine. Second semester: president, Nancy Mullan, vice president, Marcia Richards: recording sec- retary, Claudia Perishg corresponding secretary, Rhonda Breault. 72114 The main obiective of FBLA lFuture Business Leaders of Americal is to further progress in development of high school students in fields related to business, with the ultimate goal of increasing students' readiness to accept their places in the business world. The officers for both semesters of l958-59 were: president, Janet Staufferg vice president, Linda Andrews: secretary, Patricia Williams: treasurer, Alix Boisseree: reporter, Loretta Rigsbee. The club sponsors were Miss Marcia Biorkman, Miss Carol Bacon, and Dave Kelmar. Hman! Members of the Morningside High School Chess club, under the guidance of teachers Charles Olechno and Jim Turner, met every Tuesday afternoon in L-l to develop their skills in the fine art of chess playing. Started only during the last few months of the school year T958-1959, the struggling new group has had time only for competition among the members, but it is hoped that the group will be large enough to bring similar clubs from other schools in for competition and social activities next year. Since we have begun in iust the past three months our club has been very busy. We hope that anyone who desires to match their wits against those of other MHS chess players will loin at the beginning of next year when we plan to have social events, inter-school compe- tition, and other group activities, stated Fred Buechler, Chess club president.

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7 . A very important club on the MHS campus is the lnterclub Council, whose duty it is to coordinate alf campus clubs to make sure that the clubs work according to their constitutions and charters. Among the other duties of the Council are the revision of the constitution of the school, revision of the handbook, the planning of club budgets, and campus cleanup publicity. The club meets every Friday during fourth period under the supervision of their sponsor, Russell Wiley, registrar at MHS. leading the meetings during the first semester was Mariann Photoglou. Second semester president was Jeanne Gudmunsen, Other members of the Council are representatives from the various campus clubs. These representa- tives bring their clubs' problems to Council to be discussed and solved. 14-'W fzewcuwipw' A very mportant function around the MHS campus is the Audio-Visual class. In charge ot these boys is Miss Julia Rodgers. The boys who take this as a class are qualified to make minor repairs on proiectors and other machines used tor class benefit. Other boys, who do not take this as a class, have the duty of running the pro- iectors in their various classrooms, It is these boys who make it possible tor teachers to illustrate their lessons by movies, slide projectors, phonographs, tape recorders and other methods. f'l J 1 K ,D '1 'E k A-V Crew Proiectionists ,gy-,gr of inure f HV 40- M we 'ln - 712- awed 9 Vin 4 I i I. , Ll 'n JL v' 01. 4

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ig .,'.,j . 'f , ' -f,-HT' ff-' ' A 7'zenc4 French club has been very active this year under the direction of its new advisor, Victor Retting. Some of the activities it has sponsored were a French pastry sale and sucker sale, showing movies of France, and a successful picnic planned at the end of the year. Mike Joblin, president, feels that the club's main ob' iectives were to develop an appreciation of the French language, art, history, and customs. Officers for both semesters were: presidents, Mike Joblin, David Dwight, vice presidents, Connie Temple- man, Judy Phillips, secretary, Sheila Anderson. ' f' 1 1 ' 1 1 1. ., 'P-----ceq .,. 4:5 tj A K salma 'HM Fellowship club is organized for students interested in promoting better moral standards, through a Youth for Christ program. The officers this year were: Dale O'Neal, president, Donna O'Neal, vice president, and Arlyse Mooney, sec- retary, Activities included speakers, a downtown meeting with other groups, and two movies: Seventeen and Silent Witness. The club donated money to the Penny a Day Drive, and was advised by Carl Dalton. me 77 The main purpose of FTA is to give students, who are interested in teaching as a profession, a chance to ex- perience, first-hand, modern teaching methods used in elementary, junior high, and senior high levels. Mem- bers have the privilege of assisting class room teachers in conducting classes. The goal of FTA is to promote better teachers for future America, and to give them much needed ex- perience. President for the year was Virginia Crosby, vice presie dent, Carol Bruce and Sue Worthington, qorregpqnding secretary, Judy Hilleger, recording secretary, Valerie Graham.