Santa Barbara High School - Olive and Gold Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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OLIVE AND GOLD- L131 The inter-relationship between llflrs. Byrd and her seniors crowns their preceeding years of tutelage. Mrs. Byrd and the Senior year are synonymous, for as supervisor of the Senior class, as cicerone of the mysteries and wonders of the literary world, as coach of the Senior play, critic of the Olive and Gold, staunch ally of all athletics, and as chief inspiration of social and school life, Mrs. Byrd is the Senior Year. Even now at the end of the year, her breadth of vision, her vivacity and her indomitable Celtic spirit have not been wholly revealed. There is no set hour of the day nor yet one special cermony which monopolizes all the faculties of this manifold personalityg its presence is felt throughout the school. Awakening sluggish ambitions or spurring on promising genius, Mrs. Byrd contrives to develop each student who comes under her influence to the full capacity of his latent powers. TH E FACULTY To our good friends, loyal and true, we say farwell. We are a part of all that we have met, and we carry forth with us into our adventures the new strength and wisdom and courage that we have gained by daily contact with youg and which we, perhaps, in turn may pass on to another. Thus does the influence of good men live. It may happen elsewhere, but we know that in this school we have a most remark- able body of men and women, consecrated to our highest good. ' VALE It has often been said that the completion of a great thing which has cost its makers untold hours of labor, brings sorrow rather than joy. A consciousness of the passing of something grown dear, coupled with the realization that the pleasure as well as the work of creating is over forever makes regret temper the triumph of achievement. So it is that in these Hhasting days, many a Senior wishes to retard the approach of graduation. There is an unwillingness to leave his high school career behind, in which apprehension for the future plays but a minor part. He knows that he is fin ished not only with work and study, but also with the insurpassable joy of youthful companionships that fi lledhis high school daysg for in the divided interests of the years to come, these things cannot return. The four long years are four short years and he does not wish to go.

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f12je OLIVE AND GoLD most among these volunteer workers comes Rachel Snow whose service was excellent and unstinted. Others to whom we are grateful for typing are Carol Isham, Marian McCandless, Elsie LeBlanc, Jane Cormack, and Elizabeth Holiday. All the members of our staff worked cheerfully and well: but individual mention should be made of Florence Foy, Annie Sloan, and Edith Anderson, who pushed through whatever matter was put into their hands, irrespective of whether or not it fell under their special departments. We regret that there can be no credit given for certain very superior work done by students who necssarily forfeited their place on our staff. MR. MARTIN The ideal principal of a high schol must possess certain definite characteristics. He must be a born leader, he must know the workings of student interests 3 he must be in sympathy with student problems. We do not hesitate to say that Mr. Martin is such a principal. Although his administrative duties withdraw him from close personal contact with the students, Mr. Martin has a remarkable, half-intimate hold upon individual students. He makes each one conscious of the fact that his principal is personally interested in him and his career, and thereby encourages possible failures to some degree of success. Mr. Martin's unselfish idealism and his magnetism are probably in great measure responsible for his influence upon thei Student Body. His forceful character and his unmistakable power of leadership never fail to command the deepest respect for all who work with him. A principal's task is a difficult one, open to constant misconception and antagon- ism. Under such conditions it must be encouraging to Mr. Martin to know that all serious minded students are behind him in whatever he undertakes. They realize the strength and vigor of the man at their head 3 they appreciate the fact that his nights and days are spent in planning and working for the betterment of the Santa Barbara High Schoolg they know what he has suffered during this past year that good might come to them. The strong spirit of cooperation and mutual understanding existing between our principal, Mr. Martin, and the teachersg and the teachers, Mr. Martin, and the stu- dents of the Santa Barbara High School comes not as a surprize but as the expected result of the work of such aman. MRS. BYRD One whom Santa Barbara High School as a whole reveres and admires, and toward whom each Senior class in turn holds an air of instinctive proprietorship, is Mrs. Byrd. Ofiicially Mrs. Byrd might be divided into three definite parts: First, as Vice-Executive of the igh School, she commands the respect of all who come in contact with herg Second, as Dean of Girls she brings something into the life of each -some indefinable, guiding, helping, encouraging influence-a side which the girls alone may see and love: Third, there is the Mrs. Byrd, Mentor of the Senior Clas. But her unnamed offices are as innumerable as their effects are incalculable.

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GULTY HOMER MARTIN Principal of High School MRS. JANE CARROLL BYRD Vice-Principal, Head of English Department GRANT A. ARMSTRONG Head of Business and Commercial Department Bookkeeping, Commercial Law MRS. HELEN MANCHEE BARNETT Music RAYMOND W. BARRY English MISS JESSIE L. CHURCHILL Mathematics J. EARL CLINE Mathematics MISS MAYBELLE DAVIS Librarian, English MISS JESSIE W. DEVVELL English MISS JEANNETTE M. ELLISON Latin, History, English