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

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El ---------------------'--------------------- OLIVlifl2:I GOLD -'---- -'---'--- -' - '-'-'-'--'-'-'----'- H keener knowledge of art which has already become a source of inspiration to her fortunate students. - NEW FACULTY MEMBERS This year we welcome two new faculty members into our school-Miss Klue- gel of the Science Department, and Miss Kotsch, of the Physical Education De- partment. These new friends and instructors have entered into the spirit of our school with great zestg we feel as if they had always belonged-Miss Kotsch with her pep and enthusiasm: Miss Kluegel with her winning charm. JUNIOR SONGS DISCONTINUED To add something to the school's activities is always a praiseworthy thing to dog but to take something away is always an unpopular move. This year the practice of the Juniors singing songs before and during the intermissions of the an- nual Senior play was discontinued. It was a wrench! But they had to go. The Senior play has become more and more of a finished artistic product until now it stands a perfect thing in itself. The old Senior play audience was composed al- most entirely of school people and their friends. The growing popularity of the Senior plays and the Community Arts performances have changed all this. Now the theater-goers of the town came to see a good play. They do not understand the references made in the Junior songs, and consider that the jolly, good-natured give and take of these class songs disperses the artistic atmosphere of the play. Then, too, complaint came from parents that the practice necessary in the past for the successful rendition of these songs took too much of the student's time. We acknowledge all this, yet tradition is strong! Class of '24, to you '23 extends her sympathy. You have taken this as the good sports that you are. We hope that next year when you produce your play, you will realize why the Junior songs had to go. VACANCIES IN THE FACULTY As the magazine goes to press we learn of our misfortune in losing several faculty members. Some leave us permanently: others go just for the year. CAPTAIN WILLIAM HAYES HAMMOND Among those who are leaving us permanently is Captain William Hayes Ham- mond, whose work with the R. O. T. C. Battalion has been invaluable. Captain Hammond has been directed by the President to report at Fort Benning, Georgia, for duty as a member of the company officers' class, on October l, 1923. With ab- solute certainty we say that Captain Hammond is the finest commandant that Santa Barbara High School has had the good fortune to secure. He has instilled into the lives of the military boys a stern respect for duty and law which will remain with them forever. In his personal relations with his men he has given them some- thing even more valuable. The entire student-body and faculty regret the necessity which calls Captain Hammond from our school. MR. BARRY ON LEAVE Mr. Barry will leave us for a year to complete the requirement for his Ph.D. at Stanford. While at Stanford, he will teach one or two classes and do research work

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Ev- ---------- ---- - ' --'- OLIVEflljl GOLD- -'---- THE LUNCH STAND This has been a year of successful student-body ventures in many directions. Not the least of these ventures is the lunch-stand, owned and operated by the As- sociated Student-Body. Unstinted work on the part of student ollicials has made this venture a real commercial success. Here may be found all eatables available at any vender's stand. Conditions are sanitaryg service is good, and prices reasonable. SCHOLARSHIP STANDING AT UNIVERSITIES Santa Barbara High School holds a high scholarship rank at the University of California. A recent study of the records of Freshmen in the University of California for 1919-20-21, shows that Santa Barbara High School turns out students who do superior work. In number, it is seen, that we fall below most of the schools whose scholarship work is A, yet in scholarship we surpass such. schools as Manual Arts, Palo Alto, Hollywood, Berkeley, and others equally well known. This report issued in January is based upon 77 out of every 100 Freshmen students maintaining the highest scholarship for a period of three consecutive years at the University of California. Statements from Yale and Harvard Colleges have been received which reveal the fact that graduates of this school in attendance at these universities are doing exceptional work. This is a record of which we may be proud! Let graduates entering the state university in the next three years keep this in mind and uphold the high standard set. MUSIC IN OUR HIGH Music has steadily come up in the Santa Barbara High School under the able leadership of Mrs. Helen Barnett and Mr. Hall. The public performances of the year have been a credit to any institution. Incidentally, the taste of the student-body has been gradually improved. Selec- tions from standard composers are now received with real appreciation. MISS SIAS Teachers and students alike hear with deep regret of the final resignation of Miss Sias, former instructor in Physical Education. Miss Sias was granted a year's leave of absence last June, but she now wishes to be released from her position here in order that she may be free to take a university position. Miss Sias was beloved of allg in losing her we lose a fine personal friend. To her untiring efforts the girls owe the present high standard of success of girls' athletics in the Santa Barbara High School. Through her indefatigable work the credit system, by which girls receive school letters, was installed and tested out. Indeed, we regret to lose such an ardent and progressive instructor as Miss Siasg we extend to her our heartiest wishes for success! MISS HASTINGS RETURNS On the other hand, we are glad to welcome Miss Elsie Hastings, Art in- structor, back again into our midst. In January, Miss Hastings returned after a ,year's leave of absence in Europe. She has come back to us with a broader and

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El -------- ----------- O LIVEfl3JGOLD' -'----- -------'-'- El for his degree. Mr. Barry has been with us for seven years, during two years of which he had charge of the cadets. We shall miss him very much. We are glad that he is only on leave of absence to return to us the following year. May you have a pleasant and profitable year, Mr. Barry. MISS McGEE ON LEAVE ' Miss McGee has also been granted a year's leave of absence. Miss McGee plans to spend the year in Europe. She will attend the University of Madrid to study Spanish, spending some time in Spain, Italy, France, and other countries. Although Miss McGee has been with us but a short time, we will miss her fine, dependable work, and her quiet but effective personality. We shall be happy when you return to us, Miss McGee. MISS GIDNEY ON LEAVE Another faculty friend, whom we shall lose for a year, is Miss Gidney, who also has been granted a year's leave of absence. She goes to Europe to visit and to study, especially in France. The absence of Miss Gidney will be keenly felt. She has been invaluable to the girls in their sports, instilling them with that spirit of fair play and good sports- manship that has been the distinctive note of girls' athletics this year. Come back well rested, Miss Gidney, and we will play baseball with you in la langue Francaise. A FIND! We have one of the finest faculties in the state, is a remark frequently heard and often corroborated. Students of the Santa Barbara High School, we are fortunate to be under the guidance of such a group of fine men and women. As a whole they measure high: as individuals they are finer yet. Truly, our faculty is a rare find! DANCING IN S. B. H. S. Dancing in the Santa Barbara High School is in a very precarious position. From time to time throughout the year, a warning note has been struck from the assembly stage. By a careless few, -these warnings were not heeded. New and questionable modes of dancing were constantly being introducedg and timely faculty criticism of the same, resented by a few students. The faculty finally withdrew their chaperonage from the dances. Students, realizing for the first time that they had taken the presence of the faculty at their dances and their supervision as a mat- ter of course, and that they had not sensed that faculty chaperonage was a favor to them, asked for a conference with the faculty on the subject. In the meantime, a student vote had shown that a little less than one-half the school was participating in the dancing parties. At the joint conference, it was decided that the three remaiwing dances of the term should be run off as scheduled, with the student-committee wholly responsible for the character of the dancing. Accordingly, the students evolved the following rules which they placed upon placards in the dressing rooms: