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

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Mr. I. Clayton Clark and Mrs. Zelma W. Pierce, the advisers of the present Senior Class for three years, have aided many students in their high school programs, employment plans, and college choices. class of 1.953 seeks. . . The class of 1953. That was the official title bestowed upon the 508 boys and girls who entered the Sophomore Class of SBHS in 1950. Since most of us came from one of two local junior high schools, we found it a little difficult at first to form one unified elctron which would follow a three-year orbit around our school. Once We were in the swing of things and settled down to the life of high school sophomores, we all too soon became juniors and planned a class splash party held in our pcol and a Uclashi' day. Seniors at last! Qur final year was filled with prepara- tions for graduation which started in November with the taking of senior pictures. March was the month of the class candy-cake-cookie sale, held to raise money for Senior Week activities. The spirit of commencement was in the air as measuring for caps and gowns and the purchasing of cards and announcements took place in April. A senior panorama picture and a junior-senior picnic brought the upperclassmen together in llflay. Senior Class officers of 1953 are, left to right, Glenn Herrickn vice-presidentg Lyma fl Butterfield, presidentg Marilyn Barry, treasurerg and Bonnie Bailey, Secretary. 24

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ceducaiion for peace' Senior Week itself was highlighted with a splash party, the annual dance at Rock- wood, and the Senior Frolics revue in which the seniors contributed their time and talent to present a memorable satire on their high school life. Our entire high schcol career was perfectly climaxed as the 378 graduates, attired in traditional blue and white caps and gowns, accepted their diplomas in the lovely surroundiigs of the stadium at sunset on June 19. Of those graduating, fifty-five percent will go on to advanced studies in colleges and universities. Santa Barbara High School is proud of thfs large number of students who will look for their successes through higher education. Eleven percent will go into the armed services, and twenty percent will take jobs of their choice in the business world. The remaining fourteen percent are undecided or plan marriage soon after graduation. No matter in what part of the world or in what capacity they are found, the members of the class of 1953 will move more effectively in the wider orbits of their adult lives because of their experiences as a unihed part of the atom which was life at Santa Barbara High School. With Lyman Butterfield presiding, the Senior Class Council frequently met to discuss the plans of the graduating class. Seated cnunterclockwise are Ann Marie Boss, Joyce Fitzpatrick, Marilyn Haley Cretel Bear, JoAnn Saunders, Glenn Herrick. Lyman Butterfield, Bruce Mehrens, Phil Salter, Doug Allred Marilyn Barry, Nancy Leavy, and Bonnie Bailey.