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

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a-nsuu--.- .. ,v of Qglfg, luv! 5' 9-E3 Shades of Faraday, Edison, and Bell! Watt is an ohm? Mr, Harper Ormsbv's electricity classes gained practical experience in operating and repairing all manner of electrical apparatus, such as the quiz- program's friend, thc telephone. ln School an The measure ot lite is its donation, not its duration. These words are expressive of the lite of Mr. Oscar Trautz, SBHS teacher who died April l9. Mr. Trautz, an active alumnus of SBHS, was interested not only in the special class he taught here but displayed his interest in a.. students by sponsoring the ASB Grounds Com- mittee, chaperoning student busses for toot- ball games, and helping the student body whenever he could. lt has been said that Mr. Trautz, in his work with underprivileged and retarded chi.- dren, saw beauty in something not many peo- ple enjoy. We pay tribute to him as a teacher and as an outstanding citizen of our commu- nity and will long feel his loss. Donald Stillman Social Studies, Biology Margaret Straight Art Q4 fx Department Chairman I i 5 Charles Sylvester Physical Education Helen Tessien English Roy H. Thompson Mathematics Helen F. Thomson Social Studies Dorothy Timmons Chem strx O. J. Trautl i ' Special Training Class Beatrice Truesdale ,hr-ff, Mathematics K Department Chairrngr Louis Tsoutsouvos Physical Education Dean at Eusiness -,,, . ,. A.......,

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Ever since Columbus set sail for Catha and bum ed int th U.S.A y p o e ., Everything from crazy mixed up pedal pushers to Easter ensembles geography has been a subject that covers a lot of territory. Here has been designed and made by girls in the dressmaking classes Mr. Donald Stillman uses the globe for demonstration in his world Here Miss Jean Marvin shows some of her students how to regulate f Achievement A Santa Barbara High School student could study everything from agriculture or art to social studies or stage craft in our varied cur- riculum. He could choose from eleven divi- sions of subjects, each designed to help his individual needs. Shop courses, foreign lan- guages, math, and subjects such as Forge, O 81 G, and Hi-Lights, all found a place in our school. New classes offered this year included a photography class and an electricity class. The work experience program offered a chance for students to serve apprenticeship in the business world while still going to school, and through the continuation depart- ment special classes were offered to students not officially enrolled in high school. Don Roy Pierce Stage Craft Driver Training Zelma Pierce Counseling, English Mary Alice Pound Home Economics Charles Pruitt Mathematics Warren Reed Agriculture Albert Revis Physical Education Science Driver Education Charles A. Rhoades Machine Shop Robert Ritchie Mathematics Rhea M. Ross Nurse Doris T. Rumsey Physical Education the machine for fancy stitching E. Louise Noyes English Department Chairman Chairman of Instruction John 0'Deo Commercial Harper Ormsby Electricityg Radio Shop Mathematics Stewart Paulin Commercial Department Chairman

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Jncob Turnoff Elologyg Driver Training R. C. Tysell AuTO Trade Training Howard Walters Social Studies V E' Department Chairman Anna R. Webber Home Economics Dorothy Westfall English, Journalism Roy Wickstrum Physics Department Chairman Alice Wiesendanger Physical Education Department Chairman Nora Wilson Latin, French Irene Wilton 5 Home Economics Robert Wormser Physical Education IH the Future The record of the year has spun to its end, and the time for farewells has arrived. Mrs. Dorothy Timmons, chemistry teacher, Mr. Harold Leach, English teacher, and Mr. Ted McCoy, arts and crafts teacher, have all closed their records here with this year. And au revoir will be said to Miss Margaret Straight, art department chairman, who won a Ford Foundation Fellowship and plans to spend the next year in Europe. A particularly fond farewell will go to Miss E. Louise Noyes, chairman of the English de- partment, and Mr. Harold Foster, chairman of the industrial arts department, teachers with long records of devoted service to our high school, who are retiring this spring. Armed with paper, brush, and paints art students were ready to ranslate their xnsplrataons into paintings. Miss Margaret Stralght's students learned fundamentals of composition and color harmony and designed everything from banners to stage sets tif. Q, 'Q' , . g x is 2 ffm - lla Playing hooky legally, Miss Fern Johnson's biology classes took a field trip to the Biltmore beach, where they splashed through tide pools, evicting sea anemones, crabs, and limpets from their ocean hiding places for deportation to the classroom aquarium. With ball peen hammer, tin snips, and vice, as well as large machines, Mr. Ted McCoy's art metal classes learned to make everything from copper wall decorations to hammered aluminum trays. nav-rr