South Pasadena High School - Copa de Oro Yearbook (South Pasadena, CA)

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GALETTA STOCKLAND Girls' League President Front row: Kermode, Harbinson, Ferguson, Mason, Marshall, Billings, McElfish. Row 2: Hixson, Beardesly, Axtell, Mosher, Ford, Tibbets, McConnell, Copeland, Horchitz. Row 3: Miss Oldt, Stockland, Wright, Edson, Nay, Brune. Girls' le gue ' The Girls' League calendar of events includes the Come to the Circus and Valentine parties for the new girls, the class mothers' teas, Rickshaw Rag, Tabitha Tidbits, the first Girls, League newspaper, the revision of the Student Handbook, the calendar sale, Career Day, the Thanksgiving Assembly, a fashion show, the play, 'tHe Done I-ler Wrong,', a faculty tea, a League picnic, and May Day. ' Able officers of the League under the direction of Miss Jesse T. Oldr, dean of girls, were Galetta Stockland, presi- dent, Nancy Helm, vice-president, Nancy Nay, secretary, and Betty Lou Edson, treasurer. Patsy Wright succeeded Nancy Helm when Nancy resigned her position because of illness, and has successfully carried out the duties of vice- president to the end of the year. ' Pom-poms made under the auspices of the Girls' League during football season provided funds which went to the Red Cross. At Christmas time, the cabinet favored the faculty with carols and candy. The League also undertook the task of revising the Girls' League ideals. Mary Jane Nolting supervised revision of the handbook.

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0 Gratifying was the result of the ASB sales, which totaled 98.9 per cent of the students. Much credit for this record is due Tom Mew, commissioner of finance, and Ginny Lamb, commissioner of activities. An outstanding activity of the year was the SPSHMS spon- sored 1948 All-League Dance, attended by 1,050 couples from the 11 high schools in the San Gabriel Valley Conference, featuring the music of Les Brown and His Band of Re- nown, at the Glendale Civic, April 9. 9 Galetta Stockland and George Witter, pres- idents of the Girls, and Boys' Leagues, created the enthusiasm with which Hello Day, Febru- ary 6, was received. Dave Ackerman graduated with the mid-term class, and Owen officially took over the office of commissioner of ath- letics on February 2. 5 The four other commissioners are Nancy Easley, secretary of the Associated Student Body, Mike Aleshire, commissioner of inter- DAVE ACKERMAN and OWEN POWELL Commissioner of Athletics 1 ior, who instituted the campus rating plan, and Mary Jane Nolting, commissioner of publicity and co-producer of the movie, Tiger Topics , who wrote a column which appeared in the ,local newspapers. MIKE ALESHIRE Commissioner of Interior MARY JANE NOLTING Commissioner of Publicity NANCY EASLEY Commissioner of Correspondence

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GEORGE WITTER ,X '. Boys' League President F 'a Bo ' e gue ' Under the advisership of Mr. James Carpenter, Boys' League President George Witter and his cabinet, consisting of Brent Ogden, vice-presi- dent, Dick Huyck, secretary, and Dexter Ragatz, treasurer, the members of the League sponsored the Boys' League dance called Yukon Yump , and the annual Golden Gloves tournament on May 20, 22, and 23. . Interesting programs presented to the League include the wrestling team from Whittier High School, several motion pictures on sports, a pro- gram presented by the Los Angeles Dons, and Mr. Paul Schissler of the Los Angeles Rams. Mr. Carl Vogel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation talked on methods of solving famous criminal cases. Front row: T. Garrett, Mitchell, Stackpole, B. Garrett, Powell, Mew, Ogden, Huyck. Row 2: Mr. Carpenter, G. Witter, Ragatz, Boyle, Stevens, McConnell, R. Witter, Dunlap, Platenburg, Rousselot. .,.. ww waw