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

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COMMISSIO ERS A high school cpm he only .ls strong .ts its le.rclers. One re.1son for South P.1s.ulen.1 High Schools success .md line reputation this ye.u' is th.1t it w.ts lecl hy .rn outstuncling group of stuclents, the 1935-Syl commission. These le.tclers worked together well, serxing the school with unf.1iling devotion tmcl .tccomplishing m.my worthwhile things. Uncler the guitl.tnce of the commission. Associstecl Stu clenthocly c.1rcls were solcl in the opening weeks ot school. The commission sponsored Color D.1y. t'ClL'lWI'.lllI13l the ye.u s lirst le.tgue tiootlmtll g.1me on Octoher lo. C olor lliy consisted ot' .1 pep r.:lly tmcl .1 p.u'.ule up l .rir Chiles Avenue. On October 17, the commission put on the NQLILUI s l5.1ll,' in honor of the tioothnll queen, Vlo.mne M.u'tin, .mtl her princesses. ,lC.lIlI1lC Dwyer .md K.ll'ClI l:l0.llL'Il, .it the Cioltl Room in the P.rs.rclen.i Civic. liour memhers ol, the commission represented the sthool .tt each of the lioothill l.e.1gue liorum meetings. At the liorum, where lirientlly rel.1tions .Ire estuhlishecl with other schools competing in our league, one ot' the projects W.l'Q to present the All-l.e.1gue D.mce on j.mu.u'y 50. The commission he-cleclaetl the school for the fil1l'iSlIl1.lN season hy stringing CQhristm.1s letters .tc ross the lront l.1wn .mtl .rrrimging .1 scene on the root ot' the husiness huilcling. ln the spring they concluctecl A.S.li. elections. All tluring the ye.1r this goxerning hotly .ittencletl to suggestions which students h.tcl clepositecl in the commissioners' hox. By talk- ing with Dr. Erickson .lI1Ll the faculty, the commission .rrrangecl that the confusing douhle lunch periocl ol the first semester he changed to Ll more s.1tisli.1ttory single lunch um... periocl in the seconcl semester. RON XWHliA'l'CQRUl7Ml' C,ummissitinet'-Cienc r.tl i l Y tv ' ' A 1' i 'K RUN lJHll.l.llJS LINDA FISHER FRED BYERS Commissioner of Athletics Commissioner of Puhlicity Commissioner of lfin.mee ll

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I l . --. 3 . :rf- is K 'fl . 2 ROBERT TEXVKSBURY NADIA TUPICA MARIAN WARREN Speech, Drama Spanish Government, U. S. History FACULTY- CONTINUED fcontinued from page 81 department, and teaching both English and Latin is Mr. David Flathers. who replaces Mrs. Marie Ohlsen. Taking over the chemistry classes for Mr. J. Douglas Bookhout is Mr. Robert D. Fellman. Mr. H. F. Edgar replaces Mr. joseph Oeltman in the machine shop, and Mr. james Faul has accepted the coach- ing duties of Mr. Garland Lewis, who left South Pasa- dena to become head coach at the newly formed San Marino High School. Mr. Harold Hartsough, commer- cial teacher, is filling the position left by Mr. Donald Sandlin. Now serving as vice-principal is Mr. Forrest Fouts, who assum-es the position vacated by Mr. james Carpenter when he retired from the administration post to resume teaching responsibilities. Mrs. Lora George rejoined the faculty after a year's absence to take over the counseling duties relinquished hy Miss Margaret Lauer, who replaces Miss Harriet Hardy as the dean of girls. South Pasadena offers a vote of thanks for the guidance given hy the faculty of 1953-54. SECRETARIAL STAFF SIECRETARIAL STAFF. STANDING: Mrs. Elizabeth Wzigner, clerkg Mrs. Reba Gumacr, clerk. SEATEDg Mrs. Ella Dillon, secre- taryg Mrs. Dorothy Dean, clerk.

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Tllli COMMISSION, FRONT ROXW: Bill Duke, ,loan Becker, Kate Riemer, l.inda Fisher, .lere Patten, Ron NX'lieattrott, Dave liricsun. BACK ROVU: Dr. lirickson, 'Iiqyny Turpin, Frt-tl Byers, Dick Skaer, jim Rooclhouse, Tony French, Hal Altshuler, l,arry Treucr. Not shown Run Phillips. The commission is made up of the nine commissioners and the presidents of the three classes, Bengals, the Pep Association, and of Legislative Council. Commissioner- General Ron XVheatcrott led the assemblies and presided over the commission meetings. joan Becker, commissioner ot' activities, and Fred Byers, linance, ably managed the A.S.B. sales by selling student body cards to over 85 per- cent ot' the students. .loanie also provided an enjoyable combination of interesting, entertaining, and educational assemblies this year. As commissioner of publicity, Linda Fisher made posters to place around campus advertising coming events. She also distributed articles and pictures weekly to outside newspapers telling of Espee activities. jere Patten, commissioner of correspondence, kept accurate minutes of the commission meetings. Ron Phillips, com- missioner of athletics, ordered letters for the lettermen and recorded scores of all sports events, announcing thcm each liriday in assembly, Dave Ericson, interior, worked with the campus committees in waging a successful campaign for a clean campus. Kate Riemer and Tony lirench, com- missioners of girls and boys, lcd the Girls' and Boys' Leagues in a wonderful year. A great deal of praise and appreciation is due the l9i5f5'i commission for their help in keeping up South Pasadena's Tiger spirit and traditions in the midst of the changes in buildings and temporary diliiculties. X' V I' f 2 2 jERE PATTEN DAVE ERICSON JOAN BIECKER Commissioner ot Correspondence Commissioner of Interior Commissioner of Activities