Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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MISS JOSEPHINE BOECKER G-ives: Art assignments. A-mbition: To travel. M-ien: Refined and serene. E-vades: Cleaning house and eating spinach. GUY MOWRY C1-ives: Questions galore. A-mbition: Retire on Townsend Pension. M-ien: Dignified and diligent. E-vades: Tight shoes. MISS MARGUERITE JONES Home State: Vermont. Ambition: To see the world. Hobby: Gardening, collecting, amateur photography, travel. Dislike: Snails and spinach. Achievements: Lasted thirteen years at Torrance. MISS IRENE MILLS Dreaming over once again CHodgsonj Of the parks to which I've been If you have forgotten water lilies floating On a dark lake among the mountains in the afternoon shade CTeasdaleD Then you have never heard me tell Of the Yellowstone trip I made I saw the pines against the white north sky CBrooksj But that was in Yosemite as we camped near by I have come out of the haunts of men CWoodj But there goes that six-day hike again! The night was creeping on the ground CStephensj When Zion's brilliant colors we found And not a single regret CMastersj Of Bryce's beauties set But I think that I shall never see CKilmerj A iollier bunch than you folks can be. So-Any place does for me CCampbellj If plenty of comps I happen to see Do you dare to doubt it? CStephensj Just let the Seniors argue about it. MISS ETHEI. BURNHAM Believe it or not, my early days were spent in hanging from a flying tra- peze, getting up a circus or show, and reading. I was brought up in the State of Wisconsin, and my heart still skips a beat at the name. High school was a whirl of dancing, ice skating, skiing, sleigh-riding, making fudge, and staying after school to learn the U. S. Constitution for various escapades. College days at the University of Wisconsin recall ice-boating. canoeing, basketball, and two weeks of final exams each semester. I vowed all through my school days I'd never be one of those cross old school- teachers, but who knows what will happen! It means a lot of fun in outside activities and interpreting literature, and more or less grief in mark- ing papers. My hobbies are trying to bring the young niece up correctly, flowers, and beautiful scenery. ll9l

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I was persuaded to study agriculture at the New Mexico College of Agri- culture and Mechanical Arts by a group of 'Aggy' students who took a fancy to me. I immediately found that I derived as much pleasure out of growing onions as I did in tinkering with a telegraph, so I made horti- culture my life's work. MISS RAE BENT I was born one day in the twentieth century but don't remember the date. During the falling-down and getting-up stage, I acquired many bumps. High school and college days were practically a daze-caused by bigger and better football games, formals, and various courses. And now that the haze and daze of school are over, I have settled down to foggy days at Torrance High, with a whistle strung around my neck. MRS. MABEL TAYLOR BOYNTON I have enjoyed my many years as Spanish teacher at Torrance High very much. Have always hated to have the boys change their pants and would suggest that they carry a set of pencils in each pair. I dislike giving demerits in the attendance ofiice and am suspicious of boys who are absent from school with a stomach egg. When asked what she liked to eat, Mrs. Boynton replied: I do not like things that are HOI good to eat, and most things are good. JAMES BURCHETT A native son of Missouri, but rather likes California because of its ocean. He had the ambition of going to school and has achieved his success by raising a fine family. The thing he dislikes most is chiseling political grafters. He has a very fine hobby of making boats. He is none other than Mr. James Howard Burchett. FRANK BARROW I am afraid that I have now lost a bid to fame. I refer to the fact that I was born and educated in Los Angeles when native sons were more of a curiosity than now. My collegiate education was obtained at Stanford University, with the exception of graduate courses since taken at U. S. C. I have no particular hobbies except that of trying to help boys and girls be the type of students they should be. I hope that Torrance likes me as well as I like it. HERBERT BLAKE ANDREWS To retire on a pension is the ambition of Herbert Andrews, print-shop instructor, who hails from New York. His graduate sport is rummy. and his hobby, rocks. People who can't mind their own business are his chief antipathy. Mr. Andrews describes his achievements as nothing much, but we are inclined to feel that his are some of the most outstanding achievements of any faculty member. MISS SARAH VAUBEL A native of Illinois. My brother's enthusiasm for California changed the thought of vacationing one summer to a desire to become a permanent daughter. After enioying a couple of years on the campus of U. S. C., I welcomed an opportunity to teach in Torrance. My ambition is to have a more complete understanding of the real nature of the boys and girls with whom I'm associated. My hobbies are reading and gardening, and my aversions are slugs, snails. and lunch debris on the school premises. ll8l

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C24,.L.-.GDCA-.u. MISS ADA CHASE Served in the Army for fourteen months. Some of the pleasures of her life were when she travelled in Europe, attended art school, and went to Carlsbad Caverns. She worked three weeks at window dressing. She was a saleslady at Ville de Paris and the Broadway. When she com- pleted her art course, she had to teach fourth grade for about four days and teach art to them all day long. MISS FLORENCE BEHR G-ives: Out library books. A-mbition: To raise a bugless garden. M-ien: Overruled by glasses. E-vades: Getting up by an alarm clock. MRS. STELLA YOUNG Home State: Illinois Ambition: To swim well enough to dare go riding in our new boat. Hobby: Going camping. Achievements: Learning every summer how to drive the car. MRS. GRACE GRANGER Home State: Ohio. Ambition: To get a new car instead of new parts for the 'Chevy' all the time. Hobby: Traveling and eating. Achievements: Sponsoring a very successful World Friendship banquet. FRANCIS WADDINGHAM Native of California, but while still too young to protest, taken to Wash- ington where I remained until the decision was made to enter Occidental College. Soon discovered college was not a four-year loaf, but required dough, anyway. Worked awhile. Got married. Entered U.S.C. for two years, off and on, whence two diplomas and a credential which same might be located by diligent search. Interests: swimming, job, radio, tennis, etc., according to the season. MISS JESSIE E. WEAVER My native State is that of Ohio, Mother State of the Presidents. Soon after arriving in L. A., we, with thousands of other Southern California people, attended the ceremonies and barbecue in celebration of the break- water at San Pedro. From that day, San Pedro was destined to become our home. I graduated with the last class leaving the Old State Normal School. I later attended a business college and U.S.C. I have pleasant recollections of my first position at Bishop. The parents delighted in asking teacher out to Sunday chicken dinner, and planned trips galore to the mountains and lakes. The lure of the High Sierras still draws me back from year to year. MRS. EDITH KELLY After reading several pages of the humorous autobiographies that are ready for the press, I decided to make mine serious. In my childhood I lived in Missouri. I have lived in five other states, and, of course, like California the best of all. My greatest adventures have been college, a summer tour in Europe, pioneering in Arizona, matrimony, and teaching in the Los Angeles Normal School, but I have many others quite thrill- ing. My fairy godmother neglected to make me beautiful or witty, but did endow me with a liking for Nature and people, books and art, that makes life most interesting to me. My greatest desire is to have time enough for my work and for various alluring pursuits that I should like to make my hobbies. l20l