Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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5 BOY SCOUT CLUB Special Events: Rushing ol new Boy Scouts. Special testing lor merit badges in athletics. Events for the future: ' Group hikes. Outstanding members: lim Prouten-President of the club. Fred Marsteltar-Secretary. AVIATION CLUB It has been the intention ol the club to learn the Department ol Commerce rules and regulations for aviation and to prepare a person to obtain a pilot's license and to become a sate flyer. The members have learned to navigate a com- pass course and select safe weather to ily and to understand the meaning of barometric pressure and dew point oi clouds and humidity. One of the requirements ol the club is to keep a good note book with all information obtained during club periods. The members have taken one trip to Glendale, Calif., where they visited Curtiss Wright Technical Institute oi Aeronautics and also Aero Industries Technical Institute. They also saw many types oi ships such as the Lockheed Hudson bombers which are going to the English government. Ollicers President-Howard Benigar Secretary-Bill Ross BOYS' DAY TRIP Mr. Burchett, lvlowry, Dowell, Thomas, Higgins BOY SCOUTS Top Row: Carlson, Beniger Bottom Row: Ross, Batovsky I Zumwalt BOYS' DAY TRIP tlUlSIIll AIIIIVIIIIS

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Top Row: Rathbun, Wallace, Van Kralingen 2nd Row: Raymond, Thompson, Clark, Mitchell .1 1 Slltllllll l3IllllIPS SAFETY COMMISSION The purpose of this commission is to provide safety throughout the school and prevent accidents that may happen. It is composed of several boys and a girl. It takes care of the fire drills held from time to time. Medical equipment is checked frequently so that in case of accident equipment will be adequate. This group acts upon problems that may endanger the students of Torrance High and brings about better safety for the students. Adviser-Mr. Elson. HALL AND BOUNDS PATROL The functions of this organization are of a varied nature. One is to aid students to pass efficiently and quietly between periods. This is accomplished by students stationed at localities likely to become congested. Hall officers also help direct traffic along the best waysp last but not least, certain students that show symptoms of forgetting the fundamental principles of good manners and safety are reprimanded. Another function, somewhat indirect but most important, relates to the training officers of the Hall and Bounds Patrol gain from this activity. A short study of their approved reforms will help the reader form conclusions as to the development in character afforded members of this organization. STAGE CREW Manager-Bert Lamb. Crew-Harris, Grothman, Bill Buckley, lack Sheehan, Charles Bray, Eugene Hatter. Adviser-Mr. Burchett. The Stage Crew is a group of hard-working fellcws at the beck and call of any of our school organiza- tions. These tellows help make possible the dramatic performances which the whole student body enjoys. The new auditorium has helped the stage crew inasmuch as nearly all of their equipment can be stored safelyback stage. With all of the conveniences of the new stage, this crew can render more efficient service to the school. This organization deserves a big hand tor their splendid work! Its activity schedule includes every aud call, and its big job will be the school play, You Can't Take It With You. Lamb, Hatter, Sheehan I ' I ' r I fl . 7 . . f. sl ' ,fi 177' lk: as ', I - ff 3: CLP ' , af 52 ' ' ' Gus Maxi FIRE DRILL , Grothman, Buckley, Bray HALL PATROL Officers Supervisors Harry E. Raymond Deputy Supervisors Claude Mitchell Dodos ne Clark Ner Rathbun Ioe Van Kralingen Helen Thompson I. B. Wallace l14l

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SPHIIAI H0 URS TYPING WARDS SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY Kerber Ramskill Friedman TYPING AWARDS TYPING CLUB Officers President-Howard Foster Vice-President-Isabel Russell Secretary-Treasurer-Relda Briggs Sponsor-Miss Weaver Weaver, Russell, Briggs, Foster Top Row: Bender, Peer, Hamman, Norman, McCune, Lukes, Mauk, Ueda. Znd Row: Smarte, Hormel, Thompson, Briggs, Ernst, Wilkes, Thomas, Edwards. 3rd Row: Meade, Wart- han, Hoskins, Pruitt, Rossi, Burchett, Mosher, Clark. 4th Row: Moyer, Bingo, Tanaka, Grasso, Briganti, Russell, Abbott. SCHOLARSHIP Events Banquet at Venice State Conference at Long Beach Polytechnic High Sponsor i,,,, ,r,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,r,,,,,,,,,4,,,, .,.....,.,,Miss Mills lst Semester Officers 2nd semester Marian Speheger President Muriel Alverson Bob Isaacs Vice President Amy Dowell Patty Post Secretary Marjorie Rusk Arthur Woodcock Treasurer Virginia Traller Arlys Foster Reporter Wesla Toler Parliamentarian Army Dowell Top Row: Bortnem, Hogberg, Floyd, Vincent, H. Sopchin- sky, E. Taylor, Thompson, Ellis, Clouse. Bottom Row: Wil- liams, Hoke, Black, Carlin, McNees, R. Taylor, Whitt. NEW TYPING AWARDS Nowadays, before an employer will hire a commercial student, he asks to see his Vocational Efficiency Certifi- cate. Before meriting one of these certificates the student must meet certain requirements. His qualifications are printed on the certificate, and he is graded on each of them. Included in the list is the speed of shorthand a pupil does: correspondence, bookkeeping, business Eng- lish, character, accuracy, neatness, personality, courtesy, cheerfulness and typing ability. Those graduating this summer who will receive their certificates are: Eileen Black, Frances Bortnem, Ramona Carlin, Betty Clouse, Geneva Ellis, Helen Floyd, Thelma Hogberg, Irene Hoke, Anabel McNees, Norma Patterson, Helen Sopchinsky, Euphrasia Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Evelyn Vincent, Iune Whitt, Margie Williams, Thelma Thompson. Por the second consecutive year Thelma Hogberg won the typing cup-Thelma now types about 65 words a minute. ll6l