Webb Schools - El Espejo Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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i v.-M-.-Y wmewvm ,,,.,,.,i . A industrial plastics chem ist, Kenneth P. Monroe came to Webb School this year from a posi- tion at Union Carbide. He attended Carnegie Tech, Rutgers University and the United States Naval Academy. At An- napolis he wrestled, and played center on the football team. He then received his com- mission and served as Executive Officer aboard the U.S.S. Good- rich. Mr. Monroe lives in Claremont with his wife and four children and has often been seen pedoling to and from school on his bicy- cle. He teaches General Science and Chemistry. He is a conscientious and impartial supervi- sor of intramural athle- tics. His fairness and cheerful disposition are widely known on cam- pus. John Staude returned to the Webb campus to teach Ancient History. During his stay at Webb as a student, he receiv- ed high academic rec- ognition, he edited the Blue and Gold. After his graduation in 1954, he attended Duke and later Georgetown Uni- versity, where he re- ceived his B.A. in phil- osophy. He then went to the Sorbonne in Paris to study French litera- ture, transferring to U.C.L.A. for graduate work. During 1959- i96O, Mr. Staude made further studies in his- tory at the Claremont Graduate School. He advised the Music Ap- preciation Club and Webb's radio station, KTSF. Mr. Staude was known on campus for his congenial smile and coy wink.

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555, .-in A sharp mind and a flair for languages characterize Gerald Charles Johnson, in- structor in French and latin 3-11. A graduate of Princeton University where he received his BA., Mr. Johnson served as a Naval Sup- ply Officer in the South Pacific and Morocco and as an officer in the French Naval Air Force during World War II. After his tour of duty he went' from the Princeton Graduate School into the publishing field, and thence to teaching inthe Pingry School of New Jersey. ln 1957 he came to Webb. A con- noisseur of the arts and fine food, he is also the Vcirsity Soccer coach and an assistant Track coach. As Mr. Johnson once said, I may look like a caveman, but I'm an intellectual at hecirtf i8 w-...MM .1-lf' Donald J. Young came to Webb in 1957 as an instructor in French and English. Mr. Young, who received his B.A. at Princeton and his M.A. at Harvard, also attend- ed Middlebury, Lehigh, and Alabama Polytech- nic, where he was given training by the Army, in which he served as a sergeant for three years. Upon finishing his tour ot' duty, Mr. Young taught at Wil- liams for two years. He then attended the Sor- bonne, and was mar- ried during his stay in France. Soon he return- ed to the States, and to Webb, where this year he taught all sections of Junior English, Besides teaching, Mr. Young di- rected the Drama Club and coached the Tennis team. A popular figure on campus, he will al- ways be remembered for his unalterable Dem- ocratic views on life and politics.

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As students, our activities, motions and purposes are usually the limit of our view. This view we call Webb life. And from the most bewildered Eighth Grader to the pretentious upperclass- man, we are-were-bound up in the peculiar round of Webb life. lt was a machine. Student entered in Septem- ber, and was heard from rarely, except for cryptic letters asking for money. He reappeared, processed and dazed, on June 4. The student's life is a thing of wonder. Circumscribed at every hand, we found time to relax, and stay alive cmd sane. The pace was not killing, but stultifying, and not everyone re- turned for more. All the schoolboy's tricks for avoiding work and wasting time showed up, and a few innova- tions. There had to be bull-sessions- traditionally, inexorably, about women, religion, and sports. KSR and KTSF, ra- dio stations representing, respectively, the Alamo and the Lower Dorm flour- ished for various periods of time. Short- ly after Christmas, Newporters declared surf-war on the West Coast, and as in 1958, Sophomores attacked the 'Mo in vain. Water fights raged, usually in the rain. Lacrosse sticks sprouted like weeds. ln the absence of qualified young blood, the Marching and Drink- ing Society rested maiestically on its laurels. A rash of discussion groups ap- peared early in the year, but vanished as pressure increased. lt takes a long time to learn that the competition gets stiffer, that the pressure does increase. American History notes caused a good many bleary Seniors to haunt the beau- tiful A. M. hours from five to seven .... if XC! si! el! A' po- .uv Term Averages: There must be some mistake, I missed again. The panel has met. THE STUDENTS Rabble rousers.