Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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MORALE BUILDERS Clrt ' rlanJ, Smith, MaynarJ, Tolootichie, Tone ' s, Kiirliii, SulherlanJ, Cliamness, Unger, Meier, Bcikiath, Stav- rakis. Ponsar, Knoles, Gorldon, Finch, Sachs, BaiUa, Barlin, Beauchamp, Dunbar, Farley, Gayer, Hillerby, Lamh, Pelloiv, Reimrrs, Rose, Troy, H ' arner, Lee, anJ Adams The Radio Workshop is a morale-builder . . . Radio techniques train speech skills with an economy of time and money . . . Conservation of time and money through Radio Morale-building programs will help win the war. That, according to Mr. E. J. Clabby, sponsor, is the credo of the Radio Workshop for the duration. During the fall semester, the Radio Workshop confined its activities to meetings twice each month at which plays were cast and rehearsed. Among th; plays cast were Alaudie ' s Diary and The Secret Weapon. These plays were available to any organization in school or community. A similar casting of plays will be a Workshop activity each year. In January six members of the club conducted a round-table discussion on the subject, Salute to Britain for the American School of the Air. KNX carried the program on a coast-to-coast hook-up. The following members were selected for the broadcast: Joy Alaynard, Peter Totoonchie, Kay Toews, Howard Chamness, and Bobbie Sachs, chairman. Many favorable comments were received by the group from listeners. War activities and spring, together with the lA classification of our president, George Cleveland, slowed activities during February and March. However, George was induced by the army on April Fool ' s Day (George said, It ' s an April Fool, all right — for Hitler. See you in Berlin! ); so Don Smith, formerly vice-president, took over the job of skipper and sailed the club through the e.xciting rehearsals and production of the Radio Revels of 1943. Peter Totoonchie, as program director, created and directed a clever and entertaining Revels, with thee help of an enthusiastic and talented cast. The Radio Revels of 1943 had a bus trip as a general .idea. One of the highlights of the show was a sequence called Plagarisms of 1943. Nearly all of the best talent in Samohi managed to have some part in this popular variety show. In addition to the variety show. Radio Workshop up on se eral fifteen-minute quiz shows and a fun program called Students Are Silly. Joe Maynard was vice-president in charge of talent scouting, and Katherine Toews was secretary- treasurer. Bob Karlin was sergeant-at-arms. RADIO WORKSHOP

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THE MIGHTY PEN Gitlicrt Ruhi-rl, president; Alice H ' oy, vice-president; Bernadinc Overstreet, secretary-treasurer ; Marcy Daniel- son; Ruth Finch; Meri Jo Troy; U ' illiam Knoivles; Dora Camper-Titsingh; Kathleen Dunhar; Anne Prior; Shirley Jensen; Mae K. McGregor, sponsor Ever since its organization, the literary club now known as the Penpushers, has endeavored not only to stimulate interest in orij inal writing but also to encourage constructive criticism and to develop liter- ary appreciation. Among the members of the club this semester are some who show decided talent in creative writing. Gilbert Robert, the president, writes highly descriptive essays and thrilling mvstery tales. Alice Woy, the vice-president, writes pleasing essays on her extensive travels in the United States and Mexico; she also writes decidedly satisfactory short stories that reveal a professional touch. Bernadine Overstreet, the secretarii-treasurer, writes beautifully descriptive essays based on her travels and keen observation. We belie e she will succeed in her aspiration to be a professional writer. Bruce Sutherland writes poetical descriptions. Alarcy Danielson and Aleri Jo Troy are surprisingly spontaneous in writing clever poems. Meri Jo also hopes to write a successful drama in the future. Having lived in several foreign countries, Dora Camper-Titsingh is well qualified to write convincingly and entertainingly on her impressions of foreign lands. Kathleen Dunbar and Shirley Jensen have written delightful descriptions and short stories. Billie Beckwith, who is remarkably versatile, plans to write a novel, several chapters of which she has already completed. Anne Prior and William Knowles ha e added to tlie interest of the club meetings by gi ing helpful criticism. As a project in connection with the war effort, the club undertook the making of scrapbooks for the war veterans. Ruth Finch and Meri Joy Troy are to be highly commended for their untiring effort in assembling especially attractive scrapbooks. PENPUSHERS

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Hackett, vice-presi- ;ind Shirley Jensen ART FDR VICTORY .liujlfmyfr. liroiin, Clarson, Hacketl, l.aiL-, Jensun, Mi ' i uijorac, Mcisint er, Morrison, Moulder, ReiJ, Smith, Siitlir. I ' an . rk, Broiin, Johnson, Finch, Mack The Tluimhtack Cluh, composed of the more active art students, is one of Samolii ' s oldest clubs, havint: been organized in 1922. Banded together in this club are such varied special-interests as motion picture art, illustration, crafts, painting, cartooning, and now, camouflaging. Under the able leadership of such tine officers as Lois Smith, president, and June dent, the club had an acti e Fall semester. Lewis Brown was secretar -treasurer served as publicit chairman. For victory, the Thumbtack Club met on Thursday noon, each week, to cut, paste, and put together ten USO scrapbooks of cartoons. These books were to lessen the tedium of time for bedridden soldiers. When these books were completed at Christmas-time, the group decided they liked meeting each week and decided to continue that polic varying the program with a series of special-interest presentations by the club members. Each member gave a talk on some modern artist, using slides and book illustrations found in the art department. The Spring semester put Lewis Brown in the president ' s chair, and he proved to be a resourceful leader. Lolita Moulder was vice-president with Anna Reid as secretary-treasurer, and Shirley Jensen, again, acting as publicity chairman. A highlight of the Spring semester was a special April Fools ' Day program which featured Craz Schools of iXIodern Art — DaDaism, Modernism, Futurism, and Surrealism. Examples of Sahador Dali ' s art aroused lively debate and fostered the conclusion that while each of these movements contributed some substance to Art, their aesthetic values were often obscured in sensationalism and st le Mechanics. For victory, and for a better understanding of the needs of the peace that must follow victory, the group studied, first, living American artists ' work, then Diego Rivera and the Mexican School of Art and South American Architecture. Thumbtackers discussed the war-time importance of Art, and the responsibility that was theirs. As artists, they realized the importance of art as a vehicle of favorable-to-the-Allies propaganda, and lu) powerful a weapon it could be. The therapeutic value of crafts and handwork for shock, tension, anil con alescence was emphasized, and the group sought ways of using their talent to help in this field. Although the group was small, the inembers enjoved a year of constructixe companionship and stutl with Mrs. Lucille Xielsun as Club adxisor. As a gift to the permanent collection of the Art Department, the Thumbtack Club ga e an original, signed lithograph by Thomas Benton. I i THUMBTACK i