Alhambra High School - Alhambran Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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City Council, which in turn brought the trouble to the Pasadena Council's attention. JAKE. Very nice man, Mr. Stokesbary. His home is in Alhambra with his tamily. He goes to all ot these meetings and sits at the toot ot the table there. Now Mr. Yelland isn't elected like the rest ot the Board. His iob as business manager is a tull-time occupation. His secretary's the gal on his right taking notes. MR. HANCOCK. fReading aloudj . . . and so I would like to express my apprecia- tion tor all your help during my years ot teaching. Sincerely, VEDA WALKER MRS. MACALLISTER. A very nice letter trom a tine teacher. JAKE. That little lady who iust spoke was Mrs. MacAllister. She and her husband own a store up town. Doesnit say much but has a good head on her shoulders. On the right Side of lhe' lable' leaning back in chair' George E. Bettinger, Superintendent of Schools, Maurice R. Stokes is ivlf. George Be'l l'iI'1g6I', boss ot l'l19 whole bury, Deputy Superintendent of Schools. works. He's an easy going sort ot tellow, and ' the people seem to like him. Must be plenty inte-rested in educating the children around here. MR. CLARK. . . . and l wish you would consider this matter caretully. l know what our present policy is, but in the presence ot . . . JAKE. That tellow who just spoke was Mr. Clark, president ot last term's board. He speaks wellg he is a businessman, also a bishop in the church. Mr. Hancock, this year's president, teaches Sunday school and was on the Y. M. C. A. Board. Nice 'ppearance too. Guess the meeting's over now. Oh, nearly torgot Mrs. Cornelius, who's sitting next to Doc. Her active part in our town includes giving book reviews, speeches, and that sort ot thing. Let's hear what she's saying. MRS. C. Well, we certainly achieved a lot tonight. Why l can remember when . . JAKE. Thank you, Mrs. Cornelius. Night tolks. Page I5

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UF MR. IRVING HANCOCK MRS. OSA McALLlSTER DR. SAMUEL BROADWELL President Vice-Presidenf MRS. MARY CORNELIUS MR. WILLARD CLARKE MR. GEORGE YELLAND Business Manager JAKE. Would you mind sie-pping our here for a momenl +0 fell a few folks abouf Alhambra I--ligh, F0llfS. +l1iS is OUI' Principal. Dr. Norman B. Scharer. Would you please 'fell us a few +hings aboul our school? DR. SCHARER. l'd be glad io. Well. lG+'S See- FOV Sile we have abou'r +wen'ry-lwo hundred sluclenfs. We d r a w from Alhambra, Monferey Park, San Gabriel-even some from Temple Ciiy. A few come here on permils foo. As for rhe school ilself, i+'s made of brick and slucco. A fewnew buildings-fhe main building here was buill' in I924g fhe ofhers are older. The name comes from lhe Alhambra in Spain. lf Seems +o iih 'rhe Valley is noi u n l i lc e +he Spanish counlryside around +he forfress cas'rle. . . JAKE flnferruplingj Whal abouf fhe Board of Educalion? DR. SCHARER. The Board of Educaiion is one of +he mos'r imporfanf groups in fhe communify. There are five mem- bers, one represenfing San Gabriel, one from Monlerey Park, and fhe o+hers from fhe Alhambra area. They meer on rhe firsi and fhird Mondays of each mon+h. JAKE. Yep, guess fhe Board is pre+'ry impor'ran+. Say-how'd you folks lilce +o look in on a meeiing for a minule? Thar woman lcniH'ing over +here is +he represen'ra+ive from fhe feachers' club: she comes +o 'rhe meefings along wilh olher inieresled folk. The man in froni of her is Doc Broadwell. He and his pipe are 'rhe oldesf board membe-rs-been on for iwelve years. Now +ha+'s Mr. Srolcesbary fallcing 'ro fhose people: he's 'rhe Depufy Superinfendenl. MR. STOKESBARY. So we're always glad +o have visilors. This is our agenda for +he meeiingg we have if prinred up ahead of +ime- so we can sludy if. The issue under discussion now is +he purchase of +he Crown Cily Ranch for a new high school. We've had a liHle irouble aboul ihe land rhough. Someone was dumping lree siumps on lhe filly-yard line of lhe proposed sladium, buf Mr. Yelland finally siraighlened our +he maH'er afier appealing +o fhe Alhambra BUHHD EDUCHTIUH

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JAKE. They say nobody knows lhe boss like his secrelary. l:He approaches lhe door on lhe Fourlh Slre-el side ol lhe school, slarls down lhe sleps, slopsj Down here is lhe Senior Olfice. Along aboul lhis lime every day lhe sec- relaries lake lime oll lor a kalleeklalch and has over lhee day's evenls and gossip. Some ol il gels prelly inleresl- ing. l'm nol much ol a hand wilh women, so we won'l go in. We'll iusl lislen-you can'l exaclly call il prying, since you can hear lhese gals across lhe- slreel anyway. IMO. My, bul il's a reliel lo gel away 'From lhal class l leach. Whal lhose boys won'l do. Today one ol lhem slomped in and demanded lo gel oul ol school lo go lo his greal-greal-greal grandmolhe-r's luneral. l decided lhal was a iob lor lhe heallh deparlmenl, so l senl him down lhere. VIVIAN. You don'l have an easy lime ol il, lmo. IMO. l know, bul Mr. Gray is lhe one who has really been working hard. Whal wilh working wilh lhe Commission every day, schecluling all our loolball and baskelball games, and being generally responsible lor sludenl aclivilies, he's a busy man. Then, in belween lhese, he's lhe chiel lrouble shooler around here. Uhis gabby lillle galhering is suddenly drowned oul by whal sounds like a gianl cenlipede in high heels, clomping down lhe slairs above.T MAYBELLE. There goes Mrs. Crosswhile wilh her penny- l guess lhe cop who checks lor overlime parkers is around. l wonder why she doesn'l use a nickel-il would save her a lol ol lrouble. Bul she claims lhal aller lhal slinl ol buying lurnilure lor the League Room wilh such a limiled expense accounl, she can'l slop rushing around. Worrying aboul PRIHCIPHL