Alhambra High School - Alhambran Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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CHIIIJ IUEIFHIIE fSoda founfain al' McKay's across lhe s+ree+. A man and woman are wearily enjoying cokes. They seem +o have +he we-ighf of +he world on lheir shoulders. The woman speaks firs+.:I MISS LEONARD. Mr. Slover, was Herman a+ school fo- day? MR. STOVER. No, buf I called. When he answered +he phone, he said his molher was away. He insisled he had chills, a fever, and a bad cold-could hardly come 'ro +he phone-. I:Wi+h a knowing smile she fakes anofher sip of her coke.I MISS L. By way of lhe grapevine I heard he was having a big English iesl' foday, buf of course +hal' couIdn'1' be Ihe reason for his cold. MR. S. Slrange lhings keep Herman oul of school, buf he'II be back when +ha'I' work permil' expires. Thai' always brings lhem back. JAKE. Will Herman come back? Will he have a good ex- cuse? Tune in nex'r wee-k and see. rover, Irwin, Pe'rkins, Wilson, Sfotfs, Long. lleft to righfl Row 'lz Clark, Holms, Rountree, Chew, Hooper. Row 2. Finley, CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT Mr.. Stover, Miss Leonard Page I9

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CUUIISEIUIIS lJake enlers lhe hall in lhe Wesl Wing, now deserled, and grimaces once as his eye calches lhe color combinalion al lhe slairway. Then, picking up his broom, which has been propped over lhe war-lorn gossip box, he begins lo sweep. The door al lhe end ol lhe corridor opens, and Mr. Mills enlersj JAKE. Good evening, Mr. Mills. Working a lillle lale aren'l you? MR. MILLS. lflello, Jake. I guess I didn'l realize il had gol so lale. Boy, I bel l'll see enrollmenl carcls all nighl in my sleep. Have high school kids always had so many problems? JAKE. I kind ol lhink so. They've always dropped lheir sandwich wrappe-rs and sacks. flvfr. Kemp and Miss Turnbull enler lrom lhe opposile door ol lhe Counse-Ior's Ollice, each wilh lhe same beal ex- pressionj MR. KEMP. Hello, Jake. You working slill? MISS TURNBULL. And here comes Miss Slrickland. Thal makes il unanimous. I'm glad lhey enroll only once a semes- ler. MR. MILLS. Whal course should a llagpole siller lake? MISS STRICKLAND. lid say Senior English, bul I've never had one. MR. KEMP. Lalin would be as good as anylhing, or maybe algebra. MISS TURNBULL. Am I glad I've gol my B9's. They haven'l had lime lo gel any wild ideas yel. Bul lhey all grow up. MR. MILLS. ll would cerlainly be a swilch lo have someone come in and say his program was iusl line lhe way ll was. MR. KEMP. Thal's an ideal Bul aller enrollmenl we slill have llunk nolices. MISS TURNBULL. You're lhinking way ahead ol me. MISS STRICKLAND. Well, I'm aboul ready lo call il a day. Good nighl, people. . lln lurn lhey echo lheir good nighls and plod oul lo lheir cars, and lhen homeward. And Jake is lell alone in lhey hall wilh a day's load ol papers and rubbishj Miss Kathleen Strickland. Miss Ruth Turnbull. Mr. Leland Mills, Mr. James Kemp. Page I8

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FHCULTU JAKE. Well, now you've seen a lof of differenf people who run our school. l've offen wondered why fhere have fo be so many-why we can'f cuf down a few here and fhere. I reckon a lof of sfudenfs wonder why we can'f cuf ouf fhe nexf group complefely-fhe faculfy. Maybe by peeking in on some of fheir classes, we mighf gef an inside sfory. PUPIL. Mr. Lenser, whaf is fhe German verb for hi+? MR. LENSER. Hif? Say, you should have seen fhe way l hif a golf ball lasf SafurdayTYou see, fhe ball was here . . fHe proceeds fo draw a diagram on fhe board, fhe German verb forgoffen for fhe- nexf few minufesj JAKE. Then, of course, fhere is fhe ofher exfreme -like some of fhose feachers wifh a do-or-die policy. And speak- ing of dying, isn'f fhaf Mrs. Elsey running in fo her firsf-aid class? MRS.. ELSEY. Girls, fhere has iusf been an accidenf. Poor Lisa has fhe measles. Now whaf shall we do fo profecf her eyes? llefl' to rightl Row 1: F. Alexander. B. Amiss, S. Anderson, R. Arnett, J. Beeman, R.Boone, E. Brown, M. Brown, M. Cunuvan. Row 2: A. Chavez, O. Cosand, F. Cox. C. Cushman. R. Davis, O. Dawson. J. Drury, B. Dye, E. Edmondson. Page 20