Benicia High School - Panther Yearbook (Benicia, CA)

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HOMER J. GRIFFITH Vice-Principal Mechanical Drawinq Woodwork Aulo Mechanics and Avialion Driver Educalion FRIEDA BARKLEY Home Economics Biology Driver Educalion HELEN L. HYDE Typing Slenoqraphy JEAN K. LONKEY English World l-lisfory Freshman Problems RAYMOND T. MCCALL Band Chorus Jazz Band Individual lnslruclion VIOLET E. MOLFINO Dean of Girls Physical Educafion Ari' Algebra Firsi Aid JAMES D. GRAHAM Geomefry General Science Malhemafics Chemisfry Boys' Hygiene RUTH F. CHORLEY English Consumer Educaiion Freshman Problems Junior Business FRED F. GUGAT Physical Ed ucalion Firsf Aid Citizenship ELSIE A. ROSSETTO Spanish Physical Eclucafion Girls' Hygiene

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. L. H. Sanborn, Mr E A Sfoner, Mr. F. E. Passalacqua, Mr E W Crozer, Mr. R.C. Rankin. I I , Our yearboolc is primarily Tor our high school sTudenTs-The Teen agers abouT whom so much has been wriTTen. This bool: represenTs a record oT Those acTiviTies and inTeresTs which Tornn such a viTaI parT oT The liTe oT The normal Teen ager. IT is This group on which The TuTure oT our counTry and The world musT rely Tor progress. We Tound dur- ing The recenT World War ThaT iT was a sTruggIe re- quiring The besT slcill, enThusiasm and energy OT our naTion. This, we all lcnow came Trom our young people. These same quaIiTies are needed now as never beTore To guaranTee peace, creaTe a beTTer - undersTancling among naTions, and conTinue The L H HAMANN. Principe, progress oT civiIizaTion. We all lmnow ThaT The average Teen ager is bois- JCTOIIS, impeTuous, Tull oT Tun, and aT Times irrespons- ible. BuT weren'T we all This and more when we were growing up? I-low easy iT is Tor us To TorgeT ThaT we Too had our Troubles when we were in our Teens. And haven'T you oTTen heard The grownups bewail The TacT ThaT our young people are simply Terrible- in TacT, They are really going To The dogs. Then, in The same conversaTion, we hear This same grownup brag abouT The wild escapades and mean Tricks he pulled when he was a boy in his Teens. Yes, and I have heard This righT here in Benicia, Too! If we are Tair minded, we musT admiT ThaT The maioriTy oT our Teen agers or bobby soxers Talce an inTeresTed and acTive parT in The normal healThy acTiviTies OT young people. OT course, There are a Tew who geT inTo Trouble, some oT iT serious. I-Iowever, excepT in unusual circumsTances, if a Teen ager has goTTen inTo serious Trouble, you may be sure ThaT one or more adulTs have Tailed in Their responsibiliTy Tor The young person. I. Tor one, say our Teen agers are swell, and They are as Tine now as They were when I was a boy. Our hope is in our young people. We grownups haven'T done Too well. LeT's give The young Tollcs a chance!

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JACK MCKEOWN MILDRED DAHNCKE PAT GRIFFITH BOB JEHA President Vice-president Secrefary-treasurer Manager founal The sTudenT council is a represenTaTive body Tor The sTudenTs, made up oT The sTudenT body oTTicers and a boy and girl represenTaTive Trom each class. This group, meeTing wiTh The principal, Mr. Laurence l-lamann, discusses school problems, makes sTudenT body purchases, arranges acTiviTies, and seTs The school calendar. The TirsT acT oT The council was The decision Tor The colors oT The senior sweaTer. The issue was debared over blue and gold or green and whiTe. ATTer heaTed discussion, blue and gold was accepTed and will remain The oTTicial colors unTil The class oT '52 graduaTes. The revenue Trom TooTball games and The sale oT colces and programs gave a sub- sTanTial increase To The school Treasury. The sTudenT council used This money Tor The purchase oT warm-up garmenTs Tor The baslceTball and baseball Teams. The council arranged Tor The appearance OT Tour guesT arTisTs Tor assemblies Through- ouT The year. This proTessional enTerTainmenT was Thoroughly enjoyed by The sTudenTs. The council members have worked hard in Their aTTempT To please The sTudenT body, whom They represent and Their eTTorTs have been rewarded in a successful school year. COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST ROW, IefT To righT: Garland Benion, Jo Ann Miller, BefTie Chamberlain, Lorraine Thompson, Phyllis Thompson, Kay Carson, Pal' Griffifh, Lloyd Chorley, LaJuana Knighf, BeTTy Jane Padqef. SECOND ROW: Mr. Hamann, David Young, Bob Jeha, Carolyn Graham, Mariorie Sloner, Mildred Dahncke, James Pierce, Morgan Sanborn, Gary Dunn, Jack McKeown. Nof pidured: Ray PainTer, vice-presidenT second semesfer.