Excelsior High School - El Aviador Yearbook (Norwalk, CA)

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BERNICE RANKIN Vice-Principal Sometimes in moments of reflection or in times of stress we feel that we are all puppets, pulled this way and that by strings of circumstance over which we have no control. Then as We think more deeply it comes to us that there is a difference. Unlike the puppet We act on a real stage, and We have the power to will which strings shall pull us. Never do conditions of life so rule us that we must play a puppet's part. It is the aim of Excelsior to so counsel and guide the students that they will be able to control their threads of destiny in such a manner that their lives will hold the utmost for them, and for the communities which make Excelsior possible. Bernice Rankin Friend-to teacher and student-holding the many thousand strings of our stage, Excelsior! Hers is the infinite capacity for seeking out and recognizing good qualities and ambitions. The student interest is her interest who is our Sanskrist, stage manager. Iustice, fairness and happiness are her ideals for the student. Page Eighteen

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RALPH F. 'Persons or organizations are usually judged by the aims or the ideals which they have set for themselves. Qur motto, Onward and Upward, which is an attempt to express the aim of every true Excelsiorite, challenges the very best and finest in each of us. I wish to express my hearty con- gratulations to the students and to the various organizations for the very dehnite progress which I feel has been made this year towards attaining our ideal. RALPH F. BURNIGHT Principal. l page Seventeen

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MILTON M. LONGSHORE A good fellow, is what a prominent senior boy was heard to remark of Mr. Longshore. And that is what he has become to the students during his first year at Excelsior. Even little puppets sometimes go astray or disobey the laws of puppetry and so do the students on our stage. For that reason we have the student- body court. which is the branch of justice in student self government, with Mr. Longshore as advisor. The court is run in an orderly fashion and the puppets Htake their medicine like the men they will someday be. As Dean of Boys, he haslthe mutual respect and conlidence of every boy in school. His interest is primarily in the proper orientation of social life, combined with education for the individual. character. He has been most suc- cessful in' helping many Excelsiorites to attain this ideal. MARIE SUMPTION The first function of counseling, is to help the student in self-discovery of his own special interests, aptitudes, and abilities, according to the April Quarterly of Secondary Education. It is the interpretation of the strange outer world to the student through his own eyes. Miss Sumption is an outstanding member in this drama of ours. She is the character reader, granting us parts which we wish to enact. She is ever ready to guide those perplexed, or to suggest the choice of courses and activities that will give them the greatest possible present suc- cess, ancl make for their greatest future efficiency as independent, happy and useful members of society. The success of counseling is spelled in the word Hconfidencef' In her new olfice, Miss Sumption has proved her ability through obtaining the friendship and respect of the students. MILTON M. LONGSHORE MARIE SUMPTION Dean of Boys Stude t Counselor ' Page Nineteen