Fresno High School - Owl Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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iwzwza' ,aw Uffea wma, Boys! It your gal knits you a snappy sweater tor your hirthday, you can het your last penny that Miss Belle lfleanor Short, the clothing teacher, helped her. Courses in clothing are in such demand that Miss Short devotes four pe- riods to explaining and teaching the art of mali- ing clothes. Two of these classes study advanced clothing. Miss Dorothy KI. Parker, home economics teacher, is known by the girls of Fresno High, for she teaches our young women how to pre- pare balanced meals as well as favorite delica- cies. ln home problems Bliss Parker answers many questions that arise in efficient home man- agement. The girls are also taught the impor- tant features of good grooming. Art students of FHS receive their foundation training in the free hand drawing classes of hliss Klay R. Alcfardle. ln these two interesting semesters, which are required for the advanced art courses. they are taught perspective and color needed to succeed in the fine arts. Miss Kle- Cardle also teaches leathercraft. She is active in the city teachers' association. Mid-year graduation went off according to Hoyle, save for the loss to Fresno High of four faculty members. lVIr. Cyril Grundy was one of those teachersg his exodus was a blow to the Fine Arts department. lVIr. Grundy, it was announced, was to arrive in Excelsior High near Los Angeles, where he would take charge of the art and stage craft classes. ' 'gX S X 'Q lN2:?,TliQ'1-.. Rsbbs . . 519.-9. ssl'- .xg i?. - ' i 5 X N..' ., . L ,- KS,-'I' M.-XY Metl-XRlJI.lC l'iRIiIf Il.xNn liiuulxo, XV.YI'l'.R Corouisrq . . . ,rturltr nfl' 4'-z'rry frmlililzy urlisl un 11 ,ru1111J lul,ri.r. CYRII, CIRUNDY Di-,siox, S'l'.Xf2liCR.Xl I' . . . rIi,r111,r.rr.r lllf :ner- ilrl of tlll rxfrllfzzl fvzllllllllyf. T11cf'11ty-thru' lil',l,I.lu lLI.l',.'XNUR SHORT f'l.0'l'HlNl2 . .vflrrfuzr Imac Ifll' xrfuzr II fine J'1'1HIl IJURUTIIY M. PARKER llomia PRKIRIAIKMS, Foons . rljkx, jurl for .rl1114'l'.r , 'cull al jl rf 1' .f In mxrf. 'tw

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S Dr. Christensen is one of the few members of the Fresno High faculty who have a Ph. ll. de- gree. A newcomer to the school, Dr. Christen- sen, affectionately called Alloc , teaches elemen- tary physics and mathematics. Because of the closeness of the war to the Pacific Coast, an air raid precautions committee had to be formed at Fresno High. and he was appointed its head. profoundly concerned with the vvhy's and wherefore's of chemistry, lX'Ir. Kenneth Thunem strives to teach chemistry in such a way that everyone who takes it will enjoy as well as un- derstand it. Un the side, he tutors the league- dominating Class B basketball team and spon- sors the Engineers' Club. This makes Mr. Thunemls program an ambitious one. ALFRED CHRISTENSEN P1-lvsics, M.xTnE1v1.x'1'1cs . . . 1'xpo.f1'J llmf drsuil- ixh mftfr-m1zn'x vlzm II11I4',lf!l1'. KIENNETII R. 'IQIIUNENI CHIQMISTRY, lNl.XTHEM.-YFICS . . . rnultz' lm II motlfrzl nlrlirrniyl fwifh all ffm! fquiprnfllt. in-Q. eafllllaafe 5 ' Fresno High bemoaned the loss of llliss Fran- cette Nlauze, French and mathematics teacher, who was transferred to Hamilton junior High School last February. She received her teaching credentials after attending Fresno State College and the University of Southern California. For txvo years bliss hlauze taught here at Fresno High. Both the faculty and the students would welcome her return to FHS. Russia had lvlendeleef and his Periodic Law of atomic weightsg England had Davy and his safety lampg but Fresno High has hflr. Nicholas Bondoc and his super method of determining the coefficients in solving equations. Mr. Bon- doc familiarizes his students with the principles of chemistry. Sponsor of the Photography Club and co-sponsor of the CSF, he truly has a man- sized job. FRANCETTE MAITZE lVlA'l'H!iM.Yl'ICS, Fiuerccn, Syria DRIVING . . . .tfirnulrllrs 4 7lfllll.Yf- nxfit' !'r 1IdflIfl fly II rozy 42, lilflf yraufv. N. R. BONDOC C'niiMls'riu', Ma'1'HiaM.x'i'ics . . . .vrirs up an niomir forlefzzil Tfwfniy-tfwo

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FIOSICPII IEIJVV.-XRDS Vocxl. Music ilz'fz'rlf1fu' fwli.ff11'J .vi11yrl'.v uni! f7l'l'iUl'Nlllllf'l'J LILA M. HARRIS Coxixiiaci yi, li1'frI.f flu' fzunrk of fIIll1'II'l'lI4'U. ,Y lmr1lclrrr'jw'1'.r SHERMAN llEVVl'l I' lNS'l'RUMENT.'XI. Music . . II11lA'1'A' il rnnlf' 0111 !l!'l'I'-Illld f!ll'l'I'-lHII'Illfh niouxly HELEN VVHITIZ 'I'Yl'1Nf: . . firn1'.s' a .fjff'f'i1 drill udicancfe 'aff NVhen the liresno High Alma Mater is sung after assemhlies and after athletic contests, no matter where the place. hlr. O. lfdwards is usually on hand to lead in the ceremony. lllr. lfdwards chooses and directs the choir and the girls' glee cluh. A class in the art of tickling the ivory-piano playing- 'is also given hy him. :X large man is Klr. Sherman Hewitt. the Stokoyvski of Fresno High, instructor of the hand and the orchestra. iliogether with Nlr. Joe lid- wards and Klr. Rees, he arranges the musical programs and selections for assenihlies and plays. Besides the snappy foothall game performances. this year Klr. Hewittls hand play-cd for the hoys who were leaving for the service. lily-four lnterested in people and sympathetic wit'1 their prohlems, Bliss Lila Harris, member of the Pre-Legal and Business division, gives courses in hooklceeping, shorthand, and personal typing. It is reported that Nliss Harris puts her husiness sense to good use as 21 sharp hargain hunter. If you are an avowed hunt and peck typisi. lX Iiss Wlhite is not the person you will seeli. Un the other hand if you desire to learn typing cor- rectly and efficiently, no one is hetter qualified to teach than llliss lVhite, who conducts four different courses of typing: personal typing and typing l, 2, 3. ln college, she declares. the value of one's ahility to type can't he overempha- sized.