Gardena High School - El Arador Yearbook (Gardena, CA)

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XNOTE on the frontispiece a suggestion of the stage, a symbol of the Drama, the theme of the 1930 El Arador. At the lower portion of this page are the lines, All the world ' s a stage, and all the men and women merely players . The words remind me of my public school days in an eastern state, for above the stage in a large town hall of a certain town were these words from As You Like It. However, at that time they carried little significance other than the ultimate success of the hero over the villain in a play. And I hear occasionally today, a cheer in a motion picture house when the villain is thwarted and the truth and the good prevail. We are interested in the hero, but he doesn ' t appear always on the stage. He may appear on the football field or in a track suit. Often he is in evidence on the debating team or on the scholarship rolls. He, may be, however, of the retiring kind, present but not conspicuous, but neverthe- less by reason of his clean living, good habits, fine associations, and faith- fullness to his duties be a real hero. —J. H. Whitely Vice Principal ' s Message ORAMA IS the presentation of a thing done or a tho ' t expressed. Always we learn a new lesson of life whether it be from Antonio when he says, I hold the world but as the world, Gratanio; A stage where every man must play his part And mine a sad one; or from the flight of one ' s imagination Such nights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. We cannot all be Shakespeares or Miltons, but all peoples feel the need of self expression through acting, or indirectly through seeing plays. There is no doubt that the dramatic instinct will ever hold its place in our lives of work and play. It is important and desirable that this side of our naure should be guided and developed. — La Veta Crump Tage Ten

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Mrs. Olive H. Leonard has charge of the Library and also teaches a class in library work; Miss Merle Peterson has charge of the text book» and helps in the counselor ' s office; Mn John H. Whitely is principal of the school ; Miss La Veta Crump is the vice principal; Mrs. Hazel M. Whedon is school counselor and Mrs. Evamae Bell is the school secretary. Physical Education The physical education department is composed of Mr. William A. McGmnis, Miss Julienne Bayliss. Mr. George H. Freeman and Miss Frances Stephan. They not only teach regular and corrective physical education during the day, but also have a full season of sports for inter-scholastic and inter-class com petition. The boys with their football, basket- ball, track, baseball and tennis, and the girls with their participation in three play days, have brought much credit to the school. Besides these, assisting with aud calls and the May Day Program has made a full year ' s work for the department. Language and Domestic Science This group is composed of Mrs. Margaret C. Costenbader, teacher of Spanish; Mrs. Sarah S. Scott, who has charge of the Cafeteria and also leaches foods, home management, and home nurs- ing. Miss Frances L. Moloney, teacher of millinery and allied crafts; Miss Julia E. Miller, teacher of clothing and foods; Mrs. Louise F. Kellogg, who has charge of the Foreign Opportunity class; and Miss Albertine Pendleton, who teaches French and Spanish. Mathematics The personnel of the mathematics department is Mr. H. F. Pinnell, Mrs. Myrrl l. Maxfield. and Mrs. Anna O. Tyler. Two other teachers. Miss Pendleton and Miss Sarah B. McKenna, also have several classes (each). Mr. Pinnell, acting head of the department, specializes in trigonometry and solid geometry; Mrs. Tyler directs all geometry classes, and the algebra is in the hands of Mrs. Maxfield. Several students in the upper classes are work- ing for departmental honors. The first thesis to be presented to the school for honors came from this department. English The English department is composed of the following teachers: Miss Etta L. Montgomery, Mrs. Lorenna V. Keliher, Miss Alice C. Roripaugh, Head of the Department; Mr. Robert E. Robinson, and Mrs. Florence Rumbaugh. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our English dead. . . . On, on, you noble English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof. . . . Let us swear That you arc worth your breeding; Which I doubt not. Shakespeare If