George Washington High School - Continental Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Back stage artists set stage for Senior Play. Lighthouse Juniors play progressive iazz in noon concerts. CLEF CLUB- There's no business like show business. Most of these hard working talented stu- dent have the ambition to be in the musical field someday. One of the most popular Auds at Washington is the program which the Clef Club presents each semester featuring every member in the organization. The pleasure students gain from watching their classmates per- form is shown by their close at- tention and enthusiasm in the hardy applause they give each performer. THESPIANS-Capturing all sorts of awards has become a habit with Thespians. A special tradi- tion is winning first place with a radio scene, usually written by Miss Iva Adkins, director, in the annual Shakespeare Festival. In November the Thespians gave a th r e e - a ct comedy, George Washington Slept Here. Plan- ning and initial rehearsals take place in room 200 or Thespian Hall as it is called. When the new initiates are taken in, they first give a party for the members. All this topped with a formal initia- tion. Although the Thespians thrive when they are laboring on a new production, give them a party and they whoop it up. 3, ? 2 Z CLEF CLUB-ROW 1: Albano, Currie, Mark, Cooke Oodso Vannice. Edminton. Kerr. ROW 2: Wagner, Kohl, Himes, Moore, Davise, sponsor, Geiger, McBride, Grogan, Goodwin. ROW 3: Martin, O'ReilIy, McKean, Carroll, Knudson, Ruef, Smith, Guyer, Vallee, O'Reilly. 'l -N 1' ,,, .GFA 15 WN THESPIANS-KNEELING: May, Castillo. ROW 1: Wolford, Buehner, Russel, Clark, Sinai, Brooks, von Bloeker, Miller, Youle, Van Dusen, Wick, McReynolds. ROW 2: Adkins, sponsor, Keillor, King, Kirken- dall, Fraser, Simon, Simon, Kodil Davlantes, Howell, Cuppett, Swaney, Blodgett. ROW 3: Stone, Purdy, von Bloeker, Laster, Correia, Tracy, Malakowsky, Overtield, Daniels, Smith, Bottger, Grogan, Harmon.

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1 Q sf- in i . STAGE CREW-ROW l: Hoffman, Vitali, Parks, Scott, Manderbach. ROW 2: Abbott, sponsor, Berry, Tharp, McKown, Hartinger, Duke, Anderson. SOUND CREW-ROW lz Handy, Eskro, O'Toole, Webb, Lane, Carmona, Domenic. ROW 2: Dixon, Steele, Larsen, Meier, Olsson, Lehman. ROW 3: Polacek, Stock, Lowry, Anderson, Deason, Osdale, Theroux, Havill. FILM PROJECTlONlSTS-ROW l: Noonan, sponsor, Chatfield, Bloom, Ryan, Zack, Simone, Balch, Ball. ROW 2: Krell, Wallace, Lewis, Littlefield, Pavesic, Nicholson, Hennessy, Hollermeier, Nielson, Abramson. STAGE CREW-As the curtain goes down the audience relaxes and sits back with nothing to do, but backstage there is more activity than one can imagine. During this brief moment the Stage crew is working in close harmony to change sets, curtains, lights, or furniture backstage for the next act or scene. These unseen boys are a very vital part of any stage production. Stage crew is a regular class and can be taken by any boy interested in play production. Under the capable direc- tion of Mr. Wilfred Abbott, the iack of all trades, and in co-operation with the are de- partment, the Sound Crew manages to con- struct the fine sets used in the plays and Spring Review. ALL CONTRIBUTE SOUND CREW-The Sound Crew, working closely together with the Stage Crew, are responsible for a large part of the success of our many rallies, plays and other aud calls. The boys design and build much of their own equipment which is in use backstage. Under the direction of Mr. Robert Gilliland, electricity teacher, the boys manage to keep the complete sound system in the auditorium in good working order. Sound Crew is no special class and any boy interested in radio, sound equipment or electronics may enter. The Sound Crew has also received and in- stalled the new arc proiector in the auditor- ium which everyone enioys. Paper drive money made the proiector possible. A FILM PROJECTIONISTS-Science . . . English . . . Social Studies . . . Homemaking . . .Show- ing films to these privileged classes is the maior iob of the film proiection classes. With Mr. Norman Noonan filling the position of adviser of the film proiection crew, the boys learn such interesting and useful things as cleaning, repairing, and oiling the proiectors. Some of the films aren't the newest to be had, and so knowing how to splice them when they break, comes in handy. Now you may wonder just how and when the films are dis- tributed to the teachers and classrooms. This happens once a week. The films are delivered to Washington and then checked in. Notices are sent to all teachers and those wanting films for their classes notify Mr. Noonan. There are usually many more requests than these boys are able to fill. Their work doesn't go without being appreciated.

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Suzie Smothers puts on her robe as Donna Grogan adiusts Stuart McKeen's tie. The choir is robing for a performance. HARMONY EXPRESSED IN MUSIC A CAPPELLA CHOIR-Did you ever imagin what our assemblies would be like without music? The A Cappella Choir adds to our school spirit and enioyment. This choir is made up of approximately 105 students, A10 or above, who are willing to give time and work. From the applause and praise each member realizes that his many hours of rehearsing have not been in vain. The group sings for many school activities each semester such as our Spring Review. Incidentally, this years' was an old-time favorite, Oklahoma. Each semester a concert is presented. A Cappella also adds to the splendor of our own Washington assemblies. The A Cappella is kept busy as bees sing for outside shows. On the agenda last year were singing at tfte new Statler Hotel, February 23, a double assem- bly at Horace Mann Junior High, March 5, also it the same week, they sang at Chapman Park Hotel, on March 30, they recorded a half-hour broazlcast on KFI, they attended Pomona College Choir Festival, May 7. In the past they have been guests for a luncheon at the Cocanut Grove. To end the semesters the gang is ready to hold its annual p'cnic at Griffith Park. Playing games, laughing, and eating gives a lot of pleasure to all. A Cappella has been such a huge success that alumni choir has been formed. A CAPPELLA-ROW 1: Flanegin, Marks, Hart, Smith, Holmgren, Plourde, Masten, Davis, Buehner, Quaranta, Malakowsky, Boldt, Garkow, Williams Fowler, Leapson, Rockwell, Headley, Day, Stauffer, Clark, Lyman, sponsor. ROW 2: Pendleton, Roieski, Livingston, Miles, Hamilton, Herron, Cavadas Halverson, Brooks, Marks, Laven, Sands, Dardis, Grogan, Thompson, Currie, Feltman, Wright, Applegate, Sperry, Cronk, Goodwin, Donley. ROW 3 Donley, Raport, Wilson, Ford, Smothers, Schuttais, Kandalec, Denoncourt, Blake, Armstrong, Markowitz, Kuhn, Roberts, Lewis, Wade, Cariker, Patsey Peebler, Davis, Restorick, Gattuso, Cooke, Rose, Himes, Stewart, Countryman. ROW 4: Amerian, Nordstrom, Kohtz, McKean, Villasenor, Hilsinger, Baalke Baker, Smith, Hauck, Clift, Ruef, Smith, Diaz, Monson, Tschumi, Young, Guyer, Roberts, Athenous, Edgar, Harmon.