Hilo High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Hilo, HI)

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artists like Rembrandt and Varga looked to Mrs. Anita Carter for help. Only time will tell whether they will succeed or not. UI went to a party last night and didn't get to bed till 2:00 A.M. so I don't want to run today, some weary phys-ed-er would say. Instructors Ung Soy Beans Afook and Shi- geo Nakamura would listen sympathetically and then have him go ahead around the track several times. Although horse and buggy days are gone forever, there are a lot of girls around Hilo High who still worry about tl1ei1' carriage. The eternal female's efforts to get rid of unwanted bulges were well represented by the grunts and groans that could be heard in the vicinity cf the makai gym, where Miss Itsue Hisanaga and Mrs. Beulah Finlayson put the girls through their paces. Some people might say' that this is a hopeless task, but the girls never Say Die And so-with due apologies to all haters of puns. bum jokes, mixed metaphors and dangling participles-a worm's eye view of the faculty comes to an end. To the studentsfm life really could have been a lot worse, or so they say anyway. To the faculty-as many a weary person has said on an extremely blue Monday, HIt's a great life if you don't week- end. Top to bottom: Best-seller, Mr. Baldwin? . . . . practical trainingls taught by G. Take- inoto, A. Carter, K. Nitta and F. Goo .... gym teachers, S. Nakamura, Y. Afook, l. Hisanaga and B. Finlayson.

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whether to do something or not. Hilo High's library would have been Z1 happy home for all little bookworms this year -things were so crowded they wouldnft have had any appreciable distance to cover to get their entire menu entree, main course and des- sert. According to one reporter, Librarian Rob- ert Baldwin ate a rather large lunch one day and when he went back to the library he found that he was unable to squeeze between the who didn't want to hatch any eggs. The matter was settled peacefully when Mr. Nitta con-- xinced him that he really wouldn't have to set them himself. Veteran Sau Hoy Wong took Mr. Nitta's place for the last part of the year. All of the students who hoped to be great stacks. Oh, well, he didn't want that book anyway. Since eating is actually more of a national sport than baseball, Hilo High's girls really put out effort to master the fine art of pre- paring savory kaukau. The report that the girls were poor cooks proved to be entirely erroneous-one girl learned to fry eggs in three months flat. Mrs. Fanny Goo and Mrs. Gladys Takemoto were blessed with the task of training the girls so that their future hubbies will have no cause to complain. Agriculture teacher. Kazuto Nitta, encoun- tered very little difficulty, except for one boy Top to bottom: llliss Ruby Scott gets her medi- cine cabinet ready for the day ..,. what's cooking, lN'Irs. Leithead? .... C. Blacow, mechanical drawing teacher .... A. C. Young, wood shop .... I. Lee, metal shop .... LI. Kaya, woodshop. 16

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Right: Student body oflicersg left to right: Blue and Gold Editor Margaret Hartley, Secre- tary Setsuko Tamashiro, News- Bulletin Editor Billy Kong, First Vice President Yukio Naito, Sec- ond Vice President Margaret Luna, President Donn Carlsmith, Treasurer Thelma Chock, Sheriff Richard Segawa .... Below: Tired, Fusae? .... thinking of Kellner, Sheila? .... Bottom picture: Ho hum .... Kong's awake, anyway .... he must have heard the photographers birdie. O 18 Hilo High's Problem Solvers Donn Carlsmith, the first peacetime pre- sident in four years, did an excellent job of keeping the proverbial ball rolling through- out his entire administration, although he had had no previous political experience. First Vice President Yukio Naito, who had been efficient class secretary for two years, proved a valuable aide. Second Vice President Margaret Luna, Hilo H,igh's chief hostess, was responsible for showing guests Qmostly service- menj a bird's eye View of the school. Secre- tary Setsuko Tamashiro fulfilled her duties in keeping a journal of the acts of the association and the Representative Assembly. Treasurer Thelma Chock was an experienced worker in her field, since she had been class treasurer during her two previous years in school. Mrs. Sarah W. Putnam, vice principal, was especially helpful on the financial and ccrrespondence end. With Miss Mary Gen- ung, Ah Kong Chun, an excellent and sage adviser, cleared many channels of doubt. The school government's membership con- sisted of the student association officers, the sheriff, editor of the News-Bulletin, editor of the Blue and Gold, the president, the vice president and three representatives of each class, and the following committee chairmen: Athletic, Finance, Honor Point and Home- room. Meetings were held every two weeks to keep the student government in constant touch with current school problems. Things got underway in June, 1945, when the new officers met for the first time and laid plans for the coming school year. The com- mittee chairmen were appointed so that the committees might start functioning without de-