John H Francis Polytechnic High School - Student Yearbook (Sun Valley, CA)

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Drama Students Present Plays and SkllS to Marntaln Morale At Chr1stmas t1me an unexpected change occurred 1n the personnel of the department Two teachers M1ss Magee head of the department for many years and M1ss McDonald annual sponsor were marrred and d1d not return to school lmmedxately Mrs Fennessy took over the d1rect1on ot the department and Mrs Cage assumed the work as annual sponsor Then M1ss Edwards came for the drama classes formerly d1rected by Mrs Fennessy The Englrsh department does 1lS full share ln help1ng to make the wheels go round at Poly Besldes superv1s1ng pubhcatrons ard dramatlcs Enghsh teachers sponsor the contests lM1SS Armstrong? the otfrcers tra1n1ng class tMrs Iohnsonl and the lon1an Socrety tMrs Stelll All ln all the Enghsh department has had a very successful year the answers rn grammar Her hobby IS lrstemng to symphonres Mrs Fennessy now depart ment charrman last term dzrected Ever Smce Eve Checkrng pages Wzth the edrtorxal stall rs Mrs Cage annual sponsor At home she lrkes to project her colored strlls Mrss Crarg author ol Speech Arts drscusses plans tor a panel drscussron Mrss Magee now on leave ot absence shows her books to an mterested student Mrss Armstrong teaches an A10 class For several years she has held the women s western champronshrp rn archery' Engllsh 28 , , - . - - ll . -I Il - . . . . A . I . . . , . . . , . f . - . . . . , Several students lrsten to M1ss Dryers Cxplanatron ot Englrsh lrterature, . . . Miss Carter knows

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lournalism is interesting, says Miss Hov, while looking over the Optimist dummy .... lvfir. Stell, formerly a college speech teacher, explains English difficulties to Bonnie and Salvatore ..,. Mrs. Klawitter, formerly P,-T.A. chairman and past annual sponsor, answers a question. Her summers are spent on a New England farm ,... An ardent bowler, Phi Beta Kappa, and receiver of several scholastic honors is Mr. Porter .... Smilingly Mrs, lolmson discusses a student problem. . . . Miss Edwards, Poly alumna and new drama teacher, reads the script lor the S342 class play. Mrs. Heath, pictured with the language department, also teaches some classes in English. Englxsh Three Publtcatlons Glve Splendld Opportunltles rn Iournahsm The chtet work of the English department teachtng readtng wr1t1ng and speaking went bus11y on as usual th1s year The drama and public speaking classes were unusually well filled and new talent was dtscovered at every turn Th1s 1nterest 1n speech was reflected 1n two hne sentor plays and tn a number American Leg1on and Pan Amencan contests Our publ1cat1ons The Opt1m1st The Poly H1gh and The Polytechnlc Student seemed to excel in every way The Opt1m1st aga1n claimed its usual share of lournaltstlc honors being chosen medahst for several consecutive years The annual class was thnlled at the All American award for the 1941 Polytechn1c Student and the whole school was proud of this achlevernent 27 l of speaking contests. Our students won zone awards in the Herald-Express,

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Household Arts Consumer Problems and Homemaklng Studred by Polyttes The Poly home econom1cs department has SP9C1Bl1Z9d slnce 1ts begrnnmq rn turmng out g1rls capable of establ1sh1ng and ma1nta1n1ng a comfortable and last1ng home In domg thrs the department offers varlous courses to 1nterested students Mrs D1xon s homecraft classes 1n add1t1on to learnrng how to make clever and attract1ve home decoratrons are knrttmg for nat1ona1 defense The Cosmetology department teaches g1r1s to adjust the1r harr styles to su1t the1r faces Dur1ng the year these grrls present an aud call to show Poly grrls how the department funct1ons Power sew1ng offered as a vocatronal subject pre pares students for work 1n 1ndustry Among other subjects offered to students are clothmg and cookmg Both g1r1s and boys enjoy the advantages g1ven 1n the cookrng classes Yes lndeed boys are 1nterested 1n good food' At th1s trme when 1t IS rmportant to keep up famlly morale we reahze the value and 1mportance of the home econom1cs department and congratulate them on the fme job they are domg M1ss Fogarty 1S chalrman Costumes for plays are desrgned and made rn Mrss Sternbergs sewmg classes The harr styles must surf ones face explcrrns Mrs Abbott Frne seams and frne strtches make neat learn that modern devrces srmplriy cookrng and keep ones krtchen sprc and span The grrls rn Mrs Drxons homecraft class kmt for the Navy ,JCPP 29 . 5 . . . . . garments. says Miss Fogarty to an up and coming seamstress .... Mrs. Moore's young cooks f ji Q . f s , . ' y 1? a f 3' W- ,