Kearny High School - Komet Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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ADMI ISTRATIO Mr. Cleon Davies PRINCIPAL Adminis+ra1'ive Conference Mr. Cleon Davies, Kearny's oulslanding prin- cipal, has been a conscieniious adminisirafor. He has been sincere in his regard for lhe srudenls and faculfy wilh always a kincl word for everyone. His supervision of school aciiviiies has proved, wifhoui cloubi, superior. l wish +o express my fhanks and deep ap- preciafion for rhe coopera+ion, IoyaI+y, under- sfanding and suppori' Ihaf you have given me 'Ihis ear. Kearny has fhe finesf boys and girls wifh whom Ihave ever been associafed. My complimenis Io you, your counselors, and 'Ihe sponsors 'for a job well done. I+ is wiih ride 'ihaf I look forward fo The privilege of being able 'Io presen'I' you as 'I'he grad- ua'I'ing class of I964. Cleon Davies Principal

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DEDICATIO ' IT is wiTh pride and sincere admiraTion ThaT we dedicaTe The KOMET '64 To our principal, lv1r.Cleon O. Davies. UndersTanding and TaiThTul To The inTeresT and good oT all, Mr. Davies has carried on as principal oT Kearny High School Tor Ten years. Though his adminisTraTive work aT Kearny began in l954, he acTually began in I95O wiTh The Kearny Junior-Senior High and Then MonTgomery Junior High. Born in Park CounTy, Indiana, Mr. Davies graduaTed Trom Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana wiTh an A. B. degree in EducaTion. Through graduaTe and posT-graduaTe Training in various uni- versiTies, he earned his MasTers degree. Mr. Davies has had experience in a number OT schools as Teacher, coach, advisor, counselor, and adminisTraTor. In The communiTy he is a member oT The Kiwanis lnTernaTional. T THE GREENCTSTQEETIFY Bi3NN51? . 4-++fm-ifraie-1-++o:ursPo1z'rs-uae 4' Base Bali--Football-Boxing'-Swimn i'+'i l lHl i l l l l l'fl! l'+++'lr'l l I' JCNIOD CTR MENTOR Coach Davies Has l .Large Junior Net is ' gy Squad This Year, EBKTY-FlY Fl says runs you-ri AFCIH FKRST PRAC l'!CE I ,W nancsuu. f 1 ,y Fir-it fail fur haake! bali practice .sim igimed by Qian. Davies, wah .if time Junior liirli xalmul mt squad, on 'kixnrsiiay afvxmmi. About fi.-rty'!'3ve juungsl-wr n.-porin-i in suits at they ggmziuskuiri and held n fhurt work- KIBL T f,:Dax'iw-s vxaed I-'riilay mairiiifig img i would scam The baskmvera ihmugli amd Qimi-lice sessions three days n Week until tha- football season einses. In a week nr .-o, he will make a cut in the squad, pivking out the beat Qnyese ui num wav Juuiur 11-am dup mfg The waking winter. ' -Games by the Juniors: are attnci- iag mare intereat each sawn as Coach Davies has developed some splendid varsity mnierial for Coarh BIUBIIISJL Among this group, Jitifrgic Timbin, regvhz flwrguarx! or fiinnz-d, ia perhaps the ben. Among int 7nr'n Iiawp who will try out for the G. H. S. vanity this susan are Evan Crude! and Eugene Crawley. 'Shen huysi under the tuxeiage oi mms, played 1 great brand uf bali IM .Mains vera winning the bjojfrity of their scheduled contests in S926-27. Coach Davies has a pleasant yu Bm way ummm bin. mat makes him 'aw hiigir' vim ilu- Juniara. i do as he days .um ga into a game ,gi.i:imim.! zu isin, ni-x only fur their fviiwl bin for :hi-ir mentor. It 'is this his-ndiy ifeeliry between the mnch and play:-rs than pxmhwes but -sigsuitx Sn any kind af an athietic mr- iauizxvion ar in my form at spurt. Kearny has The saTisTacTion oT knowing ThaT Mr. Davies is an avid sporTs Tan as well as a dedicaTed principal. He himself was once The popular coach oT a sTaTe champion Track Team and a B baskeTball Team aT George WashingTon High School in Indiana. IT mighT well be The qualiTies oT a good coach ThaT have gone inTo The making of such a good adminisTraTive leader. Mr. Davies possesses Those qualiTies which make him as well liked as he is respecTed. When noT involved in The busy rouTine oT school and communiTy liTe, Mr. Davies Tinds pleasure in naTure. He spends a greaT deal of his Tree Time in gardening and yard work, and he is Tond of animals. Three oT his TavoriTe hobbies are his Three grandchildren. As principal, Mr. Davies has said ThaT he especially likes Kearny's TaculTy who have undoubTedly held The adminisTraTive leadership of such a Tine person in high regard. His Triendly, very cooperaTive disposiTion and his abiliTy and enihusiasm Tor working wiTh people has been well reTlecTed ThroughouT The Kearny High campus. Though we can appreciaTe and Thank you wiTh words, Mr. Davies, we sincerely hope ThaT This appreciaTion and graTiTucle will always be evidenT To you among The people Tor whom you have so loyally worked. A I , ,. ,, ,..., ,gk ..., , I .. vm

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Mr. Nelson, assislanl Io Ihe princi- pal, Ihough new al Kearny Ihis year, has become well known on our campus. This has been due noi only Io his osilion on The adrninislralion slaff, bul' aEo 'rhrough his associaiion wilh Kearny's American Field Service Chaplrer. Mr. NeIson's work has made him a welcome member of 'rhe Kearny adminislralion slall. Mr. Basil Nelson ASSISTANT TO THE PRINCIPAL Mrs. Karen Wiseman, Kearny's girls' vice principal, has been unlailing in her sincere desire Io beller campus life. Wilh- oul her fine supervision of Ihe Girls' League, Their many line proiecls would have been impossible. We are graieful for Mrs. Wiseman's presence on Ihe adminislra- lion and for her sincere efforls lor The good of Kearny's sludenls. ! way yixf v V' If if , 'F-,xc Mrs Karen Wiseman fi ' GIRLS VICE PRINCIPAL U ,' v Mr. Lundmark, boys' vice principal, became a member of The adminislralion las? year. I-lis fine work has made him a well known person on campus. Mr. Lund- mark has again proven Io be a valuable member of Ihe adminislrafion al Kearny High. Jfo