Los Altos High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Altos, CA)

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MRS. ELIZABETH ALLEN English. Speech, Journalism A.B. University of California MRS. MELBA ANDERSON French, English A.B. Hendrix College MR. DUSHAN ANCIUS Physical Education. Coach B.A.. M.A. Stanford University MR. ROGER BAGNALL Algebra. Geometry. Senior Math B.S. U.S. Naval Academy M.A. Stanford University MR. REX BAKER Music Department A.B. San Francisco State M.A. Mills College MR. PAUL BARKMAN World History, U.S. History A.B. San ,lose State MR. BENJAMIN BEATTY Biology B.S.. M,A. Montana State MRS. MARTHA BLALOCK Library Practice A.B. University of California MISS CHARLENE BOCK Social Living. Counseling B.S. Oklahoma University M.A. Stanford University MISS BETTY BROOKS Physical Education A.B. San Jose State MR. CLYDE BROWN English, History. Speech A.B. Colorado State MR. THOMAS BURT Physical Education. Coach A.B. Santa Barbara Collegeg UC. M.A. San Jose State as A Facult ln three exciting years a hard-working faculty and energetic student- body have created a school. VV here only four short years ago an orchard dotted the serene countryside, now bustling, busy Los Altos High carries on the job of preparing the leaders of tomorrow. ln no phase is this phe- nomenal grovvth more evident than in the change from a nineteen to a Fifty- eight teacher faculty. The thirty acre site is now covered with a beautiful

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OF LO LTOS HIGH CHOUL MR. JOHN WILKINS Principal During a crisis there are those who would solve our problems by taking away our freedom to make choices. This freedom is the basis of our democracy in America. As I write this message there is a great wave of sugges- tions to do away with choice of subjects in school because it is believed that all should take a prescribed Course. Such a system would ignore individual differencesg it would not allow the production of such a book as Excalilmrg nor would it permit choices of subjects on the basis of interest. fI5f.l MR. JOSEPH TAMONY Vice-Principal and Dean of Boys VVe know that some fail to make wise choices because they establish inadequate goals for themselves. Setting these goals and learning to choose the course of action which will lead to them 'is part of the process by which we become adult. The Class of 1958 and its members have grown tre- mendously in their abilities to make choices, May you become champions of the right of freedom of choice. JOHN B. WILKINS, Principal MISS FRANCES EWY Dean of Girls MRS. NANCY COZZENS Director of Guidance

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Members school plant Whose fifty-eight rooms house over l4OO students. The educa- tional level has risen from sophomores to seniors. In these three years of constant growing pains one fact has emerged, Los Altos I-Iigh School is great today because the faculty and students have vvorlced together to achieve a high level of scholarship, to produce winning athletic teams, and to create a happy campus atmosphere. With this firm foundation our school looks for- ward to an assured future. MR. ERNEST CARLETON Spanish A.B. Arizona University M.A. Arizona State MR. MARVIN CARLTON Wood Shop, Mechanical Drawing AB. San Jose State M.A. Stanford University MR. CLAIRE CHRISTENSEN Algebra II, Plane, Solid Geometry Trigonometry A.B., M.A. San Jose State MR. ALBERT COEN Forced to leave position by illness last fall MRS. NANCY COSSITT English B.S. Florence College M.A. Peabody College MR. RICHARD DANIEL English, Remedial Reading B.A. Duquesne University MR. ROBERT D'SPAIN Consumer Science, Physics A.B. San Jose State M.A. Stanford University MR. GILMORE DUNCAN Social Living, Counseling, Coach B.A., M.A. Stanford University MISS MARGARET FEACIN Physical Education A.B. San Jose State MR. STUART FERGUSON Algebra, Geometry, Coach A.B. Il.C.L.A. MISS JOAN CIBBONS English, Drama A.B. University of California M.A. San Jose State MR. VERN CILLMORE Mechanical Drawing, Art A.R. San .Iose State