Menlo Atherton High School - Yearbook (Atherton, CA)

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ALICE MELVIN MAROUERITE JOHN THOMAS SAMUEL AMES APPLEBAUM ARENDS ARMS BROWN D1SIBIO 11- lls' 'KK li I STANLEY PATRICIA DOROTHY ADOLPH LEONARD RUSSELL DORFER GILLESPIE HANLON HANSEN HENARD HOWARD '7 ff'- RUTH PATRICK MARY LOUISE McGEEHAN NAIL RIORDAN ROGERS it gf ie' MARVIN JAMES RAYMOND FRANK SHAW SNIDER SOMERS ZEPEZAUER 22 nglish Department With twenty'two teachers on the staff and one hundred and three classes on the daily schedule, the English Department is the largest one at MenlofAtherton. In addition to the regular English courses, electives are ofIered in both beginning and advanced speech, drama, and journalism. An extrafcurricular activity directed by teachers of English is OAK LEAv11s, the school literary magazine published annually, Awards are given to those students who submit outstanding work to this publication. Other activities include Writers Club, plays, debates, and speech tournaments. Students also contribute class compositions and poetry for publication in the Palo Alto teenfage column, Under the guidance of Mr. Shaw, they also do publicity columns for area newspapers telling of events of interest and importance that have taken place at Menlo-Atherton. The activities in the courses offered in the English Department come under the headings of reading, writing, and listening. The major objective in English is to enlarge one's ability to read with understanding, to speak with clarity, to write effectively, and to develop an appreciation for literature both through a study of selected classics and a leisure reading program, Some MenlofAtherton students use their English education here as a groundwork leading them into higher and better things in college and in the business world. Not pictured is joseph Cannizzaro. Mrs, Riordan is the department head.

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As juniors and seniors our problems become more complex, for in the future looms the problem of graduation and college. Through our high school years our counselors have guided Us in our choice of curriculum in preparing for college, for the business world, or for whatever held we may enter. The counselors pictured above have advised juniors and seniors on many of their problems, both social and academic, since the time they entered high school as freshmen. From left to right, they are, top row: Mr. Murray, who counsels seniors, Mr. Dorfmeier, juniors, and Mr. Polon, seniors, Bottom row: Miss Mijares, secretary, Miss Henry, seniors, Miss Gibson, juniors, and Miss Pippin, secretary. one unno- V7 ov X xlfvf Freshmen and sophomore students need a great deal of help during their hrst two years in deciding what courses to take, and in becoming adjusted to the maze of a huge high school like Menlo':Ktherton. The counselors who guide these students are willing to lend a listening ear and a helping hand whenever they can to their underclassmen counselees. From left to right, they are, top row: Mrf.-Xustin, who counsels sophof rnores, Mr. Maxwell, sophomores, Mr. Goularte, freshmen, Mr. O'Donnell, freshmen, and Mr. Tomaszewslci, freshmen. Bottom row: Mr. Sheppard, sophomores, Miss Han' lon, sophomores, Miss Arends, freshmen, and Mr. Lavin, sophomores. Not pictured is Mr. McClean, freshmen.

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Language Department A15 if WILBUR WILLIAM GEORGE KENNETH WILLIAM FELLOWS LAVIN MORRILL WINN ZIEGLER afbbk I fag f' -f X x 5 Ly fx ,f C in tax J J Y A ' Menlo-Atherton's Language Department is fast becoming recognized as one of the best in Oalifornia. Local colleges have found that graduates from here have a stronger base and a more fluent speech in the language they have studied, than students from other schools. This year the Spanish forces out- numbered the French in their traditional war, however this seemed to prove only an incentive to the French to outdo the Spanish. For the past few years this friendly rivalry has been carried on in the third year language classes, and, although it usually ends in a deadlock, it proves to be a lot of fun. Four languages are offered here at MenlofAtherton. Besides Spanish and French, Latin and German are also offered. Although these are only two year courses, many students use these as a groundwork and then go into other language study. We of Menlo-Atherton are proud of our Language Department. It serves us well. Not pictured are Rosa Choplin and Melvin Applebaum. Mr. Lavin is the department head. Social Studies Department When students are freshmen they learn all about the school, its functions, and its government. They learn where they fit into the scheme of things. In their junior ear, students learn the functioning of our national govern' The also learn to use critical thinkin to examine Y ment and its history. y . g their political beliefs. All this takes place in their U. S. History classes. As Seniors, students are required to take American Institutions. It is a course designed to acquaint students with Freud, psychology, marriage, and family life for one semester. The second semester is devoted to Civics and govern' ment. Besides these required courses, World History is offered as an extra' curricular class. Tie all of these courses together and they form the basis for a person with a hetter understanding of the world and its ways. Not pictured are Edward Mackin and Malcolm Maxwell. Mr. Ross is the department head. V XYAIAIVC HORACE AUBERTINE 'I-R TQ ORVILLE JOSEPH AUSTIN GREGGANS JOHN TERESITA ROBERT FERRYLE DiFRANCO Esriavfx HAUSMANN, C' G' HUTCHINSON McOMBER Yin is GEORGE KENNETH ROBERT ROGER LAWRENCE GLENNA MILLAR NOCETO ROSS SECCOMBE SHEPPARD VIOLETTE 23