Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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WILLIAM J. DREW Prirnifml MR. DREW'S MESSAGE To the Christmas Class of 1958: Greetings and Farewell! You have been a satisfactory, loyal, and true group of Missionites. You are graduating from a high-class and representative American public senior high school. To have received training, guidance, counseling, and leadership in this school puts you on the high road to suc- cess in the world. But you will now have to strive, work, and accomplish in your day's work more than ever before in order that you may reach the goal of success. You will meet obstacles and many discouraging circumstances. But do not allow your- self to become discouraged. Be of good cheer, and work hard every day.You will find that the doctrine ofWORK as expounded and recommended by Thomas Carlyle, the great English prose writer,will prove an absorbing and a satisfac- tory occupation. Then, as you go on in later life, and work becomes a habit, you will End great success and a great solace in honest toil, be it either mental or physical. An- other example of a great man who honored our own coun- try by being its president and m0St distinguished citizen was Theodore Roosevelt. By his indomitable will, self- discipline, and courage, he conquered his early grievous boyhood illness, and became a virile, forthright, and estim- able citizen of robust health and endurance, trusted by his friends and good citizens generally, and feared by his enemies and by people of venial and politically dishonest characters and tactics. My best advice to you one and all is never to allow yourself to be guilty of a dishonest act, to show respect for your parents, your home, your school, your church, and for the laws of your community, your city, your state, and your nation. Respect the rights and opinions of one or two of those who sincerely differ with you, but maintain your own position in matters of public policy, provided you have given serious consideration and thought to your point of view. l wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. WILLIAM J. DREW, Principal The QmZ.55Z.0W TQIUOVIKVJ I1fllL67f7!Z.6W MISS KELLY'S MESSAGE What shall I do for a career? How often do we hear this momentous question from our graduates? What is the answer? To these, our graduates, this message: Scan the pages of the history of your many successful alumni who have found the answer to the question. From time to time, in this column, we have chronicled the records of some of these successful former students of Mission High who could point the way to you, inquiring graduates. Let us consider the course of Warren Duff, a graduate of Mission High School who has won fame and fortune in writing for motion pictures. He is now signed with Warner Brothers. Through the assistance of Mrs. Edith Bushnell, our art instructor, he received his first position with the Maitland Players, later going to New York, making art posters, taking prominent parts in character plays, and managing stock companies. Then, he was signed by the Paramount Company and later received a contract with Warner Brothers. No doubt, you have see his name posted conspicuously on the staff of producers of many of the latest successful motion pictures, He has a large staff of assistants, col- laborating with him, but his name is always conspicuously in the lead. Some of his most successful motion pictures are: Gold is Where You Find It, The Gold Diggers of 1958, and Angels With Dirty Faces. He is now writing a motion picture for james Cagney. With it all, Warren is, as he always was as a student, quiet, reserved, and modest about his success and his attainments. This story may be a beacon light to inspire some graduate to search the fields of the motion picture industry for his chance. Who can tell? A. G. KELLY, Vice-principal Page Ten May we present a thumbnail sketch of some members of our faculty...first . . . Miss Acheson...grand math. teacher . . . grand person . . . friend of everyone at Mission . . . Mrs. Ahern . . . a chic clothing selection instructor . . . with a keen sense of humor . . . counsellor . . . she helps worried students get those missing credits in . . . Mr. Bale . . . capable head of the mechanical drawing depart- ment . . . personable . . . friendly . . . Mr. Barker . . . students like the informality of his history classes . . . he dresses informally . . . sings well . . . makes friends easily . . . and keeps them, too . . . Mr. Barney . . . in charge of the school bank . . . liked by everyone around Mission . . . and no wonder . . . for he's one of the most likeable persons on the faculty . . . Mrs. Baxter . . . a newcomer on our list of Mission mentors . . . has already established herself as a definite part of our school life . . . is in charge of N.Y.A. affairs . . . to take charge of West Wing next term . . . Miss Becker . . . takes charge of those vocal groups we hear on the stage . . . soft-spoken . . . pleasant . . . efficient . . . Mr. Branstetter . . . he teaches Mission boys the ele- ments of auto mechanics and safety driving . . . quiet . . . friendly . . . and sincere . . . Mrs. Buell . . . always has a smile for everyone . . , well-liked . . . excellent clothing instructor . . . Miss Byrne . . . tall . . . with a pleasant manner about her . . . top-notch math. teacher . . . Mr. Cleary . . . auto shop instructor . . . just ask any one of his many students about him . . . an outstanding personal- ity . . . Mr. Conlan . . . efficient sales instructor . . . and school comptroller . . . an industrious worker . . . with plenty of spirit . , . Dr. Conmy . . . outstanding member of the history department . . . interesting speaker . . . as his students will tell you . . . Mr. Crane . . . popular and able member of the science department . . . taught in China for many years . . . Miss Davidson . . . head of the girls

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! I BW N wt My i if Mission personnel . . . introducing ix familiar faces . . . faculty . . . xff students . . . senior portraits . . . . X1 faculty in action . . . our interviews with the faculty and administra- tors . . . Mr. Drew . . . Miss Kelly . . . Mr. Newman . . . all have their messages recorded in the pages to follow . . . student leaders . . . the Executive Committee . . . and, typically Mission, we intro- duce this book of personnel with Missionites basking in the sun on Missiorfs steps. tts f . . ,L JL cgi y V' JMJJQN ,QJERJQNNEL - L N A vs Y .y is . ' - 'X x N 48 P i X ' 3 . K lx, x V ' l ' j 2 s J7 1 XX c X V 1 , N - I J , . I I X , . X . J. 'A' X

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MR. NEXVMANS MESSAGE Now that the high school diploma is yours, it may be well to inquire why you are dissatisfied with the results of three years of work. For, of course, you are not satisfiedg no one ever is. But the question in your mind is this: Have I taken full advantage of the opportunities offered by Mission? Is it my fault, or the school's that my attainments have fallen short of my ambitions ? It is not in the power of any school faculty to take a hun- dred average young people, and, at the end of three years, to turn out a hundred geniuses. But it is the duty of every school to help all those people to advance to the limit of their powers. Has Mission done this for you? Not entirely, I know, but quite well. This school offers work in almost every line of human endeavor, under the guidance of skilled, sympathetic instructors. A pupil's progress is lim- ited by the limitations of his nature. Some intelligences are more acute than others. It has been the desire of your teachers to spur you on to as great an achievement as is possible to each of you. If the final result has not been completely satisfactory, I know that you will judge the case fairly, and allocate praise and blame where they belong. The result of such self-searching will be to make you not content with mediocrity, but resolved, in the future, to take fuller advantage of what opportunities come to you. In that case, the writing of this little message will not be in vain. However, I know that probably no one among the readers of this journal will ever read this far, for nothing can be more uninteresting than a vice-principals message, so, to my hundreds of non-readers, I close with the hope of good fortune for each and all of you. JOSEPH B. NEWMAN, Vice-principal A is JOSEPH B. NEWMAN Vice-principal the Family and cvMmmz37mi01fr. . . gym department . . . makes her students earn their good marks . . . good ice-skater . . . Miss de Ghetaldi . . . a very, very kindly person . . . and an excellent science in- structor, to boot . . . Miss Donaldson , . . producer of those top-notch term plays . . . calm . . . cool . . . efficient . . . Mr. Galeno . . . gentleman . . . scholar . . . talented artist . . . universally liked . . . Mr. Gardner . . . expert blue- printer . . .good head . . . Miss Harder . . . efiicient history instructor . . . with a devastating wit . . . personality plus . . . Mrs. Hobart . . . very talented art instructor . . . her students make prize-winning posters for Mission activities . . . Miss Hoernig . . . sweet manner . . . able ofiice prac- tice instructor . . . her classes type material for the whole school and render real service . . . Mr. johns . . . a dyed-in- the-wool Republican . . . noted for his droll wit . . . and lively classes . . . Mrs. Kortright . . . school registrar . . . pleasant history teacher . . . C.S.F. sponsor . . . outstanding character . . . Miss Landon . . . small lively . . . spark- ling wit . . . able gym instructor . . . Miss Lynn . . . a quiet . . . mild-mannered clothing instructor . . . Miss McGinnis . . . very capable commercial teacher . . . Miss McGloin . . . stern English VIII mentor . . . with a kindly likeable disposition . . . beloved by seniors and sophs alike . . . Miss Michels . . . nationally known art teacher . . . grand person . . . Mrs. Millikin . . . Mis- sion's leading exponent of the Lambeth walk . . . also ad- vocates charm exercises to bring out the hidden beauty in the Mission femmes . . . Mr. Mitchell . . . hard-headed, practical high senior counsellor . . . a canny Scotsman . . . Miss Mulcahy . . . past-mistress of the art of repartee . . . personality plus . . . social studies head . . . C.S.F. counsellor . . . Miss Morrill . . . she makes history a pleasure . . . liked by everyone at Mission . . . entertaining speaker . . . has a heart of gold . . . Mrs. Newman . . . an- other good head in the history department . . . grand teacher . . . Mrs. Pothier . . . an English teacher who knows her grammar . . . one of the best in the school . . . she's small, but mighty . . . Miss Price . . . efficient German instructor . . . has the Liederkranz and Red Cross under her sponsorship . . . Miss Rabourn . . . kindly head of the English department . . . good-hearted person . . . well liked at Mission . . . Mrs. Reedy . . . capable millinery teacher . . . Mrs. Sanderson . . . West Wing advisor . . . and a good one, too . . . has brought All-American honors to Missions paper repeatedly . . . tall . . . efficient . . . poised . . , Mrs. Schott . . . an excellent science instruc- tor . . . most co-operative person, besides . . . Miss Simon . . . C.S.F. sponsor . . . expert math. instructor . . . with a really sweet personality . . . well-liked by everyone . . . Mr. Spiess . . . head demon of the Locker Crew . . . quiet sense of humor . . . a favorite with all his students . . . Mrs. Swanson . . . efficient member of the English de- partment . . . her methods of teaching are effective yet kindly . . . she's small . . . with an air of sweetness about her . . . Mr. Terry . . . genial head of the science de- partment . . . he Hunks his poor students with cheerful regularity . . . but they always seem to come back for more . . . his classes are always full . . . Miss Truman . . . head of the foreign language department . . . a real teacher and a grand person . . . Miss Whitcher . . . head librarian . . . held in high esteem by her library assistants . . . Mrs. Vincent . . . excellent shorthand teacher . . .Miss Kendrick . . . head of Mission's extensive commercial department . . . Mr. Wantz . . . machine shop instructor . . . clever sense of humor . . . now we close this sketch of some of our faculty members with the remark that if you don't believe these comments are accurate, then get to know these teachers and find out for yourselves! Page Eleven