Montebello High School - Golden Key Yearbook (Montebello, CA)

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THE FACULTY MRS. ELINICE ALDRICH, in home art and design, teaches the art of handling the needle and thread, and the arrangement of embryo homes. She has under her direction the Home Economics club. MISS GERALDINE W. ANDERSON gives students the advantage of her own dramatic training in freshman and sophomore English and oral expression. She also directs the sophomore play and helps with other assembly programs. MR. GEORGE C. BENTON is the instructor under whose supervision the machine shop functions. The responsibility of overseeing the tearing down and building up of automobiles rests with him. MR. ARTHUR BRADY teaches English, oral expression, and stage craft. His stage group builds sets for the plays. MISS FRANCES BROMLEY puts the gym girls through their paces. Aside from teach' ing girls physical education, she assists in many school programs, and is also the backbone of the G. A. A. MR. LEON T. BROOCK, known for his Elbee Productions, teaches five classes of plain chemistry and one of college chemistry. In addition to this, he is ad- viser for the Boys Progressive Club. MR. IOHN BROOKS rules over the wood shop where beginners learn to make things out of wood. After school he can be found driving the school bus. MRS. VIOLET CLARKE, as secretary to Mr. Iacobs, contacts many students in ad- dition to handling the clerical Work of the main office. Miss GERTRUDE M. COX instructs young scientists in the mysteries of biology, and also finds time to supervise the japanese Club. MRS. IOSEPHINE DOCKSTADER this year assumed the direction of the orchestras, H boys glee clubs and special music groups. MRS. HELENA ALLEN ELIBANKS meets most of the students as they enter and leave her junior English classes. lt is under her direction that the junior assembly programs are given. ' MRS. LILLIAN FISHER leads students through ,the mazes of mathematics. This spring she coached a girls tennis team to a championship. ' MR. LESTER K. GATES has classes in typing l and junior business training. His latest coaching accomplishment A was a championship tennis team, the first in nineteen years. H ' MR. LESLIE W. HOOPES teaches algebra and general science. He also coached the B football team to a championship and developed a successful basketball team. V MR. MARK R. IACOBS is not only the principal of the high school but he is also 1 thensuperintendent of the schools ofthe district. MR. FRANK JONES, the man with an endless store of jokes, can be found teaching - physical education and junior business training. He also coached baseball, football, and basketball, and has brought home some championships. Miss MARIE L. KERN efficiently supervises the art department and directs the pro- duction of quantity as Well as quality in art Work for many projects. The Daubers is the club which works with her. I Page Twelve

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THE FACULTY fContinuedl MRS. RUBY LATSON,,,of the commercial department, teaches bookkeeping to anxious young accountants. Under her supervision the Merit Board functions and the V merits of transgressors are kept above the danger line. MR. IOHN L. LOVE, vice-principal of the high school, uses his efficiency and ability in the office. Without his advice and help many students would be lost. MISS IESSIE MCELFRESH introduces freshmen to world history, making ancient times alive for them. She also sponsors the International Club. MR. PARKE C. OLIVER develops future athletes in his physical education classes. He also coaches basketball and baseball and advises the M Club. MRS. LORRAINE C. POI-ILMANN is known as the freshman English teacher. Through her efforts the beginners learn correct speech and proper manners. MISS MARION G. RENSHAW teaches young journalists how to read copy and write news articles. ln her hands rests the responsibility for the publication of the Golden Key and the administration of the school library. NIRS. MARION RICCA trains future Secretaries in shorthand and typing. In acl- dition to a class in business principles, she directs the activities of the Pen Pushers, a club composed of Second year Shorthand students. MRS. GIQETCHEN RICHARDSON is the teacher of Spanish and Latin. She has charge of Los Buenos Amigos and luvenes Romani Houdierni. Pro Merito also has her for an adviser. MRS. OPAL RICKETTS, home economics teacher, teaches homemaking and household science to young cooks. She is an adviser of the Home Economics club. MR. STUART B. ROUGH leads juniors and seniors through United States history and civics. He coaches track and cross country as Well. MRS. MARGARET HADLEY ROOT, new on the faculty this year, directs the girls glee clubs and several smaller musical groups. MR. GEORGE M. SCI-IURR makes lines, angles, and problems of Solid geometry and trigonometry have a meaning for his students. He also teaches mechanical drawing with the precision of lines, curves, and angles. MISS VELMA SEANOR in her capacity as school nurse, ministers to the ills of stu- dents. Under her supervision also come cases among elementary pupils. MR. TRENT STEELE conducts classes in U. S. history and civics, in modern his- tory and social problems, and English. Under his inspiration the Hi-Y was organized this year. MRS. EVELYN SYKES' time is filled with details of the office of girls' adviser. ln E her office are kept records of merits, grades, and other details. She also directs the activities of the Girls League. MISS LUCILE TREFP, teacher of advanced English, gives college classes an insight of the requirements of college English and teaches college English. MISS VERNETTE TROSPER, newcomer tc the faculty, teaches first and second year Spanish classes and one class in first year art. ' MR. WESLEY O. WALKER gives instruction in general science, physics, and ad- vanced algebra. The photography in the Golden Key was done by him. Page Fourteen