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

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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

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. j iq N ' 1' :.f ,ff ' j U thi Q 1, I 71,7 A I V, 4, f V ,l , 1 I .. I , . .. 1' .1 Elf A X,-' V' in , t f A 0 lm - 4. . i .- - W l' l li, DEPARTMENTS l 1 FINE ARTS 5 aj , The aesthetic side is not overlooked in the process of W ,Q developing the boy and girl, Art and music classes take care of this need and in Montebello they play a prominent . part in school life. f I In the music field are instrumental and musical groups ' I fykwhich appear at gatherings of all kinds with numbers re- ' if XA iw' ng credit to themselves and giving pleasure to the . fl Jflistene s. Besides the two orchestras, one advanced and , F , ', J! , ll the other beginning, several smaller groups have been ora -' ' ' 5 Q ganized for special work. ln the instrumental group are ty!! J, E the boys violin trio, the marimba ensemble, and the girls fx ensemble. ln the vocal group, there are two boys glee clubs, a freshman girls chorus, an advanced and junior girls glee club., a boys double quartet and a girls ninette. There are art classes for beginners, for those more advanced and for those with more than two years' training. The work covers simple design and com- position, leather work, mural painting, figure drawing, and numerous other projects. Quantities of fine work are produced by this department. Posters galore help advertise activities both in school and community: advertising posters in the busses are school projectsg hundreds of programs are block printed on the hand press. f MANUAL ARTS Some people are naturally manually minded and to meet the needs and abilities of this group, courses are offered in subjects which require much work with the ' hands. For freshman boys, there is wood shop where they learn to cut and fit pieces of lumber into attractive furniture. They begin the year's work by all working on the same project-it may be a footstool or a simple table. Later they branch out ,into individual projects for their own particular purposes. Some of the projects developed were toys for small brother or sister or perhaps some gadget for mother's kitchen that would simplify her work, or even sleds and surf boards for outdoor fun. Older boys may join the machine shop classes. Here the work is definitely mechanical with practice in the handling of different machines used in working with machinery parts, as well as painting and repairing automobiles. Mechanical drawing, although different from shop work, is in a similar Held with it. junior draftsmen learn accuracy and make blueprints. of homes, build- ings, and machines. A Q 0 I Ox S ' 45 9 f l ' fr H HW' Ig Page Fifteen