Montgomery High School - Valhal Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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Spencer Hinkle, Steve Fish, Ron Small, Barbara Woolery, Noland Lewis, Mr. Guyon, and John Barnett lfront centerl. SCIENCE FAIR, FIELD TRIPS, POTLUCKS KEEP SCIENCE CLUB BUSY Two potluck dinners high-lighted the school year for the MH S Branch of Science Club of America and provided an opportunity for Science Club members of this school to meet and discuss their interests with Science Club members from SRH S. SRHS hosted the first of these dinners on October 29. The program for the evening included a demonstration on microwaves by the Bell Tele- phone Company. On Februay I7 the SR H S Science Club was the guest of M H S at a potluck. Mont omery High School was also the host for the annual Science Igair held on March 25 by the two high schools md three iunior high schools in Santa Rosa, and although all science stu- dents were encouraged to enter proiects, the Science Club played a large part in planning the event. Other activities of the club during the year included a trip to Golden Gate Park to visit the planetarium an November I4, a tour of Lisle Lithograph Company in Montgomery Village in January, and a tour of the cyclotron at the University of Califomia at Berke- ley in April. Revenue was raised through several cupcake and doughnut sales and auctions of science equipment. Officers for the year were Richard Kunde, president, Noland Lewis, vice- president, Barbara Woolery, secretary, and Mary Hassel, treasurer. DISCHARGE OF ELECTRONS through a florescent tube is demonstrated by Rich Kunde on a Telsa coil, Rich's proiect in the Science Fair. An exhausted tube is lighted up by harmless flow of electrons through Rich's body. On the far right of the appara- tus is a neon transformer which steps up the voltage from 15,000 volts to 500,000 volts. MR. HORACE LELAND lrightl, physics in- structor, gives Bill Bartlett and Doug Mur- phey a few pointers on their proiect for the Science Fair, a demonstration of a parabolic reflector.

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HONOR SOCiETY BOTTOM ROW: Rea Strub, Sharon Friend, Adrienne Sherrill, Bev Dorsey, Jean Lassen, Sofia Ohler, Claudio Robinson, Marie Ritchie. SECOND ROW: Gregory Sugimura, Arne Jensen, Margaret Pyne, Rita Middleton, Linda Kemp, Janice Anderson, Pauline Wilson, Jeff Robinson, Michael Smith. THIRD ROW: David Birgen- heier, Wynn Hough, Barbara Woolery, Wanda Shirley, Judy Radu, Janine French, Linda Hall, Virginia York, Robin Starr, Janice Hodapp, Jackie Dayhuff, Judy Estes, Pete Davis. FOURTH ROW: Ritch Burkart, Rich Kunde, Prentice O'Leary, James Dills, Robert Clifton, Tim Eagan, Jim Higgs, Lynn Bailiff, Jim Jackl, Gordon Strachan, John Gibbons, Larry Anderson. THIRTY-TWO MAKE CSF From a charter membership of twelve in the fall of 'l958, the MH S Chapter of the California Scholarship Federation swelled its membership to thirty-two members when it organized in the spring of l960. Officers elected at the first meeting of the year were Prentice O'Leary, president, Greg Sugimura, vice-president, Virginia York, secretary, and Jim Jaclxl, treasurer. ln April fifteen members from Montgomery High attended the Northern Region C S F Conference at Analy Union High School, Sebastopol. Theme ofthe conference was World Peace: Is It Possible? Four MH S members were discussion leaders: Judy Radu, Claudia Robinson, Barbara Woolery, and Robin Starr. Requirements for membership in the California Scholarship Federation are lU grade points in semester grades. A'S in solid subiects are worth 3 points, B's worth l. In non-solids A's count lk points, B's, Vi point. A D in any subject disqualifies a student for membership. Up to one point can be earned toward mem- bership in extracurricular activities. Now affiliated with the National Honor Society, the MHS Honor Society requires a student to earn a total of l50 grade points in the sophomore year and 165 points in the iunior and senior years for membership. Fifty of these points may be earned for outside activities and citizenship. Members of the Montgomery High School Honor Society were eligible for National Honor Society scholarships. CSF a-ag, Eff .'-I- ' BOTTOM ROW: Claudia Robinson, Linda Kemp, Jeff Robinson, Arne Jensen, Gregory Sugimura, Dennis DeWitt, Paula Price, Margaret Pyne, Jean Lassen. SECOND ROW: Janine French, Judy Radu, Barbara Woolery, Virginia York, Janice Hodapp, Linda Hall, Wynn Hough, Robin Starr. THIRD ROW: Prentice O'Leary, Robert Clifton, Jim Jackl, Lynn Bailiff, David Birgenheier, Michael Smith, Pete,Davis, Bill Cody.

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,e f TRENDS IN TEACHING DISCUSSED BY MH S FUTURE TEACHERS Mr. William Evatt, Director of Secondary Curriculum, Santa Rosa City Schools, spoke on teaching as a career at the Future Teach- ers' opening fall activity, a potluck dinner in November. Mr. Evatt discussed trends in employment of teachers, emphasizing the equal opportunities of men and women, the need for academic persons, and the willinq- ness of Santa Rosa to hire Iocal graduates. Entertainment was provided by Len Eisen- hood and Martha Jaffrey, who did a panto- mine, Penny Peak, who danced, Ron Gloek- Ier and Bob Seimer, who also did a panto- mine, and Anne Hummel, who did a hula. In March the club went to San Francisco to see the movie, Ben Hur , and in April they visited a Northern California college. Doyle Park provided the setting for a Future Teachers' breakfast, held in the spring. Money-making proiects during the year were doughnut sales, which proved very success- ful, ' said Carole Vincent, club president. CAROLE VINCENT President SHARON SILVA Vice-President MARGARET PYNE Secretary JANICE ANDERSON Treasurer JEAN LASSEN Social Director BOTTOM ROW: Mr. Ac uistapace, Cheryl Lyman, Sofia Ohler, Sharon Silva, Penny Peak, Margaret Pyne, Millie Ivamtsky Maxine Lippmm, Debra Friedman, Jean Lassen, Kathie Osburn, Marie Ritchie. SECOND ROW: Lorraine Pieracclni Janice Anderson, Carole Vincent, Judy Estes, Ron Gloeckler, Christina Miller, John Marcucci, Judy Reed, Nancy Williamson