Oakland Technical High School - Talisman Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 108 of the 1952 volume:

I i r v 3 9 THE TALISMAN Published annually by ihe siudents of OAKLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL 19 i O A K L A N D , C A L I F O R N I A .-Ulm! plmlu .Munn vj Clydr 5unJrrI.mJ, IMI' ifmdzmle ui l.mu,1rx NH Muzi f igw JY. li? 5 523 9 Pr ,an mxsfaesausaemwasa. 34 lv sissy, fm ww' if Q 9 Q , , i tn Qi gg MT' 'Wim .QM Wa R, WA l5E ll 5 Lg HH F b tcm my Agmfs ,ef gl, v b QCCAJAL ij ,J Aja 'if .Lic J 5' I J 'AJ J 161,251 if bb bb 1 ' flag Lisff gp, v 7 h FTP Q C-if iffifyl jfpfiofjfh t FTW 4 'WSJ l J gl ffyfi f K6 clo ACF' banner- fQf?7f Afffy d 1 b P 4' iw fill ' f 575 JQlWlF rVfLfV-lil iii-'X EH:-::E.1'-N jf 1 ff gf ADMINISTRATICN Tech FACULTY RIGHT: Mr. Will Green is refiring +his year affer live years of service af Technical plus fhree years dur- ing The early fwenlies. Whal he has done in all Jrhese years spealcs for ii- sell when you see whaf lcind of a school Tech is. RIGHT: Mr. Charles Gilmore came fo us lasi fall as Dean of Boys buf already he has become a vifal parl of Technical High. His eflicienl manner and oufsianding sense of humor have esfablished him wifh sfudenls and iaculfy alilce. LEFT: The lady wi+h The sponlan- eous smile who's always There wiih fhe helping hand. These are The words which besl' describe Miss Rosabelle Scolf, Dean ol Girls, who has loeen friend and counselor +o Techniles for many years. HOME ECONOMICS LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. uma Oafman, Miss Berlha Schwab Iheadl, Miss Alice Skinner, Mrs. Marguerife Marlin, Miss Gladys Buchholz. COMMERCIAL LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Leila Ogilvie, Mrs. Ioan Meckfessel, Mrs. Georgia Hansen, Miss Eleanor Jensen Iheadl, Miss Jessie Granger, Mrs. Ella Bal- lou, Miss Irene Grady, Mr. Howard Remick, Mrs. Helen C. Tomigal. GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Helen Vockel, Mrs. Gloria Sleel, Mrs. Frances Cary, Miss Henriella Balch Iheadl, Miss Nessie Hobbs, Mrs. Muriel Ewing. SOCIAL STUDIES LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Donald Lucas, Mrs. Maurine Grimwood, Mr. J. J. Madden, Mrs. Harriel Pillsbury, Mr. Frank Johnson, Mr. Ross English, Mr. Lynn Barrel? fheadl. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT STANDING, Ieff Io righiz Mr. Max Yulich, Mr. Kyle L. Wil- cox, Mr. James Hoge, Miss WiIIeHe PeHy, Mr. Gilberf Gal- Iies, Mr. Graham Knox, SEAT- ED: Miss Irene Lorimer and Miss Beriha Henninqsen. MUSIC DEPARTMENT LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. George Kyme, Mrs. Neva Aubin, Mr. Cecil Enlow, and Mr. John Morfarofii. ART DEPARTMENT STANDING, Ieff fo riqhf: Mr. Harry Donlevy, Mr. Brieuc Bouche. SEATED: Mr. Kyle, L. Wilcox, Mrs. Heien Dozier. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Nels Johnson, Dr. Paula Haas, Miss Anne Riccoboni, IA number of Ihe faculiy mem- bers were missed in The deparf- men? picfures. They appear in a group on page 25.I BOYS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Ray Hamillon, Mr. Gilberl Callies, Mr. Leroy Sharp, Mr. Alvin Kyle, and Mr. Frank Johns. INDUSTRIAL ARTS LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. Erwin Basling, Mr. Ruel Reed Mr. Waller Walsh, Mr, Glen Mofiel, and Mr. Adolph Morrensen. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FRONT ROW, leff lo righl: Miss Jessie Smilh, Mrs. Lenore Broze, Mr. James Squire, Miss Kalhleen Dawson, Mrs. Bernice Hendrickson and Mrs. Maurine Grimwood. BACK ROW: Mrs. Mary Lynch, Mrs. Maurine Hardin, Mr. Al- den Johnson, Mr. Roberl Brownlee, Miss Emma Schneirla, Miss Doris Mc- Enlyre and Mrs. Cafherine Cushman. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT FRONT ROW, lefl lo righl: Mrs. Mable Taylor, Miss Willelle Peify, Mrs. Ella Ballou, Mrs. Madge Spoon and Miss Rulh Wood. BACK ROW: Mr. Graham Knox, Mr. Duane Barlholomew, Mr. John Baccelli, Mr. Bob Messinger and Mr. William Ferguson. The eleven leachers who are missing from their deparlmenl piclures may be found on page 25. 33 I x5H': '..'i5'5 S' . ,E ff! I gf EXECUTIVE BQARD TPch High Hg THE BIG WHEELS RIGHT: Jim Hughes, as sludenl body presidenl in lhe lall, filled lhe pcsilion wilh a combina- tion of sfeadfasl leadership and good humor. Jim Marshall look over lhe presidenl's gavel in the spring. Under his leadership lhe sludenl government ran smoolhly for anolher term. 5 ...-u . I awk T 5 5 T fi ' W' .ie no 5 ABOVE. Dorelfe Dufore, Girls' Vice-Presidenf for lhe fall ferm. was living proof fha? godd lhings come in small packages, as she wen? abou? her dulies in her own unassuming buf efffcienl manner. ln his capacily as Boys' Vice- Prissidenl for fhe fall lerm, Jim Marshall was kfpl' busy wilh his largesf responsibilily of s -eing sludenls safely on the busses affer school. LEFT: Bernice Bronsdon look over fhe reins as Girls' Vice-Presidenf for fhe spring Term. Under her able leadership fhe girls' affairs lhroughoul lhe ferm were successlully managed. LEFT: Al Kyle was elecled Boys' Vice-President in fhe spring. His dufies were carried on wilh a quiel efficiency which made for a successful lerm of office. 9 FALL OFFICERS LEFT: Richard Anderson, Commis- sioner of Tralzlic, was ine boy we can llianlc lor llne lacl lbal we were seldom run down in ine lwalls. Lynn While, Commissioner oi lvlainle- nance, lcepl an eagle eye our for 'rliose of us who couldn'+ seem +o find ine garbage cans and who 'llnrow our liller on llie grounds. BELOW: Dol Wilson, Commis- sioner ol Finance, lcepl a close guard on all llme money we spenl on lickels lo sclwool aclivilies. Jack l-layiord, Commissioner of Publi' calions, made sure we gol our Scribes every Monday. J .. 'H ii ., .,. .. .. 1 N u, ABQVE: lvlarna Pedersen, Social Secrelary, wore lier lounlain pen lo a slub sending Teclinilies birllw- day and gel-well greelings. Pai Tinsley, as Commissioner ol Social Aclivilies, was responsible lor llwe lun had by all ol us al line dances and llwe enlerlaining social slwindigs. RIGHT: Donna Kangas, bead Yell Leader, was llie girl wlwo jumped and screamed so hard al The games llial we decided lo yell, loo. Flora Jung, Commissioner ol l-lonor Ac- livilies, was lcepl busy willw lead- ing llwe l-lonor Sociely and The Lawn Board. Diane Cook, Commis- sioner of Clubs, made sure all Jrliose clubs we belonged lo ran smoollily. awww .wamwu g SPRING OFFICERS RIGHT: ForresT Slewing inTroduced his new yells and rouTines in The middle oT basIceTbaIl season as head yell leader. GranT CaTTaneo and his nail-on-sTicI4 crew IcepT our grounds Tree Trom debris. BELOW: BeTTy IvIarTin, as Social SecreTary, had no worries oT Time To kill in The spring Term. Every day meanT more greeT- ings To birThday ceIebranTs. The Honor SocieTy and Lawn Board were puT inTo The responsible hands OT Bill Russell, Commissioner oT Honor AcTiviTies. ABOVE: Commissioner oT Club Ac- TiviTies Phebe Brown managed one oT The besT club assemblies yeT. TraTIic Commissioner John Russell and his board IcepT our halls or- derly. LEFT: Nancy EIlioT IcepT Tech- niTes inTormedg as Commissioner oT PubIicaTions she ediTed The Scribe. Alice IVIcCrudden, Commissioner oT Finance, Toolc care oT dues and sales. In charge of Social AcTiviTies was Barbara BarnhoIT, who arranged our monThly shindigs in The gym. Jlwil 'E ez f 4 5559.1 Y new ' if 0 f 22,55 if 4, -5- - '2f:'::gI:: - I Mrs. Helen Vockel, Hl2 coun- selor, wenf lhrough all Ihe lrials and frlbulalions of high school Iile I64 limes along wilh fhe class of January '52. She picked us up when we were down and knocked us down when we gol loo high. She'lI always have a place in our memories. IN THE ATTENDANCE OFFICE CENTER Mrs Helen Pelerson FAR RIGHT: Mrs. Rulh Sea. STUDENTS, leff Io righf: Joan Bohn, Claudehe Hamilfon, Jlm Mazucci Ray Goodwin, Pepper Wesley, Jerry Jenkins, and Eddie Pelersen. Q5:'.. ' If f FALL SENIORS Kiev FALL LEADERS RIGHT: ln lhe spring of l95l fhe Senior Class elecled fhis red-headed go-golfer, Bob Cos- tello, as iheir president They were never sorry, for Bob worked all lerm for his class and up- held all 'lhe slandards lha? go wllh being high senlor class presidenl. LEFT: Dorolhy Skaaren spenf an evenlful high senior year as class vice-presi- denl. She, loo, filled her iob well as was expecled of her when she was elecled. LOWER LEFT: Gail Meyer gave her services lo her class as edilor of The Talis- man. Her work speaks for ifself in lhe pages ol this book. LEFT: Phyllis Perkins had the oleasanl lask of handling all lhe seniors' money, as she held fhe office of lreasurer of her SenlorClass. BEVERLY ALBERTI HENRY ARMS ERMA ARMSTRONG JEAN BAYHA ROBERT BELL BEVERLEE BIGLIOI' SHIRLEY BORLAND PAT BREEDLOVE DONNA BROOKS MARGARET BROOKS CHARLES CADWALLADER ELIZABETH , AU . -is V i 1?'- xg! air 15:33, ' ., 1, ffff T-4? f Trfiir: 5 1 -J'Q3'A Un!,n -F,,g.g,gff:L' , 'fgjf Q 4, . I mfg . JOHN CHAMBERLAIN DORA CHIN WILLIAM CLEMENTS When we came back IO Tech In Ihe IaII we emLered her doors wiirh a new emohomfone of Those Ihings you cannoI explain-'IhaI 'IsenIorIeeIIr1q. As we boughf our IIcIceIs for Ihe big game wiIh Fremont we dreamed a dream Iha'r came Irue: The OAL championship. I4 Q DIANE COOK ROBERT COSTELLO DEWAYNE w .X LAMAR COURTNEY HENRY CROSBY JAMES CRUZ 'rv' j,j.f '21.g'- Eg ff 'IIA v-Q- '-I'-.A H K 'FQ A, 'W , Ii We mx Y Mgr- j X . ' , PATRICIA DAHLIN INEZ DAVIDSON DIANE DESLIPP If 3 I .E THOMAS -:ah DISHER ROBERT DONNELLY DORETTE DUFOUR The second big picnic of Ihe year was on Qciober I 7, when aII Ihe feeders flocked Io Monfclair Park for Ihe Dux Picnic. BUI The big daie for us was Ihe Senior Picnic. We boarded Ihe bus in Ihe morning, DesIinaIion Unknown. We wiII never for- gef how wek a cerlrein pair looked as They climbed ouI of Ihe swimming pooI wifh 'rheir cIoIhes on. We leiik Curry Creek a liIIle worn ouI, bu+ happy. XKATSUMI ENDO NANCY IRWIN MARY ESKE A '41 i ' sf f' I -4 I ,i., A I A , L--- CLIFTON EVERETT MILFORD FLEURY HENRY FONG GERALD FORSTER SYLVIA GARDERE LORA GEE f ' rf W -'--- I ., ...,,, ' DICK GILLASPEY JOANN GIORDANO LOUIS GONZALEZ WARREN GONZALES HILLIP G SANDRA GORDON JIMMY GOODWIN , OVENITTI RAYMOND GOYONECHE WILLIAM GREEN BARBARA GREITZER JANIS HAMILTON MARTI HARDWICK in JACK HAYFORD JAMES HELMS SONJA HENRIKSON JAMES HUGHES JEAN HUGHES JURDY HUGHES RICHARD HUGHES DOLORES JACKSON FRED JACOBS JERRY JENKINS Pa'rIerns in Tone was Mr. Cecil Enlow's brainchild. All Ihe music classes combined Io give us a musical show Ihaf will probably become a Tech fradilion. I6 SHARYN HIGHAM WILLIE HODGES CAROL HORTMAR -ff? 'Q I .Fig MAY IMAZUMI FRANK INFERRERA . .MW ,....JDr.. LAWRENCE Jew JOHNNIE JOHNSON ADOLPHUS JONE MYRTON JONES EDWIN JORGENSEN DONNA KANGAL MELBA KEES ANITA KELLOGG CARRIE KING I - , The noon rallies really Irepf our spirifs up. We always had fun seeing if Ihe girls could auf-yell Ihe boys. Somelimes we even gol an exlra Ireal in Ihe Iorrn of a red-hol' combo made up of fellows in Ihe swing band. OI course, Lonnie I-Iewill was There Io growl and send all The girls Io a sevenlh heaven. NOONTIME RALLIES 1 W- I 5 , ' 'U f TAI pg FRANK KNIGHT MORRIS KNOX DON KVALE GABRIEL LACEY JERRY LEW STEPHEN LOW DONNA LUCAS FRANK LUM EUNICE MALONE BEULAH MANN if , ,. 5 i ANNIE LIM JAMES MARTIN 'Qs ALICE MARTINEZ DON MASTERS ALICE MAXWELL DONALD MAYS JACOUELINE MCALLISTER EDWENA McKINNEY A s JOHN MEE SAIL MEYER JOHN MIKESELL MINNIE MILES DOROTHY MILLER GEORGINA MONTE . -.V. . - X ,, , ,.,.. i ' '25 Q Q' . 2, or l WSW .B ii. -.sl . H H' i - 1 if .,,, .N A 22 .. WILLIAM MOORE SHIRLEY MUNCY SHANNON MURPHY TAKESHI NAKOTANI R. A. NICKSON ANSUINO NICOLI ii A ,X 1 ffgf 3 V : if jf BARBARA NOLAN EUGENE ODDONE MAMIE OH On November 29+h we gol all dressed up for lhe Senior Banguel. We hardly recognized our caleleria all draped up in modernislic colorful designs lo lil lhe Theme, Over The Rainbow. Then came lhe pol ol gold: roasl beef wilh all lhe Jrrimrnings. Vkfe were beginning lo really like 'rhis idea ol being Seniors. BUT lhis was iusl' rhe beginning. 'VM' ,,,.-a A I8 FRANCES OLIVIERI CLARICE OLSON LORRAINE ONG a 5 l .l 1 l ARTHUR O'REILLY DONALD CS-BORN BARBARA PAINTER ROBERT PAINTER BARBARA PANKEY MARNA PEDERSEN HELEN PEDRO PHYLLIS PERKINS EDDIE PETERSEN SENIOR DINNER Then came Ihe nighlr we'd been looking Iorwarcl Io for almosl Ihree yearsf4January II, our Senior Ball. The girls' gym became a Viennese wonderland as Ihe girls, in The-ir miles of slcirls, and The boys, looking very slarched and proud, spenl a never-Io-be-Iorgoflen nighl' in Old Vienna. aoxle POWELL LEE ANN PRATT Lucio QUINTANA . X WG 1' 3- .L I , ,.., - f ig 3 4 M ' 5 PATRICIA RAY VERNA RAY WALTER RAY ALVlN,RISNES DORIS ROBERTS HELEN JOYCE ROQAN ELMA ROGGERO JOSEPH ROST RAE LOUISE SALMON BETTY SCHOENFELD KATHRYN SCHUBERT LYNNE SEARS 4'Wn-N NICHOLAS SCRIPOCH DWIGHT SHAW DON SHIELDS JOYCE SIER EUGENE SIMS DOROTHY SKAAREN I fr MARILYN SMITH THELMA SMITH JANET SPEARS WILLIAM STEVENSON SYLVIA SWAN J. D. THOMPSON me Q L , f E? fr WAS? X mf' , 5 .:...,: Egg, ' , K , rf 1 PATTY TINSLEY SALLY TURNER , .. 5 , DARLENE TOM , am 5 li- Me ,E m r 123' LYNN WHITE VERDA WHITSITT The InHIe Iump In ine Ihroai began fo make I+seII ?eIr af ine Serie: Fare- weII. We all had a good Hme Ihai aIIernocn of January I7, as we sIpped our punrg:I'1 and reminisced. We knew Inen I'IwaI if wouid soon be over, The- Iears progressed +0 'rhe surface, and The Iump grew Iarger aI We Senior A.ssembIy. DAVID UNDERWOOD JUANITA TORRES ARLI NE VALERIO 136 rss' 5 TOMMY TOWNSEND BARBARA TRUMBLY GAIL TURK CAROL WAGNER WILLIAM WALTON LEODIS WESLEY DONALD WILLIAMS ALICE WILLIAMSON DOROTHY WILSON SHARON WOOD N A lv Then on ine nxghi of January 25. A Q? - , ' our day: as s:Ir:cIenIs af 'I'ecIrnIf:aI I'IIgIr ., . f 3,1 X I SQIHQQI came Io an end. As we Wed up . .. , 5 A +G L . d. I s 15 ., -- .L recerve our rp amen, we were I K +IwZnIrInq back----II'1InIfTnq of Hre won. Q t ' 14 'V 3'IfTfI derIuI 'Inree wear: we Iwad Iusf sperd. I ' vizyy ry 5 gi Tech gave ue nmre Ihan educarion. I' 'I In I ' We IeII her IfraII: WIII1 memories and 1 Ir'Iend5I'rIp:. which wouIcI Iasi for years im 'feiifxii 'Q . 3 15:1 S: ' fr GORDON WRIGHT EUGENE YOUNG 43 Ll f55E.-r .. .- x K' . ' --'x if ff Z SPRING SENICDRS ever SPRING LEADERS ElecTed To The office of senior class presidenT was Sheldon RoThblaTT. Un- der his able leadership The senior affairs were all puT inTo The never-To- be-forgoTTen class. The senior Therne Arabian NighTs was carried Throuqh all The acTiviTies, and The able man- agernenT by The presidenT was evidenT in The success of The Senior Ball, Fare- well, Dinner and Picnic. BELOW: Senior vice-presidenT in The spring was George Mullin, whose iob was To assisT The presidenT in his many dufies of organ- izing senior affairs, selecfing chairmen, and keeping The senior class running srnooThly. He also presenTed The class giTT aT graduaTion. A fp 3 4 r Y .....m...,,.. LEFT: Nancy Welch, as girls' Treasurer, had The Task of handling The Senior dues, rings, and pins, in coordinaTion wiTh The boys' Treasurer. She worked Tirelessly before school and aT noon so ThaT no senior would be lefT ouT of senior acTiviTies because no one was There To Take his dues. CENTER: Hidiaki lsayama worked as boys' Treasurer wiTh The responsibiliTy of, along wiTh The girls' Treasurer, handling all The senior money. He alTernaTed duTy hours wiTh The girls' Treasurer so Thai neiTher of Them had To spend all Their free Time in room 27. RIGHT: AnoTher liTTle girl wiTh a big iob was Karin Munck who Took over The responsibiliTy of ediTing The Talisman in The spring. Under her cap- able leadership picTures were Taken, deadlines were meT, and The resulT is one of The besT yearbooks yeT. , M...-1 Miss Henriella Balch was counselor lo lhe L fo Mr. Lynn Barrefl counseled lhe firsl half of the Z half of lhe senior class, Her friendly smile alphabet from A lo K. Always ready wilh a and helping hand were always lhere, nol only quip, Mr. Barrel? pu? all of lhe A lo K gang for The L fo Z's buf for all fhe seniors. on fhe road fo qradualion. Scene in room 27, lhe freasurer's office. Lefl lo righl: Lorraine Ong, Dorolhy Slraaren, Mrs. Virginia Kwasky freasurerl Jo Ann James, and Marilyn Mizel, NORMAN LEE AHL 'I ' E by J 'I 6 11, X .BSR , . M. I. . ff Q JAMES ANDRADA WILLIAM ALTON PETER AMBRUNN JERRY ANDERSON RICHARD ANDERSON DARREL ANDRADA .auf 'ziizz I ffif-Leif ZII 1,' qif' Q 'IE .:,',--- - - 3512 HOSSEIN ANSARI KAREN BARKAS BARBARA BARNHOLT B Q J Q u Mix .1 I GLORIA ARECCO RONALD ASKINS ADELINE ASTI BOB HERON 1 W, 'X . I -v,-.,I! xkl m fi 5 I Q ' ' JOHN BARRY ,E ' aggfiwm 1312, + Jf, ,Nw , . -::::f fAf,xK .Q I ,, ,v I ,II,,. M Adv iiuv ls' if .. L RAYMOND BATES REGIS BATES THOMAS BAZELEY PATRICIA BIDDISON BONNIE BELL HELEN BELL NANCY BENJAMIN WILLIE BENTON My wvwsnnu xx ORESTE BORGOGNONE ADELE BISHOP ROBERT BLACK SUSANNE BLAUSTEIN JOAN BOHN Q-ml H-V-. f, . KAREN BI DSTRUP - :' 3f I - A M I Af K ' 4 sian I af' ' fi iw, 1 RICHARD BOYD rr , ' . 1, My ,zgga-A A ,,., Q. .M V dugg .. ,-,ifekjjw a ..,v ,, W 2 V . V. fm .... I . . -,jj E I is 4- 'f ' W I ' B: 'zfii ' I '- . I I. I I . gill' fr . LM Q21 I I f ir: Q if ..'.... . . . :,: A' Q . j 2 MARY BRAATEN MARILYN BRACKEN JEANNE BRANCH . ' 1. 32? T, ly . fm qi? ar V. if Q2-fi' av i 4, I LYNN BROOKS GERALDINE BROWN PALMA BROWN i -I ., f i f .,,.. 'l'--- ..-- -I V ,., -,., ff . ga I I i. , J A llb. PAA AV' 'Z'V' i 1 ff, fi gg JOAN BURKE JULIA BURKELEY GARY BUTLER Tech really is proud ol IIS oulslanding library. Mrs. Ivlaurine I-Iardin, librarian lbiclured lelrl came Io Technical a year ago lasl fall and has conlinued Ihe Iraclilion of respecl for boolcs. She is always willing Io help siuclenls wilh 'Iheir reference problems and has made a vasl announl of malerial available Io everyone. 24 --Le : 'ww - WWW divx. v I ELLIOTT BREUER 553868 .F ,f f 5 'S I is 1 is Ia. A Y H' xv 1 59' vm? flf 1 PHEBE BROWN BARTON BYERS wb' BERNICE BRONSDON ILA 'MAE BROOKS RALPH BROWN ROBIN BROWN K 5 . .. me N A- .. ' ff I ll if E53 EVA CABIATI BRUCE CALDEIRA . ' I , .I fp?-,i lun .fl ' LN BARBARA CAMPBELL ROBERT CAPPS NANETTE CARDINAI. ,, A . . ...W V Mbna. V . '35 Ui. R. .,. i I . szexlf A' 3.1 ,.. V 7 -3 X - 51 A ,, .1 ... 4 '.,.,... 'Q y ' M ' M ' 'T' ' . Q .Z K Y.. ,rf X 55. E' -- . . I' U'-ff' E. , .. rig- I, ' Lfxwfigwg -. - - f A -Q54 MURRAY CARTER RALPH CARUSO GERRY CASTLEBERR www ap- New GRANT CATTANEO EDNA CHAN DIANE CHELUCCI Freq 5 'ills QW: 1 i 'JI ,nil was-vs K .. have if W , ,,.. V GEORGE CHIN JEROME CHIN BESSIE CHISOLM Teachers are human. foo. These delinqueni members of Ihe 'faculfy were aIosen+ when Iheir group picfures were Iaken. Their penalfy was To be casf among Ihe seniors. BACK ROW: Mr. Peier CuHiI+a, Mr. Marmaduke Maddern, Miss Laverne Oeddis, Dr. Hyman I-Iaydis, and Mr. BurIceH' Paraola. FRONT ROW: Mrs. Madge Vosburqh, Mrs. Marfha Forqie, Mrs. Elinor Berg, Miss Mariha Leonard, Miss Ru+h Befzner, and Mrs. Margarei Oison. aw ww jx, n. aw abs 1: fs vumpp-w , 'E ARLENE CHRISTENSEN MAY CHUN ALVIN CHUNG DOROTHY CIRIMELI CAROLINE CLARK GUY CLARK ...., - K X ,,,. Q .... HM . . . .HI W : . . ..,.. .:: . ,J N S 'I , . .,,. I .- f I on if f -, WILMA CLARK VIRGINIA CLEMONS MOLLY COLE SHIRLEY COMES THOMAS CONFESOR GLORIA CONTE 5:4 .1 , s . -vvv -Q,-I ,I .,.. . Z g A. , -K. D.: 1-f- S v.,,Z:: x H QQ s - -V-- '--- ' I if 2 c ELIZABETH DIMAS SHIRLEY DABEL HARRIET DANIEL BARBARA DAVIS ROBERT DAVIS BARBARA DECKERT 25 SANDRA DEWITT MARLENE DEHN 'Nw -Sim NANCY ELLIOTT KATHERYN EVANS BETTY DINNIENE -'-' , 3 X X Q 2 JIM FEDERIZO VINCE GARBARINO RUEBEN GARCIA - 5I., QI' ,,-- -i t , I b I AI I - -... 3, ,f . ,fa I in I ' I ,I., 'I ' ' I J ,jzyvww 54 , ' -if je:-:h?MHMw'::i ERMA GILMORE 'km BETTY GARTO In I... . bll i 1 ,. A A fiii mw I LORRAINE DONG Q ,Q :,. sh' fi KAREN FELTS an ALITA GATES ERMA LEE GIULIO TITO HENRY GONZALES JESSE GRAJEDA 'urn' wiv CHARLESETTA DOUGLAS I . 1 in .. .. ...,, up K :Q ir.: fl .,., ,.,, I DIANE DYER :I fx I .,,.., , ,H ,,, L5 -Leif ' , I DAVID FLORENCE MARION MARIE GAMBL ALICE GERRARD JOYCE GREEN LEAF CLARA GHIGLIOTTO 'Tk 'W' GERALDINE GRENIER REECE :GRIFFITH DICK GRIPP FRANCISCO HALLARA CLAUDETTE HAMILTON MARK HAMILTON LOUISE HAMMER 26 Always on 'rhe job giving Iechnifes advice and informa- 'rion is Iech's elllicienl library slaff. They Ice-pI The library in Iop shape, which helps Io make i+ a cenier of school aclivifies. ,14- ui uv 2 I --A 'K ma' as ,Q , , KEVERLY LARSON HANSEN BEVERLY MAY HANSON ALFRED HARPER ELIZABETH HARRIS MARGARET HARRIS WILLARD HART 1.2: A Mm . 2--.Ls : Ki . ilk? I , .,,,, 1 Q ADELAIDE HAWKINS BARBARA HAWKINS LOUIS HAWKINS RICHARD HEINE BEVERLY HENRIKSON GLORIA HERBERT RICK HERRERA CAROL HIGUERA LOUISE HINES ELIZABETH HIRSCHMANN TAKASHI HIROTA JEAN HOGAN 3 'S 4 RICHARD HoLe-Ars WILLIAM CHARLES Akuscs HUNTER HOWARD . A A .5: gEl5-fvlfig - ' i no -P-- ' R Q .2r.:. 'g,V'L2.ffijg ' il ,,. ' ' . A f .9231- HIDEAKI ISEYAMA FRED IVEY OVELLA IVEY ...fa ANN JOHANSSON DON JOHNSON IDA JOHNSON We always loolcecl forward 'lo lhe spring weafher when we could go ou+ on 'rhe lawn and soak up lhe sunshine while we ale lunch. . W: cv M 'E 2 , L T . .. ,.,., Z 1 .QL , I. 4, . .Mir 19, .. ., -. U JI , J ..s '.,' .-:-.a: :..:5- O , 5522 s .-.f I 5.6 . an F 5 A , -:2 '-::.:Ag..g- - -,. ga-2 A-Jyusww- ff Q W ..... . , 'D V f Ll .rl ,M 1 HELEN HUNTER BILL HUTCHENS DON INFERRERA SNFNO ... . . U fv.....X-f' NOREEN JAN RUTH JARMAN YVONNE JENSEN PATRICIA JOHNSON RAWLEY JOHNSON DONALD JONES 28 EMMETT JONES LAWRENCE JONES ADRIAN JUND Ewa' FLORA JUNG FLOYD KAIL LAWRENCE KANIIAN W 'QT 1 2' A J 9 .C 4 R . f vi, 3 1 Y if X P J fm if S 3 ? 53 J S- Q in K' 1. .,,, ,Q .. . :sew Hy 5 ff-. , 'firm ' - ' ':'i1f..5i A A 's r 1.2 .r g b I g f I ':- -A - -' -I. -5 .zv Ii wg .' I A I Vi'12 j V..: I QE V M Ein! , im A i i, if - ' ' '- MM., .'Cf:si3ff:-:fi-QI-ZI.fi:jI:,:5,', ivy : - - - - 'J ' fm Fifi RAYMOND KAN RICHARD KEFER GENEVA KEITH K EC Q' 53,1 f ,i 5 HARRIET KELLY PAT KELLY iz VIVIAN KENT WILBUR KIEL 3 Wm ,Ulf ..,. V - l f.: 5 ff f CAROL KENNEY MARY JANE KING SP7 92 li k1 WIII1 a Cupid and Iwearfs moiif carrying ou? +I'ie VaIenIine's day +I1e-me I'I1e Spring DeIpI'1ians gave Iheir semi-annual Big- LiI+Ie Sisfer parfy for girls new 'ro 'rI1e school. .:,:. g -I IW' in A A ' Agi I f 1 I A S ,Q flux . ik 'V' QR I .1 Abuennig .VAV nbnn , Ig ED KINNEY BETTY KISHMIRIAN ARMEN KIZIRIAN nf 3'H'e 'UN' BOB KNOWLTON JIM KOEPPEN THOMAS KRAABEL NARRA KRONOUIST KANJI KUWADA JIM LAFORTUNE -E- DIANA LAI EDMOND LAI LESTER LAI POLLY LANG BOB LASTIRI DOUGLAS LAURICELLA 29 -ff ' N ,uf ., V 5 sim. 4'9- RICHARD LAWTON ALBERT LEE ARYAN LEE +0 S J mga' HAWKINS LEE LEON LEE JOYCE LEITNER ,M 5 .W A If A ' F wwf' I J W X I of ,f .vx .I in 2 'EZ' W BARTLEY LEE BOWMAN LEE ELMER LEE f,,usw.w..,, adn? DAVID LESNINI GLORIA LESS JASPER LIM HUGH? 'YM -' ,1, .L, 1 45 M,-xfsyf L, 5:1121 :sk-72 A3101 SUN LIM GAYLORD LINEAWEAVER DIANE LONDON .om .uw I LUCILE MAcKENZIE JOHN MACKEY ARCHIE MAcLENNAN HAROLD MAGNUSON JACQUELINE MALLEY EVANGELINE MARES EULALIA LORD DONNA LOUGHLIN EVA Louse Tech was hosf school for Ihe Oakland All-Ci+y Schools Coun ciI in March. Many new ideas concerning school adminisfra- Iion were given and received a+ This rneehnq. 30 up---..4-. DICK MARKISON CLAYTON MARSHALL JIM MARSHALL 9 N. g..5,,- -. . ' 'ggi fffg A N,::wff,Y ,.::r .W- mlm. .51 V .,..+,-U 5 .. e.. .. Y, ,,W,..Mg,X if A, 8 ZF Q ' .H ,, F X -'i E W we be Lf , Q , rg, ,V I VJOHN MARSHALL 'YN BETTY MARTIN ,ii A m We t I mmf N .-.gall I. .. ,. I ., A , lx j qfi i RAY MARTIN The average TecI'1ni+e's noonfime recreafion on sunny days usueIIy consisIed of a s+roII around Hwe beaufy spofs of our campus. A Iavorife gafhering spo+ was The broad pavilion in Ihe Ironf oIII1e buiIding. I g:Igj: ,.,.,, K X ' 1-'i2,.,., K , , f A 3.5 'E J ,S S 4- . . 0g5,gg5gg1,gj253f3g 51. .O 15,51 1 ELVA MCNAMARA DON MCRAE DON MASON CHARLES MASSETTI GARY MCCLAIN DEL McGUIRE MARILYN MEDLEY BEN MENDOZA CAROL MERRITT BARBARA MITCHELL MARILYN MIZEL JERRY MONTANO CHARLOTTE MONICO Muym ,. QW. ED MORESCO RON MORRA ED MORTIMER DOROTHY MOSINSKE RALPH MOSSINO 3I . l xy , ,ff W LENA MOTA ELLA MUE 3 . ...,1 . Q.. ,E x 'Wg I P 558' I I Ea-ffQI, GERALDINE MURREL GLEN MYLES ffl A A I- ., .,..., - 'I ' na 3 . r'5- if-:F '-'- , .fy rw CLAIRE O'CONNELL DAN OLIVERI if 12. 'Wow , Aj R.,E1.,I f ': V ' 'IW A.M,. -- .. ,,,.. , I g III 'II 5+ m 2 KARIN MUNCK GEORGE MULLIN BARRY MURDOCH I f 2, ,. N ' A iii. I .1L, I I I A - 'K 3:5235 'EV :I JG -51 I A..A X dig '-.' fax' 3 ERNEST MURPHY ' ll .,., ,I +ve tx fx ! 5 M mn, TAKASHI NAKATANI FRANCINE MARIE NAPPA ED NISSEN PAT NORTON HU MARYLEE OLNEY SANTIAGO OMEGA NANCY ORLANDO 'Qs VENA OWNBEY JOAN PAGE BEVERLY PARKER -'f+uiafi4yv f SHIRLEY PARRIOTT ' ' , ' sw, Q1 ,. ,M lf-www nz g1:1:.-- www My ':gsi11::2f.5.2i'.::' 1:'E:f5E:-: 'i 'ffl gk Y 5 f .v K .iliivk W-wx V- 'If ,M-Qfafipfgigg W wj L I 4 BZ igw I S , Q., f X555 J Q . wg' My 5, ,SX , Lf 1. m wma f EMEA? my I f M TREVA PEETZ WYLIE OSBORN Z, I 'X IQ' 'IK my I PETE PERATA JO VANNA PERETTI ETHEL LEE PERRY DIANE PETERS DOUGLAS PETERS WESLEY PIERSON KEITH PINCKNEY Nol' usually so calm, flue boys like fo loaslc in +l1e warm sun on flue fronl sleps af noon for a man-lo-man gala feel. When +l'mese deliglwllul +l'1ir+y nninules are up,+l1e scene will change from llwe quiel sublime +o e lwecfic lurmoil. GEORGE PIOMBO MIKE PLUNKETT EDWARD PONG , ' .,,.. rig: ,Mgr -'-- .. h fff - A , f 1 -' ' ' I ., . ::5fSz:r ' P, gk A - ' I .-.- 'I ' A. - .1m t , , Eg ii .. - ' , We 5 I I xg jg I 255 . WALT ouAN BOB QUINN KEN RAINS H-4-1. ------......,,,,,,, L, M MNQR fr: I ulo. I n aw- f I I ., 1. 1.22 if E is . ., D . lj, iff? I' --' ,,.. f' 'if .' : E L MARRIANNE POTTS FRANK POULOS BOB QUAN TOM RAMEY -4-N ART RAMPONI BETTE LEE REED Q . g ig :.,, V. - .MU in It ... I, ,,v. Izl H J! I K A i A S lv . ,l:l:l1,.: o l 5. ' I 355 I I - ,.-v,. wg I l -A-H+' 1 A158 1 LORENZO REED ROSIE LEE REESE BILL REINHARDT ALICE REIS JOE RENTERIA ED RETTAGLIATA f'f'3-1' BOB REYNOLDS 'S 1 , A 52 12. ' .... sHELooN ROTHBLATT wwf : xp 5 f ' A I Irma Mn: 5' CAROLYN RICH 2 ' Q zz ' ,am yi IU 9' ,I J' , 5 DORIS ROTHENBERG -'Yxii napa www! :::!Dlu'- nIF'I,9,.MIL :FII ,, .,,, HOWARD A gg: .I f . ROBINSON ,QA ...,.., .IQ wmav V I ' Q fr lil In gy 55:32 .-.. I Z.-I fifgiglglii MARIO RUGGERI -x . E: ,ini I , . SK' f ,I 7 Iii... NY ' 221' MIKE SALEMME RAE SATO BUD SAVAGE Mrs. Wa+son and her sfaff were always on hand In our main office Io aI'IencI Io +I1e many responsII9IIIIies of This Impor- 'Ian'r cenfer of scI'1ooI acfivijries. bm., 34 W EMDR 4 A rf' Q3 '31 2 39 QW fi . .g:::s ,I I' A6535 I 4 ' DON ROCQUE BOB ROGERS RALUS ROGERS BERNARDYNE RUSSELL BILL RUSSELL JOHN RUSSELL BILL SCHMIDT PATRICIA SCHULTE ELIZABETH SCRIPOCI E Z, W 3 3 5? 2 f 5 5 2 INA SELLINGER KEN SHAW ROGER SHAW JOHNETTA SHELTON SHIRO SHIOZAWA CARLEEN SIMPSOIN 3 gains ZHARLEEN SIMPSON MURIEL SINCLAIR FORREST SLEWIN6 SHERRY SLITER BARBARA SMITH HILDEGARDE SMITH 'QV-' 'wif awk fix This year's graduafes numbered nearly 400, enough +o war- rani Iwo Senior Chorus classes. Picfured above is The 'FiI+h period group of seniors. These sIucIen'rs were able Io +aIce Senior Chorus because They never had had any vocaI courses before. These Iwo classes combined Io sing aI Ihe graduafion assembiy and on graduafion nigh+. I I SHIRLEY SMITH BOB SNYDER MILO SOFRANAC DUANE SPENCE JIiM SPENCER RONALD SPENCER I x WG I-If an mm by Siem z A ,S T DONNA STANLEY LOUISE STARLING DOROTHA STONE BARBARA STRATTON PHIL STRONG ALICE SUGIYAMA iiiiizgf K I1: T - Ei 'ii' .fi 2 I is fs ' I JOHN SULLIVAN JOE TANIGUCHI LONNIE TANNER GLORIA TAORMINA WALT TAYLOR KEN TIMM 35 H, EJ as L if-V J ..2' 2 4 M f vi 'E . I fgfv z : ggi? ff 5 LEONARD TOM If 35:52. I' . ex .I 5. in I .ld Wi i pw 5 I, 3 5: CAROLE TUCKER ,-vw .f , GLENDA VERNON LORRAINE WALKER D, . 15-QFFEQ Aw? .,.' . , , ,El wb ' mmf MASA TOMINAGA 3'- JANICE TURLINGTON LITA VETTER RUDOLPH WALKER PAUL TONG I ,KW ,.,.. -4 P 2, ,gf O C I YT1 Z O -I O W ,1- Krf IM? LYLE VIK -, 4 I il- I JOHN WALTERS BETTY WESTFALL ANDREW WHEELER AMOS WHITE JOHN TOOKER snuff fp.. Y PETE UNO L ,Q f sii WARM it DICK VRMEER CARRIE WASHINGTON QQ: A 41 J? T' ,fi R W, QR- .R Ibis JIM TRUEX N :EE , S J '1, w 'Q I ,i r Xue? '51 5 1 if 'U MANUEL URENE Q9 M. Ae I, QQ In If BILL WADSWORTH x .:,': W , FRED WASHINGTON HARVEY TSE 'bi 'GFA 'Nuff' DORSIE MAE VANTLEY ALMA WALIER ,I NANCY WELCH K-.v sos WHITEHEAD smusv wnwe IRIS wlucERsoN The olher of Ihe Iwo Senior Chorus classes was held Ihe sixlh period. This is Ihe lirsl senior class in some lime lo have lwo diflerenl groups. Mrs. Neva Auloin, our congenial choral leacher, combined music, humor, and an air of friendliness 'ro malce The end of lhe day a lilfle happier for everyone. ELIZABETH WILKS BARBARA WILLIAMS BETTY WILLIAMS JIM WILLIAMS f -Wx... Q K f 4 Y -. I SHIRLEY WILSON DAVE WOLFF EVELINE WONG JIMMY WONG , M f ,,,,.. - ff 1 inf' 'X Hur' f its J Qi W 2 S ,S r , r if YZ? S 5 RAY WILLIS BEVERLY WILSON my tr N I Z. ug,.,... . s. MARY WONG MAY WONG 'dv' svw BETTY WU BETTY ANN YAGER RICHARD YAMATE MARY YOKOMIZO DORIS YOSHIDA RUBY WONG 37 'QM VUS YUEN BARBARA ZIEM G , ' 2.x '?22f. Q -g1l:Z:..e 4 'v -iw 'F ,rye .- WAN-I-,sl ARY O'HALLORAN UPPER LEFT Mrs Serena Hoeflem Miss Barbara Correla Mrs Lucille Coop Mlss Robbie Clenney SEATED Mrs Adele Broderick This group asslsls rn making the school run smoolhly. ABOVE Mrs Wanda McBee and Shirley Dlas are faking care of Miss Scolfs secrelarlal duhes LEFT Mr Roger Trump Mr John Cordano Mr Thomas Alton, Mr Less Heath Mr Joseph Donahue Mr Larry Bufzer and Mr Wrlllam Van Guulder SEATED Mr Frank Harlow These men have lhe rob of keeprng Tech clean and always do a wonderful piece of work. LOWER LEFT: The edilors of lhe Scribe look al fheir work for fhe week. They are Richard Anderson Larry Jones, Nancy Ellioll Keilh Pinckney and, SEATED: Diane Dyer. BELOW: Miss Elaine MacLean, Tech's recorder, keeps a record of every sfudenf, who has allended Technical. 'my 'S hx ai! M fi- Arm? L www' 19 11 5 ABOVE: Low Sophomores ABOVE: Low Sophomores BELOW: High Sophomores Y. lv1g ::,X if gif CLASSES OUR GANG ihis is ii. Our siudeni body on re-view ifi our ciass piciures, Here you see aii your friends and Qoiworis, and even you, yoursefi. RIGHT: Spring HIO Officers: Larry Dumas, Presidenfg Roberfa Gaudie, Vice-President V.-.....,... ' fi -'an fm gg--if, ' ft 0 2 u-nnh-pv- .F .......L. ABOVE: High Sophomores. BELOW: High Sophomores. '--fr iff xiii ik.. E x -:awry .-.-.,..-X 5 ABOVE: High Sophcmores E E . , , . ,Q .4 ABOVE: High Sophomores. BELOW: High Sophomores 'W' Q i 42 LEFT: HID Officers, Fall Harry Ambrunn, Presidenf Orfencia Lopez, Vice- presidenf RIGHT: LII Officers, Spring Gary Blaff, President Barbara Zipperlen, Vice- presiden? ABOVE Low Juniors, BELOW: Low Juniors L 43 r..- ABOVE: Low Juniors. ABOVE: High Juniors 1 . , 1 LEFT: Lil Officers, F-all Randall Edwards, President Sally Ferris, Vice-presiden? RIGHT: HII Officers, Spring Barbara Ackerman, Vice- presideni Nancy Hansen, Presidenf any MIIB! ABOVE: High Juniors ABOVE: High Juniors, BELOW: High Juniors 9'lk 0 133' JK L51-le 5 .4Lv iigma? 'E 4 LEFT: Fall Hll Officers Dave Markison, Presidenfi June Roberson, Vice-Presi denf. RIGHT: Spring LIZ Officersg Richard Rose, Presidenig Frank Higham, Vice- Presi dent ABOVE: High Juniors BELOW: Low Seniors LEFT Sprung Low I2 Ofll cers Marilyn Mee G rls Treasurer Hanford Chew Boys Treasurer RIGHT Fall Low I2 Officers Forresl Slewlnq Presldenl Joan Burke Vlce Fresldenl We fi ABOVE: Low Seniors if we T 55 gif .T A ,SVS RW isp: LEFT: The low seniors had a lasfe of Soufhern Hospilalifyu al their dinner in January. Everyone was very relieved when someone finally shcwed up wifh The money for lhe Morfqaqe on The Cow. Picrured are Jim Marshall, Shel- don Rofhblall, Diane Pefers, Keilh Pinckney, Barbara Barnholl, and Bernice Bronsdon lin frcnll, i I E 48 f ff Z V' if SPCDRTS v 1 Y, , Q! The Tech Bulldog has proved To be a worThy op- ponenT in all Tields oT sporTs, as The lasT year has shown. The War Club, represenTing Tech's many league championships, has been adorned wiTh yeT anoTher spilce. This peg represenTs The capTure oT The l95l TooTball championship. An underdog aT The season's beginning, The Bulldog varsiTy wenT Through The season wiTh a 4-O-l league record. BaslceTball and wresTling Tollowed TooTball, wilh The Fidos copping a second place in boTh sporTs. The casaba squad racked up a seasons IO-3 record and was The only Team To beaT The NorThern Cali- Tornia champs, The McClymonds Indians. WresTling, a comparaTively new sporT in The O.A.L., Tound Tech geTTing iTs share oT The weighT- division champs. Tech placed Tour boys as division champions. The spring and summer monThs play hosT To base- ball and Track. Tech can loolc Torward To a good sea- son Trom The Fido nine, alThough Coach Al KyTe sTaTes ThaT he doesn'T Thinlc he's Training a champion- ship Team. Well have good Tielding, wiTh our greaT- esT weakness in baTTing, sTaTes Coach KyTe. RIGHT: Forrest Slewing and Donna Kangas, our spring and fall head yell leaders, kept spirit high in The True Tech Tradifion wifh Their new yells and rourines. The cindermen, under The coaching oT Mr. Ray hlamilTon, will combine To Form a Tair Track Team. lvlr. l-lamilTon said ThaT The Team will noT be ouTsTanding as a whole, buT Thai' cerTain individuals will sTand ouT. ABOVE: Fall cheerleaders lback rcwl: Howard Robinson, Jerry McKenney, lkneelinqj Vangie Mares, Donna Kanges, head yell leader, and Marli Hardwick. ABOVE LEFT: Here, along wlTh our spring yell leaders, is Mr. Charles Gilmore holding one of Tech's biggesf Tradifions, The War Club. There is a peg for every championship, and Tech- niles are preTTy proud of The brisfling bludgeon, BELOW, LEFT: In charge of school spirif for The spring Term were lleff To righfl Nancy Palmer, Bill AlTon, Forresf Slewinq, head yell leader, Hank McDonnell, and Vangie Mares. 49 Buu Boyd i Ray Baies hh Jam Koeppen g Doug Laurncelia 1 Joe Wilson, 1 Reber? Dann-my, fb BEN Sfeen, e John Mackey, c f Minhan Newelf, fb fr . . , W . . A in:-2.3 . 1', 2 .V A George Muliin, hb Arnoid Williams, hb Byron Hildebrand, Milfon Kelly, hb Q ., ' f t: - - ,ggi-3253.513 f55:':55:g:'-55: ,gtgzv - ::gjg.a,:-.::- ' 1 ff A If fir 5l5 'f5E,I,:::1.- X k ..v.. X gg, .... .. 1 2 3 f Q A X W E Q 54-tim Q , . N S, -3 . 4 il X R b f fx, Y 1 Ji' H S5 4 K 5,9 4 1 ,ie 5 ' 'Q ,.....l-. FOOT .QI3 ,, 2I , I9 ,, I2 BAL PIEDMONT AA4 Y, . , f-'UTSBURG OAKLAND ..,.....,.....,. CASTLEMONT ,,, .. I2 sm LEANDRO Mccwmomos FREMQNT ..,,.M N, ro ie, o Costeilo, ob Proverb Jfscobsl Did Mfafiixw rg .Www X' M MQ 555' -f V,.i. X , fm Fred Jacobst e Q 3 3 X Lyle vang Bud Savage f Huqhes4 e Douq Pefers. fb Jeff Chan hb John Fran-f 9- E W ,cg 4- yt , r r. E f A., ..s,i' ,,.,, , -1- .,., ' ,g ..,., .:.1.,,, .1 , .,,.:, ,, ...:,,,..Q,,.l,. . rj 323 55 --4 1 I,Q..,. ,,,,Q,. , My .x. 'A ., ,CV U W' L . Head Co ach Gil Callies. Tech Jayvees wifh coach Bruce Wilkinson. End Fred Jacobs breaks in+o fhe clear in the Casflemonf game. Doug Pefers gefs away from a San Leandro fackler and heads for pay dirt. John Brodie KSOJ can be seen in fhe background UPPER LEFT: Tech's all-city football players: Sianding: Doug Pefers, Jim Hughes, Doug Lauricella, Kneeling: Dick Markison. UPPER RIGHT: Doug Pefers picks up yardage in lhe Fremont game. Ray Dales, Tech halfback, is sfopped in The Piedmonl' game. Olher Tech players are John Mackey lB8l, and Dick Markison 1771. George Mullin llsll, Tech halfback, goes for a firsl down in the Oakland game. Bill Sieen l62l can be seen throwing the key block. LOWER LEFT: Jim Hughes is sfopped in lhe Fremonf game by Ron Wagner fill and Don Sieele l8l, LOWER RIGHT: Tech's Jim Hughes scores one of lhe two fouchdowns in lhe San Leandro game. PEPPER WESLFY AL KYTE JIM MARSHALL - DON PARROTT MR. F-RANK JOHN9 W33,,,.m.. A......., 'Nm DOUG PETERS , P W EW fwgwx K-1, 4 S W u, V mf gf? 3' Jg wkglslk I 1 ggm hmmm, M My , bp K Boa oc:-40A , a fJ.f2Q ,A Q , A f Q if if e . X , , i Q 1 , , S 1? 4? 'V D HAWKINS LEE GEORGE STERLING .l HAROLD GARDERE JACK HAYFORD JOHN BRODIE it 2 V Os! e R' 1' wlwf-4 X- l 1 fl 5 Bali, qemyi 4 . ww A, .0 V , ., A-5 'A , ff W im A ww , 'JQQQM ,,.- an A -' '52 Opposite Page Iplayers, clockwisej GEORGE STERLING TIM SMITH DON ROCOUE DON PARROTT EDDIE RETTAGLIATA MURRAY CARTER MILT DOUZAS DAN CARR ELLIS GRIFFIN DON WALKER AL KYTE, JR BOOKER JACKSON COACH ALVIN KYTE IcenferI X I I M Af, V ' Sv' 5:3312 ,,:,: Y . Q 2 I9-TRACK-52 E 31 55 fi N1 5 - A Sr i 5 55553 5 I af gk, 1 1 20 I i , I ' 1 HI ,Sf 1 NBA VVRESTUNG 'AW lnngfwb-A G.A.A. The G.A.A. offered aller school paslime in lhe line ol girls' sporls. Among 'rhese were bolh home and oll-campus sporls including bad- minlon, volleyloall, archery, bowl-V ing, crew, swimming and many olh- ers. Besides lournamenls among Themselves in various sporls The Tech 6.fX.A. held playdays wllh olher schools such as Alameda and Oakland High. f My 3,,y , 'iyyfg sf ,, we , 7 A mites, , A , Luv.. N ., W , W, . IA ' ,. vfwx 'ih- 1'-'I-.4 sm--...a 9 f 4 ...- f W. w- qs.,-...-- Q ...Ae THE FALL GIRLS' BLOCK T LEFT: The girls' block T consists of all girls who have made 900 poinfs in G.A.A. play. They are LEFT TO RIGHT: Darlene Tom, Annie Lim, Marilyn Bracken, Edwene McKinney, Minnie Miles, Dewayne Collon, Belly Garfo, and Buelah Mann. Anolher ol The G.A.A.'s oulside aclivilies was held on April I9, al U.C., when lhey parlicipaled in a demonslralion lor High School Sporis Day. G.A.A. offers heallh-giving all-- er school aclivilies for all girls in- 'reresled in sporls. Their wide ve, riely promises a sporl 'lo inleresl elmosl any girl, besides on opporf lunily 'ro parlicipale in aclivilies and meel people. 0-.9-as-4 fr R. O. T. C. The R.O.T.C. parTicipaTed in many acTiviTies dur- ing The year OT l95l and l952. The Tall semesTer opened wiTh The annual ArmisTice Day Parade, dampened wiTh Galcland's cusTomary weT weaTher. T-lowever, The cadeTs did a Tine job. NeverTheless, The largesT burden Tell upon Tech's color guard lupper righTl. Qur riTle Team lcenTer leTTl received many honors Through iTs experT Tiring. Don CrisT, Richard l-ToTch' lciss, Nick lsaeTT, DwighT Shaw, PeTe PeraTa and PeTe Uno were in The Tall riTle Team. STuarT Wilson lnoT picTuredl replaced Shaw in The spring riTle Team, MMM, which won TirsT place in The naTional high school R.O.T.C. riTle malrches, wiTh a score oT 744l ouT oT 8000 poinTs. Nice going! OT course, Tech's craclc riTle Team Took TirsT place in The ciTy, while Richard l-loTchlciss and Pe-Te PeraTa Tool: TirsT and second places respecTively, in The ciTy. The cadeT oTTicers oT The T.O.C. lower leTT, under The supervision oT The regimenTal commander, CadeT Colonel Edward Nissen, insTrucTed The cadeTs in Their Tield acTiviTies which included lengThy hours OT drill in TormaTions, physical developmenT meThods, and inTerior guard duTy. However, The oTTicers' eT' TorTs would have been To no avail iT The Tough sergeanTs and new corporals oT The Chevron Club llower righTl had noT had a hand in Training The new, conTused cadeTs. The adminisiralive slall lupper riqhll of fhe Tech R.O.T.C. included M Sql. R. V. Les- fer, head inslruclorg Cader Colonel Edward Nissen, reqimenial commander of ihe Oakland R.O.T.C.:lv1as+er Sergeanl Louie Boyer, assisl- anl' inslruclorg and Lieulenanl John Q. Polls lnol picluredl, assislani professor of rnililary science and Taclics. Posing lcenferl is lhe enlire Technical R.O.T.C. loallalion. Tech's drill Team llowerl is headed by Cadel' Caplain Duane Spence. They parlicipaled in The annual Telegraph l-lalloween Parade, and lhe annual Memorial Day Parade. a - . J.. '55 w3???!9B2',-Sfiiw 3 , Q ,gl x .X , ww f s3 xn::f-,Q if if ff Z ACTIVITIES keep her banners fl MUSIC The A Cappella Choir, un- der lhe direclion of Mr. Cecil Enlow, provided vocal music al many evenls lhrouqhoul lhe year, one of which was PaHerns in Tone, a new venlure which Turned ou? fo be a big suc- cess. Girls' Glee, led by Mrs. Neva Aubin, is a special vocal group for girls. These qirls give us The feminine louch in our musical show: and assemblies, The Sophomore Glee ioined wilh The Choir in some of the programs and showed lhal sophomores could sing, loo. In bolh PaHerns ir Tone and lhe Chrisfmos Drogram lhey exhibiled lheir vocal lalenrs, ,Y A,Q,N QQQPQQA 49 rv ' fl if Nigga' 7 4 W Y A 3 iE , M E Y E 5 g Y K ,5..,. -, Z ig 1 W' W' ? l,TLx,jH .1 ,X K A Us K ,ln .Linux The Keyes Trophy Commiflee, consisfinq of Granl Caffaneo, Mrs. Eli- nor Berg, Bernice Bronsdon, and John Mackey, kept over-enlhusiaslic roolers from behaving in an un-Technile-like manner. 4 . s The fall Delphians, an honor sociely for girls, Members are lback fowl: Sally Tur- ner, Carrie King, Mama Pedersen, Gail Meyer, and Donna Kanqasg lfronl YOWl Darlene Tom, Dora Chin, Phyllis Perkins, Dorelle Du- four lpresidenfl, Jean Bay- ha, and Pal Tinsley. Masque and Scroll is an honorary dramafic club, whose members are fhe chosen few among Techni- cal lhespians, Boys' Vice-presidenls' Commillee, headed by Jim Marshall, were in charge of gehlings sfudenls on buses afler school. ,gr . YF if? , X E5 rev .Wg-1, use r www-A .WW LEFT: Members of fhe Gold T are enlerprising sludenls who have mainlained a B average for four of lheir six ferms al Tech. ABOVE: Silver T members have been on lhe honor roll for lwo lerms. LEFT: Life CSF members, who are, left fo righl: Mary Eske, Darlene Tom, and Sharyn Higham. ABOVE: These are fhe holders of ihe Novifiafe CSF pins who are weli on The way To becom- ing life members. LEFT: The Traffic Board were those defenders of law and order who kepf the hails run- ning smoofhly, BELOW LEFT: The Club Activi- ties Commifiee worked under The club commissioner keeping clubs coordinated. BELOW RIGHT: The Lawn Board, under The sponsorship of Miss Marfha Leonard, kepf our lawn clean and green, Ns 'vb New . ,W fwgsfr : -.,. V. 4:33 The Bulldo Hi-Y under the residentshi of Randy Ed 9 . P P ' wards, helped to keep up the high standards at Tech. i 1 t 5 Si The Hi-Y Council is composed of representatives from each group. Its purpose is to coordinate Hi-Y activities. The council president is Richard Keier. The Alan Gilberq Hi-Y has been kept busy in the past year performing various services for the community. mf RIGHT: Technife Hi-Y had The privilege of placing an officer in ihe Youfh and Government program. Last Chrisfmas ihey wenf carol- inq around fhe cify, ABOVE: The largesi service club in fhe school is fhe Key Club. Some of iheir aciiviiies in The pas? year have been painfing fhe bleachers and keeping ihe irophies polished. BELOW: Anofher of fhe service organizafions in fhe school is ihe Block T, composed of boys who have earned a Ieffer in some sporf. 'Q ABOVE: The Keynolers is a music honor sociely composed of fhe 'top 20 per cenl in lhe combined music deparlmenls. RIGHT: The Tech lmprovemenf Commiflee consisled of These smiling girls: Belly Wu and Bessie Louie. BELOW LEFT: These shullerbugs, formally called fhe Phofography Club, spend fheir spare lime going on Trips fo find inleresling piclures or working in Their darkroom al school. BELOW RIGHT: The Rod and Gun Club meels in The armory affer school once a week and tries to shoot a helpless lar- qel. Somelimes someone even hifs ill 3? ABOVE: The Fulure Teachers of America have been carry' ing on a successful new program of sfudenl leaching wifh lhe foreign-born sludenls. LEFT: The Radio Club is a group of young men who meet weekly lo learn all fhey can abouf radios and felegraph. LOWER LEFT: The lce Skaling Club indulges weekly in an aclivily which is implied by fhe name of fhe club. Every Wednesday Helen Jordan and her lroupe slide around ai The Berkeley rink. LOWER RIGHT: The Chess Club members spend their affernoons in dear old room El pawning 'their checkmafes. ABOVE: A gay band of senors and senoritas is the Spanish Club, spon- sored by Miss Ruth Betzner, who spent much ot their time planning Spanish-style dinner parties. ABOVE: Every other Wednesday the sound of a qayel was heard as Clara Ghiqliotto called the pai- sans to order for a meeting ot the Italian Club. BELOW LEFT: Sometimes they worked like mad and other times they acted as il they were mad. That was the stage crew, ably man- aqed by Mrs. Mary Lynch and Gene Oddone. BELOW RIGHTL A group ot tennis enthusiasts banded together one fine day and this was the result: The Tennis Club lor should that be racquet?l. C3 Q mc r ABOVE: Oui, rhis is the French Club, a group of junior Parisians, who spenf a Io? of time al lhe lnfernafional House al Cal meeling French sfudenls. LEFT: For those interexled in art. bofh lhe making and looking af angles ol if, lhere is lhe Ar? Club, sponsored by Mr. Harry Donleyy, BELOW: One of lhe mos? interesf- ing and consrruclive clubs al Tech is lhe Orienlalion Club, lhe pur- pose of which is lo show The foreign born sludenfs a litlle bi? ol America. They lake lrips which cover every phase oi fhe American way of life. . ' N-'A A my RIGHT: Here we have lhe Bowling Club, which meels af Piedmonl Bowl weekly for a lilfle pin session. Gloria Arecco is 'lhe presi- denf. Wi LEFT: Nor loo conspicuous, bu? There iusf Yhe same, is fhe Japanese Club, whose presidenl is Doris Yoshida. BELOW: The Chinese Club has kepl' occupied serving lea lo lhe PTA and prepar- ing Chinese displays for The main lobby. qw .:.. Q .:.: 1s gg, 0 'eh fy Q 'wi Q Vs LEFT: The Dolphins is a ralher new group of girl waler-lovers. They special- ize in 'fancy swimming and waler ballef. 4 . -f, ,.fv- V r ABOVE: A sorl of female counferparl of The Hi-Y boys are lhese Y-Teen girls, who wen? fo velerans' hos- pitals las? December Yo spread a Iifile Chrislmas cheer. RIGHT: Anyone who needs of know abou? a bug or a flower should ask any of The oeople in The Bioloqy Club. Their spare time is speni studying 'lhe wonders of na- lure, especially in Califor- ma. l ABOVE: The Block T is a service club consislinq of boys who ABOVE: The Boys' Vice-Presidenl Cornmiflee assists Boys' who have earned lheir Ieffer in afhlefics. Vice-Presldenl AI Kyle in his bus-loading dulies, Wx 'wifi are , gi mv- a,....,., Nil gn, M. .,,,,,,.! mum k -li Inu an.. ., ,f , f ' F a Mm ,zen ABOVE: The Traffic Board is on conslanl watch for rule ABOVE: The Keyes Trophy Commiffee recorded conducf af violators in 'the halls. Yhe afhlelic games, BELOW: Nafional Thesoians is a new drama club. BELOW: The Finance Board was on hand fo handle all ficlvef sales. .1 Q 1 Q 4 11' Q , 'ig ' J ... 'lf QD' 4 W Q 3 ww 45f mfs' .. mamma-Eff as T mari ir , wmwggpqu mf. i.....e 1 4 ,A Q Q0 undef ' , B? A if ABOVE: Gold T members have achieved a rec- ABOVE: The Lile C.S.F. roll call was longer ord lo be proud of. All of ihe sludenls piclured lhis spring. These sludenls have earned a life here have mainlained a B average. membership in lhe California Scholarship Foun' dafion. W, U gf H . r dgggfixmuww L:e.iAQ,..,.W,f.. ..f. ,, ,,,,,,., ,:.,., 4 57 f . V ,-.,- a ABOVE: The Silver T is a branch of fhe honor ABOVE: The Rally Cornmiffee planned our rally assembly. sociely. BELOW1The Tech lrnlbrovemenf Comrniffee BELOW: The Maintenance Board, with nail-om aorlred wiYh lhe underground. They lrepf check slick in hand, was resDonsible for lhe upkeep 1 on lhe basemenl' lockers. of fhe grounds. l T 3' 'f i ,V frm-exe--we QM eye... fs. l l W.-he , ...damn . N ,.N, ..me......,.W BELOW The Club Acflvlfles Commllfee planned lhe Club Assembly BELOW The Sprung Key Club added some new members mm f fi -4 Q il ,,wJs. 'S y iff inn hw - nf Qwwl .Hi lx I Km 'xna wmlrs g n mn. Qwmw-mu-5 ---K 2 an BZ? M W 'wr wx wr- JFK W wmv vm K W A qw' se L. FRONT ROW, left Yo righf' John Mee, phofoqrepherg Shannon Murphy, publicifyj Sharyn Higham, assisfanf ediforg Gail Meyer, iaii edhorg Karin Munck spring ediiorg and Diane Londonl assishanf editor. BACK ROW: Doioris Jackson, fypish Beffy Marfin, fickef salesg Jim Hughes, sporfsg Carole Tucker typmsi Foresf Slowing, Yickef salesg Lynn Whi9e, phofoqrapherg Bonney Mendoza, iayoufx and copyg and Ron Morro, ar? work, Jim Hughes and Dick Markison working on Ohe baskeibail page. The sfaff hopes you enioy fhe Taiisman as much as we enjoyed working on if, Special recogniiion shouid go fo Barbara Barnhcii and Dick Markison for fhe many iong and evra hours they spenf working Qn ihis book 'lr s.. KM KARIN MUNCK Spring Edifor 'hffff uv' GAIL MEYER Faii Edlior ABOVE, inf? fo right: Barbara Barn- hoif, copy writerg Shirley Smifhy fyp- isrg and Mary Wong, who designed the cover, looking at a iayoui. RIGHT: Joe Wikkerink and Dave Kashubeck, photographers, working in the darkroom. ,mx g, if Ci T3 X ag, 1 , . - J fig: f.,' sq . ww Q-Q? W N 5:55 Q, jaw, WQQFRS rf, W, 1 avg Qs ' is ' 2-' .if 42f. ' C3 :Sf iw? - ti s 5 NANCY ELLIOTI Spring Editor .H- Thanks , To all Those whose help and generosify have made 'rhis yearbook possible, we wish 'l'o express our gralilude. Our sincere Thanks go +o Mr. Kyle L. Wilcox ancl Mr. Harry Donlevey of Jrhe arf cleparlmenl and Miss Elaine McLean, recorder. We are grealrly indebiecl +o Mr. Clyole Sunder- land, an ex-Techni+e, who clonalecl 'The aerial view of Technical: Jro Mary Wong, designer of The Talisman cover: and To Mr. l-lal Marson for lhe phofography. Special ap- precialrion goes, of course, To Miss Jessie Smilh, our ad- viser. Thanks also go To Lederer, Sfreef 81 Zeus Co., lnc., for 'rhe prinfing and 'io California Ari' 3: Engraving Company for rhe engraving.