Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Top Row Overturf Palmer Parnuh Patter ion Pedersen Perreton Shaw Petersen, M. Piggot Second Row Pleasant PoflBOCO Prather Proctor Quinby Rayner Rankin Reed Rene Third Row Rhode Rice Rilling Roberta. A. Roberta. M Rogers Ryan Sato, E Sato J. Fourth Row Schilling Schneider Schwenacn Scott Sechler Sevilla Seward Peterson Shepard JANET OVERTURF (Jan) Latin Club; Home Economics Club; Stanford; horseback riding. DAVID PATTERSON Lit. Staff; Vice-pres. of Scholarship Society; Tennis; Foreign Language and Science Major; Stanford. EVELYN PLEASANT (Evie) Madrono Staff; Orchestra; Thespian; Scholarship; Latin Club; A Cappella; Stanford. FRED PROCTOR (Cy) Model Airplane Club; Lit. Staff; Mathematics and Science Major; Stan- ford and West Point; camping. ROSEMARY RHODE (Rosie) Music Major; trick photography, horse- back riding. ANDREW ROBERTS (Andy) Tennis Club; Member of Tennis Team; Chess Club; Forum Club; Menlo J. C. MARGARET SCHILLING Girls' League Executive Board; Mad- rono Staff; Ski Club; Scholarship; Stan- ford; collecting toy elephants. MONT ELIZABETH SCOTT (Monte) Latin Club; Thespian Club; Elliot- Fischer Billing School; match covers. FRED PALMER Attendance Clerk; Thespian; Track; Water Polo; Minor Letter; Pomuna; golf. NORMAN PEDERSEN Noon Dance Orchestra; Band; Orches- tra; plans to work. SYLVIA POSSOCO (Sil) Volleyball; Basketball; Hockey; Quill and Scroll; Latin Club; Home Econo- mics Club; San Jose State; knitting, reading. GILBERT QUINBY (Gil) Point Award; Thespian Club; Tennis Club; Social Science Major; Stanford; camping. MILO RICE (Mike) Major in Social Science; Work; hiking and horseback riding. MURIEL ROBERTS Spanish Club; Philomusia Society; Art Major; Stanford; tennis, stamps. DOROTHY SCHNEIDER (Dotty) Spanish Club; Photoplay Club; Com- mercial Major; dancing, movies. HAZEL SECHLER HELEN PARRISH Basketball; Foreign Language and Household Science Major; U. S. C. or Stanford; dancing, collecting jewelery. ROBERT PERRETON MARGARET PRATHER (Margie) Spanish Club; Commercial Club; Com- mercial Major; San Jose State; swim- ming. PATSY RAYNER (Pat) Glee Club; Home Economics Club; Art Major; San Jose State; dramatics. BERTA RISL1NG MARION ROGERS JANICE SCHWENSEN (Janny) Thespian Club; Madrono Staff; Forum Club; Art Major; Bennington College; concert dancing, dramatics. GORDON SEVILLA Campanile Staff; Junior Council- Journalism Major; San Jose State and California; collects signs. Seniors • • . • 22

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MARGRET McKELVIE (Peggy) BETTY LUND (Bett) La-in Club; Mathematics and Music Home Economics Club; Household Major; University of Colorado; horse Science Major; San Jose State; souve back riding. nirs. dancing. VIVIAN MAGERAS Basketball; G. A. A.; Commercial Club; International Club; Spanish Club; Orchestra; San Jose State. MARY MERNER BETTY LOU MESKIMEN Basketball; G. A. A.; Thespian; Scholarship; Forum Club; A Cappella; Latin Club; Wellesley. MILES METZGER President of Senior Class; Student Court; Football; Track; Spanish Club; Mathematics and Mechanical Drawing Major; California. CARR NEEL DON NEILSON Tennis Club; Minor Letter Society; Basketball; Tennis Club; Minor Letter; Chess Club; Mathematics and Science Yell Leader; Stanford. Major; Stanford; tennis. ALBERT NELSON (Al) Band; Basketball; Davis; stamps, camp ing, hunting. CLARA NYSTROM PHYLLIS OESCHGER (Kitten) Basketball; Baseball; Pres, of Girls’ Basketball; G. A. A.; Girls’ Block P; Block P; Volleyball; Hockey; Miss Tennis; Swimming; San Mateo J. C. Miller's Business College or California; horseback riding. | CLIFFORD OSTROM (Teck) Band; Baseball; Football; Block P Society; plans to work in Alaska. • • • • I 9 8 Citizenship Through Experience • • Have high school seniors reached the age when they can be trusted to write their own ex- cuses? In the opinion of Mrs. Leona McCully and the Senior Class Council, seniors can not only be trusted but also would do their best to prevent un- necessary absence. The Class of 1938 tried out this plan. Seniors were allowed to apply to the Senior Council for privilege cards. By signing the card each senior expressed interest in the experiment and promised to do his best to prevent absence from classes. The results of this experiment, still unknown, should be extremely interesting. If it proves success- ful, there would be no reason why more such privi- leges shouldn't be granted, even to lower classmen. The success of the Senior Honor System would ulti- mately lead to a more progressive high school, in which all students learn good citizenship through ex- perience in assuming responsibility. 11

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HAROLD SHAW MARY LOUISE PETERSEN (Nicky) Band; Spanish Club; Foreign Language Home Economics Club; Spanish Club; Major; work for year, then attend Commercial Club; San Jnse State; Stanford. dancing. HAROLD PIGGOTT (Piggy) Attendance Clerk; Swimming; Mimecv graph Operator; work for H. S. Crocker Co.; silver work for saddles and bridles. MARGARET RANKIN (Marge) CATHERINE REED (Kay) Commissioner of Girls' Activities; Lit. Junior Dramatics Society; Art Major; Staff; Scholarship; Science Major; P. G. here and San Jose State; hiking. Michigan U. or Stanford; canoeing. VICTOR RENE (Vic) Band; Noon Dance Orchestra; Major in Shop and Music; Milwaukee School of Engineer.ng. VIRGINIA RYAN EVA SATO Philomusia Society; Home Economics Club; Music Major; continue with ballet dancing lessons; knitting. JACK SATO (Jock) Swimming Team; Science Major; San Jose State. MARGOT SEWARD (Sea) FRED PETERSON Campanile Staff; Thespian Club; Lit. Shop and Foreign Language Major; Staff; Swathmore College; sailing. plans to make an extended trip. BARBARA SHEPARD (Bobbie) Glee Club; A Cappclla Choir; Music and Science Major; Vassar College; match covers. ....1938 Palo Alto Senior High School Readjustment! That was the problem that faced Palo Alto High School in the past year. The careful organization of the school, for years very satisfactory, had to be greatly reorganized. No longer was the freshman class with us, but instead Paly High was for the first time in history Palo Alto Senior High School. The new and modern Junior High School, the new home for our freshmen, left a problem of readjustment that was difficult, but was faced scientifically. Smaller and consequently better classes resulted, along with many other im- provements, but student body activities suffered from such a small enrollment. The Campanile and the Madrono faced a crisis, student body cards were few in number. But in the end these problems were worked out. Now Palo Alto Senior High School, past the embryonic stage, can look forward to the future with enthusiasm and confidence. 2)