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

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1939 volume:

THE MADRONO JUNE • 1939 I DICATIO The Senior Class takes great pleasure in dedicating the 1939 Madrono to Miss Marie Eustace, in appreciation of her invaluable aid as our counselor and as a true friend. FOREWORD TO THE ’39ERS OF PALY HIGH: The 1939 Madrono, in line with a great many publications of wider circulation, has Increased the number of pictures and correspondingly decreased the length of written messages. Memories are difficult to record and written records especially defy our attempts to recall when the faces of old friends do not peer out from the fading shadows. This issue of the Madrono is a combination of news reel, travelog, and the begin- ning of numerous biographical sketches to be later completed In all sorts of interesting personal histories. All life may be thought of as a picture. We cast our shadows with more or less design against the film as our busy days unwind. These shadows on the film are developed and sharpened in the rich solution of our personal experience as they leave their record on the scroll. I wish it were possible for me to put in picture form the message I should like to leave each of you. It would require a large canvas for I would want every one of you in the foreground. I would use no sharp lines to suggest hurry and strife. I would gen- erously employ long and sweeping curves indicative of desired peace and serenity. In the background, I would want the high school and all it stands for, reflecting beams of light Illuminating your separate pathways. And I would want these rays of guiding light to be bathed in soft colors of solicitous personal regard and friendly interest. May you return to the high school often in the years to come and tell us of your adventures, of your small disappointments and your larger successes. But you have in this book the means of revisiting at will the high school as you lived it and as you were and are a part of it. We would have you know that within the covers of this book and clustered around each separate picture repose the best wishes of the principal and faculty of the Palo Alto Senior High School. IVAN H. LINDER CONTENTS SENIORS BOOK I ADMINISTRATION BOOK II ACTIVITIES BOOK III SPORTS BOOK IV BOOK I SMUOXtL SENIOR COUNCIL: McKaig, Harnman, Adams, Diamond, Griffin, Aze- vedo, Miss Eustace, Dal- ton, Gasich, Post. ADAMS, JEAN ALLEN, DAVID ALLEN, ORPHA ALLEN, PATRICIA ALTIERI, JIMMY ANDERSON, JOHN ANDERSON, LOIS AZEVEDO, BILL BACK, RALPH BALCOMB, RAYMOND BANOL, MARION BEAN, MARY BEATTY, MARY JANE BELIVEAU, KERMIT BELSHAW, HAROLD 10 d£1939 PRESIDENT: VERNE FREEMAN BLACK, PEYTON BORDERS, BETTY BOUTTE, LOUISE BOWMAN, SHYRLE BRENNAN, GENE BRIGGS, JACK BROOKS, EDITH BUCHOLTZ, ROBERT BURKHART, WANDA BURKHART, WAYNE - BURNS, JESSIE BUTTS, ROY CADY, BEATRICE CARD, MARGURETTE CARRINGTON, ALMA I f HEN SESSION CARROLL, MARION CHRISTENSEN, DOROTHY CHRISTIANSEN, LEONA CHRISTIANSEN, MARIAN COATES, SUE CONNELL, ROBERT COPPELL, ALFRED CRANDALL, ED CREECH, JANICE CRESS, CAYE CROSS, OLIVIA DALEY, MINERVA DALTON, BETTY DANFORTH, DONALD DELANEY, BILL 12 4.1939 A WEIGHTY PROBLEM: Dodds, Burnette, Mc- Clain, Wells. DELPHY, FLORENCE DEREDI, ANGELINA DIAMOND, JACKIE DODDS, HENRY EASTEP, RUTH ENGLEY, BEVERLY ERNEST, BETTE FARIS, DEAN FAW, BETTY FEASLEY, BETSY FERGUSON, GLORIA FIELD, JANE FISCHER, MARGARET FISHER, IRMA FREEMAN, VERNE 13 SsWUflA, SENIOR COURT CUSTOD- IAN, BLONDIE —AT WORK? GASICH, WELKO GLASSY, ROLAND GOLLA, PHYLLIS GOODACRE, BARBARA GOODALL, MARGARET GOODENOUGH, GREGORY GORDON, LOUISE GORDON, PHYLLIS GRIFFIN, BETTY HALLUM, MARTIN HARDWICK, ROBERTA HARLOW, BILL HARRIMAN, JACK HARVEY, GRACE 14 HAWLEY, JAMES og.1939 STEERS STEERS PEN: New- man, Thayer, Steers. HEAD, GEORGE HEDELUND, HARRIET HINKEY, DOROTHY HOBBS, LOUISE HOFFMAN, LELAND HOOKER, KEITH HOOPE, BETTY HUGHES, GERRY HUGHES, JIMMIE HUGHES, MURIEL HURD, JIMMIE JACKSON, CHARLOTTE o ' JAY, PATRICIA JILLSON, JANE JOHNSON, KENNETH S ni Ll WATER NYMPHS: Griffin, Langnecker. JOHNSON, LOIS KANEDA. THOMAS KARNOPP, MARTHA JEAN KESSLER, JIMMY KILCARE, WINIFRED KIMURA, ROSE KIRKWOOD, ROBERT KODAMA, SELAH LAMB, HAL LA MONTAGNE, MARIE LANGNECKER, LESLIE LAWSON, MELBA UNDER, MEDRIC LUKOR, JOYCE 16 LYTER, KENNETH o(L 1939 ON THE STEPS MacFADYEN, BILL MacFADYEN, JOANNE MacLEOD, GEORGE McClain, barbara McKAIG, BRUCE MAGEE, KATHLEEN MANDERS, LETHA MANNAN, BETTY MARR, THOMAS MARSHALL, LUEL MARSHALL, VIRGINIA MEEK, BERT MILLER, BETTY GENE MILLS, DOUGLAS MISENHIMER KAY 17 S moiA, BRAINSTORMS: Pleasanf, Allen, Bailey, Harriman, Lee. MITCHELL, BILL MOBLEY, PAUL MOCK, MARY MOORE, MARY MORTENSEN, LOIS MURRAY, MARY LIN NASH, LOUISE NEWELL, GEORGE NEWKOM, CLAIRE NEWMAN, HOMER NIEBEL, JIM NIELSEN, CLYDE NIELSEN, PAUL NORDBERG, JANE NOLAN, JOHN 18 eg. 1939 JUST OUT OF THE PEN: Reeves, Anderson. NORRIS, SUSAN NUNNALLY, GARNETTA OLSEN, BEN OMELKA, LEON OSBURN, GERTRUDE OSCARSON. ROY PEARSON, EVA PERHAM, JEAN PESTELL, JOY PETERSON, DORIS PETTY, HERB - PLEASANT, MARJORIE POST, MARGARET PREISKER, CORINNE PROTHEROE, VIRGINIA 19 S JtUflA. BULL SESSION QUINSEY, JOAN RABBETT, RICHARD RABITAILLE, IRMA RAY, PAT REEVES, WAYNE RICK, CLARENCE RILEY, BERYL RILEY, HELEN RILEY, WINTON RITSCHER, HOWARD ROLLER, ROBERT SCHOMBERG, GILMORE SCHULTZ, ROBERT SCHYNERT, PHYLLIS SCULLY, MARY 20 eg 1939 PAPER CHEWER: Kessler. SHIELDS, MELVIN SHOW, BEVIER SIMON INI, MARGARET SIORDIA, THERESA SKELTON, JEAN SKELTON, MARJORIE SLATER, BUD SMITH, KATHERINE SMITH, NORMAN SMITH, PETRICIA SONNICKSEN, HOWARD STEARNS, DOROTHY STEFFENSEN, VERONA STRICK, HARRY STURA, ALBERT 21 GRAZING TAGGART, LYLE TAWARA, MARY THOITS, WARREN TOMSON, BARBARA TRAINA, CARMEL VON HACHT, BETTIE WARM, LOUISE WEBB, STANLEY WELLS, TED WEYMOUTH, JOHN WHI7TON, HEATHER WIDSTEEN, AUSTIN WILSON, HUGH WILSON, LOIS WUTHMAN, MAX ■ ■ II 22 1939 NOONTIME RELAXATION YAMAMURA, TARO YOSHIMURA, ROY ZANDER, ROBERT SPANISH SENORITA SOMBREROED SCHULTZ JINX GYPSIES EXCUSE MY BACK CONFAB SPRING FEVER LOUNGING LASSIES WAITING FOR A RIDE? PREXY VERNE SCHOOL ATHLETES Oifwc L ROY SCOTT ANDERSON DONALD PATTERSON BALDWIN SCOTT P. BERRYMAN JOSEPH BISHOP BEWICK J ALDEN BRYANT BRYCE CANN DUANE H. CRAWFORD MEREDITH C. CROSS NORMAN E. FENTON GLORIA FERGUSON MIRIAM FLAVIA HOGAN STEPHEN PAUL JANOVICH, JR. ELIZABETH A. JUSTICE RUTH MARGARET McFARLANE JOHN MAVITY HENRY FRANCIS NORBERG, JR. JEAN I. PARR SYLVIA RUTH PARR TREVOR H. PENNINGTON DONALD LAWTON SMITH, JR. LLOYD STEFFEN CALVIN GRAHAM THAYER PHYLLIS JEAN WILKINSON 23 ADMINISTRATION BOOK II I. Principal: Mr. Linder. 2. Registrar: Miss Heatwole. 3. Secretary: Mrs. Coleman. 4. Vice Principal: Mr. Stew- art. 5.Attendance Clerk: Mrs. Duncan. J'aculhf URDlfJ 26 I.Counselors: Collins, Knoles, Eustace, Heatwole, Stewart, Preston. 2. Music: Knighton, L. Green, Head- ley. 3. Boys Physical Educa- tion: Hurley, Fraser, Ray, Lang. 4. Heads of Depart- ments: Morehouse, Fuller, McCausland, Middlekauff, Stewart, Cramer, Moody, Linder. faculty. 27 I. Language: Guerrero, Av- ila. Cramer, Uppman. 2. Commercial: Eustace, Wenlc, Edmondson. 3. Mr. Kilpat- rick. 4. Mr, Moody. 5. Miss Clary. 6, Miss Morehouse, Mrs. Matteson, 7. English: Shields, McCausland, Heat- wole, Preston, Williams, Kizer, Huntington. J'aa.dh 28 B I faculty. I. Science and Mathemat- ics: Fuller, Kelley, Matthews, Jungerman. Younltln, Lang, Russell. 2. Social Science: Stewart, Montgomery, Mc- Cully, Knoles. 3. Art and Home Economics: Middle- kauff, McKee, Harned. 4. Girls' Phys. Ed.: MacLeod, Green, Collins, Kizer. 29 I. Bert Meek, 2. Leslie Lanqnecker. 3. Jimmy Kessler. 4. Clar- ence Rick. 5. Susan Norris. 6. Doug Mills, 7. Janey Jill so n. 8. Howie Ritscher. 9. Commissioners' Meeting. 10. Ben Oi sen. II. Heather Whitton. fommi AwmSiA, The Board of Commissioners is elected by the student body and its members hold their offices for an entire school year. Jimmy Kessler, who headed the student body as Commissioner of Social Welfare, planned many successful assemblies. Bert Meek, Commissioner of Publications, graduated in February and Doug Mills was elected to fill this position. As Commissioner of Finance Ben Olsen kept our bank-books straight. Under the supervision of Social Welfare Commissioner, Leslie Langnecker, many suc- cessful school dances were held. Susan Norris was Commissioner of Cultural Activities. Clarence Rick, Commissioner of Boys' Activities, and Jane Jillson, Commissioner of Girls' Acfivities, headed the Boys' and Girls’ Leagues, respectively. Athletically-minded Howie Ritscher and Heather Whitton had charge of the boys’ and girls' sports. Mr. Stewart and Mrs. Edmondson are the faculty advisers. 30 ShidsmL QowdL The student court is the judicial body or Supreme Court of Palo Alto High School. This year under the able leadership of Mr. Lang, the faculty adviser, the court has tried several cases and has also revised its constitution. The main work of the year has been the enforcement of traffic regulations in and around the school. The safety campaign dealt with the problem of speeding on the school grounds. Block P members were stationed at the heads of stairs and in the intersections to prevent running or to stop people from going down the wrong staircase. Also, cutting into the cafeteria line has been practically abolished. Gerry Hughes is chairman of the court and Margaret Post is secretary. Since Bill Azevedo graduated in February, Dick Price was elected to fill his position. The other members were Richard Rabbett and Howard Sonnicksen. 31 First Semester Enrollment—Top Row: Carrol Tornson. Scully, M. Pleasant, Murray, Adams. Ninth Row: Wattenberger, Rose, Magee, Gaspar, Seward, Martens. Eighth Row: Christensen, Robins. O'Brien, Stecta . Seventh Row: Huber, Sylvia, Hughes, Allen, Wilson. Diamond. Post Kruse. Sixth Row: Holmes, Prior, Bradbury, K. Smith. E. Pleasant, Harri- man, Alder. Fifth Row: Pierson, Malm. Sterling, Nichols, Bradford, Cox. Fourth Row: Meek, Reed, Lee, Miller Schynert, Carrington, Olsen, Niebel. Second Row: Hansen, Bruce Bailey, Taylor, Acevedo. First Row: B. Meek Gasich, Mills. Second Semester New Members—Top Row; Quinby, Perry. Fourth Row: Smith Barrett, Bennett, Faw, Richardson. Third Row: Brooks, Folsom, Slocum. Second Row: Patterson, Hoope, Freedman C. Murray. First Row: Raglan, Schwartz, Officers: Pleasant, secretary-treasurer; Gasich, president; Tomson, vice-president. SchoIa tAfufL Socisdti Palo Alto's Scholarship Society, Chapter Three of the California Scholarship Feder- ation, has a large membership from our student body. A student becomes a member by earning the necessary grade requirements. Ten points are the requirements for receiving a scholarship card. Eight of fhese points must be earned academically. This year the scholarship society has been active in school activities. Under the guidance of Miss Cramer, faculty adviser, two pop-corn sales and a picnic have been sponsored. During the year two C. S. F. conferences were attended by delegates from this school. Both of these meetings were held on Treasure Island. After attending the meetings in the morning the delegates inspected the fair grounds in the afternoon. The scholarship president this year was Welco Gasich, the vice-president was Barbara Tomson, and the secretary was Marjorie Pleasant. 32 Point ChocUudL, Pqo l QowuriL The business of the Point Award Committee is to record service points won by the students. The committee also sees that silver seals are awarded to the people who have a sufficient number of service points. Officers this year were Welco Gasich, chairman, and Louise Crockett, secretary. Other members were Loree Meek, Yvonne Johnson, Harry Strick, and Pat Cashel. The faculty adviser was Mrs. McCully. The Peace Council is a comparatively new organization, having been founded last year by Alan Bruce. It is composed of two delegates from every cultural club, although anyone who is interested is invited to join. This year the council has heard several speak- ers, and delegates from the high school group attended a meeting of the Palo Alto Peace Council. Alan Bruce was president, and Elizabeth Terry acted as secretary. 33 I. Sirii' Lajgua Laadart: Janey Jillson and Miss Preston. 2. Girls' League: Barbara Tomson, Gerry Hughes, Marion Car- roll, Betsy Feasley, Janey Jillson, Margaret Post. Barbara McClain. 3. Bays' League: Clarence Rick. Bill Azeveda. 4- Pep Committee—Top Row: Leslie Langnecker, Peter Lee. Second Row: Henry Norberg, Ruth Dimock, Georqine Raab, John Morrisroe. First Row: Esther Lentos, Howard Ritscher, Janey Jillson, Heather Whitton. $ihlA! 3suzqwL, fioijJu' lcu jusl Under the leadership of Janey Jillson, Commissioner of Girls’ Activities, and Miss Preston, the Girls' League has been very active this year. To the activities of the league —Girls' Jinx, Christmas charities, and the Mothers' Tea have been added the luncheons for girls of the three classes. Another important work of the league is the granting of two or three scholarships to worthy seniors. This year's secretary was Margaret Post. Under the supervision of Howard C. Ray and Clarence Rick, Commissioner of Boys' Activities, the Boys' League has brought to the students many entertaining and educa- tional programs in the last year. They were all demonstrations on different sports, in- cluding fly-casting, archery, wrestling, skiing, and diving. Never have the boys enjoyed the meetings as much or given such fine cooperation. 34 I. I. A. C.—Top Row: Gasicfi, Johnson, Smith, Back, Ritschef, Rick, Lamb, Steffen, Norberg. First Row: Harlow, Azevedo, Millar. 2. Mr. Ray, Azevedo, Rick. 3. G. A. A.—Parr, Miller, Gilkey, Hanna, Mrs. Green. Gaspar, M. Chris- tiansen, Nelson, McClain, Smith, L. Christiansen, Whitton. 4. Smith Nelson, Mrs. Green, Whitton. £. d. C-, 5- CL. CL. The B. A. C., consisting of team captains and managers, the presidents of the Boys' League, the Block P, and the Minor Letter Society, yell leaders, and Commissioner of Boys' Athletics, has done a good job of supervising boys' sports. It handles all questions dealing with eligibility, letter requirements, awarding of letters, and anything concerning the welfare of boys' athletics. Membership in the Girls' Athletic Association is open to any girl who goes out for an after school sport. Quarterly meetings are held during each sport, and all the mem- bers who are out for that sport attend. The board was headed by Heather Whitton, Commissioner of Girls' Athletics, with Mary Mock as vice-president, and Silvia Parr as secretary. Other members of the board were June Gilkey, Marion Christiansen, Cleora Hanna, Barbara McClain, Jessie Gaspar, and Pat Cashel. 35 1. Back and Taqgart. 2. Boys' Block P—Top Row: Norberg, Denmark, Atkinson, Nichols, Potter. Seventh Row; Haight, Anderson Wiley, Thoits. Sixth Row: Black, Niebel, Black, Ritscher. Fifth Row: Crawford, Newell. Fourth Row: Freedman, Steers, Berry- man, Arnold. Third Row: Butts, Hawley, Harrison, Gasich, Baldwin. Second Row: Taylor, Stetfen, Taggart. First Row: Ramsey, Rick, Linder, Smith, Sonnicksen. 3. Miller, Whitton and Christiansen. A. Girls' Block P—Top Row: Allen, Ste ling, Cashel, Burns, Christiansen, Miller. Third Row: O'Brien, Jill son, Dewey, Smith, Gilkey, McClain, Taylor. Second Row; La Coste, Steckoll. First Row: Whitton, Parr, Lentos, Christiansen, Hanna. BayAl Blade fi, Blade (p This year, the Block P, under President Ralph Back, Vice-President Lyle Taggart, and Secretary-Treasurer Don Smith, has enjoyed its largest membership. It has successfully given its yearly dance and trained its chorus for the Boys' Stunt Show. The main duties are taking entire responsibility for the traffic in the halls and on the stairs, and for pro- viding suitable initiations for neophytes. The main activities of the Girls' Block P this year were an ice-skating party held with the Numeral Society, quarterly initiations of new members, and a successful snow trip. A Block P stands for 800 points earned by a junior or senior or 600 by a sophomore. President of the Block P this year was Leona Christiansen, and the secretary was Mar- garet Miller. Mrs. Green and Miss Collins sponsor the Block P. 36 I I. Minor L«tt«r Society—Top Row: Barsotti, Mclnerny, Ecklund, Wiley, Feichtmeir, Anderion, Webb, Miller, Fry, Tel- moflt. Baird Jenks, Kaneda, Keeler, Laurert. Fourth Row: Omelka, Petty, Manning, Smith, Harrison, Black, Butts Bailey, Dodds, Nelligan, Millar. Third Row: Arnold, Perch, Wise, Miller, Morrisroe, Schultz, Eskilson, Lane, Davis SidoH. Second Row: Polk, Kellner, Goodenouqh, Taylor, Decius, Hoqe, Newman, Cashin, Troedson, Hurd Elliott, Fraser. First Row: Kuenhle, Forbes, Qulnby, Lentos, Boldt, Nevares, Coates. Sheridan, Howell, Franco. [ 2. Officers: Taylor, Butts, Travis, j 3. Numeral Society—Top Row: Mrs. D. Green, Klay, Congdon, Hardwick, Koppel, Tomson, P. Gordon, A. Lawson. Second Row: Carroll, McCullum, Chenoweth, Hughes, L. Gordon. First Row: Fowler, Swansky, Norby, Garpar, Malm. Sitting: Garrett, Pappas. 4. Co-op: Burrill Thoits, Wuthman, Black. VYlin i. cZatbLfL, C° °PL’ (yiJum£ iaL Sodsdsj.i The Minor Letter Society has held five meetings this year, the first of which was fo elect officers—Roy Buffs, president; Jim Taylor, vice-president, and Charlie Travis, sec- retary-treasurer. The society has contributed to the Boys' Stunt Show and has taken over the car parking situation. The Co-op staff, under the supervision of Mr. G. S. Stewart, has run the Co-op suc- cessfully and has added greatly to the number and quality of supplies sold. The Co-op is open at noon and after school and Is run entirely for the benefit of the student body. The Numeral Society, only two years old, has been very active this year. Member- ship is open to any girl who earns 300 points in sports. This year Jessie Gaspar was presi- dent, and Mrs. Green and Miss Collins were faculty advisers. 37 ACTIVITIES BOOK III Top Row: Douqlas, Mills, Decius, Commerford, Zander, Miss Hunfinqtor, Briqqs, Pesteli. First Row: Connell, Carring ton, Kilcare, Murray, Coates, Perham, Meek, Schultz, Lamb. I. Man to Man. 2. Checkinq up, 3. The temperamental art staff. Vtloudbuwto The staff of the Madrono hopes that the student body will find the 1939 annual a new and different book. The aim of this year's Madrono is to have not only more, but larger pictures, and to depict the different phases of school life with many snapshots throughout the book. Hal Lamb was editor-in-chief, and Douglas Mills was business manager until he was elected to the position of Commissioner of Publications; then Bob Kirkwood carried on the work. Other members of the staff were Robert Connell, Alma Carrington, and Joy Pestell, art; Bob Zander, senior section; Mary Lin Murray, admin- istration; Jean Perham, Alma Carrington, Jack Briggs, activities; Bob Connell, boys' sports; Sue Coates, girls' sports; Winifred Kilcare, typing. The staff wishes to express its thanks to Miss Huntington for her untiring and ceaseless work, without which the pub- lication of the Madrono would have been an impossibility. 40 ctit During the past year two issues of the Lit were published. These issues appeared in December and May. Most of the material for the publication comes from the crea- tive writing class, but anyone who Is interested is urged to turn in his contributions. Besides sponsoring a short story contest, the staff included music in their last issue. It is an interesting commentary on the quality of the magazine that Stanford University bought nearly two hundred copies for use in one of its classes on high school publica- tions. Staff: Pat Allen, editor; Allan Bruce, associate editor; Petricia Smith, art editor; Joanne MacFadyen, poetry editor; Hugh Wilson, essay editor: Joan Quinsey, play editor; Beryl Riley and George Arnold, feature editors. Miss Heatwole, as adviser, has helped the staff a great deal, and the entire group have enjoyed working with her. The art work of the Lit was chiefly carried out by Miss McKee's art class. Lit Staff—Top row: Linder, Riley, Harriman. Bruce, Castellic, Wilson. Meek. First row: Lehman, Fischer, Allen, Robins, Mus Heatwole, Hughes, MacFadyen, Jackson, Eastep. I. Proof reading 2. Pat Allen and Miss Heatwole 3, Bigwigs: Harriman, Robins. Bruce 41 Top Row: P. Taylor, Wheeler, Slater, J. Taylor, Wallace, Martens, Pierson, McCollum, Rose, Hahlbeck, Holmes, Preisker, La Piere, Wilson, Delphy. First Row: Field, Lane, O'Brien, Pingree Seward Prior, Schynert, Sterling, Diamond, Miller, Von Hacht. Jillson, Meek, I, Finished Product 2. The Bosses 3. Campanile Zinc (fampamliL This year, as in previous years, the Campanile was rated by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association as being one of the finest high school papers in the country. In Sep- tember the paper was streamlined. Jim Taylcr, the editor, inaugurated a new column, The Deadline, summarizing the events of the week. One of the events of the year was the Publications Formal Dance, which was a great success. The entire staff deserves much credit for its work on the paper in the past year. Mrs. Evelyn Kizer, as editorial adviser, spent many hours working on the paper, and this last semester Mr. Lawrence Fuller has assisted her as business adviser. Editorial staff: Jim Taylor, editor; Phyllis Schynert, Rod Wheeler, managing editors; Bettie von Hacht, Bud Slater, co-feature editors; Ruth Ann Wilson, assistant editor. Business staff: Mel Lane, business manager; Torrance Wallace, advertising manager. Standing: B. Riley, J, Taylor, P. Taylor, J. MacFadyen, J. Diamcnc B. Von Hacht, R. Wheeler, S. Coates. M. Murre , J. Seward, H. Lamb. Sitting: B. Lehman. P. Schynert, V. Robins, G. Sadler, P. Allen, H. Sterling. I. Jackie Diamond 2. Mrs. Kizer 3. Phyllis Schynert QuilL aruL S wIL The Quill and Scroll is an International Honorary Society organized for the purpose of encouraging and rewarding individual achievement in the field of journalism. Mem- bers of the organization must be chosen from the students enrolled in the high school, and they must be recommended by the adviser of the group or by a committee chosen for that purpose. Only students who have shown unusual ability in writing are considered tor membership. In the United States there are seven districts, each of which is repre- sented by at least one officer. The society never holds a national convention because these districts are so widely scattered. This year twenty-one members were chosen from our high school. Next year the group plans to ask several lower classmen to join, thus keeping some members tor the following year. Jackie Diamond, president; Phyllis Schynert, secretary, and Mrs. Evelyn Kizer, adviser. 43 Top row: Mills, Johnson, Allen Mitchell, Harriman, Lee, Gasich, Pulsifer, Nielsen. Fourth row: Karnop, Mannan, Westall, Perham, Marshall, Pierson, Carrington, McClain, Cress, Sehynert Norris. Third row: Dewey, Gordon, Jay, LaPiere, Christiansen, Hughes, Allen Whitton, Galarooy, Gilkey, Pingree, Jillson, Creech, Dalton Feasley, Steffensen, McCollum, Diamond, West Atwood, Hogan L. Meek. Second row: Reed. Sterling, Langnecker, Rose, Hoagland, Wattenburger, Hobbs, Deredi, Grant, Schwartz, Von Hacht, Robins, Johnson, Field, Hahlbeck. First row: Thayer, Linder, MacFadyen, Newman, Decius, P. Taylor, Wallace, Schultz B. Meek, Bruce, Gerlough. I. Officers: Schultz, Allen, Johnson. 7. Miss Shields. 3. Stars: Mills, Harriman, Steffensen, Jay. Jh ApiarL (flub The Thespian Club is open to anyone who is interested in dramatics and who success- fully fulfills the try-out requirements. This year the Thespian Club produced three plays, two for the Christmas season and the annual three-act. Miss Laurene Shields., faculty adviser, directed the Christmas plays, Dust of the Road and The First Christmas, as well as Icebound, the three- act. Dust of the Road was the story of dishonest Richard Steele and his conscience. The First Christmas showed the effect of Jesus' birth on the lives of men. Icebound, a Pulitzer prize play, told a story of jealousy and hatred among the members of a New England family. There were two performances of Icebound and two casts; one was chosen from the drama classes and one from the Thespian Club. This year Pat Allen was president of the club and Kenneth Johnson was vice-president. Robert Schultz acted as secretary-treasurer. 44 Icebound —I. Grieving for Mrs. Jordan. 2. The Jordan's Happy Ending, {Mitchell, Whitton, Mannan). 3. Orin, get your rubbers on! (Freeman, Robins). A. The Arrest: Ben you're in a tight place. (Whitton, Mitchell, Mannan, Pulsifer, Mills). fjc bowuL The Thespian Club's 1939 spring production, Icebound, presented by two casts, was ably directed by Miss Laurene Shields. Icebound, a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1923, was written by Owen Davis. It is a drama in which the characters' personalities prevail over the action. The Jordan family, about which the story revolves, is hard-bitten and narrow—ice-bound. Each of them is petty, each is grabbing for the money of old Mother Jordan, who is on her death-bed. The estate, however, is willed to Ben Jordan, the black sheep of the family, to be kept in trust by Jane Crosby. Jane, the family's servant, whose unselfish and heroic personality lends a ray of human warmth to the play, succeeds finally in achieving the reformation of Ben. For the single scene, the Jor- dan living-room, the stage crew and properties committee succeeded in constructing an excellent set, well in keeping with the play's atmosphere. 45 (fhhhJtmadu filaifdu In December the Thespian Club presented two one-act plays: Dust of the Road, by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, and The First Christmas, by Marjorie Marquis. Dust of the Road was the story of a man who was tempted to take some money which did not belong to him. The lighting effects created the atmosphere of the play to a great extent, and the setting was excellent. The First Christmas was the story of the birth of Christ. The first scene took place on a hilltop outside Bethlehem, where the shep- herds were watching their flocks. The second scene took place in the interior of a stable a few hours later. During the play the A Cappella Choir sang Sleep My Little One and Noel. The set, which was designed by Dick Price, and the second scene, which was based on the Nativity painted by Botticelli, entailed a great deal of work. Credit should be given Miss Laurene Shields for her excellent direction of these plays. 46 QiruL, ShinL Show The 1938 Girls’ Jinx under the leadership of Janey Jillson and Miss Ruth Preston, faculty adviser, was the best in many years. Jackie Diamond's Football Follies, Jane Holmes as Baby Snooks,” Black Sambo by Mary Scully and Mary Lin Murray, and Verona Steffenson as Tizzie Lish” had the audience rolling in the aisles. There were many other humorous, beautiful, and witty stunts included in this successful Jinx. The Boys' League version of Benny Goodman's band, under the direction of Richard Rabbett, provided the background for this year's Boys' Stunt Show. The Czechoslo- vakian Clambake added an international touch to the performance imported direct from the Follies on Treasure Island, the Fashion Show displayed the latest Parisian styles. Of course, the perennial faculty meeting was included. Hod Ray, faculty ad- viser, and Clarence Rick were in charge. Girls' Jin� —I. Seniorettes. 3, Little Black Sambo. 6. Scrub Team rules. Boys' Stunt Show—2. Rabbett and the band. 4. My Heart Belongs to Daddy. S. Czechoslovakian clambake. 7. Fifth Avenue princess. 8. Hips, Hips, Hoorayi 47 t • Top Row: Mrs. L. Green. Fourth Row: Allen, Marshall, Perry, Howell, Garrett, Hoover, Decker, Roller Bradford, Distefano, Mosley, Scully, Murray, Ray, Hutchings. Third Row: Smith. Whitton, Prichett, Dewey, Wilson Muldoon, Brown, Connell, bchultz, Buck, I'.unnany, Fowier. bee nd R-w: lerry, Jedlicka, Martens, Magee, Nash, Osburn, Cox, Bryant, Schomberg Rust, Seward, Willson, Steffensen Cress. First Row: Harlow, Anaya, Carrington, Patterson, Parr Newman Hoge, Olsen, Kuenhle, Van Pelt, Hanna, Sund, Parkinson, Post. Alternatas—Top Row: Fewkes, Sibley, Williams, First Row: Krone, Sterns, Schubert. Officers: Steffensen, Seward, Schult2, Post: secretary, treasurer, business manager, chairman ot bids for dance. Viking Octette—Top Row: Bryant, Atkinson, SchuIt� , Bradford. First Row: Newman, Eaton, Cox, Roller. (L Qapp lkL The A Cappella Choir has had a most gratifying year. The Choir Festival at the Golden Gate International Exposition and the coast to coast radio performance on the Music and American Youth program climaxed the year’s numerous appearances. The Hallowe'en dance was fun for everybody. This year the choir and other musically minded students have taken advantage of the student rates given at the operas and concerts in San Francisco and San Jose, respectively. Performances Included presen- tations for the Christmas play, the Fortnightly Club, the Peace Council, Stanford Chapel, Palo Alto Day at the Exposition, the Lutheran Church, the Methodist Church, the Mayfield Church, and the graduation exercises. The festival practice was held at San Jose, and the individual choirs sang for each other the same evening. Our choir received a very superior rating by Mr. Dennis. 48 Top Row: M. Murray, Scully, E. Pleasant, Muldcon Marshall, Perry, Carrington, Anaya, Bowman, Reed, Neubauer. Itiird Kuw: Mr oie. orders, C. Jackson, MacFadyen, Morrow, Krone. iikr uradbury, Bcnlini, I cConnel, rrice, Connell, C. Murray Reichel, Crockett, Tooze, Burke, Morton. Second Row: Parr, Asburn, Protheroe, Hoope, Faw, Cress, Dewey, Roberts, Williams, Simpson, Schwartz. First Row: Perham, Kittrfdge, Seward, Post, Skelton, M. Pleasant, Tomsor, Carroll, Coates, Miller, Schubert, Proctor, M. Jackson. I. Prominent members. 2. Good work. 3. Vigueen ensemble. (phUDmJLLAJbOL Soxudjf Because of the large enrollment and the wel -balanced sections, the Philomusia So- ciety this year has been able to gain prestige in the community. The organization has taken part in the Girls' Jinx, a Cultural assembly, the Mothers' Tea, Public School Week program, and the Musical Tea. The latter is an annual affair, and the girls take much pride in presenting it. Guest artists are asked to perform and invitations are sent to the parents and friends of the club members. The society is controlled by president, Lotte Martens; vice-president, Betty Jean Miller; secretary, Mildred Jackson, and director, Mrs. Lucille Fox Green. Through the untiring efforts of Mrs. Green, the group has come to be what it is today. The voice training class or Viqueen ensemble has taken part in a number of programs. If was organized lasf year by Mrs. Green. 49 Oreh«str i—Tap row: Mosley, Striek, Rabbett Wheeler, Springer, Jungermann, Mr. Headly, Lincoln, Wallace, Wood, Eaton, Miller. First row: Reichel, Pleasant, Borders, Schynert, Pappas, Post, Gerlough, Wilkinson, Weed, Fotopolos. Winds: Rabbett, Jungermann, Springer Post, Eaton, H. Klyne Headley. Strings—Top row: Gerlough, Wilkinson, Reichel. First row: Mosley, Striek. Laugh Hord Mr. Headly Gerlough, Wilkinson, Reichel, Mosley, Striek. SalofL O uchsL iAcL For the past two years, the Salon Orchestra, under the direction of the talented Mr. H. Klyne Headly, has been gaining esteem in that three of ifs members, namely, Sylvia Gerlough, Harry Striek, and Richard Rabbett, were chosen to go to the California Western States School of Music Conference in San Diego this spring. Very rarely are three members from the same orchestra selected. Richard and Harry were judged as being the best in their respective sections, trumpet and violin. With a limited mem- bership, a very well balanced instrumentation has been obtained. Some of the high- lights of the year's performances are the Palo Alto Day concert and the orchestra tournament at the Exposition; the Santa Clara County Orchestra Festival at San Jose, in which the Palo Alto orchestra rated very high. Many other performances have been given in this community. v 50 I High Stepping Mr. Kniqhton Three Cheers! (BarnL Under the crisp direction of Mr. Knighton, the band started with much pep at the football and basketball games. Although the membership has been decreasing in the last few years, the present band as a whole plays remarkably well. It is not large enough for a good marching band, and therefore the drum major, Bill Guernsey, and the majorettes, Mary Anaya, Bernice Perry and Alma Carrington haven't had much of a chance to show us what they can do. But next year seems more promising with many Jordan band members graduating. Among the programs which the band participated in were the Armistice Day program, the rallies, concerts at noon in the Greek Theater, Dads' Night, Stanford-Oregon football game, a broadcast over the radio, and a special drum corps at the Fair. The band concerts at noon are comparatively new and have been appreciated by the students. 51 52 I I ChuA. oimo The Class of 1940, otherwise known as the Juniors, had a good year under the counselorship of Mr. Tully Knoles, Jr. The president of next year's Seniors was Bill Kreutz- mann. John Black was vice-presi- dent. and Ann Reed filled the sec- retarial position. Helping the Jun- ior officers were the Junior council members. These were Betty Wat- tenburger, Don Ragno, Morton Bailey, Betsy Whisler, and Rod Wheeler. The Council, along with the officers, assisted in such activ- ities as the Junior-Senior Stroll, as well as in the affairs of the Jun- ior class. Many of the Juniors were active participants in such activi- ties as athletics, dramatics, band, orchestra, singing groups, econom- ics, language dubs, and debating societies. I. Poker game? 2. Mr. Knoles and officers Kreutzmann, Read, Black. 3. Boredom. 4. Yell leader Harrison. 5. Campanile editor. 6. Ex- planation. 7. Council: Raqno, Reed, Kreutz- mann, Wattenburger, Wylie, Bailey. 53 vs I. Looking pretty. 2. Council: Kuenhle, Hamil- ton Wheeler, Cady, Corbett, Freedman, Raab, Kefauver, Kennedy, Boltd. 3. Ditchdigging Dizzy. A. Exchange of greetings. 5. Look at the birdie. 6. Class officials: Miss Collins, Kennedy, Brown, Taylor. QLoiMl, 1W Although new to the school this year the Sophomore class soon took its place in school sports, clubs and varied activities. The board of officers consisted of Herbert Brown, president; Patty Lou Kennedy, vice- president; Elouise Taylor, secretary; and Miss Ruth Collins, new sopho- more class adviser. Comprised mainly of students from David Starr Jordan Junior High School, the se- lecting of courses was not entirely new to the majority of the class. A large representation in the Scholar- ship Society was gained by the new class. The courses in language and mathematics, begun at Jordan and continued in high school, proved of value. Two sophomore class func- tions were held during the year, the first a Football dance at the end of the football season, and the sec- ond, a carnival in the spring. 55 I. Low Juniors. 2. More Low Juniors. 3. Low Junior Coun- cil. 4. Miss Preston and Class Officers. QIo6l6l. jofc 1%0i 56 II I. Stitch in time. 2. Edibles? 3. Ears coming down. 4. Suckers. 5. Too many cooks spoil the soup. 6. Ladies' man. 7. Return to your 4th period classes. 8. Stuffing eats. SchooL Zifa 57 I. Cultural Committee Carlton, Hoffman, Bruce Lamb, Harriman, Watten- burqer, Norris. O. Allen, Martens, Leland, L. Man- ning, Mauel. 2. International 3. Spanish 4. Model Engineering 58 . 1 1. Home Economics 2. Tennis 3. Nature 59 ChdA. CIuLa, I ! 2. Forum 4. Camera 61 fM1 O R T S BOOK IV 3. Taqgart around left end 2. Captain Norberq Reserve Football—Top row; Thomason. Roth, Telmont, Will . Hurley (Coach], Eckland, Peter- sen, Prather Crandall, Thomas. Second row: Hoover, Sidoff, Clark. Mclnerny. Berryman, Mar- shall, Damsqaard, Piers. First row: Perch, Morris, Fuchs, Boldt, Laurent, Cashin, Goodenough. Unlimited Football—Top row: Back, Crawford. Kreutzmann. Slura, Thoits, Taqqart, Steers, Anderson, Reeves, GiHin, Roth Norberg, Hurley (Coach). Second row; Tinney (Coach), Son- ncksen. Butts, Weiss. Shacklee. Berryman, Telmont. Potter. Eckland, Linder. Newell, Dewey (Coach). First row: Ray (Coach], P. Black, Brinqino, J. Black, Hawley, Arnold Boldt. Bewick, Rick, Cashin. Walters. M J'DoibalL VARSITY The score board was greatly in favor of the Vikings this year, and because of the powerful football team developed by Coach Hod Ray, Palo Alto was well represented ;n the Peninsula Championship game. Paly started off with a 20-0 win over Santa Cruz, and a 7-6 victory over Hayward. Winning with unexpected ease, Palo Alto opened its P. A. L campaign by swamping a fumbling San Mateo team, 20-6. A week later Paly scored the first touchdown in the game with Jefferson, but received their first defeat, losing 13-6. Paly came back by winning from Burlingame 7-6, with Taggart kicking the important conversion. With Kreutzmann crashing the center, and Norberg rushing the passers, the Vikings emerged with a 19-0 victory over South City. One of the biggest thrillers of the league was the game with San Jose, but another Taggart kick put Paly into a 9-6 lead. By the slimmest margin possible, Paly's enthusiastic football team lost the Big Game to Sequoia with a score of 7-6, although the Viking team controlled the ball throughout the game. Needing a victory or a tie to take the crown, Paly 1r;ed everything in its bag of tricks to win the thrill-packed game that had attracted 3,500 fans. Prominent players of this season's team were Bewick, J. Black, Taggart, Crawford, and Stura, backfield men; and Captain Norberg, Sonnicksen, Walters, Back, Reeves, Atkinson, Butts, and Potter, linemen. The able coaching of Hod Ray was a great factor in the team's success. RESERVES After two scrimmage games with Freemont and Menlo, Coach George Hurley's Reserve team started a season that ended with only one defeat. The first game sched- uled was a I -0 forfeit over San Mateo, and the next game played was a I 9-0 victory over Halfmoon Bay. This year Paly tied Jefferson 6-6 and Burlingame 0-0. Palo Alto's de- feat came when San Jose upset the Norsemen 6-0; however, they showed plenty of fight by beating Sequoia 19-6. Captain Berryman, Bringino, Perch, and Mclnerney played eighteen quarters; Boldt played 19, and Wills a possible 20. Credit for a most successful season must be given to Mr. Hurley's humptiditty spirit that he put into the Viking players and rooters. 65 I. G. Denmark. 2. L. Taggart. 3. J. Taylor. A. D. Raqno. (. Unlimited —Top row: Marshall (manager), Ritscher. Ragno, Denmark. Wheeler, Sonnicksen. HighfilI (manager). Ray (coach). First row: Back (captain), Taggart, J. Taylor, Black. Keeler, Galich. Steffen. 2. Thirties—Top row: Hurley (ccach). Millar, Feichtmeir, Harrison, P. Taylor Nelligan. Fry (manager). First row: Nelson, Morrisroe. Show, Reilly, Boldt, Bowie, DeciuS, Balcomb. 3. Reilly (captain). A. Yamamura (captain). 5, Twenties—Top row: Hyde (manager), Lavers. Yoshimura, Kahn (coach), Yamamura, Fugihawa Richards, Kuenhle (manager). First row: Foil, Wheeler, Mauel, Sakahara, Mitchell, Cameron Howell. 66 I. Troedson, 2. Fry, 3. Feichtmeir, 4. Tens—Top row: Forbes (manaqer). Stolcely, Lentos. Perry. Ramsey. Kuenhle (manager), Lang (coach). Second row: Gehman, Linfoot, Qulnby, Millar, Mendel. Mendenhall, Herdman. First row: Freeman (captain), Pratt, Nevares, Olsen Mock. SasJudbcdL UNLIMITED The heavyweight basketball players brought their practice season to a close with a 34-23 victory over Piedmont. The next week, in their first P. A. L. game, the Vikings lost to South City. The opponents' short shots were responsible for the 19-16 defeat. In the next game the unlimiteds showed their real worth by trouncing Jefferson, 41 9. Jefferson was held scoreless through the entire first half and was only able to salvage one field goal in the second half. The next week the hot and cold Vikings were caught in one of the 'cold nights and lost to Sequoia, 25-17. They also lost their next game to San Jose, but smothered San Mateo by the score of 50-19. The unlimiteds improved as the season progressed and found Burlingame an easy victory. Outstanding players were Captain Back, Denmark, Ritscher, Ragno, Black, and Steffen. THIRTIES Under the able coaching of George Hurley, the 30 s concluded one of the most successful years they have ever had. They won sixteen of their nineteen games, losing only one league game during the entire season. The 30 s won eleven of their thirteen practice games, losing a close game to the always powerful Lowell team and one to the highly rated Vallejo squad. The one game the 30 s lost was the game with undefeated San Jose. TWENTIES Led by Captain Taro Yamamura, the 20's won fifty per cent of their league games. They improved with the playing of each game, and by the end of the season they proved themselves as good a team as any in their division. The games they did lose were hard fought and very close, while the other games were won with plenty of margin. TENS Coach George Lang brought his 110 basketball team through a very successful sea- son. The 10's won four of their six P. A. L. games, and came within one point of defeating San Jose, the I 10 league champions. The outstanding work of Freeman (captain), Mock, Nevares, Olsen, and Pratt, accounts for the success of the team. 67 Back-jack—Bob Herdman 2. In reverse—Bill Nichols 3. A fast start—Don Smith 4. Coach Fraser 1. Waterpolo—Top row: Elliott, Blockley, Lee, Wylie, Keeler, Schultz, Pogue (Manager). First row: Jenlcs, Lonqanecker, Lee, Brown, Decius, McKaig, Nichols. 2. Waterpolo Reserves—Top row: Davis, Hurd, Urqhart, Baird Petty. First row: Kunz, Van Pelt, Sheridan, Pulsiter. 3. Unlimited Swimming—Tod row: Briqgs (Manager), Lee, Keeler, Giffin Reeves $mi+h Can- tain), Back, Roth, Fraser (Coach). Second row: Wylie, Hinckley, Wu� hman. Niebel, Baird, Kreurzmann. McClain, Cady. First row: Hamilton, Burrill, Herdman, Clark, Pulsiter, Elliot. 4. Lightweight Swimming—Top row: Fraser (Coach), Nichols, Bailey (Co-captain), Eiselt, Urqhart Craiq, Murdock, Lee, Foss, Petty (Co-captain), Tracy, N. Smith. First row: Good enough (Captain), Cawger, Belshaw, Armstrong, Evans, Weymouth, Sheridan, Crane, Cobb, Forbes (Manager). 68 I I. Where's the ball7 2. Come here! 3. Don't swallow It! IOai c (polo, Swimming WATER POLO This year Coach Fraser's water dogs turned in their finest season in years. They played six P. A. L. games and won six, but winning the P. A. L. crown was not without its difficulties. Although they made short work of San Jose and Burlingame, Sequoia nearly spoiled their plans, in their first game with Sequoia the first half ended with Sequoia holding a one-point lead, but at the end of the game Paly walked away with a three to one victory. The second game with Sequoia was a little more difficult be- cause of sickness in the first team, but Paly came through again to win the League Title for the first time in six years. The first string positions were held by Wise, Keeler, and Wylie as forwards; McClain, Price, and Wuthman as guards; and Schultz as goalie. UNLIMITED SWIMMING Once again Paly has turned out an unlimited swimming team of championship calibre. When the Madrono went to press the Vikings had not only been undefeated but had swept under all opposition by large scores, including such able opponents as the California University and San Jose State freshman teams. They were expected to win easily the P. A. L. and N. C. S. meets to maintain Paly's tradition of cham- pionship swimming teams. In the past thirteen years, the varsity has competed in the N. C. S. meets; they have taken eight firsts, four seconds, and one third. There are sixty-one high schools in the N. C. S. Out of the ten P. A. L. meets entered, eight first and two second places were won. This year Don Smith has broken the P. A. L. records in the 220 and 100 yard freestyle events, and Jim Wylie has broken his own P. A. L. record in the 100 yard breast stroke. At the P. A. L. trials thirty men from all the P. A. L. schools were qualified in the unlimited division; sixteen of them were from Paly. They were expected to win by a record score. LIGHTWEIGHT SWIMMING The lightweight swimming team also had a successful season. The 120's were so far undefeated and favored to win the P. A. L. title. Outstanding swimmers such as Bill Nichols, Norman Smith, Pat Daley, Morton Bailey, Jack Armstrong, James Sheridan, Jack Ramsey, and Greg Goodenough did much to help the progress of our lightweight swimmers. Both the unlimiteds and lightweights were very ably coached and guided by Bob Fraser. The I 30's had nine dual meets and lost only one, to Berkeley High. 69 I. Fourteen feel? 2. The Iasi mile. Unlimited Track—Top row: Hurley (coach), Snell, Sneiden, Steers, Smith, Gasich, Atkinson, Thayer, Webb, Glassey, Eckland (manager). Second row: Tagqart, Hawley Sidoff OmelVa, Price, Decius, Wheeler, Millar, Black. Lightweight Track—Top row: Hurley (coach), Lavers, Mauel, Boldt, Miller, J. Taylor, P. Taylor, Harrison, Wheeler, Kunt?, Eckland (manager). Second row: Alexander, Mead, Freedman, Mendel, Olson, Gehman, Rick, Mock. Mattingly, Newman, Sakahara. 70 I. P. Teylor out in front. 2. Stura and Hawley in a fast start. J uadc UNLIMITED Paly High's unlimited track team had an unusually successful season under the able coaching of George Hurley. Particularly strong in the field events, the Vikings finished their schedule holding a victory in every dual meet. In Lyle Taggart the team had north- ern California's outstanding high school pole vaulter. Al Stura and Taggart capably handled the sprint events. The discus, a strong event, was made so by the stellar efforts of Grant Denmark. Bert Atkinson in the high jump, Sam Steers in the shotput, and John Black in the broadjump rounded out the powerful field events. The quarter mile run by Taggart proved one of our best track runs. Welko Gasich ably competed in the half mile and mile runs. The season opened as some of the unlimited men joined forces with other P. A. L. teams to meet the Stanford Frosh. Sequoia, San Mateo, Jefferson, and San Mateo were all defeated in order by the Vikings, San Mateo being defeated twice. The team's dual meet season concluded with a thrilling victory over highly touted San Jose, 67-66. LIGHTWEIGHT The lightweights haven't had such a successful season as the powerful unlimiteds, but there were a good many outstanding individuals in their ranks. The first meet was with Sequoia on March 23. The I 10's and I20's both lost, but the I 30's were victorious by a score of 75 2 t° 281 2. Rick, P Taylor, and Boldt were all double winners. In the meet with San Mateo on April 5, the I20's enjoyed a victory, while the I 10's and I30's lost. Olson, Gehman, Mauel, and Harrison were outstanding. The I 30's had a meet with Menlo School on April I I in which they smothered all opposition with a score ot 60 to 6. Boldt won three firsts, while Rick took two. In a return meet with San Mateo on April 21, all three divisions lost. Olson, Gehman, Mattingly, Manuel, Cox, Dodds, P. Taylor, and Harrison all took first places in their respective divisions. Their last meet was with a powerful San Jose squad which beat them in all three divisions. Olson, Yoshi- mura, Boldt, Dodds, and Harrison were winners. Dodds was elected captain of the I 30's, while Mattingly and Olson were elected captains of the I 20's and I 10's. 71 I. Captain Crawford 2 You’r Out’. 3. Coach Ray Baseball—Borqes, Amaro, Bewick, Perry, Steffen Pearch, Howell, Crawford (Captain), Cochran, Alves, Altieri, Tomason, Brinqiro, Nielsen, Ray (Coach), Wills, Wilson, Sonmcksen, Ritscher, Anderson, Jenks, Pratt, Coates, Gass, Greenfield. 72 Behind the Plate The Three Aces I. L. Brinqino 2. H. Lamb 3, B. Murray 4. B. Olsen fiaAsibalL At this writing Palo Alto has not yet completed its season, but it appears that the Vikings will have a very successful year. Palo Alto had rather a poor practice season but showed improvement as the season progressed. Palo Alto entered into league com- petition as set ups . They lost their first two league games to Sequoia and San Mateo by large scores, mainly because of weak pitching and costly errors. After being set back twice Paly next met Burlingame and defeated them, 5-2. Palo Alto led through- out the game and stopped a Burlingame rally by the timely pitching of Captain Duane Crawford. The baseballers continued their winning streak by beating Half Moon Bay 2-1 in their fourth P. A. L. encounter. The game was tied for six innings, but because of the opposing pitcher’s wildness and an error, Palo Alto scored the winning run in the seventh inning. Experiencing a change of luck, Palo Alto lost to South San Francisco by a score of 4-3. Palo Alto has yet to play Jefferson and San Jose. Jsmddu Under the coaching of Joe Gere and Delmer T. Israel, the Palo Alto tennis team has gone through a very successful year. They have played six P. A. L. matches and have lost only one, that to San Mateo. The team was led by Captain Hal Lamb and Ben Olsen as first and second singles. Lamb lost only one match, to Selover of San Mateo, and Ben Olsen two, to Selover and Andy Roberts of Menlo J. C. Blaine Murray was the steady holder of the position of third singles and dropped only one match. First doubles was played at different times by Alden Bryant, Greg Sargent, and John Wise, leaving Lon Price as permanent second doubles player. Altogether the team played six P. A. L. matches, two with Burlingame, two with San Mateo, and two with San Jose. This year the P. A. L. tournament will be a hard fought match. The matches so far this year favor Ben Olsen or Hal Lamb over Selover in the singles finals. The combination of Wise and Sargent, playing first doubles, lost no matches this year, and they stand a chance of winning the doubles. 73 I. There they go! 2. Self-defense. 3. Captains Moore and Skelton. 4. Get out of this one! 5. Captain Mock- SpDhJtA, HOCKEY Hockey is a fast, vigorous game that requires skill both in running and in the handling of a hockey stick for those who attempt to score. The members of the opposing team have to be exceedingly agile to prevent any score from being made. There were many more girls participating in after-school hockey this year than there have been for a number of years. During the season, the girls went out to Stanford to witness a demon- stration game. Elimination games were played by the four teams for the championship, which was captured by the blue team with Mary Moore as the captain. Those who were rated as all-stars were as follows: Lorraine Coats, Gloria Fowler, Cleora Hanna, Jean Skelton, Heather Whitton, Margaret Miller, Sylvia Parr, Janet Koppel, and Barbara Nelson. Named as recipients of honorable mention were Ida Stelling, Betty Hooker, Marion Banol, and Mary Mock. Miss Collins was the enthusiastic coach of hockey this year. June Gilkey was the capable manager of hockey. SWIMMING Warm weather last fall induced a large group of talented girls to compete in after- school swimming. Four color teams reported at the beginning of the season. The green team was successful in capturing the championship. The times for all of the events were exceptionally fast. Barbara Congdon was the answer to a swimming coach's prayer, as she could be depended upon to come in first in nearly every event that she entered. Barbara was clocked in 14.2 seconds for fhe 25 yard free-style, which is only two-fenfhs of a second slower than fhe record made last year by Beffy Berryman. The 50-yard free- style was another of the events entered by Barbara. Mrs. Green, the coach, could also depend upon Roberta Hardwick to place first or second in the back-stroke, in which she was clocked in 1 8 seconds. Another of the consistent winners of the swimming team was Jessie Burns, who won most of fhe diving events she entered. Virginia Schwartz won her all-star rating by placing in all of the form events. The all-stars were Jessie Burns, Roberta Hardwick, Barbara Congdon, and Virginia Schwartz. 74 I. Captain Stelling. 3. Breaking the ice. 2. Miss Collins. 4. Bobbie McClain. 5. Three little fishies. Top row: M. Folsom, J. Koppel, L. Klay, B. Hooker, L, Coats, R. Dimock, J. Silkey, M. Moore, O. Allen, B. Nelson, P. Bradbury, S. Taylor R. Stekoll, D. Sato, D. Nichols. First row: M Suransky, G. Fowler, B. M. Smith M. Fowler M. Williams M. Connell, A. Lawson, J. Skelton, M. Miller, S. Parr, E. Lentos, M. Morton, N Marchand. Swimming—Top row: M. Nelar, R. Hardwick, E. Taylor, Mrs. Green (Coach], F. Holson E. Barrett, B. Congdon. First row; J. Ely, J. Richards, L. Martens, M. Foriono, B. McClain, J. Burns. Hockey—Top row: Miss Collins (Coach), M. Parkinson, D. Hardwick, L. Chenoweth, J. Riechers, M. J. Gulliver, L. Kimura, L. Justice, I. Stelling, H. Whitton, J. Laccste, A. Proctor, J. Smith, B. Kefauver M. Rice. First row: J. MacFadyen, C. Hanna, B. Norby, M. Christiansen] B. O'Brien M. Mock, G. Raab, D. Lawson, L, Smith, P, Gilkey, M. Pense, M. Banol, J. JilIson. 75 I. Mrs. Jarmon, 2. Oh, no, you don't. 3. Try and get it. 4. The Champs, ihLlkl SpDhJtA, BASKETBALL This year the girls displayed a higher degree of playing skill than has been exhibited for several years. The competition between all of the ten complete teams that reported at the beginning of the season was extremely keen. Elimination games were played so that the schedules could be made for the games to be played for the championship. Five teams were successful in making the A schedule, while the remaining five teams played a B schedule. At the end of the season, there were two undefeated teams that had to play the most exciting game of the whole season—the championship game. Barbara Corigdon's green team was successful in capturing the cherished title by de- feating Winona Westall's brown team after a very heated game. The Paly teams de- feated every other team that entered the sports-day at P.alo Alto. The names of the all- stars and also the names of those who received honorable mention were disclosed at a party given at the end of the season. Those who were rated as basketball all-stars were Laura Smith, Leona Christiansen, Margaret Miller, Janey Jillson, and Hortense Miller. Those who were named as the receivers of honorable mention were Sylvia Parr, Angelina Pappas, and Janet Koppel. VOLLEYBALL Not only the hilarity of the basketball season was continued in the following season, that of volleyball, but also the tense competition. The girls chose very unique names for their teams, to keep up the lively spirit. The unusual names that were chosen were Looney Dills, Scarlet Wowsers, Boomerangs, Nuts and Bolts, Green Hornets, Superettes, Beating B.'s, M. J. B.'s, and Ditto Bugs. Because of the team names, it was necessary to omit the announcements of the games to be played from the daily bulletin as the names evoked a slight chaos in the classes. The Boomerangs, with Betty O'Brien as captain, won the championship. The all-stars were Laura Smith, Cleora Hanna, June Gilkey, Ida Stelling, Pat Cashef, Margaret Miller, Betty O'Brien, Angelina Pappas, Phyllis Howell, and Jean Seward. The recipients of honorable mention were Esther Lentos, Dorothy Howell, Marion Christiansen, Evelyn Garrett, and Dolores Hardwick. 76 Give us a chance. 2. Captain O'Brien. 3 The all-stars. 4. Mrs. Green. Volleyball—Top row: M. Malm, E. Gustin, A Lawson M. Pence, C. Howell, M. Suransky, G. Faber, J. Goodacre, L, Chenoweth, C. Morton, M. Skelton. First row: G. Raab, V. Prothe'roe S. Osburr, J, Riechers, B. Norby. L. Crockett, B. Kefauver, M. Parkinson, D, Hardwick, D. Lawson, P. L. Kennedy. Basketball—Top Row: B. West, F. Holson, M. Williams, D. Smith, M. Fowler, P. Cashel, P. Spenner, C. Murray, M. Mock. Third row: H. Miller, P. Deering, P. Allen, L. Christiansen I. Stellinq, C. Hanna, W. Westall, L. Smith, M, Christiansen, B. O'Brien, R, Hardwick. Second Row; B. Congdon, M. Miller, B. Dalton, A. Pappas, E. Lentos, G. Richardson, J. Jlllson R. Dimock, L. Coats, J. Koppel. First row: M. Justin, D. Howell A. Rich, P. Howell, G. Fowler D. Sato, R. Stekol, J. Gilkey, S. Taylor. 77 'CfjUlfau SfiOAJtA, TENNIS The weather was extremely favorable for a successful tennis season. This year an exceptionally large group of girls reported for after-school tennis. For the most part, the girls played with a higher degree of playing skill than usual. Janet Riechers, a sopho- more this year, was the outstanding player of the season. She won the top place on the singles ladder after playing several hard matches. Janet was closely followed by Bettie von Hacht. The field of doubles was led by Janet Riechers and Elsbeth McCollum. This team won the doubles ladder with Mary Gael Gullern and Julie Smith as very close runners-up. Six teams were sent to Los Gatos, but they lost all six games that were played. Plans were laid to play Sequoia, Mountain View, and Castelleja, but nothing definite was decided upon. Mrs. Green, the coach, was well pleased with the tennis season this year. Pat Cashel was the enthusiastic and efficient head of tennis. BASEBALL Two afternoons a week during the last quarter of the year, there were four complete color club teams competing in the championship elimination games that were scheduled by Mrs. Jarmon, the popular baseball coach this year. After the first round of games was played off, the blue team was ahead, but was closely followed by a very narrow margin, by the brown team. The maroon team scored the first great upset of the sea- son by tying the brown team in the last of the ninth inning, causing an extra inning to be played. The brown team finally won the game. At the beginning of the season, the maroon team was the weakest of all the four teams. This year the head of baseball was none other than Laura Smith, who is extremely active in all girls' sports. Several sport- days were planned for the end of the season. The plans that were formulated with San Jose were indefinite. Other sport-days were planned with Castelleja and Sequoia. The captains of the four feams were Lucile Lacoste of the maroon team, Lorraine Coats of the blue team, Maxine Gustin of the green team, and Cleo Howell of the brown team. 78 I. Oops—missed! 2. Jill son connects. 4. Forehand or backhand? Tennis—Top row: Riechers, Davis, Bu'iis, McGuire, Gaspar, Mrs. Green (Coach). First row: Smith, Gulliver, Diamond, Von Hacht, Cashel, Jill son, Schwartz, Malm. Baseball—Top row: Davis, Miller, Morton, Congdon A. Lawson, Self, Connell. Kennedy, Pappas, Lentos, Stekoll, Dimock, Smith, Magee, Suransky, Mrs. Jarmon (Coach), Jackson, Garrett P. Howell, Coats, Barber, Willson, Pratt Gilkey, Lacoste, Christiansen, Norby, Mock, Koppel, Klay. Sitting: Parkinson, Sato, Whitton, Hare, D. Lawson, Raab, Smith, Protheroe, Kimura, C. Howell, Hanna, Kefauver. OUR ADVERTISERS In the success of the Madrono, the support of our advertisers has been one of the principal factors. The senior class sincerely appreciates their interest and cooperation. They kindly solicit your patronage in the following pages. 156 UNIVERSITY AVENUE TELEPHONE 23217 STOWELL COLLEGE PALO ALTO Complete Programs for STENOGRAPHERS SECRETARIES BOOKKEEPERS PRIVATE TUTORING SERVICE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS CIVIL SERVICE COACHING Day School, Evening School, Monday Through Friday Mondays and Thursdays, 7-9 p. m. VISITORS WELCOME INFORMATION GLADLY PROVIDED JJul TJsuvl Another year is gone where all good years eventually go. Now we can retire to our beds and catch up on some much needed sleep. These last few weeks were a wee bit strenuous. We might say it was a case of staying up all night and sleeping all day, ex- cept that it's hard to sleep during a class period. We might add that it's not polite. Ah, well, such is life! CATERING PARTICULARLY T O T H E STUDENTS OF PALY HI jtAt jdbtAiA, x xuX: has your Complete Summer Wardrobe Under One Roof UNDERWEAR STOCKINGS GIRDLES KNIT SUITS SWEATERS SKIRTS BLOUSES SUITS HATS BAGS COATS SCARFS GLOVES KERCHIEFS FORMALS SILK DRESSES WASH DRESSES PLAY CLOTHES � Pomona- 520 Ramona St. PALO ALTO The Court of the Beloved Oak Looking back over the year, we find that there are many things we want to remem- ber. First of all comes the football season. 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BLOIS ' Where device and care prolong wear” Phone Palo Alto 6108 PALO ALTO PHONE 56SI 252 Forrest Avenue Palo Alto, California We studied once in a while when it was absolutely necessary, never otherwise. We stayed up on school nights when we knew we shouldn't and done a great many foolish things, but we've had a wonderful time this last year and we won't forget it. IT PAYS TO PLAY OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OE 1939 SMITH'S t n T f 0 (Zi to UNIVERSITY CREAMERIES HOME OF THE BIGGEST MILKSHAKE IN TOWN EVERYTHING FOR EVERY SPORT PRINTING PLUS PAUL B. BLAKE 548 Emerson Street Phone P. A. 21551 MARIE BACK MARLEEN BEAUTY SALON CARDINAL HOTEL BLDG. Telephone: Palo Alto 7321 239 Hamilton Avenue CALIFORNIA BARBER SHOP Theatre Bldg. Roy A, Smith Ted Mueller OUR AIM IS TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU THE CO-OP THE STUDENTS OWN STORE SENIORS THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGE GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK THE FOUR ROCKS JERRY BURRILL '40 JOHNNY BLACK '40 MAX WUTHMAN '39 WARREN THOITS '39