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

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Shirley Smith, Mrs, McCuIly, Peter Allen, Hugh West, Lou sc Crockett, Barbara Dalton. Louise Crockett; Shirley Smith, Martha Dodds; Officers: Louise Crockett, president; Hugh West, secretary; Shirley Smith. The Point award System is the method used at Palo Alto to recognise student participation in extra-curricular activities. Points are given for participation in any kind of activity. If a student receives 600 points before he graduates he is eligible for a Silver Seal. The Point Award Committee which ad' ministers the points and tabulates them is this year com' posed of five members, Louise Crockett, chairman; Peter Allen; Shirley Smith; Martha Dodds; Hugh West; and Bar- bara Dalton. Mrs. Leona McCully is the faculty adviser for the committee. Some of the activities for which the students receive service points are the following: after-school sports; work on the publications; student court positions; club officership; club membership; and commissionerships. This year's students who are eligible for the award are the following: Noreen Angell, Albert Lavers, Jimmy Mauel, Sue Price, Bob Richards, Georgene Raab, Marilyn Parkison, Hortense Miller, Charles Miller, Gareth Sadler, Frank Wheeler, Virginia Schwarts, Glory Richardson, Louise Crockett, Laura Smith, Marjorie Jackson, Ed Wills, Landis Whistler, Alex Urquhart, John Fredericks, Ted Holmes, and Phil Lee. i 21

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California Scholarship Federation has at Palo Alto Chapter 3, one of the oldest in the state. It is the honor society for the scholastically highest tenth in the school. A student who earns membership for four semesters, one in his senior year, receives a gold Seal on his diploma, and life membership in the Sealbearers organisation. Students who receive Gold Seal on their diplomas, on the basis of first semester grades, this year are Noreen Angell, Donna DeMahy, Lawrence Hansen, John Kemper, Patricia Long, Margaret Morgan, Helen Morrow, Mary Reade, Glory Richardson, Gareth Sadler, Virginia Schwarts, Betty Maud Smith, Marie VocP den. Other students will receive the seal after their four semesters have been completed. Palo Alto’s chapter has 100 members, 13% of the total enrollment of the school. In the fall members of the group attended a regional CSF core ference at Treasure Island. This spring a meeting was held at Los Gatos High School. John Blatt was president for the first semester, Thomas Leo for the second. Betty Maud Smith was secretary. Miss Sophia Cramer is adviser. I

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CO-OP The Coop is the student-run cooperative store of the Palo Alto High School. It sells all essential school supplies. Any profits of the store are turned over to the general student Tody fund. Handling the commencement announcements, senior rings and pins, Madrono tickets, and dance bids, the Co-op every year fills a vital position in the school. Four k boys, two seniors and two juniors, are the clerks at the Co-op. This year they are Frank Wheeler, manager; Jimmy Mauel, senior clerk; John Wilson and Bill Thayer, junior clerks. Back Row; Coach G. Hurley, C. Murray, S. Backus, M. Hare, Coach H. Ray. Front Row: A. Lentos, R. Kruse, M. Gustin, N. Magerns, V .Olson, J. Mitchell, A. Urquhart. Pep Committee Chairman Sam Backus. ptp-com The Pep Committee, led this year by Sam Backus, has been active in encouraging school spirit. Pep Committee sponsor- ed Color Week, rallies, bus transportation to games, after game dances. Members campaigned for greater attendance at games. In cooperation with Commissioner of Culture, Connie Kaster, the Campanile, and Pep Committee planned Hobo Day, which incited school spirit for the Sequoia-Paly unlimited basketball game in January. Miss Ruth Collins and Coach Hod Ray are sponsoring the Pep Committee.