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

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1944 volume:

r y' ftAy 4 A ' wts f ' ' C C OJyK— ■Asp' w ys y %v ••■ ;v NO . U v, V I 4 s ? U) XJfc ', . ,B V 5 X x V XU ’ .°acr c 1944 MaxxA +tf - Published by the Students of PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL Palo Alto, California “Life Around Paly”—what could be a more fitting theme than this to look back upon when we are old and grey? In presenting this 1944 Madrono we hope to give you a cross-section picture of Paly’s administration, classes, activities, and athletics. There are many boys who have left school, before this book was pub- lished, to join the forces of Uncle Sam, and we sincerely hope that our efforts will recall some pleasant memories to them. With- out Miss Frances Huntington, who has given unstintingly of her time and energy, this book could never have been; it is to her that the editors extend their thanks. Barbara White Sidney Marx fotiuuoy senior class of 1944—“The class ever”—owes much to one who has known many of us from way back and who has ah way had a personal interest in our problems. We’re Speaking, of course, of the class coum elor, Mrs. Evelyn Kiser, to whom we dedh cate this 1944 Madrono. We look ahead— and yet we glance behind and keep a warm spot in our hearts for our wise counselor and good friend. DEDICATION BOARD Of EDUCATIOn Paly’s Board of Education, a governing body of five members, is elected by popular vote. The Board appoints the superintendent of schools, who di rects and coordinates the school system of the district and manages the annual budget. Mr. Charles W. Lockwood is our Superintendent of Schools. The Board members as seated in the picture are, to the right of Mr. Lockwood, Mrs. Eugenia C. Loder, Mrs. Ruth C. Crary, Dr. John C. Almack (President), Mr. Francis E. Whitmer, and Mrs. Pearl 8. Shreve. ARTS: Mr. Nolte, Mrs. Edmondson, Miss Wenk, Mr. Shuchat, Miss Mid- dlekauff, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. L Green, Mr. Moody SCIENCES: Front row: Mrs. Scott, Mr. Ray, Mr. Riley, M rs. D Green. Back row: Mr. Lang, Mrs. Younkin, Mr. Martin, Mr. jungermann, Mrs. Gottenburg, Mrs. Tiffany OFFICE: Mrs. Kizer, Miss Eustace, Miss McGleod, Mr. Linder, Miss Faitoute, Miss Collins, Mr. Whitehead, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Coleman SOCIAL STUDIES AND LAN- GUAGES: Front row: Miss Hunting- ton, Miss Uppman, Mrs. Gill, Miss Shields, Miss McCausland, Miss Wil- liams, Miss Montgomery. Back row: Miss Gibson, Miss Preston, Miss More- house, Mrs. Guerrero, Miss Sanders, Mrs. McCully mmoGE TO THE CLASS OF 1944: The class of 1944 has done much for the school just as we hope the school has done much for you as a class and for your separate members. Even the preparation and publication of this Madrono under conditions sufficiently discouraging to cause most schools to eliminate their yearbooks is itself proof of the mettle of the class. In addition to this the class of 1944 has assisted the high school to initiate some much needed reforms in student government just now beginning to show promise. We are always reluctant to face the fact that a senior class is leaving the high school. That is common to all classes, but in the case of your class we feel a special sense of reluctance, because perhaps the difficulties of your period in high school have not only tended to draw us closer together but have brought out qualities in the class membership which normal conditions might not have revealed. Nobody can foretell the conditions outside of school which you may have to face in the immediate future. We can, however, wish you the very best of success and rest assured that you will meet whatever test awaits you by the display of the same qualities of adap' tability you have indicated throughout your three years at Paly High. Wherever you go and whatever conditions you are expected to meet, the very best wishes of the faculty and students of Paly High will attend you. Yours sincerely, IVAN H. LINDER 10 commission STANDING: HOOGS, MUELLER, COWDERY, JENNINGS, ANDER' SON, TAMPLIN. SITTING: WALKER, FABER, RANDALL, WAGNER. HENRY ANDERSON Public Welfare RICHARD MUELLER Finance DICK JENNINGS Publications DICK COWDERY Boys’ Athletics (1st Sem.) PAT FABER Girls Athletics BEN TAMPLIN Boys’ Athletics (2nd Sem.) RAMONA WALKER Girls’ Activities SHERWOOD HOOGS Boys’ Activities NONNIE WAGNER Social Activities SlUOfOI COURT LEFT TO RIGHT: JOHN SAN TANA, DOUG MURRAY, BAR' BARA ALLEN, ALLAN BROWN (CHIEF JUSTICE), STAN BOHNE, AND DICK STRATTON «I S £ n 10 R s Despite the increased tempu of the war and the conse- quent influence it has had on those nearing the draft age, our last year of high school has been an eventful one—one which we shall never forget. Under the able leadership of Mrs. Kizer and the class officers, our senior council, in spite of wartime diffi- culties, was able to obtain class rings, graduation an- nouncements, and personal cards. They also arranged a new prelude to graduation, that of holding Bac- calaureate services for the seniors. We watched the commissioners—in spite of occasional “horsing” around —cooperate with the legislative council in maintaining a workable student government. Collaborating with the faculty board, these two groups created the senior honor committe. Our hopes rose high in anticipation of the longed-for honor cards but were dashed beyond repair when they were issued only to the select few who really deserved them. We proved what excellent weed-destroyers we were at the gala spring field- day, but the fun over-balanced the blisters. The dances were many and varied—we loved’em ell. The Block P Barn Dance was the outstanding shindig of the year, while the decorations of the Publications Gay Nineties Ball will long be remembered. The C.S.F. had a large membership both semesters, but only fifteen seniors were able to obtain tho e fatal ten points (the service points help, don't they kids?) for four semesters, thus qualifying for Gold Seal membership. The class didn’t neglect to take part in school affairs, as is shown by the large number of silver sellers. The Campanile, with the help of the student body, issued a spectacular “service” edition—Paly’s tribute to her graduates, in the service. As we look back on the events of our last year at Paly, we realize that although we are looking forward to graduation, it is with reluctance that we leave Paly Hi. 16 MARY ADAMS NANCY ADAMS JULIANA ALGER Philomusia, Sports BARBARA ALLEN Madrono, Student Court, C. S. F., Thespian EVELYN ANDERSON Philomusia, Sports, Drama HENRY ANDERSON Comm. Public Welfare, Gold Seal, Block P, Track DONALD ARMSTRONG Stage Crew MILDRED ARMSTRONG Philomusia, A Cappella, Thespian NEWTON ARNOLD Thespian, Gold Seal, Swimming, Band TED BAKER Forum, Basketball, Baseball FORD BARGER Swimming, Block P, Class Officer, Water Polo JEAN BARKER Philomusia, Gold Seal, A Cappella, Girls' Block P BETTY BARON Honor Card Committee PATRICIA BARTON MARILYN BISHOP Sec-Tres. Soph. Class, Sports POLLY BLACKBURN Ski Club, Sports STANFORD BOHNE Student Court, Block P, Basket- ball, Football MARTIN BOOYE Football 17 BARBARA CAMILLE BOULTON Philomusia, A Cappella, War Council, Thespian DONALD BRADFORD MARY JANE BRECKON Thespian, Spanish DERMOTT MILES BREEN Stage Crew, Swimming, Water Polo, A Cappella JEANNE BROKAW - ’ '' ’ Sports, Co'Op, Latin Club ALLAN BROWN Forum, Student Court, Basketball, Track LOUISE CHARLOTTE BROWN Thespian, Philomusia, French, Girls’ League Cabinet LEWIS BARRETT BROWNFIELD Point Award, Student Court, Block P, Track PRISCILLA BUCK Thespian, Gold Seal, Philomusia, A Cappella ROBERTA BURNS JEROME CARD Stage Crew PAUL CARDOZA Block P, Football LEROY CASHION Band, A Cappella, Football LOIS CASHION Band, A Cappella, Sports RUTH CHAMBRE Sports ZAYE CHAPIN Sports, G.A.A., Sec. G.P.A.L. HAROLD CLEMENTS Football BENJAMIN CLIFF Football, Swimming 18 WILLIAM COATES DONALD COCHRAN Track TOM CONDON Football, A Cappella, Glee Club JOSEPH CONNOLLY Swimming LUIS CORONA Senior Council RICHARD COWDERY Comm. Boys Athletics, Block P., Forum, Track MARY DANILOFF C.S.F. EVALDA DARLTNG Thespian, Philomusia, Interna tional, Spanish KENT DAVICK CAROLYN DEAN Philomusia GUY DE BALL Baseball VIRGINIA DE LONG Thespian, A Cappella, Sports JOHN DE SALVO DALE DE SELMS ANDREW DINOS 19 fffl � • JUNE ECKMAN Philomusia, Majorette, Yell Leader, Sports BARBARA ERNEST Latin, Junior Council PATRICIA FABER Comm. Girls’ Athletics, Girls' Block P, Pep Committee HAROLD FENNEY Swimming KNOX FERRIN Band GRETA FISHER Gold Seal, French, Girls' Block P DORISANNE FLEMING GEORGE FRANCIS Football HAZEL FREEZE Home Economics Club OLIVE GAFFNEY A Cappella, Glee Club MARGARET GANEFF Philomusia, Spanish, Sports ALBERTA GARCIA JANE GARRETT Orchestra, Drama JOAN GARVIE French Club, C.S.F., Sports ROSEMARIE GENG 20 EMMETT GERRITY Basketball, Baseball MARY PHYLLIS GERTH Philomusia, Choir SHERWOOD HOOGS Comm. Boys’ Activities, A Cap- pella, Swimming BRADFORD GIBBS Band, Orchestra DICK GOODWIN Swimming, Band, C.S.F. GERALDINE GORMAN A Cappella NORMAN GREENWELL Swimming EDWARD GUENTHER CLEMENTINE GUERNSEY Band, Commercial Art HARRIET HAHLBECK Philomusia, Thespian, Ski Club, Sports HELEN HALVORSEN WARREN HANNIBAL Water Polo, Basketball JACK HANSEN Basketball, Track JOHN HARTSOCK Stage Crew, Soph Football WILLIAM HARVISON Baseball, Football ROBERT HENSHEL Swimming, Mgr,, Basketball VIRGINIA HOLM Spanish Club BETSY HOLMES Philomusia n FRANK HORST Block P, Football, Basketball MARY HUKING French Club ELIZABETH ING Philomusia, International, Span' ish, A Cappella JOHN JACKSON Pres. Senior Class, Pep Comm., Junior Council RICHARD JENNINGS Comm, of Publications, Gold Seal, Block P, Forum RICHARD JOHANSEN Football GLENNA JOHNSON Pep Committee, Sports ABNER JONES GILBERT JOST Football, Baseball LOUISE KELLINGER cd JEAN KIRKPATRICK DOROTHY KYNOCH PAUL LACOMBLE JACQUELINE LA DUE PETER LAING Block P, Swimming SHIRLEY LARSEN Gold Seal, Thespian, Sports, Hostess JAMES LAWSON Football, Basketball, Swimming, Block P NITA BELLE LE HANE Sports, Campanile, Hostess 22 ELSIE LEUNG ROBERT LINTELL MARIAN LOPICCOLO Majorette SUSAN LOPICCOLO Majorette JANEY LUCKETT BRAD LUNDBORG Honor Card Comm. Senior Coun- cil, Tennis, C.S.F. JAMES McELROY BILL MacFARLAND ELAINE MARSHALL SIDNEY MARX Co-editor Madrono, Gold Seal, Sports, Hostess DOUGLAS MAYOCK Track, Block P SALLY MAYOCK Gold Seal, Campanile, Council, International MARCIA MEAD Bus. Mgr. Madrono, Campanile, Council, C.S.F. MARGARET MILLER LOUISE MILLER 23 RALPH MILLER Swimming, Soph. Football NOEL MINOR rwarrvcA TOM MOLLOY BEATRICE MORROW French. International, Sports JEANANNE MORSE Philomusia, International, Campa- nile, Band MARILYN MORTENSEN DORIS MOSHER Campanile, Philomusia, French, C.S.F. RICHARD MUELLER Comm, of Finance, Gold Seal, Block P, Track JULIA MURRAY Band, Orchestra, Campanile DALE NYBERG Co-op, Senior Council, Block P, Forum, Madrono Bus. Mgr. RAYMOND PARR Track Manager PHILIP PEARCE Gold Seal, Co-op Mgr., Senior Council, Thespian Club LORRAINE PENCE Block P, Philomusia, Sports PAT PERKINS Philomusia, Girls' Sports, C.S.F. WILBUR PESTELL Football, Baseball, Water Polo SENIOR COURT CUSTODIANS: Travis, Pence, Faber. Johnson, Brokaw, Tambini 24 DREW RUTHERFORD Forum, Water Polo, Swimming 25 RICHARD STRATTON Student Court, Block P, Football, T rack 26 WILMA RUTH TALBOY Philomusia, Girls’ Block P, League Cabinet, C.S.F. JACQUELINE TAMBINI Madrono, Sports, Co-op BENJAMIN R. TAMPLIN Comm. Boys' Athletics, Block P, Basketball, Track DONALD TANNER PATTI IRENE THOMPSON Philomusia, Sports, Hostess RICHARD THORN FRED TIMBY Band, Football PAULINE TIMOSHENKO French, Tennis, Ski Club, Philo- musia HOWARD TRAIN A Block P, Football, Baseball jtfvTTY TRAVIS 1r Philomusia, Sports, C.S.F. EUGENE TUPPER Block P, Football, Campanile WARREN AUSTIN TURNER Student Court, Forum, Swimming ALBERTA UPTON Philomusia, Sports NONNIE van de RYN Sports MARY VOJVODICH n 27 SKIERS: Gurley, McElroy, Murray, Hoogs, Sigal AILEEN WALKER Honor Card Comm., A Cappella, International RAMONA WALKER Comm, Girls' Activities, C.S.F., Philomusia, A Cappella JANET WAGNER Gold Seal, French Club NONNIE WAGNER Comm. Social Activities, Campanile CAROL WHEELWRIGHT mum A Philomusia, A Cappella, Double Trio BARBARA WHITE Comeditor Madrono, Gold Seal, Campanile GEORGE E. WILCOX WARDELL WINSLOW Campanile Editor, Gold Seal, Forum, Swimming HELEN PATRICIA YOUNG Campanile MARGERY EATON Senior Council, Sports THERESA KELLY International, Home Economics Club DORIS MARIE LIEDTKE OTHER SENIORS: NATALIE COBBY RICHARD ELLIOTT DONALD CIOVANNETTI COLLEEN HEIZEN BUTTEL CHARLOTTE MENDEL ROBERTA SAWYER LITTLE'BIG GAME RALLY: “Frank Sinatra” Winslow and troupe 2$ 1 Hot and Mad! 2. Just Loafin'. 2. Noon time gossippers. 4. Quclles jambes! 5. Inum? 6. Senior beauties. 7. Hey, wait for me! 8. Jonnic and Bobada. 9. Da gang. 10. “Quccnic. ' must 29 1. Theresa Kelly. 2. Joan Garvie. 3. Leroy and Lois Cashion. 4. Eugene Tupper. 5. Phil Pearce. 6. Linnea Swanson and Mary Adams. 7. Barbara Allen. 8. Barbara Boulton. 9. Pat Young. 10. Natalie Cobby. 11. Becky Breckon. 12. Mr. Ivan H. Linder. ___________________________________________________________________ n 1. Virginia Quinby. 2. Bobbie White. 3. Charlotte Mendel. 4. Shirley Larsen. 5. Doug Mayock. 6. Stan Bohne. 7. Richard Mueller. 8. Barbara Ernest. 9. Evelyn Anderson- 10. Louise Brown. 11.Greta Fisher, JUNIOR COUNCIL Back row: Klaas Bui, Peter Jensen, Bill Simons, Bob Wood, Sher man Thurston Front row: Connie Smith, Pat Stanley, Gwen Fowler. Jean Polek, Brig' itte Frankel. CLASS OFFICERS: Back row: Klaas Bol, Cully Ingram. Front row: Connie Smith, Ethel Grimm. COUNSELOR: Min Ruth Collins. 33 S 0 P H 0 m 0 R E s SOPHOMORE COUNCIL: Standing: Peter Edmundson, Boyd Bentrott, David Cone. Sitting: Sally Wilson, Barbara Misson, Jeamne Greig, Pauline Kirkpatrick. CLASS OF' FICERS: Standing: Kay Thatcher, Sally Allen, Jeanine Greig. COUNSELOR: Mr Carlton Whitehead. 34 ACTIVITIES it MADRONO STAFF EDITORS: Sidney Marx and Barbara White, ADVISOR: Miss Frances Huntington MADRONO HEADS AT WORK. THE EDS. 38 cnmpflniLf CAMPANILE STAFF EDITOR: Wardell Winslow. ADVISOR: Mrs. Gill. EDITO' RIAL STAFF. Back row: Jennings, Barker, Radford. Front row: Mayock, Winslow, Crary, Cobby. SNAP: Campanile staff in action. 39 1. BOYS’ BLOCK P SOCIETY Back row: Morrell, Miller, Bran- naman, Nyberg, Brown, Smith, Molloy, Sample, Sevy, Santana, Knaus, Murray, Sratton, Condon, Anderson. Middle row: Mr. Ray, Bower, Mueller, Cardoza, Hoogs, Welch, Cowdery, Tupper, Har- vison, Francis. Front row: Horst, Berger, Nunes, Thornton, Wood, Bohne, Millar, Jennings, Tam- plin, Pestell, Lawson. 2. STAN BOHNE, President Block P Society 3. BLOCK P BARN DANCE 4. B.A.C. Back row: Turner, Bohne, Ahp ens, Hoogs. Front row: Barger, Tamplin, Cowdrey, Lawson. 5. COACH RILEY 6. MINOR BLOCK SOCIETY Back row: Mr. Riley, Lyons, Winslow, Ingram, Forbes, Wrucke, Palmer, Thomas, Short, Smith, Breen. Middle row: Da' vick, Knight, Booye, Kelgard, Davis, Bentro tt, F. Johnson, Mead. Front row: Bower, Wills, Roberts, Hoagland, Ramirez, Gibbs, Arnold, Foster, Rohlfing, Stratton, A. Johnson. BOyS’ BLOCK B B C. 1. PEP COMMITTEE OFFICERS: Miss Ruth Collins and Maxine Russell. 2. PEP COMMITTEE AT WORK 3. PEP COMMITTEE Standing: Cowdery, Wagner, Pugh, Russell. Sitting: Stratton, Tamplin, Brownfield, F a u 1 d s, Clementson, Goodwin, Johnson, Faber, Forbes. 4 GIRLS' BLOCK P SOCIETY Back row: Boulware, Duncan, Van Slyke, M. Barker, Cobby, Ely. Front row: Walker, Obourne Russell, Fisher, J. Barker, Faber, 5 YELL LEADERS IN ACTION Pat White, Gretchen Davies, Peggy Lou Wilson. 6. MAXINE RUSSELL, President Girls' Block P Society . GIRLS’ BLOCK PfP COIR. 1. SPANISH CLUB Back row: Jungerman, Lovett, Dalmage, Barker, Cone, Pabst, Mrs, Guerrero, Childs, Middle row': Ing, Card, Bromley, Hen ning, Smith, Boulware, Scofield, Front row: Sather, Masson, Go' del, Mears, Aiken. 2. SPANISH CLUB OFFICERS Lovett, Mrs. Guerrero, Dalmadge, Childs. 3. INTERNATIONAL CLUB Back row: Kirkpatrick, Luts, Marvin. Front row: Darling, Bois, Ing. 4 FRENCH CLUB Back row: Fisher, Johnson, Breen, Hotaling, Sharp, Miss San' ders. Front row: Loken, Fowler, Clementson, Stanley, Wagner, Morrow. 1. INTERNATIONAL CLUB OFFICERS Ing, Jew, Miss Uppman, Marvin, 6. FRENCH CLUB OFFICERS Fisher, Miss Sanders, Breen. CLUBS 1. FORUM CLUB Standing: Stratton, Turner, Fran- kel, Working, Crary, Todd, Bak- er, Nyberg, Winslow. Sitting: Brown, Bohne, Mayock, Ruther- ford, Jennings, Barnett, Poole, Cowdery. 2. FORUM CLUB OFFICERS Back row: Turner, Poole. Front row: Barnett, Crary. 3. MODEL ENGINEERING CLUB Back row: Armstrong, Sharffen, Kelgard. Front row: Parks, Huk- ing, Whitmer. 4 ENGINEERING CLUB OFFI- CERS Armstrong, Whitmer, Mr. Moo- dy, Walker. 5. TENNIS CLUB Back row: Brown, Winslow, Bo- nne, Hoogs, Whitmer. Middle row: Mrs. Younkin, Thompson, Stanley, Raymond, Loomis, Gree- nwell. Front row: Dean, Morrow, Kelly, Boulware, Duncan, Timo- shenko, Harvison. 6. HOSTESSES Back row: Thompson, Marx, Front row: Quinhy, Edmonds, Larsen, Peterson, Pence, Radford 7. MRS. BARBARA COLEMAN Mr Linder’s secretary. CLUBS BflflD-ORCHESTRA BAND, SNAP Barney Luce, Tom Condon, Matt Ford. ADVISOR: Mr. Julius Shuchat. ORCHESTRA: Back row: Luce, Berreman, Ford, Redeker, Goodwin, Mendel, Second row: Roarke, Poole, Bohne, Godcl, E. Crary, Guenther, O Crary, Thatcher, Gerkin, Raven, Croonquist. Front row: Mears, Misson, James, Buck Marx Lewis, Bromley, Moorsc, Halla' well, Hayes. 44 fl CfiPPtLLfl 45 THESPIflnS THESPIAN CLUB: PRESIDENT, Phil Pearce ADVISOR: Miss Laurene Shields. WAR BOND CAST: Emery Williams, Sawyer, Pyle Hahlheck, Upton. CHRIST' MAS PLAY CAST: Standing; Williams, Emery, Card, Rehorst, Shields, Sharp, Sit- ting; McGowan, Hotaling, Buck. Si 46 SPRING PLAY CAST: De Long, Arnold, Pearce, Bol Sharp, Schug. SECRETARY: Missy Huston. JIM MARQUIS and DERMOTT BREEN. STAGE CREW: Arm' strong. Card, Lintell, Johnson, Marquis, Breen. LOUISE BROWN and MISS SHIELDS. i 47 1. SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY 2. MISS JUNE SANDERS, Ad 3. WAR COUNCIL Standing: Mrs. Green, Pyle, Fis- her, Brown, Jorgensen, Walker, Sitting: Aitken, Obourne, Boul- ton, Fowler, Sellars. 4. GOLD SEAL Back row: Dick Jennings, Jean Barker, Newton Arnold, Ross Redeker, Richard Mueller, Phil Pearce, Warded Winslow. Front row: Janet Wagner, Greta Fish' er, Barbara White, Shirley Lar- sen, Sidney Marx, Natalie Cobhy. Sally Mayock, Nancy Sharp. 5. GLENN MILLAR, President of C. S. F. 6. SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY C. S. f. GOLD SfflL 1. COMMERCIAL CLUB Back row: Crawford, Barton, Blake, Strain, Harvison, Wilson, Marshall, Mrs. Edmondson. Front row: Grimm, Peterson, Rains, Widsteen, Heizenbuttel, Corn, Rundell, Polek. 2. COMMERCIAL CLUB OFFL CERS: Rundell, Simonini, Corn. 3. PHILOMUSIA OFFICERS Back row; Croonquist, Talboy, Anderson. Front row: Boulton, Mrs. Green, Obourne. 4. DOUBLE TRIO Standing: Fowler, Hawkins, Tab boy, Barker, Bradford. Kneeling: Wheelwright, Boulton, Walker. 5. CO-OP Wyman, Raymond, Pearce, Brok- aw, Nyberg. 6. PHILOMUSIA 7. WILMA TALBOY, President of Philomusia. concini music flTHLtTICS Rack row: Stratton, Davenport, Harvisun, Freeman, Santana, Sevy, Simons, Horst, Murray, Cliff, Tupper, Brannaman. Third row: Miller, Hoogs, Anderson, Booye, Cardoza Bohnc, Hardy, Arnold, Condon, Traina, Ford, Mr. Tinney, Mr. Riley. Second row: Mr. Ray, Weaver, Easton, Clements, Pugh, Welch, Lawson, Thornton, Johansen, Sigal, Tamplin, Millar Front row: Stocklemeir, Bower, Smith, Molloy, Pestell, Lambert, Juri, Forbes Sample. SNAPS: Stan Bohne and Tex Harvison; Coaches Ray, Tinney, and Riley. fOOTBflLL The school year of 1943-44 has seen Palo Alto High produce many teams with varying success—a mediocre football squad; weak basketball, baseball, and tennis aggregations; and champion swimming and track teams. But whether packing the mail around end, speeding down the maplewood court, or breaking records on the track and in the pool, our red-and' green clad athletes have always shown admirable spirit. In spite of the handicaps of a green team, and injuries to key men, the 1943 edition of the Viking grid machine rolled through to a pretty fair season—three wins, three losses, and one tie. After an indecisive warm-up game with Mountain View, the Raymen journeyed to San Jose to fight a thrilling 13T3 battle with the Bulldogs. Feeling hep, the gridmen crushed a floundering San Mateo eleven to the tune of 19-0. Continuing their rampage, the intrepid Norsemen ran wild over Jefferson to walk away with 31-0 victory. Burlingame tripped the flying Vikes, 8-0, in a gloomy exhi- bition. Then came the death blow as a monstrous Sequoia squad crushed our boys 32-7, and the 1943 “Little Big Game was a sad memory. 52 The groggy Norse eked out a 6-0 win over South San Francisco on a long pass-scamper. In the last game of the season powerful Lincoln High beat the fighting Vikings 14-6, although the men in green played their best game of the season. Speedy Bill Lambert ear ned an AlhP.A.L.rating from his halfback position; Hoogs, Harvison, Murray, Bohne, Tupper, and Traina played well in the line; and Welch, Lawson, Pugh and Millar sparked the backfield. Under the tutelage of Dick Anderson, the sophomore football team was runner-up to San Mateo for the league championship. Next year’s varsity hopefuls will include back Pearch, Holman, and Hastings; and linemen Johnson, Wills, and Power. Paly’s basketball teams plummeted to the botom of the P.A.L. ladder this year, in a drop made more noticeable by contrast with last year’s champion unlimited squad. Their hope- less inexperience showed up as the Varsity dropped all six league games, and the thirties won only one of theirs. The sole 130-lb. triumph was over Lincoln, whom they walloped to the tune of 21'18. The 110- and 120-pound teams were also outclassed by t h e league competition, although the twenties managed to defeat Burlingame and San Jose. Outstanding players were Baker, Murray, Bohne, and Brown on the Varsity; and Ford Maxwell, and Tamplin for the thirties. Paly’s mitmen, struggling against the jinx that has always blighted Vike baseball squads, had a rough time against the other P.A.L. baseballers this spring. Back row: Lyon, Booye, Benedict, Gibbs, Rohlfinp, Black, Stratton, Johnson, Sevy, Smith, Brad- ford, Kelgard, Short. Middle row: Hoagland, Wills, Bower, Holman, Bentrott, Quadaras, Dav- ick, Palmer, Ramirez, Mead, J Arnold Front row: T. Johnson, Roberts, G. Arnold, Pearch, Hastings, Pinkerton, Knight. SNAPS: Eddie Holman; Coaches Anderson and Eiselt; Bill Pearch and Bill Stratton. BASKETBALL Although the diamondmen won several of their practice tilts, the league games, were ah most a total loss. Pugh, Gibbs, Gerrity, Ahrens, and Hudson fought valiantly for the Vik- ing swatsmen. There was at least one sport in which Viking supremacy was unchallenged in 1944: swim- ming. The Paly mermen, under the direction of Mr. Richard Nolte, carried on where pre- ceding teams had left off, and boosted the dual - meet record to 63 consecutive victories. The Palywogs were crowned “champs1 at the annual P.A.L. meet, held at Sequoia April 29th, and were rated as one of the top teams in Northern California at the N.C.S. meet at Stanford on May 27th. Big fish were freestylers Hoogs, Greenwell, Lawson, Murray, and Sigal; breast-strokers Bol and Barger; backstrokers Moody and Bower. The lightweight dunkers also showed prowess during the season, and the thirties finished second in the league. Lightweights Motmans, McPherson, Forbes, Blatt, Jennings, Wins- low, Cromwell, and Wade contributed largely to the success of the squad. Although be- ginning the year without the services of any returning lettermen, the tennis team conclud- ed a fairly successful season by winning two of their five league matches. Among those who received their letters. Matt Ford, Brad Lundborg, and Don Sevy were outstanding. VARSITY BASKETBALL Rack row: Henshel, Horst, Nyberg, Hannibal, Ingram, Simons, Winslow, Nord- yke, Bower, Moody, Mr. Ray. Front row: Goodwin, Thornton, Knight, Brown, Bohne, Santana, Raven, Murray, Davenport. LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL TEAM. Back row: Mr Riley, Maxwell, Hansen, Ford, Stocker, Rohlfing (mgr.) Front row: Tamplin, Forbes, Bohne. Back row: Kansora, Griscom, Palmer, Johnson, Makris, Knight, Booye, O'Keefe, Ingalls, Cross, Horst, Mr. Riley. Front row: Wills, Ahrens, Ramirez, Hardy, Gerrity, Pugh, Poole, Hudson, Lambert. SNAPS: Carroll Pugh, Bill Pearch, Ted Baker. BASEBALL The red-and-green tracksters sprinted into Paly sporting annals by their success during the 1944 season. The spikesters reigned supreme in a tough league, plagued only by a powerful Lincoln squad, whom they battled in the P.A.L. The cinderfellas, being par- ticularly strong in the sprints and middle-distances, dropped only one dual meet during their career, and many records fell to the speedy Vikes. The thirties were also a P.A.L. power and fought a strong San Mateo aggregation for the league crown. Johnson, Millar, Edmundson, and Anderson were crack lightweights; and Mueller, Cowdery, Wood, Ahumada, and Rael were the varsity mainstays. The twenties put forth great effort, but were handicapped by a shortage of man power. That’s Paly’s sporting story for the school year 1943-44— not particularly glorious, but containing many a thrilling moment, and flavored with the Viking sportsmanship that is traditionally Palo Alto. TRACK VARSITY TRACK TEAM LIGHTWEIGHT TRACK TEAM SNAPS; Rich Mueller, Dick Cowdery, Leo Juri. SUI I III IU MG VARSITY SWIMMING TEAM. LIGHTWEIGHT SWIMMING TEAM SNAPS: Woody Hoogs, Norm Greenwell, Jim Lawson. 57 I (k� ach Kilcy 2 Tcnm Team. 3 Coach Ray 1 Announcer Marqui 5 Mueller coming in after speedy 440. 6 Leo Jun 7 Playboy of football team 8 880 Knau . 9 Stan Bobne 10. On your mark� ! 11 Bobne sink� one 12 Paly first string. 58 The G. A A. Board, with Pat Faber as president, directed six organized sports this year. Hockey and badminton, headed by Joan Boulware and Greta Fisher, respectively, attracted almost seventy girls the first quarter, Members of the Green team took the hockey championship. Ida Mae and Zada Rae Van Slyke topped the doubles badminton ladder, while Ada Kae Van Slykc took top honors in the singles competition, Under Meredith Duncan’s direction, eighty girls played basketball during the second quarter. The Blues took this sport. The second semester sport, volleyball, was led by Marge Barker, and over eighty girls fought for the title, which fell to the Bl ues. Connie Smith headed the baseball games while Agnes Ely had charge of tennis. Almost thirty girls took part in each of these sports. All sports were coached by Mrs. Doris Green and Mrs. Cecelia Scott. ftKis in union ---- HOCKEy - BASKETBALL - VOLLE!)BALL 61 BASEBALL - SUI I Dl ID IU 6 - TtlMIS HERE Cute couple. 2. “Pop.” 5. Comfortable? 4. Bronx Cheer. 5. Back from the Pen. 6. Oh, Bren ton! 7. Exericses. 8. Whee ee! 9. Good? 10. May I see your privilege card? 11. Smile for the birdie. 12. Oh, those weeds.! 15. Have some? 14. Confab. T H £ fi € 1. Ooof! 2. Junior Misses. 3. Cute Soph A. “Camp’' femmes 5. Studious Soph. 6. Why Mr. Shuchat! 7. As seen from the diving board. 8. Where did he come from ! 9. What's so funny ? 10. Little Tex. 11. Beauty and the Beast. 12- Has anyone got fifteen cents? 13. Oooh, how eesy! flflD «WHERE 1- There's that fish again. 2. No Juniors allowed. 3. Two shorts and a tall. 4. Trans' portation of '44, 5. Smile, dearie. 6. Menlo interest. 7. Photo fans. 8. 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