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

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1945 volume:

GEN %ti CA riouU l 1945 MADRONO AUTUMN D G PALO ALTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Palo Alto, California 19 4 5 J FOREWORD The theme (if this 1945 Madrono, seasons , has been car- ried out as best possible throughout the book. Symbolically, as go the seasons, one upon the other, so go the classes of Paly. Because of war shortages, we have had to contend with many difficulties this year, but we have pulled through, not much the worse for wear, and present to you the 1945 Madrono. We hope that this catalogue of friends and activi- ties will be a source of pleasure for years to come. We wish to extend our thanks to any and all who gave their time to help make this book a success. w T DEDICATION We, the Class of 1945, dedicate this year ' s Madrono to Mrs. Edith Duncan, who for many years has been an un- lauded member of the High School family. During our three years here we have all come to know her well and to appreci- ate her interest in us, the help and source of information she has been to us, and the patience and sense of humor with which she has withstood the boundless trouble we have caused her. The fact that her office is the first target for servicemen returning to the school shows that this feeling is universal. Therefore, we feel that the dedication of this book to Mrs. Duncan is a fitting way of expressing our thanks to her. ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPALS MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1945: If I could talk to each graduate in person this is what I should try to say, in a sufficient variety of ways so that it would mean more to each of you than it can possibly mean as a general message. As a highschool graduate you need much less help from others than you imagine. It is yourself you have to lick. Most of us want to be too many things. Sometimes our ambitions cover too many fields, often contradictory ones. Having many interests is a worthy desire provided we have a few central interests on which we mean business to the exclusion of almost everything else. If we want to be a doctor instead of wanting to be interested in medicine; if we want to be an actor instead of wanting to learn to act; or if we want to be popular instead of wanting to be the kind of person who makes and holds worthwhile friends, then of course it is our- selves we have to lick. Modern life catches us all up in so many things that our desires are stimulated out of all proportion to our accomplishment and the result too often is drifting and aimlessness. Paly has been part of your life for three years, trying to help you to survey broad fields; and our best hope is that we have assisted you in a desire to cultivate the small ones in which you can find happiness and useful service, for surely you must have learned by now that the two are one and the same thing. No small part of what we call happiness resides m that peculiar sensation that we have when we are too busy to be miserable. In whatever direction you seek happiness in useful service when you leave Paly, may I add my personal best wishes to those of the faculty and the students of Paly High? Ivan H. Linder FACULTY MATHEMATICS - SCIENCE Mrs. Taaffe, Mr. Martin, Miss Hcatwole, Mrs. Gottenberg, Mr. Jungermann, Mrs. Younkin, Mr. Engelcke PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr. Riley, Col. Fletcher, Mr. Ray, Mrs. D. Green, Mrs. Scott SOCIAL STUDIES Miss Montgomery, Mrs. McCul- ly, Mrs. Roche, Mr. Stone OFFICE Miss Heawole, Mr. Lindcr, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Hoagland. Miss Faitoutc, Mrs. Coleman FACULTY ENGLISH Miss Shields, Mrs. Gill, Miss Morehouse, Miss Preston, Miss Huntington, Miss McCausland ARTS Mr. Steiner, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. L. Green, Mr. Moody, Miss Wenk, Mrs. Edmondson, Miss Middlekautt LANGUAGES Mrs. Guererro, Miss Williams, Mr. Williams, Miss Uppman, Miss Sanders CUSTODIANS Mr. Klapez, Mr. Green, Mr. Olson, Mr. Hoover. 10 BOARD OF EDUCATION The Board of Education is the governing body of the Palo Alto District. It has control over the high school as well as all other Palo Alto schools. This governing body of five mem- bers is elected by popular vote. The Board appoints the superintendent of schools, who directs and coordinates the school system of the district and manages the annual budget. The duties of the Board are to enact general policies, to raise and expand tax money for public education, to see that quali ' fied teachers are selected, and to see that text books are pro- vided for students. The officers of the Board of Education are, as identified by their pictures, Dr. John C. Almack, Mrs. Pearl Shreve, Mr. Francis E. Whitmer, Mrs. Ruth C. Crary — president, and Mrs. Eugenia C. Loder; Mr. Albert M. Davis is the super- intendent of schools. 11 im ■ A HP, if JL «siijfcs  . jrffl 9k. 1 - -•« fc mm t - «,.«? 1 £ ' i l ' % (S •J | •i - ' --T ' T F CLASSES 12 As we, the Class of 1945, graduate, we can ' t help thinking back to the days when we were little sophs and of the students who were seniors then. Today they are scattered everywhere- -studying, working, fighting, and even dying. We think of the gold stars added to our flag this year; some of them represent students in that ' senior class. We wonder how time will deal with the members of our class, in so short a period as two years. We have had our ups and downs as have other classes, but the thing which makes us distinctive is that we have witnessed history in the making. With this world in turmoil, we cannot help graduating with a more serious and mature outlook than have other classes. As we leave, we think back to the fun, the sports, the activities, and the wonderful friends we ' ve had. We think of our counselor, Miss Collins, who has advised us and helped in giving us these memorable three years. We are glad to graduate but we are sorry to leave the good times we associate with Paly . S E N O R S d II NSELOR MISS COLLINS SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS: Joan Heron, Connie Smith, Ellen Van Gor- der, Jose Rael. SENIOR COUNCIL: Standing — D. Loomis, R. Knaus, J. Heron, M. Wheeler, D. Clementson, S. Thurston, J. Rael. Sitting — E. Van Gorder, C. Smith, V. Faulds, J. Polek, H. Hallawell. I I MIDGE AGARD HECTOR AHUMADA Minor Block P HENRY AHUMADA Block P BARBARA AITKEN Point Award, Madrono Staff, Sports, A Capella Choir JEANNETTE ALLEN JOHN ALLEN MARTY ANDERSON Philomusia, Jinx Committee, Block P, Date Committee TED ARMSTRONG WELLS ASHLEY Track I 9 4 5 JAMES AUREN JOHN BALDRIGE Choir, Chess Club, Forum MARGE BARKER Co-editor of Campanile, GAA, Forum, Block P BARBARA BELL JODY BENNETT A Capella, Philomusia EDINE BEST MARY JANE BIRMINGHAM A Cappella, Sports, Commercial Club MARJORIE BLACKBURN GEORGIA BLAKE Sports, Commercial Club If HERBERT BLATT Ski Club, Swimming, Water Polo, Block P MAURICE BOHNE Honor Card Comm., Council, Pres. Minor Block P JOAN BOULWARE Madrono, Staff, Spanish Club, Block P, GAA Board, Vice-pres. C. S. F. BOB BOWER Block P, Choir, Cadet Major MARY LOU BRADFORD Girls ' League Cabinet, A Cappella Trio, Council, Sports, Camp JAMES BRAGG JIM BRANNAMAN Councilman at large, Pep Comm., Co-op Mgr., Water Polo, Band, Orchestra ROSEMARIE BROWN President French Club, Latin Club BOB BRUCE Council SENIORS ALICE BRUDENEL ANN BYLER JOHN CAMBRIDGE FRANCES CASE BILL CASE A Cappella, Campanile, Football Manager LELAND CHEW Minor Block P BETTY CHILDS Philomusia, Council, President Spanish Club DONNA CLEMENTSON Page and Cut Ed. of Camp, Council, Philomusia, Ski Club, Pep Committee JOAN COLOMBAT 16 ISABELLE CONTRARES CAROL CORMACK JEANNE CORN Council, Thespian JACK CORNELIUS Philomusia, Choir KATHLEEN CRAIG Philomusia, Choir CAROLYN CRARY Campanile Ed., Forum Sec., Band, Block P, Madrono, Orchestra DONALD CULVER CONNIE DALMADGE Vice-pres. Spanish Club, Sports BERNITA DANNER 9 4 5 WENDELL DAVENPORT Minor Block P, Block P BOB DAVIS Campanile Advertising Mgr., Council, Camp Business Mgr. SHIRLEY DELNO GERRIE DELONG Thespian, Philomusia FRANK DENMAN Chess Cluh ANDRA DOBBEL Ski Cluh, Sports JIM DONNELL Sports PAT DUGGAN Minor Block P MEREDITH DUNCAN Comm. Girls 1 Athletics, Block P, Pep Committee, Ski Club 17 LESTER EASON SHIRLEY EDMANDS Ski Club, Thespian, Photography Club DON ELLIOTT Chess Club AGNES ELY Block P VIRGINIA FAULDS Pres. Pep Comm., Sr. Council Council, Sports, Custodian Sr., Court JOHN FISHER MATT FORD Sports, Campanile JAMES FORSTER Thespian, Student Court, Tennis, Choir, Chess Club GWEN FOWLER Honor Card Committee, Choir, Girls ' League Cabinet, President Thespian SENIORS BRIGITTE FRANKEL Sports, Council, Forum, A Capella HAZEL FREEMAN Spanish Club, Sports BILL FREEMAN Block P BARBARA FUHR KATHLEEN GANEFF A Capella VERNA GANSCHOW A Capella NANCY GARRECHT Philomusia, French Club, Ski Club DOROTHY GARRISON Philomusia, Hall Control GERTRUDE GENG Choir, Pxc-d Cross Work-room 18 MARGIE GODEL Band, Orchestra, Spanish Club, Sports LOUISE GOMES Commmercial Club CONNIE GORMAN Choir, Orchestra FRANK GRANDFIELD Sports, Campanile ETHEL GRIMM Class Officer. Tennis Club, Ski Club ETHEL GROTZMAN Sports DICK GURLEY Student Court, Sports, Point Award SIGRID HAGENS Philomusia, Choir HOWARD HALBERT Madrono Photographer 9 4 5 HELEN HALLAWELL Council, Orches., Chess Club, Hall Control, Choir, Philomusia HAROLD HAMPAL FREDERICK HANSEN Swimming, Water Polo, Basketball, Tennis ELLSWORTH HARDY, Jr. Block P DICK HARVEY Tennis Club LYNN HAWKINS Philomusia, Pres., Choir, Thes- pians, French Club BERNICE HENDRICKSON JEANNE HERNDON Comm. of Social Activities, JOAN HERON Sports, Thespians, Ski Club, Treas. Senior Class, Sports. Sophomore Council, A Capella 19 AUDREY HOMER Sports RANDY HUDSON Campanile, Sports, Madrono, Honor Card Committee CAROLYN HUSTON Sec. Commissioners, Madrono, Vice-pres. Thespians, Interna- tional Club, Vice-pres. -Ski Club CULLY INGRAM Comm. of Publications, Campan- ile Jr. Pres., Sports, Madrono MARY JEAN IRELAND Sports DOROTHEA ISENBERG Girls ' Block P PHYLLIS JENKINS Chess Club, Game Club PETER JENSEN DONNA JESSUP Ski Club, Campanile SENIORS JEAN JOHNSON SIMMIE JOHNSON Commercial Club GEARY JOHNSTONE Choir, Tennis Club, Minor Block P MARY JORGENSEN Campanile Ed. Staff, Philomusia, International Council, War Council ANNA JUNGERMANN Spanish Club, A Cappella, Philomusia I hi i |l I ' l Sports MARY KALINICH [( IE KANSORA Sports MARY KASTRUP 20 MARY KELLY SUE KELLY Sports, Co-op BETTY KENDALL CONNIE KIDWELL. RUSSEL KNAUS Mgr. Co-op, Block P.B.A.C., Latin Club, Junior, Sr. Council JOYCE KNIGHT Sports EVELYN KROGH JACK KUNZ CAROLYN KURZ Choir, Thespians, Philomusia, Latin Club, Hall Control I 9 4 5 ERNEST LARSEN BETTY JO LAWRENCE ALICE LAWSON Commercial Club, Sports MARCO LEE Sports, Madrono SHIRLEY LEVY Sec. of Girls ' League, Sports JACK LIDDICOAT Soph. Council, Minor Block P JANET LOKEN Madrono, Campanile, Ski Club, Pres. Photography Club, Sports CATHERINE LOOMIS Jinx Committee, Sec. of Girls ' League, Tennis, Ski Club, Council, Co-op MARY ANN LOVE 21 MYRA LOVETT Sec. Spanish Club, Sports BEN McGILL MEREDITH McGILVRAY A Cappella, Philomusia GLORIA McINERNEY Thespian Club, Madrono, Jinx Committee JAMES MARQUIS Stage Crew, Choir, Student Court, Chess Club, Madrono, Science Club BARBARA MARVIN International Club ELEANOR MASSON Sports, Spanish Club, Girls ' Block P HELEN MASTERS Sports BARBARA MAYRHOFER SENIORS GLENN MILLAR Vice-Pres. Soph Class, B.A.C., Chief Justice Student Court, Pres. C.S.F., Madrono, Block P HAZEL MONET Philomusia BRUCE MOODY Block P, Student Court, B.A.C., Boys ' League Cabinet BILL MOORE Chess Club, Council, Game Club JACK MORELL Block P, Sports ' Mgr. PATSY MORELL Philomusia, Latin Club GEORGE MORRIS VELMA MORRIS ANNE MOSHER Madrono Ed., Latin Club, Sports, C.S.F. Vice-pres., Campanile 22 DOUG MURRAY Comm. of Boys ' Activities, Block P, Soph. Pres., Student Court, Council, BA.C. MARIE NORBERG Commercial Club DON NORMAN Sports HAZEL NOTE Sports, Commercial Club LEROY NUNES Pep Committee, Sports, Yell Leader MADELINE NUNES LUCY OBORNE Comm. Girls ' Activities, Council, Block P, Campanile, Philomusia NANCY OWENS Sports, Campanile, Student Council DOROTHY PETERSON A Cappella 9 4 5 JOAN POLEK Council, Hall Control, Chess Club, Philomusia, Commercial Club JUNE PRICE Campanile, Girls ' League Cabinet DICK PRYOR A Cappella JOSE RAEL Pres. Senior Class, Pres. of Forum Club, Vice-pres. of Block P SHIRLEY RAINS A Cappella AL REYNOLDS Comm. Boys ' Athletics, Pep Committee, Block P, BA.C. C.S.F., Boys ' League Cab. JUNE RHODEHOUSE A Cappella CYNTHIA RIPPLE Sports BOB ROTH Sports JEANNE RUNDELL Sec. of Commercial Club JACK SCHULTZ CAROLYN SCOFIELD Block P. Sec. of C.S.F., Philo- musia, Spanish Club GERALDINE SCOFIELD Sports, Council, Ski Club JEANNE SELLERS Madrono, Choir, War Council, Date Committee JOHN SHADDLE Sports THELMA SHOLES A Cappella, Thespian Club, Sports, Philomusia GENEVIEVE SIMONINI Pres. of Commercial Club, Sports, A Cappela, Spanish Club BILL SIMONS Point Award, Block P, B.A.C., Assembly Committee, Council SEN O R S ADELE SIORDIA Commercial Club, Sports CAROL SLATER A Cappella, Sports, Latin Club CONNIE SMITH Sec. Sr. Class, Pres. of Girls ' Block P JANE SMITH Sec. Ski Club, Sports, Pep Committee JOYCE SMITH Girls 1 League Cabinet, Sports, Spanish Club HELEN JEAN STANKOVICH BEVERLY STETSON Sports, A Cappella, Spanish Club NORMAN STOCKER B. A. C, Minor Block P 24 PHILLIS STURGEON Latin Club, A Cappcla JEWEL SURANSKY Philomusia JUANITA SUVA FIELDING TAPP Chief Justice Student Court ROBIN TEMPLETON Spurts, Ski Club SAM THORNTON Student Court, Pros, of Block P. Sports Mgr., B. A. C. SHERMAN THURSTON Choir, Councilman at Large, Chairman of Council NED TIBBY Block P, Student Court, Ski Club, Boys League Cabinet DORIS TODD Band, Orch,, Forum Club, Sports, Girls ' League Cabinet 9 4 5 ELLEN VAN GORDER Vice-pres. of Senior Class, Sports, Philomusia ADA KAY VAN SLYKE Block P, A Cappela, Commercial Club IDA MAE VAN SLYKE Block P. A Cappela, Chess Club, Game Club, Philomusia BILL VOTAW Ski Club, Pep Committee JUDSON WALLACE Ski Club, Boys ' League Cabinet. Block P ALICE CLARE WALTON A Cappclla JOANNE WAYLAND Philomusia, A Cappclla, Latin Club KENNETH WEAVER Block P ALAN WELLS Stage Crew, Track JUNE WEST Ski Club, Council MARSHALL WHEELER Councilman, Court Constable STEVE WHITE Sports DOUG WILSON Photography Club, Sports JACK WINSLOW Comm. of Finance, Block P BOB WOOD Comm. of Public Welfare, Coun- cil, Track, Forum Club, Block P, Chess Club BARBARA WORKING Asst. Madrono Ed., Sports, Honor Card Committee, Forum Club, Assembly Committee CHESTER WRUCKE Chairman of Honor Card Comm. Band, Sports AGNES ZIGELHOFER S E N O R S i HAL ZWIERLEIN Block P GAIL FORBES Block P, Pep Committee Connie Smith, Sue Kelly on Campus OH, Cully! Leading lights in a weak moment. 26 SENIORS Doug Murray, 2. Nancy Owens, 3. Mary Jane Birmingham, 4.Gwen Fowler, 5. Doris Todd, 6. Jean Herndon, 7. Glenn Millar, 8. Meredith Duncan, 9. Evelyn Krogh, 10. Ned Tibby, . -Mary Ann Love (right), 12. Howard Halbert, 13. Bob Wood, 14. Joan Heron, 15. Jeanne Rundell, 16. Connie Kid- well, 17. Bob Bower. 28 BABY ALBUM 29 I. June West, 2. Marty Anderson, 3. Frank Grandfield, 4. Margie Godel, 5. Leo Jun, 6. Maurice Bohne, 7. Doug Wil- son, 8. Janet Loken, 9. Diddy Loomis, 10. Carolyn Scofield, II. Kathleen Craig, 12. Barbara Aitken, 13. Hazel Freeman, 14. Lynn Hawkins and Friend, 5. Andy Dobel, 16. Anne Mosher. CLASS OF ' 4 6 CLASS OFFICERS: Sally Sherman, secretary: Boyd Bentrott, president: Joe Quadera, vice- president. COUNSELOR: Mrs. Lucille Fox Green. JUNIOR COUNCIL: Back Row. D. Martin, B. Abler. Front Row. T. Nathanson, M. J. Reed, F. Greig, P. Pappas. 30 CLASS OF ' 4 7 CLASS OFFICERS: Jackie Strain, president: Mary Jean McDougall, secretary; Clare Sprague, vice-president. COUNSELOR: Mrs. Evelyn Riser. SOPHOMORE COUNCIL: Bac Row. B. Given, J. Sherwood, H. Oehlmann, Front Row. C. Wallace, R. Mock, P. Duncan, M. Wood, J. Holman 32 fflfp STUDENT ADMINISTRATION 34 ! v X ¥ mm % J t f ki f WJLlfl J {UfJ ' ■£? ' - 35 ■ MISSY HUSTON Secretary JACK WINSLOW Finance MEREDITH DUNCAN Girls ' Athletics CULLY INGRAM Publications BOB WOOD Public Welfare AL REYNOLDS Boys ' Athletics LUCY OBORNE Girls ' Activities DOUG MURRAY Boys ' Activities JEANNE HERNDON Social Activities STANDING: Cully Ingram. Doug Murray, Al Reynolds. SITTING: Mendith Duncan, Missy Huston, Lucy Oborne, Bob Wood, Jeanne Herndon. 36 COMMISSIONERS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Council: Sherman Thurston, Mrs McCully, Don Martin. Court: Mr. Martin, Fielding Tapp. STUDENT COURT 37 COUNCIL - STUDENT COURT GIRLS ' LEAGUE CABINET: G. Urban, S. Levy, L. O- borne, M. L. Bradford, J. Price, J. Smith, D. Todd. Miss Collins, Lucy Oborne Doug Murray, Brent Riley BOYS ' LEAGUE CABINET: J. Wallace, B. Simons. D. Murray, N. Tibby, A. Rey- : ' . ' i- GIRLS ' LEAGUE - BOYS ' LEAGUE POINT AWARD: Back, Ron- John Sherwood, Bill Simons. Middle Rou — Burton Ballard, Phil Whitmcr, Wanda Col- lins, Dick Gurley. Front Kow — Miss Montgomery, Jean Hcnricksen, Barb Aitken. Bill Simons, Miss Montgom- ery. Chester Wruckc, Chairman Honor Card Committee. HONOR CARD COMM. Miss Collins, Mr. Martin. Miss McCausland, Randy Hudson, Mrs. Duncan, Chester Wru- ckc, Gwen Fowler, Barbara Working 39 POINT AWARD - HONOR CARD ACTIVITIES 40 41 STANDING: B. Griscom, C. Huston, J. Boulware, J. Marquis, C. Ingram, A. Mosher, R.Hud- son, B. Cochran, E. Sather, H. Halbcrt. SITTING: S. Kelly. C. Scofield, B. Aitken, B. Working, J. Sellers, J. Heron, I. Loken. BUSINESS STAFF: Missy Huston, Jim Marquis. PICTURE STUDY: Howard Halbcrt, Anne Mosher, Barbara Working, Janet Loken. EDITORS: Barbara Working, Anne Mosher, Missy Huston.. CHIEFS OF STAFF :Badi Roiu:H. Halbcrt, R. Hudson. B. Cochran, B. Aitken, B. Working, E. Sather, J. Marquis, C. Ingram. Front Row: J. Loken, A. Mosher, C. Huston, S. Wilson, J. Boulware. ADVISOR: Miss Huntington. 42 MADRONO Bac Row. C. Sloan, C. Ingram, N. Tihhy, B. Maxwell, R. Hudson, B. Griscom, H. Poole, J. Mendel. Middle Row. F. Burger, H. Flattley, R. Templeton, C. Crary, C. Liston, E. Crary, F. Greene, A. Mosher, Mrs. Gill. Front Row: A. C. Walton, B. Fuhr, M. Jorgensen, ]. Price, D. Jessup, M. Barker, M. K. Hays, B. Carruthers. HIGH STAFF: Standing: M. K. Hays, Cully Ingram, Randy Hudson, Mary Jorgensen. Sitting: Carolyn Crary, Marge Barker. PHIL BURTON INSTRUCTING. CAMP LOOKS ON. EDITORS: Marge Barker, Carolyn Crary. 4 5 CAMPANILE THESPIAN CLUB, STAGE CREW: Back Row. G. Spielman, H. Stuffer, P. Kelgard. Front Row. B. Davis, J. Moore, J. Marquis, D. Moore. CHRISTMAS PLAY: Ann Miller, Carolyn Kurz, Norns Smith, Phil Whitmer, Thelma Sholes, Gwen Fowler, Gloria Mclnerny, Bill Given. James Forster. Go up to your room! 44 THESPIANS THESPIAN CLUB OFFICERS: M.ssy Huston, Jeanne Williams, Gwen Fowler. SPRING PLAY CAST: Bad N. Smith. P. Kelgard, J. Forster, B. Given, B. Smith. Front: L. Hawkins, B. Rehorst, J. Herndon. L. Sholes. Miss Shields, instructor. Look, Hannah, — the boy ' s quick with his pencil. You must be Abby! 45 THESPIANS m ! Ik MrnM ' w® -- PHILOMUSIA Mrs. Lucille Fox Green PH LOML SIA OFFICERS: Lynn Hawkins, Betty Hope Peterson, Eleanor Sather. A CAPPELLA 46 PHILOMUSIA - A CAPPELLA ORCHESTRA Mr. Shuchat PEP BAND: Back Row: A. Price, G. Arnold. J. Ramirez, B. McFadon, J. Wilcox. Front Row. D. Raven, J. Mendel, R. Redeker, B. Abler, W. Cowger. BAND 47 BAND - ORCHESTRA 4 r ! I S C. S. F. C. S. F. Officers: President, B. Abler; secretary, C. Scofield; Vice-president, (2nd semester) A. Mosher, (1st semester) B. Pierce. Miss Sanders GOLD SEAL: Bac Row: G. Morris, R. Hudson, D. Murray. Third Row.G. Simonini C. Crary, J. Boulware, M. Barker, M. Lee, A. Mosher. Second Row: H. Hallawell, B. Aitken, J. Polek, D. Todd, G. Fowler, C. Scofield. Front Row: B. Wood, A. Reynolds, J. Marquis. 48 C.S.F. - GOLD SEAL FORUM CLUB: Back -Row. G. Gcrkin. B. Frankcl, M. Barker. Middle Row. E. Sather, D. Todd, E. Todd, G. Purviancc, I. Holman, I. Strain. C. Crarv. B. Working. Front Row. P. Whitmer, B. Wood. D. Patch, H. Stokely, D. Wyman, J. Rael. FORUM CLUB OFFICERS: Carolyn Crarv, Jose Rael. Dons Todd. CO-OP MANAGERS: Jud Wallace, Russel Knaus. CO-OP IN BUSINESS CO-OP STAFF: Jud Wallace, Mary Jorgensen, Carolyn Crary. Russel Knaus, Bill Classen. 49 FORUM CLUB CO-OP SKI CLUB: Herb Blatt, president; Don Patch, vice-president: Jane Smith, secretary. MODEL ENGINEERING CLUB: George Armstrong, president; Johnny Walker, vice-presi- dent; Larry Werner, secretary. GAME CLUB: Bill Moore, president; Phillis Jenkins, secretary-treasurer. LOIS LYNN CROONQUIST, musical theramst. 50 ACTIVITIES DATE BUREAU: Bac Row. B. Lacomblc, D. Murray, J. Sherwood, D. Martin. Front Row. L. Croonquist, J. Strain, M. Wood, M. Anderson, J. Herndon, W. Collins. HICK BILLIES: Bac Row. Dodo Isenberg, Gcrdi Isenberg, Margo Lee. Front Row. Gerhard Leo, Piet Bol. MOTHERS TEA .FASHIONS: V. Faulds, B. Dunbar, E. Masson, J. Waterman, E. Sathcr. MUSICAL THERAPISTS: Stan Blois and Lynn Hawkins. M. K. Hays and Gertrude Geng. 51 ACTIVITIES BLOCK P SOCIETY MINOR BLOCK P SOCIETY GIRLS BLOCK P: Bach, Row. M. Duncan, J. Smith. M. Barker, A. Ely, D. Isenberg, J. Boul- ware. Front Row. C. Crary, L. Oborne, C. Smith, C. Shofield, B. A. Jew, M. K. Hays. 52 BLOCK P - MINOR BLOCK - GIRLS ' BLOCK B. A. C. Bacl{ Row: A. Reynolds, R. Knaus, B. Simons, J. Wallace, D. Murray. Front Row: S. Thornton, B. Moody, J. Morell, B. Pearch, N .Stocker. YELL LEADERS: Bac Row. Butch Davies, La Verne Sholes, Peggy Wilson, Pete Edmondson. PEP COMMITTEE: Bac Row: W. Cowger, D. Murray, A. Reynolds, Mrs. Scott, B. Best, L. Nunes, B. Votaw, B. Stratton. Front Roii : V. Faulds, J. Smith, D. Clementson, Mr. Riley, M. Duncan, M. Greig. K. Thatcher. 53 B. A. C. - PEP COM. - YELL LEADERS LATIN CLUB: Consuls, Anne Mosher and Bill Kurt;: Quaestor, James Merritt: Scribes, Bruce Pierce and Hampton Poole: Aediles, M. K. Hays, Phyllis Sturgeon, and Carolyn Kurz. SPANISH CLUB: President, Marylin Henning: Vice President, Margie Godel: Secretary-treas- urer, Myra Lovett. FRENCH CLUB: President, Rosemary Brown. 54 CLUBS CHESS CLUB: Phil Whitmer, president: Helen Hallawell, secretary-treasurer. PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB: Rosemary Long, president: Janet Loken, % ' ice-president: Betty Work- ing, secretary; Bob Raison, treasurer. TENNIS CLUB: Phil Whitmer, president: Peter Kelgard, vice-president. 55 CLUBS NURSERY SCHOOL IRISH COLLEENS FEEBLE FEMS NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE 56 GIRLS JINX AT EASE COLONEL FLETCHER CADET CORPS BAND CADET MAJOR BOB BOWER EYES RIGHT! 57 CADET CORPS 1 Coy is the keynote. 2. Pyramid of Pulchritude. 3. Is everyhody happy? 4. Ginnie. 5. The Old Grey Mare . 6. Hero Worship. 7. Twirler in action. 8. End of the trail. 9. Oh, Mona! 10. Sitting pretty. 11. Tell me another. 58 CANDIDS CANDIDS 1. Hcllsho, Hairshy . 2. Outdoor assembly. 3. Better duck! 4. Thar ' s that man again, 5. Leary. 6. Ladies around town. 7. Ooool! 8. South Sea Shinnanegan. 9. Andy. 10. Red and Green Forever . 59 ATHLETICS 60 61 FOOTBALL P. A. Opp. With fifteen men returning from last year ' s Mountain View 13 12 green team, the varsity football squad of 1944 ' San Mateo 12 6 1945 completed the season in second place in Bcllarminc 6 31 the P. A. L. This was a tremendous improve- Eurlingame 18 6 ment over the half-won, half-lost team of last Lincoln 6 year. The gridders of this year were similar in South City 18 many respects to the very fine team of 1943, Sequoia 13 14 losing one game and tying one. From the out- San Jose 7 7 set of the season, the squad looked like cham- pionship material despite its extreme lack of weight. Average weight in the line was consistently under 180 pounds, while the backfield was usually under 160 pounds. In fact, Glenn Millar, all-P. A. L. half- back played the entire season at 135 pounds. After taking advantage of the aging alumni, 12 to 6, the Vikings edged out Moun- tain View in the first night encounter in the history of Palo Alto High football. Quarterback Sam Thornton scored both touchdowns and saved the day (or night) by converting the extra point. Continuing their winning ways, the Norse over- COACHES: Ray Tinney, Brent Riley, Hod Ray. BENCHMEN. VARSITY TEAM: Bac Row. Foster, Manchester, Booye, Jensen, Hartley, Gush. Henrick- sen, Kelgard, Shaddle, T. Arnold, Angel, Butler, Magnuson, Ahumada, Rael, Coach Tinney. Third Row. Coach Ray, Bill Case, Bohne, Stratton, Ford, Simons, Thorp, Ramirez, Palmer, Ben- trott, Best, Zwierlein, Roberts, Norman, Coach Riley. Second Row. Bradford, B. Pearch, Roth, Hardy, Johnson, Pence, G. Arnold, Smith, Knight, Hastings, Weaver. Front Rou ' . Walker, Millar, Thornton. Davenport, Bower, Miller, Ahrens, Freeman, Tun, Murray, Pugh, Lambert. BILL LAMBERT. . ) ' 4 - vt i v WJ ' y ' L f 5 ' MTV ' - ' • Ti4 f ■ L m ■ --o j . ? M Ma (k m - £ 1 FOOTBALL powered San Mateo in the opening P. A. L. encounter, hut then came a night practice game with Bellarmine. Definitely sleepy and playing beyond their bedtime, the Raymen were mercilessly mangled 31 to 6 by the Bells, who displayed one of the best organized and smoothest running teams in this vicinity in quite a spell. Paly rebounded from this inglorious defeat, however, to overwhelm Burlingame 18 to 6. The next game marked the high point of the season and was by far the best and most thrilling contest played on the local field in many years, for the Norse met and mastered the supposedly invincible Lincoln Lions, 6 to 0. Next, South San Francisco fell victim to our juggernaut, 18 to 0. Leading the league, the Palymen became slightly overconfident, as well as being injury riders; then, too, the high tone and will to win were largely spent. So on a bleak Thanks- giving Day our men trekked to Redwood City for the annual Little Big Game with Sequoia and were beaten by the heart-breaking score of 14-13. Outplayed all through the game, with almost every pass intercepted, the Norse just couldn ' t make the fourteenth point. In the final contest of the season, the axe fell when the up- start San Jose Bulldogs tied the faltering Raymen in a dreary display of line-plunging football to give Lincoln the P. A. L. championship and drop us into second place. Doug Murray, end, and Glenn Millar, halfback, were placed on the All-P. A. L. team, while Bob Roth, Bill Freeman, Leo Juri, Bill Miller, and Carroll Pugh re- ceived second and third team positions. SCRIMMAGE RARIN ' TO GO. FIRST TEAM: Backfield - Glenn Millar, Carroll Pugh, Sam Thornton, Bill Lambert. Line - Wen- dell Davenport, Bob Bower, Bill Miller, Berle Ahrens, Bill Freeman, Leo Juri, Doug Murray. DOUG MURRAY. SOPH FOOTBALL PA. Opp. A fair to middling season landed the sopho- Mountain View .. 6.... more p i gs k lnners ln f ourt h p l aC e in the P.A.L. Burhngame .. 12 behind San Jose, Sequoia, and San Mateo, and San Mateo .. 19 ahead of Burhngame. After whipping Moun- San J ose ° 13 tain View in their first practice game, 6-0, the Sequoia 6 yearlings downed the powerful Burhngame Pan- Menlo Park 6.... 12 , 0j for their lone league victory. Shut- outs at the hands of the remainder of the league followed to leave the Norse in their lowly position. Clarence Pearch, Johnny Salabert, and Al Bettencourt sparked the Vikes ' attack from their backfield slots while Jim Gleed lent defensive power to the backs. : In the line Charlie Hardy, Jim Brogan, Fred Kiel, and Don Patch stood out to give Coach Everett Stone ' s team a fairly good front wall. These lads will undoubtedly see lots of action in their two remaining years as they strive to equal the efforts of this year ' s all-senior team. The closest struggle was the soph reserves ' tussle with the Menlo thirties, played during a driving rain. Menlo finally won 7-6, as a last-minute Paly drive, sparked by Bill Lausten ' s bullet passes, just missed con- necting for the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of the game. FOOTBALL PRACTICE COACH EVERETT STONE SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL TEAM: Back Row. Firth, Ras- mussen. Kiel, Bettencourt, Elliott, Nice, Jensen, Oehlmann, Cobb, Clark, Hardy, Verissimo. Middle Row. Duff, Watson, Larsen, Gleed, Price, Loder, Masters, DuVal, Given, Patch, Sherwood, Ahrens. Front Row. Laurten, Stocker, Fook, Cle- mentson, Klein. Kinder. Pearch, Whitney, Brogan, Crocker, Salabert. 8. ■ , jjjtddfll ? .- J kAm Z 6t .V . .. ' . V C oa ■ At Zapl-P ft 65 FOOTBALL - ACTION VARSITY TEAM: Back Row. Tibby Ingram, Thornton, Murray, Wmslow. Middle Row. Davenport, Simons, Zwier- lein. Maxwell, Knight, Patch. Front Row. Coach Ray, Han- ley, Nordyke, Ford, DuVal, Wallace. Doug Murray Matt Ford, Jud Wallace, Jack Winslow, Doug Murray, Cutlar,, Nordyke. Jack Winslow P. A. Opp. A fair basketball squad made its own breaks ? an J. ose - H 12 and fought its way into second place in the Lincoln 25 28 o n a t i j r ■ r t - j t • Sequoia 0 36 o.r.A.L. by defeating ban Jose twice and Lin- San Jose .. 27 23 coin once. Highlight of the season was the sec- Lincoln 26 25 ond Lincoln game in which the Norse, after Sec l uola 21 36 blowing an early lead, were behind 25-20 with three minutes of the tussle remaining. Suddenly veteran Norse center Jack Winslow got hot and sank two field goals and a pair of free tosses to give the Vikes a 26-25 decision and second place in the S.P.A.L. A pair of losses to Sequoia com- pleted the season. In the practice games the Norsemen split a pair, of tussles with the Mountain View quintet and took games from Half Moon Bay, while they lost to Hayward and Santa Clara. Menlo proved little opposition to the Vikings and San Jose Tech proved almost as easy pickings. Jack Winslow potted most of the Norse baskets from his center slot, while Cutlar Nordyke, forward, bagged the next most buckets. Jud Wallace developed into a pretty rugged backboard snatcher by the end of the season, while Bob Maxwell handled the other guard position throughout most of the season. Hal Zwierlein gave real class to the team with some of the flashiest ball handling to be witnessed in the local gym since the days of Keeler and company. Among the reserves who played more or less regurlarly, Doug Murray was outstanding. Matt Ford saw a lot of action and Al Reynolds got in when the team had a commanding lead. 66 UNLIMITED BASKETBALL 10 ' s; Back Row. Tumbleson, Smith, Traxler, Sargent. Front Row. Clark, Swisher, Larsen. 20 ' s: Bac Row. Duggan, Wan, Lacomhle, Barry, Sargent. Front Row. Miller, Chew, Brown, McClure. 30 ' s: Bac Row. Kinder, Sevy, Watson, Makns, Farns- worth. Wade. Front Row. Poole, Flattley, Masters. Coach Riley, Eih, Bohne, Vin Wade, Paul Watson, Hamp Poole, Tom Makr Bohne. Bud P.A. 30 ' s San Jose 14 Lincoln 11 Sequoia 10 San Jose 13 Lincoln 12 Sequoia 29 Op P . 18 21 23 2? 23 42 Last autumn while the Varsity and Sopho- more football squads were sweating it out for three solid hours a day, a small contingent of fellows, most of them with more mental de- tremination than aetual playing ability or exper- lenee, were put through their paees by Coaeh Paul Engelcke. This is the first team Mr. Engelcke has coached at Paly, though he has coached other athletic groups elsewhere. Yes, we ' re referring to the 110 and 120 basketball teams. The lfl Vickings were not able to hit their hat all fall and as a result bowed down to one team after another in embarrassing defeats. One thing should be mentioned before knocking off this little after-season summary of the 10 ' s and 20 ' s, and that is that seniors Dick Gurley and Leland Chew, main- stays of both the 10 ' s and 20 ' s for three years, merit a good word from all of us. The 1 30 team did little better. Pre-season over optimism was a key factor to their poor showing on league competition. Also internal differences greatly hampered Riley ' s hard-luck boys throughout the season. It must be pointed out that every member of the starting five, with the exception of Bill Pearch, has had at least three years of experience of lightweight basketball. In their first game with Moun- tain-View, the 30 ' s took a close thriller 24-20. But the loss of ace Don Hanley lessened their chances for the championship. The first league game was with San Jose, in which Paly was edged out IS- 14. From then on, Paly was overwhelmed by at least ten points a game in the S.P.A.L. competition. Tension and inability to relax showed up in the 1 30 ' s exhibitions. As one spectator put it, they looked as if they ' d lost the game before the first quarter was over. 67 LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL AL REYNOLDS COACH HOD RAY TRACK AL PINKERTON LIGHTWEIGHT TEAM :Bac Row. G. Arnold; Wilcox, Jeffenes, McFaden, Frost, Manchester, Henderson, Donn ell, J. Arnold, Ahumada. Middle Row. Stocker, Redeker, Clark, Tuffli, Thurston, Stratton. Bottom Row. Johnson, Firth, Lar- sen, Swisher, Traxler, Parker, Suffern. UNLIMITED TEAM: Back. Row. Jewell, Taaffe, Wells, Rey- nolds, Clark, White, Silberling, Hartley, Walker, Elliot, Nice, Johnson. Middle Row. Feldman, Wheeler, Johnson, Moore, Bentrott, Best, Thornton, Bennington, Wrucke. Front Row Rush, Jun, Forster, Wood, Stocker, Pinkerton, Armstrong, Martin, Rael. SWIMMING - WATER POLO WATER POLO: Back. Row: Sloan, Wyman, Long, Ingram, Coach Burton, Cromwell, Wallace. Middle Rote: Tihby, Classen, Stokely, Blatt, Moody, McPherson, Mead. Front Roic: Hathaway, Love, Hansen. COACH PHIL BURTON LIGHTWEIGHT SWIMMING: Back Row: Brown, Kurtz, Herndon, Wyman, Wilson, La- comble, Wade, Duggan. Front Row: Quinton, Rahn, Davis, Roberts, Hathaway, Hofman, Campbell, Johnson. VARSITY SWIMMING .Back Row. Long Sloan, Johnstone, Ingram, Moody, Coach Burton, Cromwell, Johnson, Stokely, Wallace. Middle Row. Best, Classen, Love, Edmondson, Mc- Pherson, Blatt, Murra y. Front Row. Dodds, Goodwin, Hansen, Sherwood, Hudson, Patch, Ochlmann. fe u ■ BASEBALL TEAM: Back Row. Coach Riley, Hootstein, Read, McClintock, Cobb, Liddicoat, Marino, Henricksen, Pease, O ' Keefe, Morris. Front Row. Knight, Abler, Wills, Moberg, Gibbs, B. Pearch, Poole, C. Pearch, Weaver, Tharp, GOLF TEAM: B. Hastings, C. Ingram, A. Reynolds, C. Nordyke, P. Hathaway. TENNIS TEAM: Bac Row. McGinnis, Ford, Sevy. Front Row. Pappas, McClure, Taft. This year ' s Paly ball team really set a precedent. While the swimming team was having its duel win meet record broken at sixty-five consecutive wins, the baseballers started their own streak by getting through the season without a win. The closest they came was a 12-11 loss to San Jose State. Bowen Wills, all P. A. L. first sacker, almost, and Bill Gibbs were the two men who most resembled ball players, while the two Pearch brothers and Bob Abler looked well in their new uniforms. The un- publicized tennis team, on the other hand, was going through its best season m recent history. The team, sparked by Matt Ford, Bruce, Taft, and Dick Raven, lost only one match, that to Lincoln. The coach was Mr. Engelcke. 70 BASEBALL - TENNIS - GOLF 71 ACTION GIRLS ' ATHLETICS Governing the Girls ' Athletic Association is the GA.A. Board, headed by Com- missioner Meredith Duncan. Assisting her are secretary, Marge Barker; head of officials, Blanche Cochrane; and the managers of the different sports. The work of this board consists of hashing over any problems that come up about after-school sports. Last fall, Paly girls, along with others of the Peninsula, boarded the train and traveled up to Burlingame, where they enjoyed a day of volleyball and swim- ming. This spring, too, femmes from neighboring high schools spent the day roaming the grounds of Paly, playing baseball, volleyball, tennis, and swimming. BUTCH DAVIES MRS. GREEN, MRS. SCOTT, MEREDITH DUNCAN MARTY ANDERSON GA.A. BOARD BACK ROW: M. K. Hays. Marge Barker, Margo Lee, Blanche Cochrane. FRONT ROW: Clare Sprague, Lucy Ohorne, Agnes Ely, Carolyn Scofield, Meredith Duncan, Connie Smith. TENNIS HOCKEY Under the biasing heat of the fall sun, about one hundred girls participated in the autumn sports, hockey and tennis. Hockey was ably managed by Lydia ■ ' Piglet Parks, and her assistants: Green, Gerdi Isenberg; Maroon, Ann Guenther; Brown, Claire Sprague; and Blue, Barbara Ann Jew. As is becoming a general rule the Blue ' s again copped the championship. Carolyn Scofield did a swell job managing the net-women. Frances Sawyer was tops in the singles, with Diddy Loomis a close runner-up. C-- - - ft T rt ,i f€T N .-. a i i Mm. m When the weather took a turn for the worse, the gals came inside for basketball, headed by Agnes Ely, and volleyball, run by Joyce Pabst. The Blues just barely nosed out the Browns and Greens in basketball, and they also carried the honors away in volleyball. Badminton was run by soph Clare Sprague, with Barbara Lacey and Joan Mueller taking the doubles, and Zada Rae Van Slyke winning the singles. Spring finds the girls out on the baseball diamond, with M. K. Hays, and paddling in the pool under the direction of Margo Lee. As the Madrono goes to press no championship has been won in either sport. 74 BASKETBALL VOLLEYBALL 0 ; ' ;. O ' -rAct-r; A ft fcx v-fr M Tf 75 SWIMMING - BASEBALL - BADMINTON I. Comfortable confab. 2. Hi, how ' s the meet? 3. Ride? 4. Art on the co-op counter. 5. Nur- sie. 6. Big smiles. 7. The Beard and the Man. 8. Anchors aweigh! 9. Two ' s company. 10. He ' s ticklish, huh? 11. Luscious limbs. 12. Who ya trying to scare, Binnie? 13. DeMurray ' s Dar- lings, 76 CANDIDS trfu CANDIDS 1. Mrs. Deanng. 2. By the sea. by the sea--. 5. Whatcha doin . hey? 4. Gruesome tuesomc. 5. Ah, graee personified. 6. They were in a hurry. 7. Pecos Pete. 8. lust Fr.cnr ' s. 9. Ya gotta F-I-GHT. 10. Power of concentration. 11. The poor man ' s Venus. 77 I I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TUCKER PRINTING COMPANY. SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA ART AND ENGRAVING CO., BERKELEY SILVIUS AND SCHOENBACKLER. COVERS, SACRAMENTO COLBURN STUDIO, OAKLAND KEEBLE ' S, PALO ALTO AUTOGRAPHS HUB f %