Paramount High School - Jolly Roger Yearbook (Paramount, CA)

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illnmurrntn ruins nut nf Tlluhap The ambitious Porthole crew offers a boost to team morale and school spirit when its issues appear every other Friday. Eager, democratic, and rushed are its reporters who gather all the news. Supervised by Mrs. Esther Ericson and under the editorship of Fran Lewis, these journalists are forever con- cern with copy, accuracy, deadlines, and the mounting costs of publication. The Pirate art department, in the hands of Mr. Harold Collins, welcomes students to the realm of fine arts. Each develops his own bent and assists, as well, with projects beneficial to the campus, such as Football Banquet and Carnival Dance decorations. Sketching trips to Knott's Berry Farm and the Huntington Library offer relaxation and inspiration.

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:lr PW Buenos dias! Spanish classes lend P.H.S. an atmosphere of old Mexico. Learning to read, write, and speak Spanish correctly is the iob of college preparatory students. They travel the roads of Spain and old Mexico, led by Senora Virginia Nelson, with limit- less enthusiasm. Geometry, taught patiently to math-minded Pirates, boasts many college-bound students. Dealing with figures drawn on a flat sur- face, this class is for enrollees with definite professions in mind. The course, reviewing algebra, stresses the fundamentals of trig- onometry and is taught by Mrs. Eva O'Con- nell and Mr. Donald Frederick. X

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Winning the admiration of the entire student body, the Paramount Senior High School Pirate Orchestra has completed a challenging schedule of fine perform- ances under the baton of Conductor Karle Major. Providing the music for pep as- semblies proved the orchestra an asset as an entertainment feature. Real musician- ship was evident in the two Christmas programs given on the Pirate campus, these stressed traditional Yule numbers. Traveling to the Anaheim High School Music Festival, March 9, the group presented a fine program and won a rating of excel- lent on its interpretation of such selections as Ballet Parisien by Offenbach, Little Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin and June is Busting Out All Over by Rogers. The Paramount Music Festival, held May 9, gave the Pirate musicians a final oppor- tunity to display conspicuous talent and hard-earned elan. alent ani: empu jllileet Row One: Shirley Dowlin, Karen Lay, Nancy Mehr, Joyce laMonte, Karen Haug, LaVonne Taggart, Carla Nielsen, Virginia Kern, Linda Clark, Carolyn Brooks, Greg LoVetere, Shasta Keeling, Bill Tomich, Bill Young. Row Two: Mr. Karle Maior, Richard Serafini, Jerry Dragoo, Bea Smith, Sue Miller, Norma Scranton, Ann Rocha, Janet Chikami, Roselli Finley, Alberta Byrnes, Wanda Williams, Wayne Deming, Robert Koretoff, Wesley Osburn, Fred Richardson. Row Three: Mary Ann Rom- berg, Barr Doty, Bob Ralston, Robert Colton, Loren Fryer, Bill Loper, Esta Nielsen, Ed Straker, Bob Morning, Steve Garcia, Don Kern, Wayne White.