Point Loma High School - El Portal Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Q10 - F!-III LTY t very long ago the diary of a new student was found on a table in the library. There being no provision in the Dewey decimal system for diaries Miss jun I. min ind Mrs Sinstcid urcscntcd t t E . .. . 1, .. u y 4 . .4 5 4. I A i o l Portal. The student, a refugee from La jolla, writes as follows: I approached the formidable labyrinth, known as Point Loma High School, and fearfully entered. To better acquaint myself with the inhabitants, I resolved to open every door I saw. The first door led to the Pointer ce an an adiacent cell, in the front of which a strange deity sat, making sour-caustic remarks? Natives call him Emerson, though it was communicated to me in Sanskrit that one Mrs. Christianson had ruled just previously. Passing on to more pleasant sights, I observed Miss Giles. Mrs, McDougall, and Mrs. Zeller teaching history and English respectively. They seemed reasonably normal. I would have stayed on that floor. but the sight of the Pointer Stltf holdinv primitive rites wis sutiic' t t . . g -. .. . ien o frighten me upstairs, where. in the course of my explorations, l was photographed and painted by Mr, Ifllisonk 5 mf, L. Aiimam f Mr. Ci. Banks Miss ll. Brodie Miss W. Brodie Miss M, Brown , Miss B. Burns 'Q' 'ng M r. VU. Candor Mrs, ID. Chilton Mr. K. Clhristianson Mrs. M. Clhristianson Miss A. Clark W Miss ci. Crosby

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- lVlrs. Mary lVlaull Dean of Girls All Point Lomans have come to appre- ciate Mrs. Mr1ull's handling of school nf- f.1irs, in her capacity as Dean of Girls and .1LlVlSCI' to the Girls' League. Mrs. M.1ull's .idvice to the commission has been indispen- sable. However, her many duties have not diminished her keen wit and quiet sense ol' humor. Mrs. Matull will long he remem- hc-red .ls our friend .ind .itlviser in Ilklfly Ll time ot' need. Mr. Hubert Williams gm f Vice-Principal The administration would not be com- plete without Mr. Willitlms, our Vice-Prin- cipal. His duties range from supervising lunch duty to acting as Dean of Boys. The El Portal staff relies on his advice and ex- perience. Seeming to be everywhere at once and always quick to lend a hand, Mr. Wil- liams is looked upon by students and faculty as Point Lomzfs model of etliciency. Caught in the rlctl X x x '- X XX -3 Y - if X X

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Mr. H. Crosthwaitc Mrs. M. Davies Mr. G. Ellis Mr. M. Ellison Mr, W. Emerson Mr. P. W. Farrar 1 X. Sgt. P. Feleski Miss A. Fox Mr. H. Franken Mr. H. Gerdes Miss I. Gibson Mr. D. Giddings - PZIEULTY prodigies, serenaded by Miss Parrots songsters, forced by Mr. Christianson to add up the national debt, and coerced at Mrs. Leisures hands to type AS D FJKL fifty times. I fared even worse, however, in the science department on the other side of the corridor. Messers. fand I mean messerslj McKenney, Farrar, and McNamara were just about to dissect me when Lamott and Banks set off a new explosive they were testing, enabling me to escape. Though apprehensive about going further, I steeled myself and marched toward the stronghold of Mr. Candor, Miss Troxell, and Miss Van Eizenga of the math department, as well as Senor Franken of the Sp- ish dgpa ment. I did not get very far, however, as Miss Troxell hurled me most ignominiously down the star '. Af picking myself up, I investigated the wing I had just so unceremoniously entered. I found Mr. Walt s ' g t elastic clause, and Mrs. Oliver and Miss Greer indiscriminately spliting English intinitives. to the des is Gibson and Miss Byrne, who were finding Latin and French infinitives much harder to split. Miss y a Miss Hilss from the Girls' Gym looked on interestedly, -lla