Polytechnic High School - Polytechnic Student Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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W'39 Girls' Selt- Government Cabinet Row 1: Alice Marshall, vice-president, Nancy Lee Smith, president, Mrs. Dasso, adviser, Doreen Hussey, Minnie Playan. Row 2: Virginia Loomis, secretary, Gertrude Diet- rich, Anna Shorten, treasurer. I Girls' Self-Government With sixty members dressed in blue sweaters with blue and gold emblems, to carry out its busi- ness of maintaining order in the halls, the Girls' Self-Government has many of the same activities as does the Boys' Self-Government. As maintaining order in the halls is the most important activity of this organization, the chairman of halls is an im- portant member of the cabinet. She has the respon- sibility of instructing the monitors in their duties. W'39 chairman of halls was Minnie Playan: S'39 chairman was Emily Marshall. The Girls' Selt- Government motto is the same as that of the Boys' Self-Government, A maximum of order with a mini- mum of restraint. The cabinet meets once a week: the representatives have a meeting once a month, at which members of the faculty speak on self-govern- ment. The president of the Girls' Advisory Board is a member of the cabinet. W'39 Girls' Advisory Board president was Doreen Hussey, and S'39, Ruth MacMullin. Representatives of the Girls' Self-Gov- ernment, too, are chosen from teachers' recom- mendations and from applicants. Merit scores and scholarship records of all representatives must be satisfactory. Activities of the girls are not all concerned with work, parties are given, too. In the W'39 term, Nancy Lee Smith, president, dressed in a lovely Spanish costume, presided over a party with a Spanish theme. The girls' part in the Talent Show which the Girls' Self-Government sponsored with the Boys' Self-Government, was presided over by Alice Mar- shall, S'39 prexy. Every term the two Self-Govern- ments sponsor a school dance with the Hi Y and Tri Y. The W'39 dance was given with a Let's Go Collegiate theme. Mrs. Dasso is the sponsor of this organization, and it is with her help that the Girls' Self-Govern- ment carries out its activities so well, furnishing self-governing training and experience - an in- valuable part always in the Art of Living. ap!! S'39 Girls' Self- Government Cabinet Row 1: Betty Randolph, Ruth MacMul1in, Mrs. Dasso, adviser, Alice Marshall, president, Vir- ginia Loomis, vice-presi- dent. Row 2: Maxine Gardner, secretary, Gertrude Die- 1 trich, Barbara Lasater, treasurer, Emily Mar- shall. 29

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W'39 Boys Self- Government Cabinet Row 1: Kurken Kazarian, ce, en ce o, presi- dent, Bill Mausser, Frank Amatuzio. Row 2: Claude Short, Kenneth Wright, Mr. Hilt, adviser, Ioe Melendez, Harold Gottlieb, treas- i urer, Bob Amano, secre- l tary. Boys' Self-G overnment Since the introduction of self-government by Mr. Iohn H. Francis at Polytechnic in 1904, schools the world over have become self-governing. Today at Poly, under Mr. Hilt's sponsorship, two hundred fifty boys are members of the Boys' Self-Government, one of the greatest assets of the school. The aim of the organization is to control actions of the student body through student participation in the govern- ment of the school and in general to promote the motto of this organization, A maximum of order with a minimum of restraint. Among the duties of the boys is the maintenance of order in the halls, cafeteria, on bounds, and about the campus generally. A new duty this term is that of the number of locker identification. To thefts from lockers, the originated the idea of having the owner's on the inside of his locker. Then when a get something from his locker while session, he signs a paper with one of Government representatives who are at ends of the halls. The representative then S'39 Boys' Self- Government Cabinet Row 1: lohn Pecel, Claude Short, Tony Mar- quez, S'39 president, Mr. Hilt, adviser, Frank Am- atuzio, Ben Ocello, W'39 president, Howard Aut- rey. Row 2: John Deane, Robert Harris, Kenneth W' ht, lim Mausser, vice-president. Row 3: Norman Ziser, S'39 treasurer, Bud Re- hart, Kurken Kazarian. rig S'39 28 with the student to his locker and checks the sig- natures. Members of the Boys' Self-Government cabinet are elected by the boys of the school. Representa- tives are chosen by recommendation from teachers and by application. The merit scores and scholar- ship records of all representatives must be satis- factory. The chief justice of the Student Court is also a member of the Boys' Self-Government cabinet. Parties for the representatives are given each term, and all boys who assist the Self-Government are invited to attend. Members of the Boys' and Girls' Self-Government cabinets felt that an entertaining assembly for the student body might be a way of letting the students know that Self-Government is not only a disciplinary system but also one which works for everyone's benefit: so the combined Self-Governments pre- sented a school Talent Show. The show was an outstanding success and realized its purpose, for it emphasized the fact that Self-Government is a demo- atic organization. WJ x 1 ' ' 1' 1 iff? XX . . 1 4 . vice-president, Iohn Pe- l B O ll '

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as t K 2 C id- 5-1' Ionian Society Polytechnic owes many a beautiful assembly program to the Ionian Society. In the Christmas and Memorial Day programs, especially, the society excels. By sponsoring these superlative aud calls. the Ionian Society stimulates, in students of the eleventh and twelfth grades, interest in literature. music, public speaking, and current events. Mrs. Cage and Mrs. Iohnson sponsor the Ionians. Officers of the society are elected by the eleventh and twelfth graders of the school. Under the presi- dency of Hector Villalobos in the W'39 term, the society presented, on November 17, to the Ionian members a Thanksgiving program featuring a play given by Mask and Sandal. On March l, under the direction of Wesley Gardner, two films were shown to the student body, Romance of Louisiana and Man without a Country. Because of these interesting assemblies, the Ionian Society, founded in 1897, has long enjoyed an im- mense popularity throughout the school. 30 W'39 and S'39 Ionian Cabinets Row 1: Virginia Dasso, W'39 vice-president, Hec- tor Villalobos, W'39 pres- ident, Mrs. Cage, ad- viser, Wesley Gardner, S'39 president, Loretta Parks, S'39 vice-presi- dent. Row 2: Flora Marquez, W'39 secretary, Oswald Gonzalez, W'39 treas- urer, Mary Ellen Splann, S'39 secretary, Katherine Fountain, S'39 treasurer. , . W 39 Scholarship Cabinet Row l: Vivian Bates, Ted Dankworth, vice-presi- dent, Marie Iohnson, president, Mrs. Hurst, adviser, George Chicos, treasurer, Lois Pineau, secretary, Tom Matsun- agcr. Row Z: Gladys High- tower, Thomas Nelson. Robert Monschke, Frank Amatuzio, and Ieanette Thompson, grade repre- sentatives. S'39 Scholarship Cabinet Row 1: Spencer Osborn, Angelo Villa, vice-presi- dent, Helen Gurley, pres- ident, Mrs. Hurst, ad- viser, Betty Iane Mauger, secretary, Thomas Nel- son, treasurer, Smith Paddock. Row 2: Marjory Howell, y Betty Crater, Eleanor Le 1 '- Roy, lim Chadwick, Betty Valerio, grade repre- sentatives. Scholarship Society Free Day! The one hundred six Scholarship mem- bers are off for a glorious day of fun! Once a year, all members of the Scholarship Society are excused from school for a day to go on a picnic. This is not the only reward for high scholarship. If a student has been in the society four semesters out of six, one of which is in his Senior year, he receives a C.S.F. award at a general assembly, life membership in the California Scholarship Fed- eration, and a gold seal on his diploma. Two interesting activities of the society are the Christmas card sales and the After High School, What? Week, dedicated to all Seniors who plan to go to college. Information about colleges is then given to those who request it. The Scholarship Society, with its interesting peo- ple, meetings, and activities, is indeed worthy of praise, largely because of the enthusiastic work of Mrs. Hurst, sponsor, cabinet members, and the assistant sponsors.