Riverside Polytechnic High School - Koala Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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operated the controls One of the busiest people on the campus this year was orr Assistant Principal. MR. LUTHER DAVISSON. Mr. Wrentmore wasn ' t the only person Mr. Davisson assisted. Indeed, it some- times seemed that Mr. Davisson was the chief aid to every person end every activity on campus. Wherever a crisis was likely to arise, he was always there, ready to smooth out all difficulties. No doubt everyone in the school is in some way indebted to Mr. Davisson for his able assistance at some critical moment. He has m:::de a very positive contribution to the success of Poly. , - • K « 1 ' I J 1 1 r if-r» ' ; i ir ts It requires supreme tact and a very pleasing personality to aid the students as Dean of Boys and give them demerits as Attend- ance Supervisor and all the while maintain cordial relations. This dilemma has been MR. B. F. THORSON ' S to solve, and he has distinguished himself in this dual role. Although he has been Attendance Supervisor for several years, this was his first year as Dean of Boys. In the united opinion of all who have known him or worked with him this year, he has served Poly well as Dean of Boys, and, at the same time, has maintained his superlative record of efficiency and courtesy as Attendance Sv pervisor.

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They wisely It was to MISS JEAN THAYER, Dean of Girls, that the girls went to discuss all things, great or small. But no matter what their problems, this gracious lady always listened carefully and sympathetically, and invariably helped with her wise counsel. Surely the girls could never have a finer or more understanding friena than our tactful, kindly Miss Thayer. Almost three thousand pupils were enrolled in Poly this year. Each one of these boys and girls entered high school facing three years of decisions regarding their secondary education and extra-curricular activities. Each of these students will also face the even greater decisions of life after high school — of higher education, of employment, of future family life. And each of these students knew that he could present his problems to our Director of Guidance, MR. ROBERT CLYDE, and receive sound counseling. We are thankful for Mr. Clyde ' s understanding and friendship. 12

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MR. ROBERT LINDQUIST scans through the dictionary to find sixteen -letter words for his English classes ' vocabu- lary tests. MR. HAROLD D. WILLIAMS ponders the eternal problem of forcing the square peg of English grammrr into the round holes in most cf his st. dents ' heads. Truth is beauty; beauty, truth. That ' s all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know, recites MISS MAY HENRY, dem- onstrating her love of the Enghsh language end its literature. English was the MI3S A3NZS McABEE keeps smil- ing in spite of her rigorous dual role of teaching both English end Latin. MRS. ERMA HALEY, English teacher, looks through rival lit- erary publications and finds that Bear Tracks surpasses them all. MRS. MARJORIE SCOTT commanded not only the respect, but the affection of her speech and English students. A tireless worker, she spent many long hours helping the members of Poly ' s speech club, the National Forensic League. MRS. ODETTE MALLET, o ' e of those teachers who commuted between her temporary classroom and the upper campus, catches her breath for a moment between faculty meetings and her English classes.