San Bernardino High School - Tyro Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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There I was . . . John Schwartz tells of his exploits to Meredith Waller, Joy Fisher, and Bud Mayer Drama instructor Mr. Van Buskirk seems more interested in John's making it to play practice. 4? : tk George Lewis is a picture of horror Nothing surprises John Schwartz and as Joyce McGurk threatens him with Bud Mayer in FRYING PAN, not dire catastrophe in FRYlNG PAN. even eccentric cook Fred Burgess. Bef George Lewis flees in panic, Results of skills and rehearsing l A Q

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Two golden faces--one come- dy, the other tragedy--symbolize drama at SBI-lS in '59. ln addi- tion to being the insignia ot the National Thespian Society, the masks each stood tor a play at Card City this year. The comedy was Out of the Frying Pan, and hilarious it was, indeed. A tale ot several aspiring young actors trying to make ends meet in New York, the play delighted over two thousand in two evenings of performance. Breaking away from the light side, Rebel Without a Cause brought hoods, gang tights, and teenage problems to the boards ot the SBHS stage. The many changes of scene in Rebel made necessary a new kind at staging where the sets were actually large props in spot- lights. Behind the scenes an actor's suitcase lay open, exposing jars ot powder-green, pink, white, gray, tubes ot grease paint, glue for false moustaches, ragged garments, everyday garments, tilmy garments, dummy revolvers-all clever tools used by actors to suggest the unreal. But drama is something more than the donning ot disguises. The make-believe people must speak and walk and ges- ture as real people actually do. ln drama classes students learn pitch, pause, and LOUDER, please. They learn where to walk on the stage C blocking l and to cover mistakes ot tel- low performers, Most import- ant, they learn to conquer mounting stage fright by carry- ing on the best they can. Any applause is richly de- served, thank you. News of the tragic chicken race in REBEL comes to the police station via telephone. Barney Mc- Clure takes down details as they are received by Tony Acosta. Adding bushy eyebrows to Milt Winters is Ruben Villavecencio while Chet Sunde looks on. Linda Blackburn and Penny Bunce are absorbed in applying old standbys mascara and lipstick in preparation for REBEL. Bud Mayer, portraying the frantic Plato in REBEL, is surrounded by the Inspector lTony Acostal and his assistants !Dan Gallarclo and Sam Buchanan.l Witty farce, tense drama 1'

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Key-punching, record-tallying '59ers There's a school within a school on the San Bernar- dino l-ligh School campus. lt consists ofa building labeled B and some twenty teachers who have made a career out of teaching young '59ers to type, record letters, keep books, and how to behave in a modern office. Business majors find themselves becoming special- ists early in their school careers. By the time they are juniors, they find they're attending almost all of their classes in the school within the school. Business education is generally considered voca- tional. Like vocational shop courses, the business stu- dent takes the minimum program required of all students, This consists of physical education, a year of science or math, two years of English, drive: educaticn, ciid U. S. history and government. ....,..T -Q This course means that a business major is not admissible to a four-year college upon graduation. Still, many students leave San Bernardino High School to become business teachers. They do this by attending a junior college where they make up their college prep deficiencies before going on to a teacher training college. What happens to those who don't continue their college? They get jobs, and good ones, too. Most of San Berdoo's recommended graduates get jobs imme- diately upon graduation. Some even manage to get hired before graduation. A measure of the success of the business education program lies in the number of graduates placed. ln this respect, San Bernardino's little annex is a big success. Rii!?iI -'-'W' - 'W Q 5 .l A2 all A . x ,