San Diego Academy - Lighthouse Yearbook (National City, CA)

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Who Is it? A motherly woman is she- Oh! Who on earth could it be? She is pleasingly plump - and her age? Well - let that go - But she's over twenty, I know - Spanish and sewing and cooking too? Her accomplishments amaze me! When she is vexed, you dare not say bo Do you-know who she could be? --- Ann Dimock ulul A versatile man with a helping hand in everything from creating odors Qand ex- plosionslj in the chemistry lab to pitching horsehoes out in the field. . thar's Mr. Clark. If you don't know why a grass- hopper chews sidewise, if you desire to ' incribe a triangle in a circle, if you want the latest technique in making hook shots on the basketball court-- what more logical conclusion than to see our friend, Mr. Clark. Fol- low Mr. Clark and you will follow a man who is going places. -Arlene Wiggins 0 Jr Ae -.J 4 g , H X A Q4 ,- 2 -- ,ff- -. fa 1

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He stands at the low-built platform at his desk while he polishes his glasses. Then he puckers his lips a shirt collar and grunts a significant, Oh, hum! QWe quiet down at these wordsy Shall we bow little, sticks out his neck as if to adjust his white is V.- He is of medium height and buildg he has dark brown hair with an odd part--it's between the side and top. He is exceptionallyin- tellectual and has an immense vocabulary, but he isn't at all stuffy. He's never angry at anyone in class. Will you please see me at the close of the period? are his famous last words ibut far from being yoursj. There is a little matter of a document, five hundred words in the form of a theme. I think one of the best things about Professor Hopp is his sense of humor. He really can make a simple sentence hilarious with no effort at all. But there is always order in his classrooms. ---Jeanne Slead When we settle comfortably into our seats in the English room, one of the first lessons learned is the correct sitting posture, often a rude awakening. In the ensuing forty minutes of the ensuing year our brains are subjected to every type of mental exercise known to the teaching professiong i. e. 5 oral gymnastics, written quizzes, blackboard drills, baseball: and sundry other alarming devices designed to produce English models correct, creative, poetic. With a kindly, but firm discipline she endeavors to instill a love for the finer productions of the pen. At first the assignments SEEM hard but as the year progresses, you KNOW they're hard! It is certain that Mrs. Westermeyer will be rememberd as one of the best-loved teachers of our faculty. -- Don Hunter People say you canusually tell what a person does by his or her features. So it is with Mr. Miller. His features you think of a bookkeeper. The very pair of ' Now if he only carried a quill on his ear it would be g , X perfect. To see him sitting at his desk reminds me of - some ink-slinger taken from a book, --- Dick Albertson our heads? So begins another class with Professor 6 J'- Hopp, our Bible instructor. f glasses perched on his nose emphasizes the effect. O 0

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