San Pedro High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (San Pedro, CA)

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m ik SENIOR FAVORITES F..lr..,n, ... , .„ M(KT pript I A» sTinrvr pat ( ai ii avo Mjiniuasj IJniH ejSitr 1 Don ' t laugh ' 7 he mug shorso seniors m J962 are not an i funnier than the mugshols of 1979. not after J 7 years, anvuioy Despite t ie change to street clothes by almost every other high school. SPHS seniors have always voted for a pose in the gown 2 The SPHS Marching Band was smaller and looked a little different in 1967 in uniforms resem bling the palace guard in England Tall black shako hats completed the uniform Who lead the bandbock then Mr Manly Wood, of course ' Mr Milt Asher directed the band in the 50s 3 SPHS ' s Varsilj; Football team became the league champion in 1963 with the help of 1962 City Player of the Year. Ronnie Barber. Barber ' s football jersey. ' 23. was the only shirt ever retired in SPHS history. 4 Dress codes were relatively strict in 1967 Knights and Knightettes set the examples The boys wore their hair cut over their ears and the girls always wore dresses or skirts - at all times ' 5. Who would you have voted for ' ' In 1%3. Laurie Friekin and Jerry Romano were voted Best Look- ing ' ' as they sported the in clothes and hairstyles 15 mum. 0. (O HAMPS ARSITV FOOTHAI ! %M U AiiiM 75th Anniversary-

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The sixties were years of change, the post-WWII baby boom had filled high school classes to overflovying. SPHS classes had the largest enrollment ever, before or after that period. With the large classes also came an apathy. The school was no longer the center of students ' lives. There were the five percenters, who pushed to under- mine participation in school activities. These were the fellows who cackled so heartily at the male yell leaders that the species disappeared. Until this time foot- ball games were attended in such num- bers that it wasn ' t hard to fill three, four and even five rooter buses, although the Pirate team didn ' t win many games even then. School dances, with live bands, were popular and usually held every month. Tickets were 85 t or a dollar at the door — scalping was popular. Sportsnights held between dances were only 25 r. These featured a small band and basketball, volleyball, ping pong, checkers and chess. Although apathy was in, these acti- vities were still widely attended, the apathy was directed more toward who would run the school and exactly how well the students did in their classes. Grades weren ' t considered important — yet the fear of failing was great. If a student re- ceived a fail or decided to drop out, he was considered a social outcast. The five percenters were the hippies and drug users that are often referred to in connection with the sixties. Two such students were Eugene March and his sister Rachael. These two worked in vain to produce an underground news- paper and to promote the free speech movement. Their demonstrations were usually met with waves of fruit by the rest of the student body and ended with the rescue of the demonstrators by the long time principal, Mr. Arthur Farnham. Mr. Farnham was with the school for 13 years. He taught off and on before and during the second world war, becoming principal for the remainder of his stay at SPHS. SPHS never really had many problems with the free speech movement during the 1960 ' s, as a matter of fact, Pedro was often the recipient of awards for being the least vandalized of schools during that time. l!uiSi e,(bBill% .. s V MARCHING BAND AND ORCHESTRA p-hrH-;-:--}-

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