Santa Barbara High School - Olive and Gold Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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THE OLIVE AND GOLD the schools of Chicago, her home city, decided to ask for her release, one month before the close of school here. We shall miss her greatly, and our best wishes go with her on her Eastern journey. ' NEW TEACHERS. Miss Dimmick is to become the chief andilieutenant of the Latin tribes. Her success in the English classics rouses the hope that she may raise-the dead languages. We welcome the return of two former teachers, Miss Grace R. Southwick, now head of the English department of Miss Head's School at Berkeley, and Mr. E. S. Brown, our able History teacher and excellent coach in Athletics, of last year. Mr. Brown is to divide his time between grades and High School, he is our first Physical Director. We extend to both a hearty wel- come. , OUR RIVAL. One of the most important things accomplished by the Printing Depart- ment of our school is the publicationof a paper, known as the Fly Leaves, or in the vernacular of the campus-- Fly Paper. This is a worthy little weekly QFD and deserves our congratulations, which we heartily bestow upon it, also our good wishes for greater success next year. It is the Current Evens of the Santa Barbara High-School and is free to members of the Student-Body. The stall is as follows:- Editor, John Northrop, Senate, Carroll Dunshee, Quorum, .Pearl Gidney, Boys' Athletics, Raymond Connor, Girls' Athletics, Dexa Strait, Track, Emilio Battaini, General Assemblies, Henry Ewald, Roll Calls, May Kellogg, Josh Editors, Robert Ord, Marguerite Andrus, Bruce Lockard, Critic, Miss Dimmick, General Manager, Miss Hunt. SENIOR PLAY AND THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 1912 thanks the previous classes for their precedence in establishing and building up this fund, but we claim for ourselves the honor of having reached the highest mark-live hundred dollars-for Quality Street! Did someone say 1912 is slow? Did someone say we are a class of in- fants? If anyone did say such a thing, let him think on this-five hundred dollars for the Scholarship Fund! S Nearest this mark, comes the Class of 1911, who contributed three hun- dred and fifty dollars--a goodly sum indeed, but it only inspired in us the determination to do better, and we did! Thus, we have made the record. 1913, you will have to raise the standard higher than it has ever been before, just as we have done. Quality Street goes down in the annals of our school as unsurpassable. Let us see whether it will remain so or not. 13

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THE OLIVE AND GOLD A share in the disciplinary problems of the school has been assumed by the Student Council and wisely handled, thus laying an excellent founda- tion for broader ,self-government. The school has expanded in the three separate lines of industrial training, of physical culture, and of the organization of a first year college class. Mr. Lau energetically organized the girls' classes in physical culture, which has been made compulsory by the Board of Education for all freshmen girls. Extra work at the Y. M. C. A. has recalled him from the task, but Miss Over- man and six of the young ladies of the Normal have come to the rescue, so that through their unseliish efforts the course has been continued. Gymnasium suits have been purchased with the 'Girls' Gymnasium Fund and rented to the girls at a cost estimated to be sufficient merely to pay for ,ordinary wear. Full-time classes in Joinery, Forging, Applied Art, and Domestic Science for the first time have been organized, and wonderful results have been at- tained. Our Printing Department is a pioneer in the high school work in the VVest. But-most wonderful of all, is the organization of our college class. A full year's work has been done, and is now rewarded by being accepted at both universities on a par with that done by their freshmen. . , PROSPECT FOR NEXT YEAR. The outlook for next year is for better equipment in Science laboratories and in Mechanical Drawing, a new and complete locker system, the introduc- tion ofl sheet metal work, the increase in number of classes in Manual Train- ing, a new out-of-door gymnasium, the addition to the faculty of an able phy- sical director, and last, but not altogether least, a new electric program-clock, to ring the bells on ime We expect to erect an iron pipe framework over the basket-ball court on which can be stretched a canvas awning to shelter the open-air gymnasium classes. Miss Rich has generously set aside, for apparatus, S500 out of fund entrusted to her for distribution. With Mr. Brown, whose inclination and training have specially fitted him for the work as instructor, good, clean sport, healthful games, and the building up of strong, healthy bodies ought to be possible. TEACHERS LEAVE. Word comes that we are to lose our Latin teacher. Some other school will secure the man who gave us our first Latin play. Our good wishes go with Mr. Garton to his new field. V Los Angeles takes from us Mr. Sandifur of the genial ways and pleasant smile. His departure will be deeply regretted, and will be a blow to the Mathematics and Physics classes not easily overcome. May his deserved success continue in the new school. ' Miss Julia Tear, having received her fourth call to a position in one of iz

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THE OLIVE AND GOLD CO-OPERATION. Never before in the history of the high school has there been such a spirit of co-operation, within the school and without, in regard to the Senior play. Almost every student sold tickets, but the record goes to John Holt, who turned in to the manager S134.00! We want to say right here that this is just in line with I-Iolt's whole atti- tude toward Student-Body activities, and to thank him in the name of the class and the school. ' As a close second to Holt, came Homer Duflie, who sold 3568.50 worth of tickets. Duffle is a Freshman, but he is surely showing the right spirit. Others that come high on the list were Melvin Nelson, 366.255 and George Eilers, 544.00 This shows real school spirit! POSTER SALE. The posters, advertising the Senior Play, this year were exceptionally good. After the play, it was decided that it would be a novel as well as a good money-making scheme, to auction them off, for the benefit of the Student-Body funds. We secured the professional auctioneerf' Mr. Wendell jones, to aid us in this event. So well did he do his work, that some of the posters brought 33.50. Altogether the Student-Body treasury was enriched more than 330.00 by this sale. This is another innovation inaugurated by the class of 1912. OUR CONTRIBUTORS. Never in the history of the Olive and Gold has there been such a gen- erous response to the needs of the magazine as this year. We are, indeed, grateful to those who have submitted matter, and thank them for the interest evidenced in his line. On account of limited space, many excellent stories could not be pub- lished, among those deserving especial mention are :A The Making of a King, Katharyn Browng The King of the Salvogiansf' Hazel Bean, A Manis a Man for a' That, Irma Harritt, The Little Spanish Cavalier, Evelyn Fox, The Eucalyptus Treen-A Myth, Irma Starr. l. VALE. And now we submit our magazine to you, asking you to- Bear and Forbearf' 14