Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 168 of the 1934 volume:

c. X o K y ,.A ' t 1) m ■ ' V f i j ..y i ' ■ ' ' ' Ai Ky ' ' ' ., i (H T- V ' y X  COPYRIGHT 1934 JAMES JOHNSON .... Editor GEORGE KNACK Business Manager . 5 _.1 i1 N NAUTILUS PI ' BLISHED BY SENIOR CLASS OF THE SANTA lONICA nicai SCHOOL SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA FOR E WORD AGES PAST, IN INDIAN LEGENDS, THE OLD MAN ABOVE TORE A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS AND LOOKED DOWN UPON THIS NEW EARTH OF OURS— SO NEW THAT EVEN THE STARS WERE DARK. IN HIS DESIRE TO REACH THE EARTH, HE CAST DOWN MOl NDS OF SNOW TO FORM A MOUNTAIN REACHING FROM THE EARTH TO THE CLOUDS, AND BY THIS HE DESCENDED. BELOW, ON THE NEW EARTH HE BEGAN THE CREATION OF ALL LIFE. FOLLOWING THAT LEGENDARY TIME, THE INDIAN RACE GREW AND DEVELOPED THROUGH THE SATISFYING OF ITS CRUDE NEEDS AND INSTINCTS. THE SHORES OF OUR OWN SANTA MONICA WERE ONCE INHABITED BY THE INDIANS AND THE GROUND ON WHICH OUR SCHOOL NOW STANDS WAS THEIR SACRED PLACE OF BURIAL. IT IS, THEREFORE, WITH DEEPEST REVERENCE THAT WE HAVE SELEC TED AS THE THEME OF OUR BOOK, THE EVERLASTING SPIRIT OF THE INDIANS AND THEIR COLORFUL LEGENDS. VELMA MCDONALD LV i ' ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DEDICATION TO THK Sl ' lRlT OF THK WKiWAM, A SPIRIT WHOSE ESSENTIAL (Jl ALn - WAS COIKACK, INDOMITABLE AND UNALLOYED. WITHOLT COURA(]E, RACES CRUMBLE UNDER THE EROSION OF TIME AND STRESS. WE SALl.ATE THE INDIAN, THE EPITOME OF INTRKPH)! ' ] ' , THE MARROW IN TIH HONKS OF MAN. 1. M. (Jkr.main. £caA C(£ WIGWAMS OF TODAY SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL MExMORIAL OPEN AIR THEATER CAMPUS SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL WE STWAR D •westward; ' a large mural depictlng the hergism and XEAR-DESPAIR OF PIONEERS CROSSLNKJ A DESERT GORGE, WAS PALNTED for the high SCHOOL LH RARY HY CONRAD lUFK DURING THE SPRINCJ OF lO.U. MR. BUFF, ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED ARTISTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WAS COMMIS SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT UNDER THE PI BLIC WORKS OF ART PROJECT TO PAINT THIS MURAL ESPE- CIALLY Fcm THE SANTA MONICA HK H SCHOOL. I ' F IS TO HANG ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE LIBRARY WHERE ' IHE ARCHI lEC ' FURAL QUALITY OF ITS DESIGN AND THE WARM, RICH COL- ORING OF THE DESERT WILL BE IN HARMONY WI ' FH THE DE SIGN AND DECORATION OF THE ROOM. THE FEELINCJ OF HEROIC ENDEAVOR AND COl ' RAGE WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRA- TION TO MANY FUTURE GENERATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF OUR BELOVED SAMOHI. —ADELINE COOKE. ADMINISTRATION JUST AS THE INDIAN COUNCIL, THE INDIAN CHIEF AND THE MEDICINE MAN TOOK CARE OF THE AFFAIRS OF THEIR TRIBE, THE COUNSELLORS, PRINCIPALS AND ADVISERS TAKE CARE OF THE SCHOOL. Warren Batchelder lltimaii vahus arc wnaurnl to a great degree hy eomparison. (.om anso,i US I; set up standards. The eiiviroinaeat in uhieli one is plared determine lain extent the standards set up y the individual. A high sehool is and should he a place of standards, ivherc constructive thinking and strnight-joncard living mahe a picture or environment that will produce in the individual in that sehool the hest possible growth. This constructive thinking and straight-foruard living u ' ill of necessity arouse in the individual purposeful aspirations. The standards as set hy the Santa Monica High School in scholarship and in extra currieular activities compare very favorably icith the finest institutions in our state. These h ' c must seek to continue on the same high plane. This year has been a success- ful one in all lines of student endeavor and ice are proud of the accomplishments of the individual student and of the group as a whole. The purpose of The Nautilus is to record the history of these extra currieular activities. I wish to congratulate the Class of 1934 and the student body as a tvhole for the very fine spirit in tvhich they have assumed the neiv responsibilities of our re- organization. No school without right ideals and correct standn, transition from our buildings to our tent structures as successfully ica High School has been able to do this year. As the Class of 1934 leaves the high school and goes into the world outside ice can not promise you an easy time. You will go into a world of strife and trouble. It is my hope that you icill find there the work best suited to your ability and needs, and that you will find joy in whatever service you may render. W. F. Barnum, Principal. ds could make the as the Santa Mon- AUOUST R. VEEXKER ETHEL .M. ROHIXSOX VICE - PRINCIPALS lis ' VI at Samohi ul Mr. A. R. Miss Etlu-l .M. Robins.,,! ' cciikcr is Boys ' Vice- Principal. Try to see one of them some busy school morning and after they have settled most every one else ' s problem in the whole .school, they will get around to you and will settle yours as well. The two sentences heard more often around school than any others arc , Go see Miss Robin.son, and I ' ll send you to Mr. Veenker . The official duties of vice-principals are to discipline the bad boys . . . and girls. supervi.se all student activities, give personal advice, meet disgruntled parents, study arious student difficulties and problems and try to remedy them. And after those lew jobs have been finished, Miss Robin.son takes care of the clubs of Samohi, in the position of general adviser, and Mr. Veenker is in charge of plajground acti ities throughout the Santa Monica School system. We .seem to be able to get along without buildings, but we ne er cmiid lio with- out our vice-principals. Mr. Veenker is the adviser for the Hoys ' Senior Advi.sory Hoard and Miss Rob- inson holds the same position with regard to the Girls ' Senior Advisor Hoard. ' Hie (iirls ' League and the Boys ' League arc advised by Miss Robinson and Mr. Veenker respectively, and both vice-principals hold counselling positions on the A.ssociatcd Stu- dent Body Executive Hoard. It may be seen that the two vice-principals are the bal- ance-wheels to Samohi ' s democratic system of student government. The students make their own decisions and enact their own laws, with occasional suggestions from tiic ice-principals. Miss Robinson and Mr. Veenker have found, that after the first preliminary organization at the beginning of each year, the students are able to conduct their own courts and hold their own meetings, with great skill. COUNSELLORS Few liigh scluMils cm hoast ot a counselling system as complete as the one in force at Santa Monica High School. Twelve members of the faculty, care- fully chosen by the Principal, have groups of students averaging one hun- dred and twenty-five members. These students meet their counsellors for the first time before they leave the junior high school, and throughout their coinsc ha e the prixilegc of receiving program guidance each semester. This plan assures the student that his subjects will be chosen to fill graduation requirements, and to meet future voca- tional needs and entrance requirements to the universities. The whole school is beginning to feel the beneficial effect of the system whicli took three years to install and was com- pleted in September, 1932. All honor to the counsellors! Ethel M. R( 7 -P rind pal. SOPHOMORE: Gronkhite Thomas VVyman Suits JUNIOR: Anderberry Johnson Horn Read Jl JI SENIOR: Brown Story Crumpacker FjELSTEU ■f FACULTY Christine Axderrery Mathciiuiiuf V ClaR.ABEL I.. BiLKIORD Lnnguat c Erna Marie Brenxemax Home E,ono?„irs Drpi. Chain Favoi.a a. Brattox EufiUsh Dcpt. Chainiiiw Helex Goetz Carter Phyiicnl Education Llcii.i.e Rosemary Brow: Charlotte F. Corder Eanguagc Halfori) H. Cikiiru.x Mechanic Arts Adelixe Cooke Lihrary Saxcer W. Crl ' MI ' .Xcker Physical Education V ' . P. Fetherole Science Deft. Chairman Rhea Olga Featherston Physical Education N. S. Fjelusted Science Ethei. I). IJrooks Giampaoi.o Orchestra Martha Marc .aret Hellner Physical Education FvEZ (Iroseiei.I) ClcoJLitU-f.(l nJLov. FACULTY Lawrence Samuel Horx Socidl Siinuc— Physical Ediuntin Margaret Jackson Library Edwin Bennett Jacka J Ircluwic Arts Florence L. Johnston Science Caroline Lucy Judd Social Science (Chairman Jack Sanderson Joyce Band N. D. Knupp Science Ruby S. Lolchran English Franklin Earl Lord (Commercial Dept. CJiairinan Elmer ] L Krehbiel Mathematics Pearl Lalsfaey Music LAE K. McGregor English Alexander Edward Mendosa Commercial Shelle - Renton Miller Printing Grace Woodyard Morey Language Dept. (Chairman Fred Maynard Mitchell (Commercial m. fH iAf FACULTY Herbert Ji nmor Hortox Lan ]iiagr Henr-s Newholse Snnnl Srienrc Floyd Ernest Mishler Physical Education (Jhairinnn Doris Eldrep Moon Music Dcfit. (Jhairiiian Alton Nielsen Social Science Bernice (Igden Science Caroline E. Pierson Social Science EOLA M. QlINN Comnirrcial Marianna Read English Ri ssELL Ralph Reukema English Nettie Belle Rice Girls ' ( continuation If ' ork Josephine Seaman Roberts Art De ' t. Chairman Philip H. Stevens English Dorothy Sklar Art Mary Virginia Story Home Economies (lEOROE W. Stewart Mechanical Arts ( - FACULTY JEW TlMRI-RMAN Langunijc Carrik Bki.i.e Smith Social Science .Mai ni- Ethel Thomas Commcrcirtl Charlotte B. Suits English Verona Matilda Wegerer English CjERTRI l)K H. WVMAN English [v?. Beatrice Weigle Mathematics W. V. VERNER Mathematics Eva Irene Cronkhite l Iusic Charles pREnERicK Wrk.ht English B. There are %er lew AkHftools thit in K.j f ..r .1 !--.i;.- •l■ JK-ntic ' I nica •jiir , ■ ern- - tx: t m the rnj through M.-hool. may rvio ror th $r oir crs. ippoitittd h the A. S. B. prr$t irt i. veil ha who ot are Nsastant to tht pmitiaH. His ymrk. i to he gra- U to guide and litrtct the activities oi all $opho- ilfee vicr-pr«stiiknts for tbts -ear wrre Pete Rattcan e«ch paper aJic Tvecutive Board. re ■ ■- of •ps a scrap hook wh r 4 r ix ' . ' t imng to the A. S. B., . r.-. ..(.( j die o rh $ Tar w-ere Bett Brrariey and Jllanan la . hays who illeJ thi potiitton thi 20 1 y ' ■ll d 1 % rfl-- If ' fli A. B. BREARLEV .MCCOFFi: MCNAIRY RATICAX Thrif .iic very tew schools that can boast ot a more democratic system than that of Santa Monica High, in the administering and managing of the student affairs. Students who truly interest them- selves in the politics and govern- ment of Samohi will always be able to take an intelligent part in the politics and government of the coimtry they live in. This system is effected through the Associated Student Body of Santa Monica High which consists of every student enrolled. Every person has a direct part in the elec- tion of the president, the vice-pres- ident, the secretary and the yell leader, and every student who has a merit record above seventy, who is passing in three solids, and is of or these offices. Besides these officers there arc the required year in school, may run six commissioners appointed by the A. S. R. president. The duties of the president are to wisely direct all activities of the student body and to promote and maintain throughout the school, high standards of citizenship, to preside over meetings of the A. S. B. and the A. S. B. Exxcutive Board. The student body presidents this year were Louis McNairy and Pete Ratican. The vice-president is the chief assistant to the president. His work is to be gen- eral manager of all social affairs and to guide and direct the activities of all sopho- mores and incoming students. The vice-presidents for this vcar were Pete Ratican and Charles Picco. The secretary acts as secretary to the Executive Board, recording the minutes of each meeting, has charge of all petitions, keeps a scrap book which contains all news- paper clippings and articles of interest pertaining to the A. S. B., and keeps a file of all corresjjondence. The secretaries this year were Betty Brearlc ' and Marian Mat . The yell leader ' s duties include the promotion of sportsmanship at all times, the leading of yells and of otherwise creating school spirit at contests and other occasions at which S. M. H. S. is represented. He also prepares and decorates the athletic field for games with other schools. The veil leaders this vcar were Glen McCjuffiji and Bud Rf The commissioner of finance is student-assistant to the auditor. Under his di- rection, this commissioner plans and develops ways and means to increase the general school fund, manages the sale and collection of tickets for all pay affairs, including dances, plays, assemblies and contests. He attends Executive Board meetings and makes a financial report at this board ' s reqviest. The boys who filled this position this year were Stewart Wilcoxon and Dick White. 20 B. The purpose of the Commission- er of Forensics is to organize and promote all forensics, debating and public speaking activities in which S. M. H. S. engages. His special duties arc to arrange for all inter- scholastic and inter-class debates and to direct all debate meetings. This position was filled by Har- land Swift. The Commissioner of Athletics strives for the promotion and wel- fare of athletics and sportsmanship. His duty is also to appoint team managers, to see that the athletic field is properly arranged for all games, to act as host to all visit- ing teams, to arrange for transpor- tation of teams, and to award the athletic letters and trophies. This position was filled by Don Vaupel and Don Reid. The Commissioner arranges details for all assemblies Pete Ratican and Gwyllyn Ford. The Commissioner of Publicity is the Editor-in-Chief of the Samohi, weekly pub- lication. This commissioner ' s duty is to direct the publication of all news items and to keep the student bod - well informed. This position was filled bv Elliott Pine and Van Welch. These student leaders have been forced to meet new problems which the ever- changing conditions present, and they have shown their high caliber by keeping in operation, with the aid of their advisers, the intricate machinery of our school during the most discouraging times. PICCO MATZ RATICAN RASMUSSEN of Entertainment, with his assistant commissioner, and stage activities. This position was filled by PMHI BIHUHJ SBH fff s ' ' - H F Ma3 j tf ' M J Jj BBB ssss g j m gy i 5 mM mn ' rp VT iMmy H Stw ifli v B H 9 111 iiPlJliil lifli bH i % %w W jl W I AUJ U-i A. S. H. EXECl I ' lX ' h 21 GIRLSTEAGUE The Girls ' League has been active as usual this year, sponsoring many interesting activities for the girls. The first of these was a Penny Day. On this day all the girls were asked to donate pennies for the benefit of the Girls ' League. Early in October, the Executive Board gave a tea for their advisers and the program for the year was planned. The Girls ' League assisted in the success of Blue and Gold Da ' by offering for sale crepe paper and pom-poms of the desired colors. The Girls ' League Federation Convention at Beverly Hills was attended by a group of the Board members during November 3 and 4. One of the in- teresting events of the fall was the Hard Times Frolic. All the girls were welcome to come in their oldest clothes and everyone had a good time. At Christmas time, the girls cooperated with the boys in giving a Christmas Cheer party for some of the less fortunate children. The new sophomores in February were given a party and also a tour of the grounds so as to be better acquainted with the school. Friday, April 13, marked the day of the Gym Jubilee, sponsored by the co- operation of the G. A. A. and Girls ' League. Much commendation is due Miss Ethel M. Robinson, the Girls ' League Sponsor, as it is she who originates many of the splendid programs which the girls present. President, Dorothy Bundy; vice-president, Margaret Payne; secretary, Peggy Kil bourn; commissioner of entertainment, Johnny Stevens; commissioner of publicity, Barbara Murdoch; commissioner of social service, Betty Baum; commissioner of lost and found, Elvera Chew. CILBOURN BUNDY PA-i NE .MURDOCH 22 BOYS LEAGUE 1 S ' 1 The Boys ' League is an organiza- tion for the promotion of the welfare of the boys of Samohi. Every boy in the school is a member. The Execu- tive board is composed of three elected members and four members appointed by the President. This year ' s board considers its out- standing achievement to be the aboli- tion of the bounds rules which was accomplished largely through guid- ance of Mr. Veenker, adviser, and the officers of the club. Some of the other duties that fall to the Boys ' League are the organiza- tion and operation of the Samohi Ad- visory Board and the Boys ' Court, and the handling of the three popular days known as Blue and Gold Day, Boys ' Day, and last but not least, the ever popular Fiesta Day. The Annual Boys ' League Dance was the first dance held in the new girls ' gym. both financially and socially. Due to the earthquake, which was responsible for the closing of all schools and also the closing of the auditoriums, the Boys ' League was unable to hold the Annual Boys ' League Vodvil. The officers for this year were: President, Louis Veenker; vice-president. Lino Donatoni; secretary-treasurer, Paul Slaughter; adviser, Mr. Veenker; social service, Walter Darby; publicity, Dick Braun; entertainment, Kenneth Leverenz ; hospitality, Edward Gillette, SLAUGHTER GILLETTE VEENKER ORMSBY It was a grand affair and a success GIRLS ' SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD The Gills ' Advisory Hoard is a very active organization. T u- duty of this hoard is to see that all the girls know and obey the rules of Samohi. There are over a hundred girls who have volunteered to be in the organization. They are divided into five groups, so that they are all on duty one day of every week. Five of the girls are captains, each one being in charge of a group. Each captain posts her girls on different parts of the campus, and is in general charge on her day of duty. It is well known how efhcient the girls are. If a friend expertly dodges some paper, there always seems to be someone there to ask that the unlucky missile be picked up. Before those estimable tents were erected there was no loitering in the halls because of some friendly but determined girl on the board. The spirits of all the Samohites went sky-rocketing on the advent of the tents, but they were soon brought back to the usual Samohi level by those same girls. If a friendly word of warning is not obeyed, a much subdued girl finds herself summoned to court. Each day ' s group has a judge, a bailiff, and a clerk, wlio council all too wisely, and perhaps give demerits to an unfortunate black sheep. Dispensing with details, the Girls ' Advisory Board keeps the Samohi school spirit that of an institution of high standing. The constitution of the Associated Student Body of Samohi deals with the two boards in Article VII. Section 1. Boys ' Senior Advisory Board . . . shall consist of the President of the Boys ' League, who shall be the Chairman of the Board; the Vice-President of the Boys ' League, who shall be Vice-Chairman of the Board ; and as many other mem- bers as the chairman deems necessary. Appointments to the Board shall be made by the Chairman, with the consent of the Boys ' Vice- Principal of S. M. H. S. Section 2. Girls ' Senior Advisory Board . . . shall consist of the same officers in the Girls ' League as the Boys ' Board consist of Boys ' League officers. The consent for appointment shall be given by the Girls ' Vice- Principal. Section 3. Powers and Duties . . . shall be the duty of these Boards to pro- mote good citizenship throughout the school. t BOYS ' S E ADVISORY N I O R BOARD Created with the idea of promoting better i-itizenshi|i :unoii}i tlie boys of the school, the Student Courts ha e proved successful. The Hoard is di ided into five groups, each meeting one day a week, and having full control of the courts on those days; in every court there are a presiding judge, a clerk, and a bailiff. .Sessions are held whenever six or more cases need attention. Louis Veenker, Lino Donatoni ami Paul Slaughter are president, vice-president and secretary, respectively The jiuors of the various courts either are suggested by a member of the tacult or voluntarily submit themselves for membership. The jurors are assigned posts on various parts of the campus, and it is their duty to report all misconduct on the part of the male students. Bruce Stern, Cjlenn McCjuffin, Bert Lopez, Ray Baird and John Ormsby are the judges of the courts. The work of the judges is to be highly commended, ami the number ot penalties inflicted has happily remained low, due to the excellent probation system devi.sed to help, rather than punish, the unfortunate miscreants. The motto of the jurors has been Justitia Super Omnibus. or, in other words, impartiality has existed. Co- operative administration among the various members, the jurors, tried and true, and their sturdy bailiffs, has greatly increased the prestige of the participants. In conclu- sion, we might say that without such a marvelous body, the high standard, the order, and school honor would have visibly been decreased. 25 CLASSES THE OLD EXPERIENCED ONES, THE YOUNG WORKING ONES AND THE CHILDREN, ALL NECESSARY TO THE LIFE OF THE PUEBLO, FUSE THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO GAIN LIVELIHOOD, PROTECTION, SUCCESS. Josephine Verplank FRED WOODS yo . ' AUPEL STUiMPF ROTHWELL TARLTON rood fellow. Or Louis McNairy, the A. The members of W ' 34 will always re- WINTER SENIORS In many respects, the Winter Class of 1934 was one of the most outstand- ing graduating classes from Santa Mon- ica High School. Not only did it num- ber among its graduates some very pro- mising young men and women, but it had upheld a spirit of loyalty and class honor scarcely surpassed in recent years. Through the earthquake year, through the first year of the New Deal, it val- iantly carried on, with many of its ac- tivities curtailed ; the lack of money, the loss of the auditorium, and various other inevitable results of unusual conditions, did not daunt the officers and members of that memorable class of ' 34. Who can forget Johnny Roth well, whirlwind basketballer, and valedictor- ian ? He was president of his class, a member of the C. S. F., and an all-around S. B. president, and varsity football star? member his part in The Thirteenth Chair, when we learned for the first time that Louis could be an actor. Betty Brearley, who was secretary of the A.S.B., and the secretary of her Senior B class, and Barbara Blackburn, also A. S. B. secretary, and queen of the Fiesta in 1933, will not easily slip the minds of those who worked at their sides during a three-year grind for that little piece of paper called a diploma. Louis Tarlton, too, will not be forgotten; his football, his excellent presidency of the Senior B class, and his acting (in The Importance of Being Ernest ) assure him of a niche in the hall of Samohi ' s famous. Jeannette Rosenberg, Eloise Kline, and Betty Ro,se Chittenden are names which will certainly be engraved upon the hearts of some of our male graduates long after the memories of school days have passed on. Herman Stumpf, salutatorian, basketballer, and A-1 student, and Dan Enrico, an active athlete (basketball, football), are not to be omitted from this list. Don Vaupel, Senior A vice-president, and commissioner of athletics, and Adolph Brandini, the musical letterman, too, stand out as exceptional members of the W ' 34 class. Jackie Bidwell, trackster and Bay League debater, Roy Staley, So. Cal. hurdle champ, Walt Siemon, diamond star, Martie Mortenson, can hardly be neglected, and when their names are mentioned, the most blase graduate of W ' 34 will sit up and take notice. Alyce Johnson, for her splendid work as the Irish character in The Thir- teenth Chair, and for her other interesting and dramatic parts in plays throughout her high school life, must be commended highly. Helen Glow was prominent in the same line. So, too, were Mary Louise Furman and Emily Larson. Gayle Preston. Varsity track manager, Mary Jane Webb, on the Girls ' Advisory Board, Jeanne (jar- rigues, on the Girls ' League Ways and Means committee, and Hugh Douglas will all be thought of as people who made Samohi history during the years 1931-1934. Too limited is our space; we might continue for pages to enumerate outstanding class members, but we fear that even then, some might be unmentioned who deserve mention. Nevertheless, we feel sure that the class of W ' 34 will be chronicled for many years to come, as a wonder class. 27 ' t W ' M p %| 1 WINTER ' 34 J ' errv Adams Barbara Blackburn Samohi Advisory Board 2, 4 ; Secretary A. S. }-. Queen of Spanish Fiesta 4. Hetty Brearlev Samohi Advisory Board 2; Thumbtack Club Secretary Senior B Class 4 ; Secretary Stude Body 4 ; Decoration Committee for Fiesta 4. Martin Alcala Football 2; Basketball 2. 4; Honor Scholarsh James H. Anderson Spanish Fiesta 2; Football 2, .1, 4; Track 2, 3, iLiJAN Bates Dods Club. WiNNiFRED Burden Sports 2. .! : Dods 4 ; Glee Club 3. Edward Beck [ack Brown Football 2. .1 ; Track 2 ; Baseball 3. Li cii.E Brothers Frances Burns ••Sweethearts ,1; Clee Club 2, 3, 4: C. A. A. 3. Jack Blanchard Class C Basketball 2; Class C Football 2; Class B Football 3 : Class C Swimming 2 ; Tennis 2. 3. 4; Samohi Advisory Board 2, 3, 4. Claude . I. Buerge Samolii Advisory Board 3, Christeen Carney Samohi Advisory Board 2. 3: Coml. Betty Campbell Fortune Teller 2; Thumbtack Club 2, 3; A. A. 2: World Friendship Club 4; Spai Fiesta Day Program 4; Sweethearts 3: Sw niing Club 2; Horseback Riding Club 2; I Day 3; Sophomore Skip 2; Girls Gvm Jinks Speedball 2; Samohi Staff 3. WiLLL M F. Clark Track 3; Football 2, 3; Golf 3; Tumbling t 4 ; Basketball 2 ; Swimming 2. WINTER ' 3 4 Wallv Casti.e Tennis _ ' . .i ; V.in Mem Tlnh 2. .1, 4 -Evervman. ' ' Fnotball . ' ; Swinimint Relations Chib .!. -Fashion. 2; W.irl.l ViDA DORBS D,ds Club 2. }; Spanish Kiesta ,i, -t. Dora Fox Spanish P ' iesta Program 2, .; : Bantlb 2, J. i.x 2; Peik- Hugh Dolclas Track 4: Circulation Manager of -Sn World Friendship Club; Glee CU hearts. nohi-; ,i, 4 Gandenzio G. Enrico Basketball 2. .1, 4: Football .i. -4; Class B Trao 4; Class B Football Manager; I.cttermen ' s Clul 2, 3, 4 ; Samohi Advisory Board 2, 3. 4. Betty Rose Chittenden Glee Club 2, .1; Fortune Teller- hearts i : Advisory Board 4 ; Oeliai Commercial Club i ; Piano Club .!. 2: -Sweet MAR ' i Lot ise Flrman Bandbox ( luh 2 1 4 G A Friend-bii, 1 Inb ' Sim. b, Si .11 M. ,,, 1 I ' nl 1, ,11 Hi,. 11 1 „ t, 1 X 1 II, 1 , 1 l , S„, l«,K 1 ,„ 1 1 1 1 11, 111 , ,il ,1 lane ' De 4 ' Th uith Chan ' Paul Dunderdale Willia.m Callister Martha Ci.al ssen Dods Club .1, 4. GoLDiE Carey Frank Ewbank Orchestra 2, .i, 4 ; Samohi Advis.jry Board 4. Paul M. Franks Entered from Whittier Tnion High tember, }9}}. School. Sci Yvonne Couturier Dods Club 4; Glee Club j ; Perks .5, - HoRTENSE HeR.M ANSON Spanish Fiesta 3. 4; Glee Club ,i. 4 day of the Infanta 4 ; Public Seh ols I ' rograi 3; Pierre Patelon 4. ' Frank Fukuhara mt H WINTER ' 34 AL •CE JoHNSOX  ; % JEANNE (lARRIGl ES Wavs and Means Cnmmiltcc o( Girls League ■ Chairman Hall nuty Cirls League 4 : AHvisn Board }• ; Entertainment Committee (iirls -eag 4; Hospitality Committee for Senior Play AlHRRT (tLICK.MAX Kavmoni) McCance Board 2. .;. 4 : C Track .! : Manager C. Lairetta H arc is n()Rt)TH ' HlNSI.KY Sports 2. .!, 4; Dods Club 4, Martin Mortensex RoI.FE HoFFLlNl) Sophomore Skip 2; Class A Football 2: Class A Track 2, .! ; Samohi Correspendcnts to Outlook 3. . ' ; Advisory Board 4 : Fencing Club .( ; Tunior Senior Football 4 : HiV 2. ,! ; Gcdt Club i ■ Samohi Staff 4. (Ilai)ys Leavitt RlTH Hot ric.an Adviv.ry Hoard ,i. t: Fiesta 4. Charles Hoi.zer I-reherkk ji dson l.oi isK Mac CiLashan Ij.oLSE Kline ( bib 2 : The Fortune Teller 2 : Prcsir iann Club .!. 4 ; •■Sweethearts _.i ; Advi of Being Ernest 4: Triple Trio 2. •The Thirteenth CI iiish Fiesta Pn A ' OS JEFFS Advisory Board .i. 4; Golf 2: Baseball Ma . ' : Lettermen ' s Club ,t. 4; Samohi 3: Gr BoartI 2, i Spanish Fiesta 2; HiY 2, .i WINTER Dick Lewis MlLHRED McElROV 3 4 Emily Larsr: Lost and Found IJcparlmrnt J: -Mothci B have .1; Advisory Board 4; (;. A. A 2. Plav Day 2; Journalism Staff 4. Dclians - Perks 3, 4. Alfred Kexurick James Maxwell I olores Machado Van Mem J; Fiesta Progr iertha Leutel Ben Marrle r. B. Track 2. ship Club .i. Henry AIoon Tennis 2. . 4. Martha Maxey Marion Livingston n. A. A. 2. 4 ; Spanish E ' iesta Progr Bill , Lartin Football 4. Richard Moore an In 4 : Bandbox Aryeness Norman Van Mem .1; Secretary of Samohi Staff 4. Ortense Madrid Advisory Board 4; Spanish Fiesta 4. George T. Mason Entered from Hoover Hiyh School. San Dieg.) SI WINTER ' 34 CHARLIiS McCaL ' GHEV Track 4: Everyman 4; Birthday o fanta 4 : Pierre Patilon 4. |. N ' E Randolph Orchestra 3: Advisory B..ard 4; Sp ' .rts .i: Fiesta Program .!. 4; Dance Progr The Imjiortance of Being Ernest 4 JOSEPHINE E. MaSSEV 1. 01 IS -McNairy A F.n.tt.all J. ,i. 4: A Track 2. 3; Secretary of Hm ' l.tamic ■ : Secretary of Lettermen ' s Club .i. Prcsidriit ..f Vike ' s Inn 2; The Thirteenth Chair 4: icc President of Senior B Class 4; I ' resident of Student Bodv 4. Margierite Rose (;. . . A. J, 3: Tennis 2, . : Delians Nellie Pay Perks J : Advisory Board J, 4 ; G. A. A. 3 ; Dods Club J ; Spanish Club 2. (jayle Prestox B V; Robert Raymond Track 2. 3. 4; Football 2. 3. 4: Basketball 3: Printshoii 4 ; Boys ' Day 3 ; Junior Senior Day Claire Rosex ( Ieorgeanxa Pexxixgtox Literary Club 4; G. A. A. 3; Perks 3. Dick Roach Class C Football 2; Christmas I ' rngrani : filee Club 2. 3. 4 ; Sojihomore Skip Comr 2 : Junior Prom Committee 3 : Senior Class niittee 4 ; Senior Ltmchenn Committee 4 ; S Advisory Board 2. 3. 4: Captain Bounds miltce 3. 4: Hi-Y 3. 4: Spanish Fiesta LeRoy Sterlixg Washington High St 4; A Track 4. RoMXE ' i- 1 ' r ATT I ' m I. LIS Sl ' AlX V..rl,l Friendship Secret. Piano Club 4; G. A, A. Day 4 ; Thumbtack j ; WINTER ' 34 Rov ' SI. Stalev Track ,-, 4; Delians 4. Frances Sperrv Trinidad High Sch.. l. Ttii.i. C.ir ' s Tennis Team J; Ban.lhox Mae Rich „■ Teller 2: Bandhox CInh J ; Spanish Fiesta Program raxcis Edward Rooney Footlrall L , .!, 4 : r.olf 2, i ; Spanish Fiesta C. mittee 2. j ; Baseball 2, 3 ; Swimming 2 Mer.max Stu.mpf Baskethall. .! ; Foothall Hettie Thomas Bandhox 2. |i:a ette Rosenberg Ghib |nn H I WELL CI.,.. l ' ,,Md.„i J; Delians 2. .!, 4: Vice-Preside .i. 1; Senior A Class President 4; Basketball .i. 4; Track 2: C. S. F. Pin 4; Valedictorian ■ Letterinen ' s Clnb 2. 3. 4; Samohi Advisoi Board 2, 3, 4 ; Samohi Staff 4. George Alan Thomas Lowell High School, San Francisco 2. .! ; Fiesl; Dav 4; Senior Class Dav Play 4; World Friend ship Club 4. Mary |ane Weber Thumbtack Club 2. 3: Debans .) ; Samohi AH visorv Board 2. .1, 4 ; Secretary of Ciirls ' Samoh Advisory Board 4. Helen Rcsseli Walter Siem( Donald Vaupel Samohi Advisory Bo Senior A Class 4. Virginia Westfai 4; Samohi Ad Irene Sawyer ;e Wheeler GILLETTE SEERY ORMSBY EVANS SUMMER SENIORS The swift moving pen of time has traced the end of another school year, and again another graduating class moves up to take the place of those before them. All over the United States at this time of the year, thousands of stu- dents are graduating from the high schools, pushing ahead into the parade of life, either forcing those ahead of them forward or to one side, or them- selves being forced off the road. Out of each of these innumerable high schools a few students have been chosen to lead their colleagues into the begin ning of the next chapter of their great adventure. These are the valedictorians and salutatorians. These are represented here at Samohi by Barbara Murdoch, valedictorian, and John Ormsby, salutatorian. These two students have been chosen because of their outstanding progress and work in heading their classes. Sport, that great conditioning division of the schools of America, which train ' the physical part of the students for that greatest contest of all, the game of life, has also had its outstanding representatives in this summer class. Those who played an important part in maintaining the high athletic standards the graduates of the past have built up are : Edmund Gillette, Edward Hopkins, Bert Lopez, Clyde Price, and Raymond Baird. These students are but a fraction of those in the Summer Graduat- ing Class who devotedly gave their time to keep up the standing of this school in sports activities among other high schools. From this graduating class will be sent representatives into ever ' walk of life. industry, art, commerce, and business. Very important among these are the people who add to our cultural background, the yardstick by which civilization is measured. Many students of the summer class, by their exceptional talents, have set a high stan- dard of quality in the art department. The school of drama and the stage has played a very important part in the past development of the culture of this civilization, and is expected to play a still greater part in the future. Those who, in this graduating class, have .shown marked distinction in their dramatic offerings are: Dnice Hender- son, Gwyllyn Ford. There are many others who made equally high marks in the courses which they pursued, and who will carry high the flaming torch of progress handed down to them from those who have climbed to the pinnacles of success and achievement from just such a beginning as theirs. 34 SUMMER ' 34 bri -|-n- Ai.MNiKov Fnnthall 2. .i. 4 ; Basketball 2. J, 4 ; Track 2, SwdmiiiTiK . ' ; I.cllcrincn-s Club 2. 3 ; Thumbta Club 2, .i, 4. BiLi.ri- Hassett Gl-RALDtNE AnSBRO Advisory Boar , 4; Vice President I,( men ' s Club .i, 4: Rad Honor Scholarship 4. Frhd Barnes Li LA BOCART ' au Mem Club. Harriet Arnesox George Betton Football 2, .! 4; Basketball 2. .ettcrmcn ' s Club .!, 4. Pai ' le Brenke Kathleen Caxnox ■•Sweethearts : Fiesta 2. o, 4; Style Sh. Marjorie Earth G. A. A. 2. i. 4 ; Samnhi Staff . ; Plav Dav 2. Fiesta .i ; Gym links 2. i : Perks 2; Swimm Club 2. Max Bloo.m Football 2. .!: Basketball ,1. 4; Swimming Golf .1, 4; Track 2. .i. 4; Lcttermen ' s Club Robert Bl rrolghs Mary Margaret Caxax Bamlb.,x 2, .!. 4; Bandbox ' s 4 : Spanish Fies Play Day 2. 3. I ' niform Dress Betty Bacm Richarh Braux A. SUMMER ' 34 Carl Luther Dearborx Football 2. J. 4; Basketball 2. termen ' s Club 4; Orchestra 2, Lillian Chernin Manual Arts High School 2. .i. Thelma Brewer Donald Carlson Senior Advisory Board 2, .1. 4 ; Football 4 : Lit- erary Club 4. Lewis Eager Football 4 ; Che Beryl Cornish . Largaret Brewster Girls ' League Advisory Board 4; Perks Club 4; Play Day Williaim Chambers Football 4 ; Latin Club 4. Dick Evans Leoti Cooper Dorothy Bundy G. a. a. 2, i. 4; Gil Tennis Team 2, 3, 4. Dennis Conover Senior Advisory Board 4 : Tr; 4 ; Fiesta 3 ; Student Court 4. League President Suddath Evans Football 2, 3 ; Basketball 2. 3, 4 : Track 2. Senior Advisory Board 2. 3; Debate; Jii Senior Day 2, 3 4; Boys ' League Court 2. Lettermen ' s Club 2, 3. 4. NE COWLES G. A. A. 3, 4 ; French Club 3 ; Senior Adv Board 3, 4. Mary Lou Cirtix Fiesta Queen 2 : 11 city Manager ■ ' I ' hearts 3: F-nii: Song Leader i Fiesta 2. 3. 4: ( - Albert Edmunpson ' A. 2. 3 ; Team 3 ; SUMMER ' 34 GwYLLYN Ford Commissioner of Entertainment 4 ; Student Court J, -I : Fiesta Program 2, 3 ; Football 3 ; Bandbox Club 2. 3; Junior Class Play 2; Senior Play 4; The Trysting Place 2 ; A Night at an Inn 4: First Dress Suit i : Riders to the Sea 3; Stage Crew 4; Vau Mem Club 3; Junior-Senior Day 2 ; Sweethearts ' 3 ; Biology Club 4 ; Senior Dance Committee 4; Chemistry Club 3; World Friendship 2. Marion Cross Winifred Danley World Friendship Club 2, 3. James Flora Leland Ford Football 2, J ; SMU Carol Crum Orchestra 2. 3 ; ' au Me ship Club 4. 2; World Friend Maxine De Merris Tom F()R.s rH Stage Manager The Thii ienior Advisory Board 4 lanish Fiesta 3 ; Delians 2 Ernie Gallo Vida Dallugge Bandbox 3. 4; World Friendship 2. 3, 4; Dorothy- Diebold Thumbtack Club 3; Girls Gym Jinks 3, 4; C torm Dress Committee 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Chr mas Program 3; Spanish Fiesta 3, 4; Wo Friendship 3: Perks 3, 4; Dods Club 3, 4. 5iLL Gunning Joe M. Germain Literary Club 4; World Friendship Club Samohi Staff 4 ; Nautilus Staff 4 ; Samohl Adv ory Board 4 ; Fiesta 4. Helen David Maudelene L. Dalghertv Alhambra High. Alhambra. Calif. Bob Hackett Football 2. 3.4; Basketball 2, 3, 4 Club 2, 3. 4 ; Advisory Board 2, 3, 4 ; World Friendship Club 2. 3 4; Fiesta Program 3, 4; Boys ' League Dance Committee 3, 4: Tumbling 4 ; Boys ' League V ' odvil 3 ; Junior-Senior Day Program 2, 3. i_J SUMMER ' 34 W , K rv m di •y Dick Ciirhs Latin Club 2. .1 : Radio (In Board 4: World Krie.idshl|. ,. San... .. A. hi . (iRACE DeLMARSH Sweethearts 3. Virginia Ecgers John Hall Kdmond Gillette Football 2. i. 4: Tennis .!. 3, 4; Delians 3; Hi-V Board: Boys ' League Ad Class Vice President ; Boys ' 4; l.etternien-s CI 4; Samohi Advis. ry Board: 12 Betty Ells Uods Club 2: Sial.ish Fie Day 2. ta Progra n 3; P JKAN- Firlev Cirls- Senior Advisory Uo Wnrl.! {•iie,„lshi|, Chllj 4: tie l..r (iiils- League Office art Nc mi. ' .al ' i. Perks Donald Haxsen Tennis .1; Tnmbbng 4; Senio .1. 4 : Samohi Stall 4. r Advi Ron Han ' Lon ' |ean Evans Perks J. 3. 4; Senior Advis ior -A Class Secretary. or Boa id 3. 4: S Reverlv Garbi ' tt •■Fortune Teller 2: Sopho Prom 3: Fiesta 2. .1. 4 : Thumbtaek Club 3. 4: Sei i e Ski| Men. Class ( -h. ' b ■ 2, Day Co y,()n Hatch Football 2; Basketball 2. .1 2 ; ' Advisoi ' y Board ' 4 ; Sen 4 ; Boys ' League Dance Co im Dance rre«- 2. . 4; Fie Commit I ' ll IMP Herold I ' iai,,. Club J, 3. 4. Al DREv Gill Van Men. 2. 3, 4 ; I ' residen box 2. 3. 4; World Frie. Fiesta 3: Uniform Dress , Board 4; Perks 4. dsl an Mem 4 : Ba. ; Sei ' .ioV Adv ' is. Lot ISE (Marvin Ri ssELL Held SUMMER ' 34 Jack E. Hodgins Vau Mem Club 4; Basketball 2, 2. 3 ; Senior Plav 4 ; Lettermen ' s Day 4 ; Dramatic Club 4 ; Boys ' 4 ; Boys ' League Advisory Board ; Catherine Grim Jl u ' . LUCILE GOFORTH Druce HeNDERSOiV Track 2. 3 ; Swimming 4 ; Bandbox Club 2, 3, 4 ; Deliaiis 3 ; Fiesta 3 ; The Boor 2 ; The Tryst- ing Place 3; Romance is a Racket, ' The iVIysterious Bandbox, ' The Twelve-Pound Look. The Thirteenth Chair, A Night at an Inn, Riders to the Sea. Edward Ingham ■jL ' Uh i Ai i Football 4;Track 4; yyf l r ' $t ' °y Board. Margaret Marie Gruber Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Fortune Teller 2, 3, 4; Play Day 2. 3, 4; Fiest; Jinks 4 ; Swimming Club 2. Agnes Gore Gordon Hewes Vice President Latin Club 3, 4; Na 4 ; Delians 3, 4 ; World Friendship 4 Penpushers 4 ; Advisory Board 4 ; Sagas Committee 4; C. S. F. Pi: Day 4 ; Judge, Thirteenth Chair. viK Johnson Editor Nautilus 4 ; School Edito Bandbox Club 2: World Friends Vice President. President Penpushe Publicity Manager 4 ; Samohi Advis Sagas Committee 4. Ottelie Helen Hobbs Kensington School, Los Angeles 2 ; Fiesta 3 ; Play Day 4. Club 4, Board 4 Betty Grim World Friendshii J Noel Hogston Senior Advisory Board Don C. Kessler Football 2, 4: Jun Ruth Guest Harriet Hall Monrovia High School, Monrovia, Calif. 2 ; Rooting Club 2 : Fiesta 3 : Play Day Jeannette Howe Whittier High School 2, 3. . ' 1 M m Hn 9 Hi EqI SUMMER ' 34 i ' liii.ip L( Stage I ' ll .i ; ••Sweethearts ,1 ; Bancllji ( lul) .1. 4 : .-Senior Advisory Board .1. 4 ; Tl Boor ' 4; Junior-Senior Day .!. 4 ; JKanisli Fiesi .i. 4: Senior Play 4; San St} IjiWARD Hopkins Basketliall 2, .!, 4; Senior Advisory Board 4; Tennis 2. .1. 4; Uelians 4; Literary Club 4; HiV 1. i. 4 : Lettermen ' s Club 4 ; Boys ' Day 4 ; Juni .r Senior Day 4 ; Ojai rournament J, ' 4 ; Tennis A.Ulso,, li,.u. -Marie Joxks aii M -ni : Dods 2 ; G. A. A. 3. 4 ; Perks 3, 4. -Alice Hedrick l icHARD James Basketball 2. 3. 4 ; Football 2: Track 2; Lette I AXE L. Kelley Aca.leniy Holy Nan I ' KAXCLS llEAXLV ( ;i:i)K(;k !■;. Knack ANIL McC ' l.AIN Mak 1,ol isi- Kelly HlXE ; : Bandbo.N 2, 3. 4 ; Publicity Manager ,.k 4; au Mem 2; World Friendship J; K l . i. -t : Saniohi Staff 4 ; Literary SUMMER ' 34 ( ) vi! ' Miller Boys ' Clcc Clul. 4. Kathryn Lanham C. A. A. 2. . ■. II. A. A. President Perks J. 4; ' cirls ' LeaKue Kxce ' ulive Bi.ai. H. Executive Houril. Margaret Hin.nlan tlul) 3, 4; Biology Cluli i-ennis Manager 4; Tl Samohi Advisory Board Marybelle Levengooi Pacific Arts Exhibition 1: Senior Advisor. Board i. 4 : Delians i, 4 ; Executive Board Ue lians 4 ; G. A. A. 4 : Thumbtack Club J. 4 ; Secre tarv of Thumbtack Club 4; .Nautilus Staff 4. Nona Horn FHendship Club .i. ' 4. ' AROLU LfcVERENZ Chari FS Pic( a 4 -P )d wn Little Sljorls 4; Literary Club 4: Pi jlNE JeFFERIES Vau Mem 2. 3, 4 ; Secretary Vau Me Friendship J. 4; Dods 4; Perks 4: Cniform Dress Committee 4. Charles Matson Football 3, 4 ; Baseball 3, 4 ; Bask Boys ' Glee Club I. Clyde Price Sarah Major Gertrude Joyce Dods Club 2, 3; Bandbox Clul. 2: Fie Hostess Senior Tea 2 ; Fashion .Show mittee for Senior Class Week 4. Margaret Ellen Mershon n mjf m n SUMMER ' 34 Verner Sharp Samohi Staff; Assistant Circulating Manager; Track _ ' ; Tumbling ; Vau Mem Club ; Advisory Boar.l 2. i. -I; Bandl),)x Club; Football 2; Fiesta - ' , .1: Suimniing 3. Harbara Murdoch ; Deliaiis 2, 3, 4; Secretary of 1 and Seal 4 ; Samohi Advisory Secretary and Publicity Manager ; C. S. F. Convention 2. i ; Girls tion 3. 4 ; Publicity Manager of Convention 3, 4; Publicity Man- League 4 ; Thumbtack Club 3 ; 4 ; Accessories fur opera Sweet- Pauline Kennedy Bandbox 2, 3 ; Piano Club 2. 3 : Orchc Literary Club 4. (jOrdon Miller Santa Cruz High School: Football 2: Ba 2, 3, 4; J ettermen ' s Club 4. Donald Reid Football 2, 3, 4 ; Basketball 2. 3 : Track 2, 3. 4 : Boys ' League Board 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Com- mittee 3 ; Samohi Advisory Board 4 ; Vice Presi dent Senior B Class; Secretary of Lettermen ' s Club 4 ; Lettermen ' s Club 3. 4. Eleanor Nadeau -MAR ' i- L. Karem Thun.bt;,a, I Inl, ;, 4 Senior Advisory Board 4. (Ilenx MlCl 1 ll mk I Lettermen ' s Club Half Way to H League V ' odvil 3 : Dance Committee Boys ' League C Walter Rasmussen (jertrude noonan Fiesta 2. 3 ; Senior Dance Con Senior Girls ' Tea 2; Dods Clul Peggy Kilbourn Girls ' League Secretary 4; Che lary 4 ; Piano Club ' ' ice Presl. HrLCE M.ATCH En- Bandbox Club 2, 3. 4: l ' ;.,u. 2, 3, 4; Bandbox Play II il ' ' The First Dress Suit. i A Night . ..I Society, -i. ... 4. Boys ' Hops 3: -v Club Secre- 3; Vau Mem Samohi Staff , Roy Seerv Senior Advisory Board 2. 3, 4 ; Junior Prom Committee 3 ; Samohi Staff 4 ; Senior Class Veil Leader 4 ; Senior Dance Committee 4 ; Junior Council 3; Chairman Class Week 4; Basketball Manager 4 ; Lettermen ' s Club 4 ; Swimming 4 ; Boys ' Day 4 ; Fiesta 4. Mabel O ' Donnell Dods Club 3, 4; World Friendshii) 3. Bonnie Kui.ot SUMMER 3 4 RORERT TrI SLIiR Ti-atk 2; Haseliall .! ; F.intliall 3. ; Hi V J ; Fiesta .1. Yvonne Bruner Sainohi Advisory Board 4, Ruth Menard ■ University High School 2, 3 ; Girls ' League F.xr cutive Board 4; Glee Chd) 4: Baiull.ox Clul. 4; Senior Advisory Board 4 ; ■■The Thirteenth Chair 4 : A Pair of Sixes 4. lOHN ORiMSBY 12 A Class President 4; President Latin Club .1 ; Uelians 2. .i. 4 : Vice President of Delians 4 ; Seal Beam 4 ; Samohi Advisory Board 3. 4 : Baslsetball i. 4: Football 4; Track 2. 3, 4 ; UiY Gilbert Sproul ' au Me.n Club 2, i. 4; Vice President of Mem 4; Football 2: Swimming 2; Seniui visory Board 2. 4 ; Sweethearts ; Bandbo Track 2. 3 ; Fiesta 2. }. 4 ; Junior-Senior 3, 4. Margaret Murphy World Friendship Club 3. 4: Girls ' Senior Nanette E. Evan; Elliott Pine Jack .Supple EvEL .v F(iksi;aak ■■Pillars ol SoL-ieti- Club 2, 3. 4. Vflma McDonalb au Mem 2; Thumbtack 3, man Bandliox 2. 3. 4: Litei 2. 3. 4 : President Vau Board 2, 3; Editor Sani Debate; Penpuslicrs Le, C Basketball 2; Fiesta Advisory Boaid 3; Deb Senior Play 4 : Fiesta WlLLARD TaPPAN y NiTA Reimer G. A. A. 2. 3. 4 : Secreta Dorothy Lyall Delians 4; Senior i M KGARET RiTTER Board 3. 4 ; Tl ' ■ ' • LA SUMMER ' 3 4 ..— - I jn MiLN ' E SlIHERLAN ' O Fo„ll.:,ll . ,i. 4: Baskf CIiil. ,i. 4; Pillars ul Su. .M. R RowEU, Beverly High School 2; (;. A. A. .i, -1 ; French C ' luh .! ; Captain Basketball Team I . French Play i : Hospitality Committee i. Helem Nolax joE Lang Delians 4 ; Tennis 4 ; Van Mem ball 4 : Sainohi Advisory BoarJ Charles Powell Margaret Morax Uellans 2. i. 4; D,.,ls 4; Lil Friendship Club 4. Rl RV MURPHV Bishop High School visorv Board 4; C Board ,1. Dixon Long Football 2, 4 ; Orchestra 2, .1 Basketball 4 ; Electrician Senior Pla: asketball 4 ; Senior A. Al.VlN ' WiLSOX Blanche Scarborough C. A. A. 2, 3, 4: Play Day 2. 3. 4 : Seer History Department 4: Gym Jinks 2. Mar Lea Owen (ialileu High School. San Fi wood High School i: Senior Advisory Board 4. lANK MoLLOY Glee Clnb 2 : Footl Jack Whelan Samohi Stall 4 ; N ' autilns Staff 4 •, Literary Club 4 ; Senior Advisory BoarJ 4. Naomi Snook Ml.OISE Ol.lVERA . Largaret Stannari) G. A. A. 2, i. 4: teupushe ' s Cki M V c SUMMER 34 bXEW ART VlLCO OV I I t r- i5IE I S Fir t Drcs Suit NrsT Willi ms (. A A 2 1 Piann Club 4 VU l:)a Nautilus St-iff 4 Orchestra 2 1-4 I itc ( ' uli -1 nn,K ( lul, 4 Fiesta 2 i. 4 Sec re ikr Inn 4 ue President Perks 4 S l i i Boai l 4 Sweethearts. ' ' Fashlt F Tlnnc Tellel [XMFS Wl I urn H. Woods Banrlliox 2 Assisl rhnmhtack Chih N ' loM Parker ( il RIRl i i P KI Dods ' ( lull 2 . ' Arthi r Wii cox Jiinini Seniui Da luulliill Senior Ad Re CRh WiLLoi (.ll Senini AdMson B.iaid - 4 1 lesti [ WF St ANION ' an Mem Cliih 2 Bandbox 2 Fiesta i s inr B Class Secienr Fiench Club 2 P P Fiogiams A Senioi Sweatei Committee 4 Stavi e Posner Tiack 2. ? 4 Assistant Fnoiball Mamst Senior Ad isoM Board 1 I 1 cttermcn s ' ! 4 Samohi Staff - F.esn 2 14 Ba hall 2 Presented Addison Bainctt rio|ih Monica Ver Pfrraai CoMna HiRh School 2 (, [ CK OlIV I R ViCK Football 2 4 Pil, ■ Ch VR.MIAN Phillips Eleanor Whitley H VH iU ' C - SUMMER ' 34 Barbara Merz Ovchestra . ' ; Ban Douglas Moreton Senior Arlvisoiy Board .i, 4 ; Class B Kouthall Alma Virginia Vail French Cluh 2; Sagas 4: Ti.ll.s Tr Esther Sullivan Dods Cluh 2; Bandhox Cluh .1; Fiesta Progr 3; Senior Advisory 2; P. T. A. Program 3. PhVM.IS kuLOT Hnlv Names Academy J; G. A. A 4 Samoh Staff 4; Nautilus Staff 4: World Fnendshil Cluh 4; Gym Jubilee 4; World Friendship Com mittee 4; Play Day 4. |()H Roach H Fc.nthall 2. ,!; Glee CUib 2, 3 Thumhtati I l„l. !: Samohi Advisory Board 2. 1, 4 Fiesti ' !. Circulation Manager 4; Printmg 2, 1 4 Hr V Cluh 4. Frank Moore Ruth Woods Delians 2. .1. 4; C. S. F. Pin and Seal 4; Friendship Chih ,1 ; Samohi Advisory Bo Dods Club J, 4; Nautilus Staff 4; Fiest: Pauline O Connor n A a. 2; Vice President Piano Clul •■Sweethearts .1; San Diego High Schno Samohi Staff 4 ; Dods 4 ; World Fnendshi Vau Mem 4 ; Perks 4 : Fiesta 4 ; Senior AAm Board 4: Orchestra 2. }, 4; Swimming 2. ■ Harland Swift Debate 4; Boys Adviso Marv |ane Smith French CUih 2. ,5 : Sj Frank Edward Shepherdson Celia Kristol Delian 2, 3; Fiest: 13 i B 1 Tack Malcolm Football 2. 3, 4; Track Chair ; Fiesta 2, 3. 1 ffi Ik -m 1 ml 11 ' ()XNE M.ARr.ARET WaITE Aval..,, HiKli - ' ; enicc High .-. • l-oi IS Tarltox Swimming 2: Sopho RlTH SCOFIELD WnrW Friendshir CUih 4: Park Eleanor Browxell Bandbox ,1. 4: Swcetheaiis ,i ; Romance is a Racket ,! : Thirteenth Chair 4: Glee Cluh ,1 ; De ' ians 4: Senior Advisory Board 2. .i. 4: Twelve Pound Look 4 ; French Chih 4 : Fiesta loHX Al.LEX Basketball 2. J; Football ,5. 4. Albert E. Bieralax BETT ' i- Bradford Bandbox 2. .i: Hods 2; Span. Spanish Clnh 2. Robert Bvrk Stage Crew ,i. 4; Radio ( luh 4 Pai L Campus Fool ' -all 3: Tumbling Cluh ;. I ' rvxk Cox LIN Mark Coxlix Saniohi Staff Hi V 2, .5; Lett BER ■L CoRXISI Winifred Joyce Fashion Show .! ; Sweelhe Kexxeth Kexxedv Zelima Locax Susie MaxlCl Spanish Club 2: Fiesta .!. Ben Marble Track 2. ,! ; Band 2, .!. 4 ; f Club .!. ' Darrei.i. M. rks Eastern HiEh School; Sa Preside-it I.iterarv Ch Board 4 : Fiesta 4. ' W ' iNOXA MoRRISOX Lawrence Shishim Mem 2; Glee Friendship Club: De William Cox Thumbtack 2. .i : Thinnb -I : Fiesta 2, .!. 4 ; F. Club 4. HeaTRICF, l)CHINSK I ' ELVN ShLRMAN Fiesta ,; ; Spanish Club 2. I) ID Sinclair Samohi Staff 4. STANLE ■ Wanchope Jack Lawrence Ha es Edna Wilson (iEORGE VV ' nTENMEl 48 SENIOR B CLASS The winter class ot 33 has made a fine reputation since entering the time honored portals of Samohi, showing vi- tal interest in every field and giving each event its whole hearted support. Every class has its outstanding personalities. In this group, the athletes are represented by Jack Abbey, Bob Brooke, Dan Ellin. Curly Harkness, Al Harland, Joe Hill, Pete Ratican, Harold Rosenberg and Paul Van Alstine. In the Art Field we find Josephine Verplank and Maria Hi- rosa leading. Dramatics come natural to Mildred Balden and Beatrice Feld- stein. Paul Van Alstine is President of the Hi-Y, Louis Veenker, President of the Boys ' League, Margaret Payne, Vice- President of the Girls ' League, Van Welch, publicity manager on the Samohi staff and Pete Ratican, president of the Stu- dent Body. The officers of the class are: President. Harold Rosenberg; Vice-President, Weir Vatson ; Secretary, Josephine Tankard ; Yell Leader, Mortimer Smith ; Commissioner of Athletics, Lawrence Bickner. It ' s safe to say, look forward to a term of interesting events when these students are Senior A ' s. The counsellors for this group are Lucille Rosemary Brown, of the Art Depart- ment, Mary Virginia Story of the Home Economics Department, Sanger Wampler Crumpacker of the Boys ' Physical Education Department, and Norman Fjeldsted of the Science Department. s n ROSENBERG SMITH WAT.SON ■ANK. RD yo L 49 ,M- ERS STEWART JUNIOR CLASS The junior Class of 9.U has indeed proved itself to be outstanding. Despite handicaps due to the condemnation of the school buildings, the juniors have done well lor themselves— especially in the field ot sports. In football, track, baseball, basketball and tennis, juniors were topnotchers. Paul Slaughter, Lino rionatoni, Art Deilinger, Ted Willson and Hud Hiorknian arc some of the boys who upheld the high standing of the Junior Class in athletics. The officers of the class for the first semester were Paul Van Alstine, presi- dent; Rob Brooke, vice-president; and Lois Wear, secretar -. The officers elected in the winter were LeRoy Irwin, president ; Ray Athey. vice-president : Donna Stewart, secretary; Bob Meyers, yell leader; and Paul Slaughter, class athletic manager. These officers filled their positions efficiently and experth ' . An eventful season for the juniors was topped by the Junior Prom, which was held June 8th. The Prom was a great success, and spoke well for the management of the Junior Class. The attendance was large, and everyone had a grand time. Samohi can certainh- be pro id of the Jiminr Class of 10. 4, and the seniors can rest assured that the glnry of Samohi will never die while there are such classes as this to carry on. The counsellors for the Junior Class are: Christine .Anderberry, of the Mathe- matics Department; Florence Lounsbury Johnson of the Science Department; Law- rence Sainuel Horn of the Social Science and Roys ' Physical Education Departments; and Mnrinnna Read of the English Department. The iob of counselling about five hundred students is no eas ' one. Eaih person has his or her own problem. Each one has some tangle in his program that nuist be straightened o it before he can graduate. It is the duty of the counsellors to see that all programs fit the r ' quirenients for graduation in every way, and to counsel the stu- dents on the advisability of taking certain subjects relexant to the program that stu- dent is following. The Class nf . S started breaking precedents from tlie first da of its entran.r into the halls nf Samohi. Surpassing all records for size, this . . . class of five liuii- dred has been an important factor in the life of the school. The above quotation is from last vear ' s annual, and .shows that this year ' s junior cla.ss was making a great impression when the members were lowh ' .sophomores. The class has continued to make imnres.sions and in June. 19.35. will graduate the largest and the greatest class to leave the portals of Santa Monica High School. The Junior Class is a verv versatile cla.ss, with representatives in every field of extra eurricular activit -. as well as in scholarship. In debate, dramatics, music, art. science, club work, sports, members of the Class of ' 35 excel. 50 wr ' - .J.-- S— z L— R WEBER STEVENS WEBER PHILLIPS SOPHOMO RE CLASS The Class ot ,?(i has blended well into the life at Samohi. It did not take the sophomores long to capture some of that essential spirit that carries Samohi through earthquakes and into tents, over all obstacles, victorious. Most schools under the difficulties with which our student body has had to cope, would curtail a ll activities and run a strictly reading and writing and arithmetic in- stitution. Not so Samohi. And through it all, the sophomores, usually the dis- turbing element, have kept the peace for the good of the whole. Especially dur- ing the bounds rule probation period did the class of 36 show the stuff it ' s made of. In the fall semester Dave Robertson was elected president. The other officers, Adelaide Stevens and Carol Rose, vice-president and secretary respectively, helped the president put over a successful semester. In the winter elections, Joe Weber took over the presidency, while Bill Weber was elected vice-president. Adelaide Stevens was re-elected secretary, Tom Brewster, athletic manager, and Vernon Phillips took over the class yell leader position. The Class of 36 has some star athletes in its midst. In football. George Sims and Turk Baida were outstanding; Abe Freedman, Dave Robertson, Clark Bristole, Dick Wilson, and Bill Harkness starred in basketball ; Dave Robertson, Turk Baida and Bill Harkness in baseball ; Barnie Coghlan ranked first among all Samohi tennis players; Sims, Brewster, Aughnbaugh, Weber, Robinson, Murphy and Eville were best in track. In music, in dramatics, in organizations throughout the school, sophomores are active, and June, 1936, will bring a triumphant graduation to this class. Ever since 1930 the sophomores entering Samohi have been exempt from anv initiation whatsoever. Even the Green Bib custom is no more. To make up for the lack of initiation, the sophomore class as a whole has been asked in recent years to help keep the grounds clean, by picking up stray papers. Farh member of the senior advisory board has a small group of sophomore helpers, who aid him in keeping his station and surrounding campus clean. This year, after the enforced vacation and subsequent housing in tents, the advis- ory boar ds and sophomore helpers were disorganized for a time. However, after a few weeks under the new regime, members were assigned new posts and the grounds began to look more natural. In addition, a club was formed to aid in keeping the cam- pus attractive. Through very mysterious publicity in the Samohi, the Keep Kampus Klean Klub was inaugurated. Many sophomores proved themselves members in good standing. 52 E— K i A ACTIVITIES THE EXPRESSION OF ONE ' S INNERMOST FEELINGS. THOUGHTS AND ABILITY UNITED TOGETHER TO FORM ONE WHOLE. THE INDIANS WITH THEIR ACTIVITIES COOPERATED TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE TRIBE. WEAVING, TILLING THE SOIL, FIGHT- ING, TAKING ALL TO MAKE A HARMONIOUS WHOLE. Marv K.arem. MARYBELLE LBVENGOOD 7: . y ' ' p - -4- - p. T. A. OF SAMOHI (.)f the many organizations in Saniohi, students who make up the school, llar one ciation. only one is open to the parents of the organization is the Parent-Teacht;r Asso- ■ The primary purpose ot this group is to properly interpret the school ami the problems ol the school tor the benefit of interested fathers and mothers. The home and the school are the two main factors in high school age life. Each has its attend- ant problems. Trouble at home can make poor work at school, and poor work at school can make and often does make trouble at home. It is fitting that the teacher and the parent get together for a mutual understanding of the problem and how to cope with it. Cooperation is everything. Welfare work is a good example of the service the Parent-Teacher Association offers in the matter of relieving needs which other school channels do not cover. The scholarship loan fund and the study circle are two other examples of this service. ' I ' lie 1 . T. A. has been hampered in its activities by the abandonment of the regular buildings, just as have some of the other groups. Nevertheless, meetings have been held and the social hour following the program has been the start of many a lasting and valued friendship. It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the Parent- Teacher group is established for service and improvement, and for the benefit of the school and the students in all possible ways. One of the most outstanding projects of the P. T. A. is the Student Loan Fund, with Mrs. George Palmer acting as chairman of the committee. This group has at its disposal a large sum of money with which it makes loans to students who wish to continue their education in Business Schools and Junior Colleges. JOHNSON THOMH LEVENGOOU HEWES KNACK SWIFT VAIL WHITE GERMAIN HALL NAUTILUS ST A F F ' 34 ' The Nautilus, annual publication of the Senior Class of Santa Monica High School, has in recent years placed in the Class A division of the National Year Book Exhibit, has won All American honors, and has captured a National Trophy cup. The Nautilus staff for 1934 wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Lind for the individual and group photography; to Mr. Ray Thompson, ot Carlisle-Thompson, Ltd., Printing and Stationery, who had charge of the print- ing; to Mr. E. R. Morgan of McMan- us and Morgan, who helped us with our distinctive cover; to Mr. Duffy of the Metropolitan Engraving Company; to Mrs. Josephine S. Roberts, our general sponser; to Mr. Russell R. Reu- kema, our editorial sponser; to Mr. S. B. Miller, instructor in printing; to the entire faculty for its loyal support ; to several students not on the regular staff, Donna Stewart, the secretary of the Junior Cla.ss for the Junior Class write- up; Phyllis Pratt for the Sophomore write-up ; Johnny Stevens for several write-ups; to Herbert Kalman, for the A.S.B. write-up; to Cjeorge Crenshaw for his most humorous page of cartoons on our tents; and to the whole student body for its interest and support that made this year ' s annual possible. The staff this year was a large one, and every member was well-qualified for his own work. Evalyn Thompson, the assistant editor, had charge of all pre- liminary work, scheduling appointments for all pictures, seeing that appointments were kept, mounting and trimming all pictures, reading and correcting all ac tivity blanks. George Knack, the business manager, and his assistant, Dick White, were re- sponsible for putting over the campaign for the sale of Nautilus receipts, and writing publicity stories for the Saniolii and local newspapers. 56 Maiybelle Levengood and Fred Woods, art editor and assistant, were top-students in the art department and excellent choices for their respective po- sitions. Gordon Hewes was our activities ed- itor. He was responsible for the activi- ties section of the annual, as well as for tile drawings accompanying the calendar. Dick Braun and Phyllis Kulot were boys ' and girls ' sports editors respective- ly. Both filled their positions well, turn- ing in excellent summaries of the vari- ous sports for the year. Velma McDonald had charge of clubs in this year ' s Nautilus. By dint of mucli struggle, she finally accumulated cop ' from all clubs, extracting each bit from reluctant members who were designated to write-up their particular organization. Jack Whelan wrote the Legend of Constance Prissy which constitutes this year ' s calendar, effectively disgui.sed and in very readable form. Jack was also responsible for the snappy comments ac- companying the snapshot section. Joe Germain was literature editor. His was the job of selecting suitable m.-i- terial from the stacks of literary effort the seniors of this year have turned out. No easy task. Nesta Williams was music editor. An exceptional music student throughout her high school career, she was well fitted for the position. Harland Swift, debate editor, was al- so Debate Commissioner for this year. However, he found time from his other heavy duties to get together a fine de- bate section and to elicit an excellent statement from the debate coach, Mr. Wright. Virginia Vail, the dramatics editor for the 1934 Nautilus, was a member of the senior drama class and a very active one. Gene Vandergrift, the only one on the staff not a senior, proved himself wor- thy of any staff, senior or otherwise, by his excellent cartoons. Last, but by no means least, we must mention our two hardworking typists, Betty Bloomquist and Ruth Woods. James Juhnso.m, Ediioi WHELAN WOODS MCDONALD KULOT BRAUN BLOOMQUIST WOUDS REUKEMA .MILLER ROBERTS DRAMA Acting is cooperation. Onu must act with his colleagues on the stasje. That is h it is inipoilani that the most niinot chaiacteis be as perfectly prepared as the major characters. Remember, any show is as weak as its weakest spot. Don ' t be that spot. I,et mr (pioic Stanislavsky, whose autobiograph , .My Lite in .Art, is worth serious consideration. He says, Ihere -.nv ( )i.UK Morris. ' THK FIRST DRESS-SI IT l]ruce Matchett as the liero of this one-act play, had alwa s wanteil a dress-suit and when his sister ' s wedding afforded the occasion, he finally obtained one. And then he tried to keep it . . .at least so the story goes . . . This first offering of the senior drama class was an amusing little trifle, bristling with Tarkington. It served to introduce the talents of the organization and left those w ho saw it with a desire to see other productions. Bruce as the hero of the farce was at his Penrodish-best and blustered and .stormed through the bit up to the final laugh. Elaine Stevens was the abject of most of his wrath through the play up to the time (jwyllyn Ford, as Elaine ' s fiance, di.scovered he had no dress-suit to wear to his own wedding, which was to take place in less than an hour. He tried to borrow his future brother-in-law ' s, but Bruce wasn ' t to be robbed and even an appeal to his nui i-hooii tailed to inveigle from him his long-coveted dress-suit. Mary Louise Furmaii played the boy ' s mother, who is torn between the desire to see her (laughter happily married and lier understanding of her son ' s love for that dress-suit. Altogether the play was a considerable accomplishment for the class as it suc- cessfully overcame most of the difficulties in staging which ere to be met in a school room with al)solutel ' no facilities for dramatic production. IHK rWELVK POUND LOOK Sir James Barrie ' s irresistible farce, The Twelve Pound Look, was repeated this year after a short two-year absence from the Samohi stage. The title it.self has caused a good deal of speculation for those who are not familiar with the play, but the Twelve Pound Look is merely the satisfied atmosphere of independence and happiness which comes to Kate, a woman who is married to a rich and socially promi- nent personage, after she has finally earned the small sum of twelve pounds and bolted Irom the dominancy of her husband ' s career. Kate, however, comes to the house as a private .secretary and finally enlightens Harry as to his real standing in life. All three characters of the play are vividly real, and were portrayed splendidly by Druce Hender.son as the egotistical Harry, Mary Louise Furman as wise Kate, and Eleanor Brownell as the lifeless second wife. Druce even padded himself to take on the settled appearance of a man who, after many years of stuffy success, is beginning to take on what he doesn ' t want. And (leorge Witteiiburg, with the aid of side- burns, Ix-came an cKcellent Tombes . . . the butler, of course. 58 DRAMA A NIGHT AT AN INN With an et ' iic spot light phiyini; about the entrance to the impromptu stage in room 3U, an equally eerie and grotesque figure walked into its beams and sent shivers up the spines of a tense audience. It was a jade green idol searching for his ruby eye which had been stolen by four thieves. At least that was what it was till tiu- lights went up and the audience was no longer deceived by effects of elec- tricians and make-up artists. It was only Druce Henderson covered witii green chalk and cold cream and dem- onstrating his versatility in Lon Cha- ney disguise. The reason for the idol was the play by Lord Dunsany, A Night at an Inn. Three sailors, Ed Fer- guson, Milne Sutherland and Rich- ard Moore, had, under the leader- ship of (iwyllyn Ford as Toff, stolen a great ruby from the forehead of Indian idol. They finally came to a stop in their escape at an old deserted inn out on a plain, where they planned to waylay the three priests who are trying to cover the ruby. One by one they come, and one by one they are murdered b ' shrewd Toff and his followers. But unfortunately, not even Toff coulil foresee coming of the bereaved idol himself to get back his one and only eye. FORD FELDSTE A NIGHT AT AN INN ' 59 It was, perhaps, the most successful one-act play put on this year. Two per- formances were given with a capacity crowd at each, and people were turned away. As usual, all staging technicalities were taken care of by the students under Miss Morris ' direction. Costuming held a major part in the play as there were, besides the god, three priests and three sailors whose costumes were all-important to their characterization. Ed Ferguson bravely wore gummed-on whiskers and found out after the play that there was no turpentine with which to get them off. But aside from, (jr maybe, because of, such minor tragedies, A Night at an Inn was a production loiiu: to be remembered. RIDERS TO THE SEA Joliii Miiiingtoii Synge ' s drama of the sea was the only tragedy given by the drama class this ear. The play is said to be one of the best in the Englisli language, and was given, with doubtful success, in room 39. With hay strewing the floor and the old stand-by fire-place (which appeared in one form or another in almost ever play the da.ss gave) standing at one .side, the drama class tried to approach the tragic atmosphere of an old fishing town in Ireland. Old Maurya had lost her husband and all her sons but one to the sea. Finally even he was claimed, leaving the woman with nothing more to live for. Practically tile entire thought of the play is expressed in the bitter line of Maurya ' s, In the big world the old people do be leaving things after them for their sons and children, but in this place it is the young men do be leaving things behind them for them that do be old. Virginia Vail played the role of Maurya and Mildred Balden and Lorraine Kennedy portrayed the two daughters. Druce Henderson was Bartley, the last son to be lost, and various members of the class were versatile mourners. As a school production, it was hardly successful, but it was a step forward in riie study of the truly great plays of the English language. THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR Combine mystery, mediums and murders and you have the senior class play of ' ,34. Thirteen chairs placed in a circle, lights out, a scream, a groan and then a riddle to .solve. And it was the solving of this riddle that caused most of the trouble. Did you ever yet see a dumb detective that didn ' t lay the blame for murders and such at the feet of the innocent ingenue, and then discover through no fault of his own that it was a man all the time? That ' s what Sergeant Donahue did, and (jwyllyn Ford made him the most stubborn, most bull-headed cop in history. He browbeat Virginia Roberts as the ingenue, and Alyce Johnson as the lead, until audiences were ready to hiss. But a little old Irish lady, as portrayed beautifully by Alyce, finally came to the top and successfully solved the nrurder, obtained the happiness of her daughter, and established Rosalie La Grange as one of the finest dramatic characterizations ever to find its way onto the Samohi stage (speaking figuratively). The Thirteenth Chair, for many years a successful stage production, was chosen by the senior drama class from a long list of prospective plays. The plot concerned the solving of a murder mystery by an old Irish woman who had been invited to a dinner party to entertain the guests with spiritualism. She finds inspiration for her determination to succeed in the fact that her own daughter, a guest at the dinner, is accused of the murder. Needless to say, she finally discovered the real minderer and all ended well. The cast was one of unusvial abilit and ambition. Alyce and (jwyll)n made a grand fighting team, rivaling each other for honors. Druce Henderson, as the mur- derer, had an immense scene at the end of the play, and made the most of all its op- portunity. The comedy relief not provided in repartee by Alyce was afforded b 60 Eleanor Brownell, who revealed a comedy talent enhanced hy her familiarly fine voice. Then there was Virginia Roberts doing duty as Alyce ' s daughter, and being very sweet ' and docile in her not too large part. Rr ice Matchett as Will Crosby, her youtig lover, I uis McNairy as Mr. Crosby, his father, and Mary Louise Fiirman as Mrs. Crosby, all comprised a stage family that not only amused but became an important part to the interest of the play. Philip Morse, as Wales, allowed himself to become murdered in the first act and was consequently seen little of, although the other guests at the dinner party, including Ruth Menard, Richard White, Jack Hodgins (who was doubled for by Charles Picco at one performance), Peggy Kilbournc and Eloisc Kline were more successful. Robert Koshnick was Pollock, the butler, and Milne Suther- land and Richard Moore were policemen. The latter, incidentally, made his only entrance down a chimney and was hardly recognizable under a make-up of soot. The success of this play, as well as of countless ones that have gone before, belongs in a major proportion to the patient direction of Miss Morris. To overcome all the difficulties of staging in a strange auditorium, to manage on a minimum allowance to give the best possible production and, after numerous accidents to props, still be able to come out on top, is no mean accomplishment. To her, then, and to an exceptional cast and executive staff, the senior class owes its thanks for one of the best of our nearly senior plavs. THE BOOR Smashed chairs, enraged temperaments, screams, laughs and speed, .ill charac- terized the second presentation of the successful sophomore play, The Roor. After its having been given two years ago as a sophomore class production, it was decided that this farce, hy Anton Chekhov, would have the honor of representing Samohi in the famous one-act play tournament sponsored by the Pasadena Commuiuty Playhouse. This contest includes entries all the way from Fresno to San Diego and is a widely heralded enterprise. A committee of judges was sent to each school desiring to enter a play and it was given first before them. They decided whether or not it was worthy of being entered in the finals which took place at the Pasadena Theater itself. So, with onlv a week to rehearse and review lines, the cast, in which Beatrice Feldstein ' THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR ' 61 and Druce Hendpisnn plavfil llir ilr)min;uu roles, gave tlir play in inoni 30. Thpy nnt nnly won the right to enter the finals, hut also won (irst place in Ixis Angeles County. Mns. Alli.son (jaw, chairman ot the committee, commented on the initiative of the students and Mi.ss Morris, in attempting to carry on dramatics in a school as handicapped as ours. She al.so stated that she had never seen such an understanding interpretation of Chekhov ' s plays. Such an honor is one not often experienced. But this honor was not all that came our way due to The Boor. Weeks of hard rehearsals followed announcement that the play was to be given at Pasadena, and finally the day came. But what a difference from the last performance! Before, the play was given in a stuffy class-room with black velours covering the windows to shut out the light, with no curtains to hide the stage, and no foots to light the per- formers. But now there was an immense stage looking out over a great little thea- ter. A large switchboard controlled hundreds of lights of all sorts, and the wings, dressing rooms, and green room, gave everything the atmosphere of the professional. It must have impressed itself on the actors and actresses for the performance they ga e was momentous. The Boor woti second place in this outstanding contest and Druce Henderson brought home the honor of having won the best performance awards for a bo. -. The pla ' winning first place as Aria da Capo, presented by Tustin I ' ru ' on High School, and the award for the best performance for a girl also went to that school. Oddly enough, we received more actual points than Tustin, hut points didn ' t decide the winning play, for it was chosen by a vote of the majority of the five judges, and not by point totals. At any rate. The Boor surpassed all other entries as far as characterization, interpretation and tempo go, and we tied with Tustin for voice and diction honors. As for actual and practical awards, Samnhi received a check for twenty dollars as her share in the box office receipts and as a prize for her attainments. Who can say now that dramatics aren ' t worth the tro ible? We may have been skeptical at (irst, but we have proof of our ability and won ' t be backward about showing again. cs, the honors that this play won for us were truly great ones, and will not be soon lorgottcn. A P. IR OF SIXES ' Wiiene er a Pair of Sixes comes along, a merry time is had by all, and the Class Dav presentation ot this breathless farce was no exception. The pla -, by Ed- ward Peple, was the ear ' s final dramatic production and was given at the Miles Me- morial Playhouse. The chief reason for its plot and plan lies in the inner circles of the Eiireka Di- gestive Pill Company, where two partners, George B. Nettleton and T. Boggs Johns, tr to convince each other as to which one is boss. Nettleton created the pill, but Johns added the violet colored sugar coating, so both claim equal importance. In other words, to quote the partners, one made the pill, while the other made the public swallow it. Therein lies the trouble, for in order to obtain a truce, the two pill manu- facturers entered into a poker game, the stakes being that the winner .should control the business for a vcar, and that the loser should act as butler to the former during the said var. T. Boggs was the less fortunate of the two and was duly installed as Nettleton ' s servant, causing such a lot of trouble that two whole acts are devoted to it. Again, as with the preceding plays, the cast was an excellent one. The t«o part- ners were nlayed skilfully and amusingh- by David Pierson as the more elderly Nettle- ton. and Gwyllvn Ford as T. Bogg.s. Vanderhold, the firm ' s lawyer, was represented bv Bruce Matchett; Tonv Toler, the talkative salesman, by Richard White; Mr. Ap- plegate, a prospective pill buyer, by Glenn McGuffin ; and the oflice boy by Harold 62 LF rifiv. Two otlici lin s ' pait ' . the hookkeepcr and llic sliippinf; cicik, xvcir pl,i cil hy Bill Rust and I onald Carlson rcspritiv cly. ' I ' hc four };irls ' parts, while in a minority, wore none the less outstanding. The fiancee of T. Roggs was enacted hv Mildred Balden; Sally Parker, the gum-chewing wise-cracking steno, found life in th ' - form of Ruth Menard; Mrs. George R. Nettleton was portrayed by Marjorie Ryan, and Coddles, one of the most diflicult roles to cast, was played by Reatrice Feldstein. An vmusual feature of the play was that the ca.st was open to anybody, making it representative of the whole student hod) ' . Coming as it did at the end of the ear, it was a fitting finale for a program of successful productions which overcame nian obstacles and handicaps. •■CRKDIT WHERK CREDIT IS IH E r)ruce Hetiderson, with one leading role, has brought to Saniohi one ot the great- est dramatic honors ever accorded her. As Cjrigori in The Boor, he received acclaim that was representative of all Southern California. This role has overshadowed the many others he has played, but they have been none the les; outstanding. Alyce Johnson, with her fine speaking voice and dramatic ability-, has made speeches, given readings and acted in plays a good many times here at Saniohi. Her outstanding and final performance was as the charming character of the stage and screen, the little Irish Rosalie of The Thirteenth Chair. Then there ' s our ill-fated T. Boggs of A Pair of Sixes, and impervious Ser- geant Donahue of The Thirteenth Chair, both brought to life by Gwyllyn Ford. Gwyllyn has made every role, large or small, a meaningful and a successful one. Beatrice Feldstein has shown her diversified talents by changing from the tragic, .somewhat fickle Helena in The Boor, to the amusing comedienne. Coddles, in A Pair of Sixes. Helena was a large factor in bringing home the honors from Pasadena and Coddles was equally important to the success of A Pair of Sixes. A PAIR OF SIXES 63 R All Mit. Art take part thiriK infinite o large that ts creation, ii the i - come in and ation of one of JOSEPHI the greatest forces, next to reh ' gion, in the world. Taking part in this creation involves living tile good life which Dr. John Dewey gave as tlic major responsibility of education. W ' liat fine training for the good life, a life en- riched through the development of an understand- ing and appreciation of beauty, enriched through the development of attitudes that find expression in the building of character and high ideals, enriched through the joy of working creatively and freely, is offered through those group activities that are tile essential core of art curriculum. The illustration of the annual is a group project, inter-relating many departments concerned with the vital activities that express the soul of modern youth. Activities varied, opposed, yet woven skillfully together through fine choices, into a subtly re- lated unity of theme. The theme itself is the product of creative thinking, individual at first, then through group discussion given finer power. The goal, a book worthy of beauty from cover to cover. Every choice — stocks, inks, photographic backgrounds, division page illustration, type, must be finely related to form a harmonious ensemble. Crispness, contrast, intriguing detail in the cover, leading by powerful lines across the end sheets into the book itself. Students whose work made possible the beauty of the book were Marybelle Levengood, Margaret Ritter, Velma McDonald, Mary Karcm, (jeorge Palmer, Bill Cox and Fred Woods. Josephine S. Roberts. an integral part of the activities carried on in liarc in filling the calendar witli interesting and The Art Department is ah scliool. This year it has done i worthwhile events. The Illustration Class helped to make the schools ' Community Chest Drive .i .success by completing splendid posters which were exhibited and judged in Santa Monica before being distributed to the various places of business. Students whose work was represented were: Mary Lou Curtin, Jane Fach, June Winder, Beatrice Burrotighs, Margery McLean, Josephine Verplank, Evalyn Thompson, Florence Block, Marv Kareni, Marybelle Levengood, Margaret Ritter, George Palmer, Allan Calhoun, Fied Woods and Bill Cox. Honors were given to Bill Cox, Fred Woods and Mary Karem. Taking the Christmas ceremonies ot the Santa Fe Indians as a motif, interesting block prints were designed under the supervision of Miss Harriet Woods, a student instructor from U. C. L. A. These were framed and used as gifts or were exchanged between members of the class. Unframed prints were exhibited at U. C. L. A. and a number of the prints were bought by the University instructors. This shows the interest taken by the college in high school art work. Christmas cards fine in design and charming in their originality were made by the Commercial Illustration students. 64 R LEVENGOOD KAREM Work on this car ' s Nautilus bejran carh in the new semester. The theme. In dian Legends, has not only been carried out in the illustrations, but in the whole form- at of the book as well. This theme sym- bolizes the Indian, his customs and beliefs, and how they have influenced both the commercial and social development of our state. In the illustrations, the imagination and fantasy of the Indians, combined with their practicality and stoicism, have been interpreted in their relation to our own daily life in school and at home. A chal- lenge to the imagination in a problem such as thi.s, offers a wide opportunity for per- sonal growth in the student. In the autumn quarter Miss Sklar ' s Stage Design Class had an exhibit in the main hall of stage sets and paintings of stage sets. The sets constructed by Bob Hatch, Charl es I ochrie and Jack Hayes were exceptional. The entire exhibit re- ceived much favorable comment and was well spoken of in press reports. When the question of free dress arose this spring the Costume Design class co- operated with the Girls ' League in an assembly showing the approved new methods of wearing our uniform. The students designed, made and modelled individual out- fits stressing the nautical idea, by using the regulation middy in original designs. The st ident chairman of the group was Margaret Payne, who appointed Alberta Abbott and Virginia Vail to serve with her. All arrangements and rehearsals were under the direction of these able leaders, who chose the following girls as models: Barbara Bul- ling, Beryl Ford, Vida Dallugge, Louise Garvin, Genevieve Fleeman, Winona Mor- rison, Mary Lou Curtin, Marie Wegener, Priscilla Drake, Elinor Nadeau, Beverly Garbutt, Bonnie Kulot, Zelma Wallace and Betty Pinkerton. Bill Cox, a student in the textile design class, has been outstanding in the art of weaving. Not content with his weaving limited to class work, he had a loom built tor himself and then started to dye his own wool. The beauty of color and intricacy of design in his .scarves have been so excellent that he is besieged with orders from both teachers and students. The crafts class under the supervision of Miss Brown did some splendid work. Their exhibit of wood carving, leather tooling, wall panels, book ends and book cov- ers done bv students, was well worth the attention it received. Among the outstand- ing craftsmen are Betty Brearley, Roy Enrique ,, Ruth Menard and Dorothy Porter. Fiesta the word itself brings to the mind myriads of color and design. The soft, soothing hum of guitars and castanets, the wild, frenzied cries of the crowds, and the strained feeling of suppressed excitement. All this and much more was put uito the mood and feeling of the designs for the decorations of booths and area. Bolts of cloth were painted and cut by the Design and Life Drawing classes. Miss Brown with her able assistants, worked hours in planning and carrying out the decorations; posters to advertise the Fiesta in Santa Monica and other prominent places were de- 65 R WOODS MCDONALD signed by the armful; costumes full of native color and feeling designed by the students, made the presentation of the native ceremonies and dances authentic. All these factors helped to make the Fiesta a huge success. Miss Sklar and her splendid stage crew were responsible for the fine ar- rangement of the stage in the Open Air Memorial Theatre and The Lit- tle Theatre of the Puppets, which en- tertained the gay crowds during the lunch hour with a delightful Bull Fight and Spanish fandango. Our thanks and appreciation to the stage crew and their adviser. THE LEGEND OF THE FIESTA Romance is the greatest asset of California. The ideal lasts longer than anything we can buy or sell or build. In keeping alive our rich heritage we hold the trench of that California which has shone for centuries in song and story, which has fascinated the world and put a new sentiment in American life. — Charles Lummis. California today is attempting to keep alive that spirit of the Golden Days of our state. Every hamlet, large or small, has its own fete, whether a celebration of pioneer days, or a harvest festival. The Californians loved to celebrate. Every birth, wedding, victory, holiday, or even the arrival of a noted visitor was an excuse to cease work and start play. Fiestas were held on the slightest provocation, and were vital in keeping the spirit of hospitality and friendship alive. Samohi, situated as she is, on an old Indian burying ground and also on the Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, has a good cause to hold a fiesta. We are not only in California, we are of California and it is fitting that we should aid in keeping alive the romance of which Charles Lummis writes. And the story of our fiesta is a romantic one. It is the patio of the Old Mission. The walls of the beautiful old b iilding are thick and cool, and form a picturesque background for the little plot of green grass. The few trimmed shrubs, the small vegetable garden and the little pool show the care of the padres. But today, something of special import is to happen in the patio. Tan- skinned Indians, under the supervision of one of the mission fathers, are hanging gar- lands of pepper branches and are strewing wild flowers about, in preparation for i fiesta! Has not Senorita Juana Maria Avila, the most beautiful belle of the sur rounding countryside, been betrothed to the handsome Don Francisco Alvarado? Is it not right that music and dancing and feasting should celebrate the glad event? Finally, all is in readiness, and the father anxiously paces back and forth await- ing the arrival of the first guests. Then come the hostess, charming in old rose ruf- fles and wearing a red rose in her hair, and the host, brilliant in black velvet and bright sash. The padre greets them warmly and they ask if all is in readiness. Soon, with a creaking of old wooden wheels, a wagon draws up, and the guests from the Rancho El Encino bave arrived. What a flaunting, flashing, glittering array 66 R T j€:%. 1 ol color tlic pipsciit, as thc kiiccl .111(1 arc blest by the padre, before being greeted by the host and liostess. The guests are arriving from all the neighboring ranchos, now. Rancho I OS Palos Verdes, Rancho Aguaje de la Ceiitinela, Rancho de San Fernan- do, Rancho Sans Al Reudondo. The vcr ' names roll off the tongue and are romantic flavoured. When all the gay guests ha e ar- ri e(f, the padre bids them welcome. While he is still speaking, the Bride, her godmother, and attendants arri e. She is a blossoming pure white lily. crowned queen of all the other flow- ers of every hue. She dominates the scene and is the cynosure of all eyes. The mellow old chimes ring out and the company files into the church. We hear the Vesper Hymn sung by the Choir. Then after a time, the hells peal nut their tale of another wedding, and the music of a serenade comes from the gro ip that has remained in the patio. The Bride and Groom reappear, followed by the bridal party. They take their places on the balcony so that they may enjoy the entertainment in their honor, to the fullest extent. Then follows dancing, singing and fun making. All spontaneous, it seems, with the guests from every rancho offering something to please the Bride ' s fancy. The Jurame, Jarabe Tapatio, Cielita Lindo, Contra Dansa, La Cucaracha, Tango, Jarabe are danced for the bridal party. A cock fight, and the crowning event of all, the bull fight are held. Everything is volunteered, nothing is planned. It is one great spontaneous com- bustion of color and dancing and singing and music. The bull fight closes the entertainment, and the guests depart to the great barbe- cue pits where they will be served bountifully of real food and drink. The principal parts were: bride, Lynette Buquor; groom, Paul Slaughter; padre. Stickle ; god-mother, Josephine S. Roberts ; hostess, Corrine Jackson ; host, Glenn McGuffin ; and last but by no means least, Santa Monica ' s Bad Man, Leo Carrillo. CARVIX HINE 67 FIESTA! FIESTA! FIESTA! For weeks Samohi was kept in suspense. No one knew, everyone hazarded, all hoped, and rumors abounded. The whole student body vvas ready to be disappointed or delighted. And it was delighted ! Out came bright colored clothes, crimson sashes, flaming head-dresses, fresh-picked roses, extravagantly large sombreros, flaring insets for trouser legs, ridiculous monkey jackets, and long, swishy skirts. Spanish words were fumblingly bandied back and forth, tamales smeared fingers, lithesome dancers swayed and tapped, the rattle and click of castanets mingled with the infectious rhythm and catchy melody of Spanish music vibrating over the sun-bathed Fiesta-clad campus. Spanish teachers exhumed elaborate dresses, rich and authentic costumes were admired and coveted, and the harassed stageless-crew bustled, about with deep-lined faces, the grumbling but apparently willing martyrs to the cause of every school event. Smilingly lenient instructors and Fiesta-fevered students constituted one big, happy pseudo-Spanish family relishing the transplanted customs of the Iberian penin- sula. LA CORRIDA DE TOROS. The bull fight, that highly controversial sub- ject, one of the very red-letter days on the Spanish calendar, is as deeply implanted in the Spanish make-up as their supreme egoism. The practice persists in spite of its being branded as cruel and brutal, in spite of the needless torture involved and pointed out by horrified, outraged foreigners, who, although they are vehement in their condemnation, yet feel or glimpse the beauty and the art which is an integral part of the performance of three out of the four units of the exhibition. The picador is the one excluded, for his part is like gilding the lily— it is a surfeit of cruelty. However, though some say the practice is becoming less popular with the advent of sports in Spain, yet it seems to continue steadily and inexorably, and apparently will continue to do so indefinitely, so long as the Spaniard can enjoy art rising out of suffering and brutality and unsportsmanship. 68 It is late afternoon of a summer Sunday. An immense concrete amphitheater is glutting itself with gaily colored streams of people. Anticipation has created images of blood and grace, bravery and callousness. The fever glows within them — they are eager as they cover the empty seat space like raindrops cover a sidewalk. Supercilious beggars, haughty rich, and all that goes between, tons of humanity with a single pur- pose, all restless and fidgety. Around five o ' clock the restlessness breaks out in whis- tles and clapping from the bleachers, exhortations to begin. At six o ' clock the grand procession forms at the arcade into the arena. Matadors and picadors, banderillos and toreadors in their velvet best march out in a gorgeous pageant to the strains of March of the Toreadors from Bizet ' s opera Carmen. Cloaks are flung by the participants to favored ones in the audience. A trumpet sounds, and out rushes a bevv ' ildered, black young bull, spirited, and set on edge by his twenty-four hour confinement in a darkened box. Up move the toreadors. Spritely in their attempts to infuriate the bull, they flourish red cloths at him. Full of fight, he dashes and wheels in vain efforts to toss them high and far. Evasive as flies, they play with him, and then yield to the sure-footed, speedy ban- derillos, who wave darts wrapped in colored paper at the red-eyed animal, pawing in desperation at his own futility. He rushes and their feet twinkle as they nimbh avoid him, leaving darts in his hide. A thunderous charge, light skipping, and tiie bull finds more fish-hooked darts in himself. They flap tipsily and painfully. He is bleeding. Now the picador appears, seated on a horse. What a contrast! The bull, roar- ing ' and mighty and vital in his prime, and the shambly shell of a nervous old man ol a horse, a grey, trembly horse who senses danger and is feebly worried. All around him is blackness and terror, for he is blindfolded, elderly and rickety. But the mob howls, and the bull paws, and the picador deliberately maneuvers the panic-stricken piece of horse senility that the bull, inflamed afresh by the sight and smell of a horse, might murder him in the most spectacular manner. The bull charges, the picador jabs him with his pole, but the bull is still powerful, and the old one, nickering in fright, is finally pierced with the stout, sharp horns. His blood is let, while he reels, stumbles and falls. The sand-strewn arena floor is now well splotched with gore, and the mob approves. The fever is fanned to a flame. The crowning moment! The supreme killing! Out steps the matador, the acclaimed ! Almost daintily he treads, playing with a slender steel blade. The bull has run the gamut, he is tiring, but that is desirable. Lithe and fresh, the matador deftly (lodges and tantalizes the wound-maddened bull, and when the play has gone far enough, he faces him, but does not move. The bull glares at the matador, who is poised with sword ready. The bull rushes in a final burst of energy. Completely mad, he charges, and the matador, scarcely seeming to move, slides the blade cleanly between the massive shoulders straight to the heart. The bull stands for a few seconds in puzzled surprise. Then he sinks to the sand, the life flame flickers and flares, he rises, it goes out, and he collapses to the bellowing delight and approbation of the mass. The matador bows and bows, the crowds cheer and cheer. Bravo ! What mat- ters the dead horse, did he not have one foot in the grave? What matters the dead bull, when his nightmare offered the opportunity for such grace and courage? Bravo! JARABE TAPATIO. One of the dances performed for the Fiesta, the Jarabe Tapatio, tells a story. It portrays a flirtation between a Mexican youth and Mexican maiden. It begins very friendly, with the boy and girl dancing coyly back and forth past each other. All is going well, and they have arrived at rocking violently (no doubt to symbolize tottering on the brink to fall in love) and smiling broadly, when something goes wrong, someone smiles at the wrong time, or says no when she should have said yes, and it ' s all off — they leave in a pout. However, quite accidentally they meet again, and it is discovered that Ipifigenio has imbibed to drown his sorrow. The girl puts up with him, probably thinking he would commit suicide or do something equally violent should she appear angry, and the shuttling process begins once more, she contenting herself with mocking his un- steady gait. After much staggering, his brain clears, and to celebrate reconciliation and his complete return to sobriety, they take hands and do a lot of skipping up and down until the boy, deciding that things have gone far enough, whirls the surprised but by no means displeased girl around arid sets her on his bended knee. In this agree- able and catching position the dance ends with a merry shout and an extra hard pound on the piano. Ah, to be young again ! M U I )i-spite the difficult conditions under which all de- partments of the High School have had to work this year, a complete program in music has been successful- h accomplished. That students carry over their inter- est in music outside of school hours is evidenced in tiie unusually large attendance at the three student concerts given by the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. The Santa Monica City Council and Women ' s Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra have gra- ciously cooperated and provided transportation for .sev- eral hundred Santa Moiu ' ca students at each Saturda concert. Broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera, The New York Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra, and KoKis . iu() j[,g Standard Symphony Hour which come each week were likewise enjoyed by many students, especially those in music appreciation and voice classes. During the school day the music classes of the first period have had the privilege of listening to a music appreciation hour from New York once a week. In addi!i(Aiynany students have enjoyed the Philadelphia Symphony broadcasts given during the noon hour. The music department has been of value to the unusually talented students who have enrolled in the various classes through .their special interests as listeners in the appreciation classes, as participants in harmonic or understanding or through their in- terest in vocal or instrumental performance in solo or en,semble groups. In a school the size of Samohi, music, as well as any art, is able to give instruc- tion in a more intimate manner than in a larger institution. The results this year have shown several students who have signally achieved success, in fact the percentage of talent in the senior class seems unusually high. Pauline O ' Connor has shown rare tklent as a viola player. She has done very conscientious and faithful work along this line throughout Junior and Senior High School and now holds the solo viola chair in the orchestra. During her sophomore year she was a prominent member of the piano classes. George Wittenberg has majored in Harmony and has been active in several other branches of music, including organ, piano, and orchestra. He appeared as a boy so- prano on a Christmas Program in his sophomore year, was one of the first violiiu ' sts of the orchestra when a Senior A and al.so has done solo work on both the piano and violin on many occasions. Di.xon Long, also a harmony major, is solo flutist in the orchestra. He has held this position for two years. He has shown talent as student director of the orchestra and has directed the orchestra in several performances. Nesta Williams, our solo ' cellist, has been a valuable member in the orchestra during her entire high school course. She has appeared as a soloist on many occasions and has also been a member of string trios, quartettes and many instrumental ensem- bles. Not only does she show talent as a ' cellist, but as a pianist, having played solos lor several recitals and Piano Club programs. Eloise Kline has done outstanding work botii as a voice and piano student. Her entire training in music has been received through the music department of the Santa Monica Public Schools. She had a role in Sweethearts, was a member of the triple trio, and did solo work. Her lovely voice quality and interpretative ability coupled with a pleasing stage presence have been the basis of her successful singing. Eloise has been an important member of the piano classes during her three years at Samohi 72 MUSIC because of her thorough and very musi- cal preparation. During her senior year her capable and artistic leadership as president of the Piano Club was an im- portant factor in promoting the of the club. Eleanor Brownell has participated in the Glee Club activities which have oc- curred during her high school course. This participation includes the prima donna role in Victor Herbert ' s Sweet- hearts, solo work in Inflammatus, from Stabat Mater, in various choral numbers and membership in the triple trio. She has shown unusual talent as a dramatic soprano and the ability to de- velop that talent. She aspires to a ca- reer in opera and her talent seems best adapted to such Wagnerian roles .is Elsa in Lohengrin or Brunhilde in Die Walkure. ys FIESTA MUSIC PBB NN Roxanna 1 odd. Haul Bob Washl.urn Nesta W Cieuige WittenbclK lol Everett Norton. GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB:— Carlem ma Banks. Billie Bassett. Rosem rcnce Becker, Barb KLINE U ' CONNOR WILLIA.M.S LONG BROWNELL WITTENBERG Lianna Carrillon, Florence Chai ' in.in linilu i Gladys Cook, Betty Cooper, Ban ham, Dorothy Escobedo, Bett I ; I garet Gruber, Helen Harrison. Jm II i Halden, Margaret Howden, Ymmih. II .hi Joyce, Eleanor Kouner, Yvonne M iii K — Helen .Nolan, March Paulson. Main. I ' , n Evelyn Rouse. Naomi .Snook, lJ..rnili Mmk Tucker, Katie Turman, Elsie ' u ., MiUlrei Kaihryn Linly, Barbara Murdock, Carlulfa K. BOYS ' GLEE CLUB:— Roy Anstey, J. Co.v, Lon Landrum. Gordon Lyall, Clifford . son. Joe Tysl. Dick Weaver, Richard White. CHOIR : Eleain.r Brownell. Betty Coo Mur.lock. Cliffonl Ohray, Paul Breiniger, 0« BAND:— Ray Athey, Ted Beck, M;uvi Christie. Fred Edmonds. Peter (.ordun. Bill Carlisle .Manaugh. Mark Miller. Donald M McHarg. Dick McHarg. Eniil Nixon. Bu il Reesor, Bob Rostine. Edmund Soest. James ert Sandrneyer, Dick Wilson, Robert Wilkes. Cramiiton, La Rue Cutler, Dorothy Due, Barbara Du uns, Enid Fisher, Naomi Forrest. Isabel Freeland. .Ma lie Hermauson. Katherinc Hill. Dorothv Hinderer. K ' .11. Frank lones. Norman Kile. Earl l.ee. iiierson McRill, .Morgan McNeely, Jack llil.s. Harry Press. Earl Porsgaard. Karl . rthur Shellhuuse. Junior Schmidt, Rob- N O CRONKHITE Neailv all the stin: An unusual amount of talent and interest in the subject has made the piano classes this year par- ticularly successful. Class piano has given numer- ous students an opportunity to secure training in their musical hobby or their later specialized work, whichever the case may be. In the class the stu- de nt has an advantage, in that he may see his pro- gress compared with that of the other members by observation and criticism during the lesson. Most important, probably, is the training in the perform- ing before a group, a training which should make his study of much value, later, whether as an ama teur or as a specialist in his own field of instrumental nts have taken part in recital and Piano Club programs. this It is interesting to note that the students have freedom in the choice ol their material, subject, of course, to the approval of the piano instructors. Miss Cronkhite and Miss Malsfaey. Most of this material has been chosen with the idea of use on the Piano Club programs which have been based largely this year on music of differ- ent coiMitries. In one of the classes, stories and poems have been written in the atmos- phere of the compositions. Among the students who have shown initiative and talent in their piano study might be mentioned: Sophomores, Ruth Boswell and Evelyn Betts; juniors, Esther Hurden, Estelle Lawrence and Roxie Wittenberg; seniors, Ruth Little, Eloise Kline, Gertrude Pa kel, .Albertiiie Stone, Nesta Williams, and George Wittenberg. -A 74 H R M O N Y Man stiKifiUs who arc music niajors are enrolled in the Harmony classes iiniier the direction of Doris Moon, Chairman of the Department. In addition to the added appreciation of music which the study of theory brings to these students, the acquire harmonic idiom and cultivate an aural sense to a degree possible through no other music subject. Through the understanding of just how music is made these students arc able to make practical application of their technical knowledge. Laura Turnquist and Roxie Wittenberg made some interesting arrangements of numbers for the Girls ' String Quintette. Other students have made use of their theoretical knowledge in the ar- rangement of music for small orchestras of which they are members. The advanced harmony class, all Seniors, has been working on original compositions during the sec- ond semester, some of which were played for a meeting of the Piano Club, others were used during the Fiesta activities. Those contributing compositions in the Spanish vein included Margaret Brewster, a first year Harmony student, and Yvonne Brunnei and George Wittenberg, from the advanced Harmony class. Yvonne Brunner wrote an attractive dance for violin and piano; Margaret Brew- ster, a Cancion for piano, and George Wittenberg, a Dance for the same iiistru The original compositions given for the Piano Club during the first week in June included the following compo.sitions : Melodic for violin by Roxie Wittenberg; A Descriptive Novelty for piano by Emily Gordon; Song Without Words for violin and piano by Laura Turnquist; Nocturne for piano by Esther Burden and a clarinet solo by Harry Press. The Spanish compositions heard during the l-iesta were also repeated for this occasion. Miss Elizabeth Maries, who is an upper d fornia at Los Angeles, and a former Santa M was in inusjc theor -, has been assisting in tlie ivision student at the University of Cali- onica High School student whose major Harmony I class this past semester. ORCHESTRA The Santa Monica High School Orchestra has attained a prominent place among high school orchestras. Under the sympathetic and kindl ' leadership of Ethel Brooks Giampaolo, this or- ganization has found much inspiration and jo ill orchestra this year. Although not unusuall large in number, the orchestra has proved to be exceptionally well balanced in instrumentation. The aims of the members, besides proficienc and accuracy, include understanding of the or- chestral compositions and colorful interpretation of the music. They have performed both as an entire group and in ensemble playing for maii ETHn. i.iAWP ()i.(j community activities at the Masonic Hall, L ' ni- versity of California at Los Angeles, Parent- Teachers Association, Community Sing, School Week, Presbyterian Church, World Friendship Convention, and Commencements. At the School Week and Connnunity Sing performances, as well as playing their program numbers, they accompanied the dancers and singers. The splendid work accomplished on these immcrous occasions has caused much favorable comment. The High School Orchestra has furnished two fine ensembles composed of its artist members who have given much time and talent to Samohi this year. The Girls ' String Quintette deserves much credit for its service on several important programs, including: Girls ' League Party, Christmas Program, and Senior Luncheon. The members are: Betty Jones, Harriet Barnett, violins; Laura Turnquist, viola; Roxie Wittenberg, ' cello; Lorraine Rice, piano. A Senior instrumental ensemble composed of George Wittenberg, violin ; Pauline O ' Connor, viola; Nesta Williams, ' cello, and Dixon Long, flute, ' was a nowl and ad mirable conrribution to the ConuneiKemeiit activities in Tune. ' j:,- ' ■ — - . , — — __ — - g ■-■ C ' ' - ' g m3 mm m ) y3t M L j Vtm KLjJ t CV -i ' ' ' P M M J m lw ' ilM IB fc ■■W ' fe- ' ' SmL- m- Wm IP_ 76 w THE BAND The Band, under the capable direction ot jack Sanderson Joyce, has been frequently commended by both the faculty and students. This organiza- tion, as in former years, has provided useful support at football and basket ball games by its enthusiasm and spirit. The annual mass concert in which all the Ra League bands participate was originally scheduled to be held at Samnhi this year, but due to the en- forced March vacation it was held at Long Beach. Through listening to the bands of other schools and by playing in massed numbers, members of the Sam- nhi organization received inspiration and a chance to compare their work with that of the other par- ticipating bands. Besides the usual school songs and marches, the band has played several operatic selections includ- ing: Orpheus in Hades, by Offenbach, The Red Mill, by Victor Herbert, and Chimes of Normandy, noon concerts each week were a featured part of the Rand were always anticipated by the student body. The Band officials are: Instructor, Jack S. Royce ; Director, Ednuuid Soest ; As- sistant Director, Vernon Phillips; Manager, James Skidmore; Secretary-Treasurer, Harr ' Press; Librarian, Norman Kile; Sergeant-at-Arms, Mark Miller. A new venture for the band this year was the inauguration of a series of three , open-air concerts given on May 23, May 29 and June 7. These concerts, held at the Mvmicipal Auditorium, were participated in by thirtj-five students. Mr. Joyce arranged these concerts, in the absence of the Municipal band, to give enjoyment to both th(; participants and listeners. The band has also isited other Ra ' District .schools giving concerts at each. Among the most important was the Memorial Day Conceit at John Adams. JACK S. JOYCE Planquette. activities thi Outdoor vear and the school. Mn ) the piogiams o BOYS ' GLEE CLUB The- 15oys ' Cilcc Club has appeared alone anil with the (rirls ' Glee Club on Christmas programs, Parent Teacher Activities at High School, Roose- velt and Jefferson schools, and Convmencements. Their repertoire included : Viking Song, by Tay- h)r; Song of the Flea, by Moussourgsky ; I ' ale Moon, by Logan; Sailor Chanties, by Bartholo- mew; Folk Songs, arranged by Brown, and I ' ve Never Been to Frisco, by Stone. Among the boys who have shown ability and talent along vocal lines are: iMigene Poe, Owen Miller, Paul Rreiniger and David Robertson, who sang the baritone solo in a choral number at the February Commencement. Roth of these groups have .shown great wil- lingness to work and cooperate with the other music ibers of the (lirls ' Glee Club and voice cla.sscs have con- the Piano Club on several occasions. .h.r glee clubs, with their artistic i beauty to Spanish Fiesta Day. ing of the Sparu ' sh niusii ' J he Boys ' Quartet, composed of Clifford Obray, first tenor; Paul Breininger, second tenor; Clifford Morris, baritone, and Owen Miller, bass, .sang for several im- portant community activities during the past seinester. They were well received wher ever they appeared, and are a credit to the training they have received from theii instructor, Mr. Bickel. At the June Commencement the combined glee clubs will sing a very dramatic number, Big Babylon ' s Wave, taken from the Psalms, and set to music by Gounod. ' J ' hroughout the piece there are many interesting A Capella passages. The high school orchestra will accompany the concerted sections. •EARL MALSI-EEV GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB The Glet- Clubs have been handicapped this year by a lack of an auditorium, and were unable to present their usual performances, including light opera. Nevertheless, they have maintained an ex- ceptionally high standard of vocal accomplishment under the able leadership of Herbert Biclccl. These two organizations have appeared on various pro- grams, combined and separately. Many members ha ' e participated in ensembles, sextettes, trios and octettes. The (jirls ' (Jlee Club has appeared for com- munity activities at the Kiwanis Club, Criterion and Wilshire Theatres, Parent Teachers Association, St. Augustine Church, Red Cross Program and Commencements. Some of the interest- ing numbers which they interpreted included: Arabian Desert Suite by Spross, Bird of the Wilderness by Horsman, Waltzes from Die Fledermaus by Strauss, and such folk tune arrangements by Deems Taylor as Waters Ripple and Flow, and ' iM Johnny Was a Shoemaker. Instead of choosing a definite triple trio from these girls, Mr. Bickel formed several triple trios giving various pupils a cliance tn partake in ensemble work. An outstanding member of the girls ' glee club was Eleanor Browne! 1, who has been a mainstay of the soprano section during her entire three years in Santa Monica High School. In recognition of her talent, and willingness to give of that talent for all school activities, she received the honor of singing on the June Commencement pro- gram. Her solo was Hear Ye Israel, a dramatic aria from Mendelssohn ' s Oratorio, Elijah. D B A r H ncbatiiig is a student activity close to my heart, _ M and it has been a pleasure to direct so fine a group ol f ?!|f ' (? ' n oung people as those comprising the Samohi Debate ' ■- ' ' Squad of 1934. Considering their lack of experience, the record made by the Santa Monica High School speakers is outstanding. In vanquishing Bakersfield, San Bernar- dino, Burbank, San Pedro, Inglevvood, Los Angeles, J Santa Paula, Redondo, they defeated representative reams of Southern California. We started the season with b it one veteran dc- , hater, Bruce Stern, whose delivery and spirit of co- ; operation won the admiration of the team. At the end of the first quarter, the squad had been increased to ' ' wKiiiin eight, by the second quarter, there were sixteen, and, by the second semester, twenty-one debaters were en- gaged ill forensics. The greatest factor in this growth has been the creation of a de- bating class, which serves as a training ground for talent. In (Jail Soules, the team had a speaker who developed her abilities to the utmost. There was never a time when she was unprepared on a basic argument. She was per sistent in research, and there were occasions when victory for Samohi turned upon a bit of evidence she had modestly given the squad. It is regrettable that she will not be back next year. The only sophomore to win his pin was Douglas Bryan. He combined a persua si e deliver ' with mental alertness and the cle -er use of h mnor. Douglas will be the only experienced varsity debater returning to compete in 1934-35, and, if he im- proves in the future, as he has in the past, he should become one ol the best competitive debaters in the Bay League. To Phil Morse belongs the distinction of being the finest all-around orator on the tram. Possessing a pleasing platform appearance, smoothness of address, skill in cross-fire and repartee, Morse justified his selection as cither an opening or closing speaker. Samohi ' s most aggressive debater was Billy Rust. With the exception ol the Redlands Tournament, fie was always used as the concluding speaker in constructi c and rebuttal argument. ' • The Debate Commissioner, Harland Swift, efficiently handled the details of his office. This entailed a terrific amount of extra-curricular work. It was Swiftic who saw to the arrangement of the debate budget, financial disbursements, selection of the judges, and the conduct of assemblies. A New York Telephone Company executive, Mr. C. F. Ostergren, recentl em- phasized the value of forensic activity when he stated: Debating is, 1 believe, one ol the best training fields for public speaking. It puts a premium on pleasing, imder- standable, convincing presentation. It affords unlimited practice in suiting the word and argument to the immediate situation. In addition, it has an entirely distinct ad- vantage over many forms of practice in speech, namely, the experience of doing re- search work in a subject of current public interest and organizing the material in logical, convincing form. May it prosper. Need I d th e motion : Charles F. W right, Debate Coaeh. D E BATE The debate team lor this ear started from rock bottom with only one returning letterman, Bruce Stern. The final reckoning of the league de- bate scores shows Samolii to be in sec- ond place with a total of 13 points. This was one step above our last year ' s standing of third place. The progress made by the debaters was phenomenal, in view of the fact that they had to learn more than they had ever known existed about debate, in order to be ready for the first league debate, to say nothing of the remain- ing two debates which followed in close succession. In the field of coaching, Mr. Wright, the debate coach, gave Samo- hi a busier debate schedule than ever before experienced. With the intro- duction of the public speaking class, which is to be started next semester and conducted in conjunction with tl Saniohi ' s future in debate. l ' our of the above pictures are those of this year ' s debaters and two are pictures nf students who have taken up an extra-curricular studv of debate preparatory to be- ing next season ' s varsity debaters. Bruce Stern took part in the first league debate and his colleague in this one, Douglas Bryan, participated in all debates of the season, in- cluding the Redlands tournament. Billy Rust, also, was entered in all debates. He concluded the season by defeating Inglewood. In the first league contest he was teamed with Philip Morse, in the second with Gail Soulcs, and in the third with Douglas Bryan. In the second league dehate, Philip Morse and Douglas Br an made an unbeat- able combination. Gail Soulcs, after main weeks of hard work, made a fine showing in the second debate and gained even higher honors in the Redlands tournament and the third league debate. Gail Soules and Philip Morse are undefeated in Bay League debating. All four of these debaters took part in the Redlands tournament. Virginia Tyler and Abe Bloom have made an outside study of debate in order to be ready to fill in next year ' s vacancies in the varsity squad. MORSR STERN resent dehate class, there is great hope for FIRST BAY LEAGUE TIu- question for this debate, the first one of the 1933-34 season, was Resolved, that the influence of the mode rn newspaper is detrimental to the best interests of the American people. This was limited strictly to newspapers and did not include periodicals. Both sides of this question were debated on November 16, 1933. After many weeks of strenuous practice, made necessar - by a shortage of debaters, the negative team, composed of Bruce Stern and Douglas Bryan, journeyed to Hunt- ington Park. Although the constructive arguments of Saniohi were superior to those of Huntington Park, Samohi lost out on the rebuttal. The decision was three to noth- ing in favor of Huntington Park. 81 On the home platform, Philip Morse and Billy Rust defended the affirmative side of the question against Inglewood ' s negative team. Samohi won this encounter by a decision of two to one. r!yV iO L L r!yA jUh The question for the second debate, made especially interesting and instructive by its application to everyday life, was Re solved, that the United States should adopt the essential features of the British System of Radio Con- trol and Operation. Samohi was fortunate in winning both sides of this question by a two to one decision in each case. Both debates were held on February 22, 1934. Gail Soules and Billy Rust upheld the affirmative side on their own platform and won gloriously. Philip Morse and Douglas Bryan traveled to Redondo and lit- erally swamped their opponents with their superior case. The results of these two debates brought Samohi ' s league standing up to third place and within one point of Inglewood, who was in second place. 1 rllrvD L t AvjUli For the last round of the year, the question was, Re solved, that a policy of economic nationalism is desirable for the ITnited States. Due to the forced vacation prior to the regular Easter vacation, the work on this question was slowed up, and the dates for the two debates were set back. On May 27, Do ig- las Bryan and Billy Rust took the affirmative side of this question against Huntington Park. This time Huntington Park won, but only by the narrow margin of two to one, as against the score of three to nothing in the first league debate. This was the first time that Samohi was defeated on the home platform. On Monday, May 30, Samohi ' s negative team journeyed to Inglewood to debate them on the negative side of the same question. In this contest Samohi was the victor by a margin of two to one. Billy Rust and Gail Soules represented Samohi in this debate. Their victory was due largely to the superior construction of their cases, which Inglewood was totally unable to answer. This debate placed Samohi definitely in second place. Next semester, there is to be a class in public speaking and debate. The entire course will cover two semesters and provide a better opportunity to develop the latent debate talent in Samohi. REDLANDS. The world of sports has its various championship play-offs in all divisions of athletics. The same is true of debate. The Redlands Debate tourna ment is the largest tournament of its kind, known to us, on the Pacific Coast. This year it took place on April 20-21. Schools from three states are represented in this grand finale of the debate season. The magnitude of this tournament lies not only in the debates held, but also in the numerous oratorical and declamation contests that arc held in addition to the debates. There were thirty teams representing eighteen high schools. Some schools entered as many as three or four teams. Samohi was represented by two teams composed of Douglas Bryan, Gail Soules, Philip Morse and Billy Rust. This year, as in the past, each team was given four qualifying debates. Two defeats, consecutive or otherwise, disqualified a team. Doug- las Bryan and Gail Soules were eliminated in the fourth round, and Philip Morse and Billy Rust were eliminated in the sixth round. D iring the total of ten rounds which our teams went through, they defeated such teams as San Bernardino, last year ' s champion ; Bakersfield, Inglewood, Los Angeles, Burbank, and many lesser schools. After Samohi was eliminated in the sixth round by Santa Rosa, there were only four schools left, which gave Samohi fifth place. This was a relatively better standing than our third place of last year due to the fact that there were five more schools entered this year. 82 DE BATE Attcr Santa Rosa, San Diego, Red- lands and Rakerslield had finished their rnuiids, it was found that Bak- ersfield had won the fournamenf. This victory entitles theni to go to Topeka, Kansas, for the national de- hate contest. Everybody that has ever attended one of these tourna- ments at Redlands has said that they are an education in theinselves. Noth- ing is done merely for the sake of ar- gument. Everything is planned along logical lines which are so necessary to formal debate. PRACTICE DEBATES. In ad dition to league debates and tourna ments, there are two other lines of ac- tivity open to Samohi ' s debate squad. LOOM SWIFT 1 - j_ f i f non-decision TVLER RRVAN _ . j , 1 , ,,3 ,, The outlaw debate is usi.allv a practice debate with another school in which a formal decision is rendered by one or more judges. Neither the practice nor the outlaw de- bate affects the league standing of the teams. During the season, Samohi had three outlaw debates, three league debates with both sides of the same question debated on the same day but at different schools, and a great number of non-decision practice debates. The season ' s total averaged twenty-five to thirty, or more, debates. Among the schools in the Bay League with which we had practice debates were : Redondo, San Pedro, Huntington Park and Inglewood. It is expected that, nistead of having three debate questions each season and debating only one school on one side of the same question, a move will be made next year, at the first meeting of the league, to have each school debate both sides of a question with every other school in the league. If this can be accomplished, it will mean that the material gathered on each question will be prepared in better detail. It will also save time in selecting questions for other league debates. SAMOHI— SANTA PAULA. This was one of the most unusual outlaw de- bates of the season. In order to accommodate Santa Paula, Samohi was obliged to use three-man teams. To offset this disadvantage, the time for the constructive speeches was kept down to eight minutes. In spite of the rearrangement of speakers, Samohi was awarded both decisions, this having been a dual debate. SAMOHI— SOUTH PASADENA. On the occasion of this debate, Samohi acquired a new friend in debate circles on May 10. South Pasadena opened negotia- tions for this debate shortly before the second league debate. Due to a crowded sche- dule, however, we were unable to meet them until after the third league debate. This «as a non-decision practice debate in which Gail Soules and Billy Rust defended the affirmative side of the radio question. SAMOHI— LOS ANGELES. After being defeated by Samohi in the Redlands tournament, Los Angeles high school asked for an opportunity to debate us in practice. A dual debate was finallv arranged late in April on the question of economic national- ism. Samohi ' s negative won the first debate, and Los Angeles ' negative won the second one. This brought to a close all of the debating activities for the season. 83 more friendly with age, and smiled more beautifully at the stranger, who felt they could understand his lonesomeness. The trees in the yards were few, but green and shady, and bent handsomely to meet the boarded walks. These walks led in all di- rections, and were worn and broken with the steps of many generations, steps that had known sorrow and happiness in their tempo, gayety and joy in their movement, but which had all become sooner or later part of the ever-moving mob of men. Beside the village lay the sparkling bay, which to the stranger was like some price- less jewel. Its tiny waves lapped on the pebbles, and tickled the driftwood which lay (jn the sloping shore. They laughed and sighed by turns, and then again they livened into giggling breakers which enveloped the bathers with mischievous glee. On the beach lay the battered ruin of a raving ocean ' s madness. The ruin was in the form of a tiny fishing vessel which had met its fate on the rocky point which formed the end of the arc of the bay. Its sides were cut and broken with the marks of biting rocks, and its helm was split with a jagged tear. It had happened on a memorable night when the playful waves had become angered and frightened, and had beaten the rocks and sand with uncontrollable fury. Rain had fallen with pelting drops and the wind had whipped the sails of many ships around their creaking masts. The light- house on the point had flashed faithfully, but its warning light had been powerless against the raging storm. Lightning flashes had cut the moving sky, and torrents of rain had fallen on the open sea. But soon the dawn had come, and with it the calm after the storm. And on the weak beach lay the wrecks of many faithful ships which had fought a losing battle. The stranger ' s eye left the sad ship and followed the dipping horizon where the sun was bidding good-night to the day, and returned to the gnarled oak under which he stood. Both the oak and the sun had seen the beginning of that little village, and he wondered what they could tell ; but he hoped in vain for knowledge, for only the Eternal could read the past and predict the future with the accuracy of the truth. So he turned and picked his lonesome way back up the slope toward the gabled and friendly homes which had grown mellow and kind with the passing ages. — ViRGiNi.A Vail. TERROR Man, because of his intensely imaginative brain, is subject to a trail of terrors from infancy to that absolute cessation of bodily activity called death. Terror con- sists mainly not in fear of the known, but in fear of the unknown. Let us picture our first ancestors, who, although gifted with no lively intellectual powers, were possessed of a very real fear of the world as it existed then. The brief respite of forgetfulness in the daytime was forcibly erased from their minds with the advent of night. Crouched in their communal caves, they watched with fearful eyes, peering into the dense mysterious veil of darkness which shrouded the nocturnal world. Occasionally the sparks of some unknown monster ' s eyes, reflected from their small fire at the mouth of the cave, caused them to draw further back into the protective recesses of their refuge. To further augment this fear, tlie liideous roars of primeval monsters in mortal combat frequently reached their sensitive ears, while the snarl ot some prowling feline, probably the dreaded saber-tootli, would be heard just outside tlie protective shield of their camp light. Through the ages has marched man, generation after generation, marching up from the cradle to the grave — the mightiest panorama that ever paraded across this living stage, the earth. Empires raise themselves like the crest of a wave, to attain a magnificent height, and then siowls topple over, to repeat the performance again and again. However high may be the pinnacles of civilization, there still accompanies man a blind, intangible, unreasoning terror of the unknown. This terror, inexplicable to even the most courageous or intellectual, causes strong men to blanch, and the migh tiest to cower from some invisible hand dealing destruction — they know not what, 86 Those primeval ancestors of ours were, perhaps, not so far removed from us as we would suppose and lead ourselves to imagine. Activated by these same impulses, they experienced fear, happiness, desire, and ambition. The same grooves of behaviour, worn in those savage brains, have been handed down to us, thus causing us to experi- ence almost identically the same emotions they once did. If we doubt the veracity of such a statement, we have just to look at the hair sprouting from every part of our bodies — most of them microscopic, perhaps, but there, nevertheless. We should, if we are unduly overcome at our own sense of greatness, look back upon those shaggy forebears of ours, and remember that it would not take much to cause us to revert into those half-animal creatures that they were. — George E. Knack. STORMS The little island gleamed like a lustrous pearl in the azure blue of the broad Pacific. Not a breath of air stirred. The sun seemed riveted, a plaque of red-hot brass, to a blinding dome of blue-hot steel. Not a sign of life was visible, save the usual forms of insect pests which drifted lazily about in the shade of listless palm branches. But into this calm an almost imperceptible change in the aspect of sea and sky gave vague warning that all might not be well. At first, only a few streaks of filmy cloud showed in the northeast, but this gradually spread along the horizon. Suddenly a scantily-clad native appeared and stood gazing at this odd change. Then he turned and beckoned toward a grove of drooping palms, and was presently joined by several more dusky-skinned companions who in turn gazed uneasily at the fast thickening clouds. Anxiety began to take pos- session of the islanders, and was shared by numerous specimens of bird life which were becoming restless. Even the incessant hum of insects had ceased. This anxiety increased as the cloud-veils thickened, rolling and piling up into heavy masses in the east — masses from which now and then low wisps of vapor would break loose and come scudding overhead with sudden, violent gusts of rain. These squalls drove the trembling natives into their rude hut whose walls and thatch were already whipping and rattling, even though well sheltered by the palm grove. A horizonless black threat muffled all the sky, extinguishing the whole world save for a menacing line of vague green light, sinister and pale, off to westward. Ever more viciously the surfs were booming, frothing over the reefs. The natives huddled over their fire, the leaden fingers of fear gripping their hearts, as the wind, hauling ' round toward the north, sent rain squalls beating in horizontally through the side walls of their hut, tormenting the fire and sending smoke and sheaves of sparks whirling away into ominous black gloom. By now the hurricane had increased to insane ferocity and snatched madly at the hut, hilariously exulting as thatch from the ever-disintegrating walls tore loose and fled down wind with wild, disordered flappings. Whoosh! suddenly the terror-stricken natives found themselves with no roof whatever above them, for it had vanished into the gullet of the screaming tempest. Above the screeching of the wind and rain could be heard the ever-increasing thunder of wind-lashed breakers pounding upon rocks. Minutes passed like centuries. Suddenly — what was this? A rush and swirl of driven waters all about them sent the horrified natives into a frenzied panic, springing like water-logged grass- hoppers to the only remaining refuge, the topmost branches of the twisted palms. Their worst fears had been realized. The hurricane, shifting around to the north, had sent mountainous seas crashing across the island fr om its reef-unprotected side. Palm trunks crashed down like felled giants as rain, sea, and wind blended into one raving, whooping pandemonium. 87 But, as all things must have an end, the storm gradually spent itself, not without talcing its toll, however, for the results, as seen in the eerie gray light of dawn, wero ghastly. What a contrast ! Nothing seemed recognizable. The face of Nature had been radically changed. To eastward, naught of the island remained, save here and there a tangle of mangroves straddling oi twisted roots in a froth of foam. Of the palm grove and the native hut, nothing remained but an occasional stump. All signs of life had vanished, blotted out by the relentless fury of the hurricane. Tragedies such as this are taking place each day; lives are being wrecked and altered, not necessarily by storms of wind and rain, but by the inevitable storms that continually harass the horizon of human existence — storms of life. They come sud- denly and depart suddenly, perhaps having changed the entire orbit of a person ' s life. However, all storms aren ' t for the worst, destructive or disfiguring to a person ' s career. Many, like the gentle storms of summer, bring long-hoped-for relief and, when over, leave happiness and prosperity in their wake. So it goes! At what moment one of these storms will come upon him no one knows, and it ' s fortunate that he doesn ' t. — W. i.Ti:i{ Si- i I. DING. LIGHT AND SHADE With clock-like regularity, the earth completes one revolution every twenty-four liours. During the rotation, its inhabitants are entertained by the passing procession of the sun, the moon, and the stars. Not a few times they are treated with the sur- prise of a lunar eclipse, or a solar eclipse, or the sight of stars dizzily and obligingly falling or shooting with unbelievable rapidity through the firmament. It is a divert- ing spectacle, and it affects us in various ways. The sun holds sway in the heavens for the major part of the day. It stages an impressive sunrise, and an awesome .sunset. It also regales humanity with a bright morning and an equally bright afternoon. The aurora and the evening can be cap- tured by no inspired paragraph. We are reduced to murmuring those poor, frayed adjectives which always jump eagerly to fill the gaping breaches in our descriptive powers. Gorgeous, we breathe, wonderful, lovely, glorious, magnificent! And without fail, the one who has clasped her hands and assumed an expression of perfect transport, sighs that jack-of-all trades, Beautiful! It is wiser to stand motionless and calm, with the faculties in abeyance, allowing the slow, silent wonder to fill the consciousness. Let tlie shv emotions and thoughts which arise, encouraged by the inward stillness, emerge undisturbed. They are timid as deer — a sudden motion sends them flitting into dark recesses. It is a period belonging to eternity. Any word, any movement, is a profanation, a return to the prosaic, the mundane, and the temporal. Early morning is a pleasant time of day. Characterized by freshness, newness, and purity, its essence must pass into the most care-worn, bitter, and disillusioned spir- its arrested by the scene. It is the time for the ecstatic contraction of the throat, that ridiculously happy mood for which no definite, logical reason can be proffered. On the contrary, afternoon never fails to be stupid and depressing, a barren bore, and its four-hour burden is best borne by the Mexicans, siuiken in their siestas, while the hot sun .stares stolidly at plain, iniinteresting facts. Imagination, as helpless as a fly on fly-paper, shrinks back into a murky corner of the mind, mystery flees, and romance sits and sweats, miserably pawing at annoying in.sects wlio.sc monotonous, thread-fine hum is the only sound cutting the dead atmosphere. All in the sim is dull ; all in the shade is sleepy. A many-hueil wheel, previously spinning and flashing in ibrant life, has slowed to a barely m() ing rotation which presents ever regular stripe of cheap, gaudy paint. The afternoon sun may be likened to a news photographer, who, with perspiring brow and a cigar stub clamped between his teeth, snaps views because it is his biisi- ness. On the other hand, the moon, the poetic artist, weaves a spell. With light, dextrous touch he transfigures the landscape, imbues it with coolness and enchantment, elusive, maddening mystery, luring shadows, hazy, tempting perspectives, and horizons merging with the infinite. Even the flat, unimaginative sidewalk becomes, instead of a dogged, enduring strip of cement, a stream of silver stretching away between dark shades of leafy trees into an enticing, dimly-beckoning distance. The ghost of the afternoon sun atones for his former glaring obtuseness. — Joe Germain. IN BOLD FACE TYPE Seven-eighths of the aspiring young author sauntered slowly down the street, but the other eighth was miles away. An idea had taken possession of his brain another day and had multiplied until it had evolved itself into the plot of the perfect short story. A story with real true-to-Iife characters, a story with sparkling dialogue, a tale with a snappy plot and a surprising ending! Perfect characterization — the unequaled short story! When the dreamer reached the corner, from which he was accustomed to take a bus, he stopped mechanically, pulled his commutation ticket from his pocket, presented it to the driver, then walked down the center of the bus to the back corner where he sat, far from the madding crowd . All this without once interrupting his train of thought, which was now choo-chooing through space like a crack express. He was in what is commonly known as a daze, or blue funk. A perfect short story, it couldn ' t be anything else. Imagine it featured in a na- tional magazine. Imagine his name on the cover in bold-face type. Imagine the won- derment of some of his ordinary friends. Broad smiles passed over his face as he thought of the witticisms in which his characters would indulge, and the veiled satiri- cal remarks they would make, the bubbling conversation, and the supreme character- ization. Heavy frowns drew his face into a little-children-terrifying-scowl as he struggled with some technicality. Then, with a burst of the inward fire, it was solved. Now he was impatient. Would the bus never reach his corner? He had to get to work. But the bus took its time, stopping at every corner and spending the time between stops shifting into high. Finally he was able to push the buzzer, and to step off at his own street, where he was immediately immersed in a cloud of carbon mon- oxide. With the step of a preoccupied author, acquired after much study as to how a preoccupied author would step, he walked down the street, entered his domicile and greeted the family with a curt Hello. After which he retired in great haste to his room, not without fortifying himself with an apple and a handful of cookies. Safe in his sanctuary with his beloved typewriter, he was soon hunting and pecking with zeal. After proceeding at a phenomenal pace for three pages of five-and-ten-cent store paper, he suddenly stopped. Frowning horribly, he leaned forward over the much battered machine and read over what he had just written. He stared at his typewriter. He glared about him. He assumed an attitude of deep thought. He arose from his chair, barking his shins in the act. He muttered. He paced the room. He stormed. He raged. He flopped down on the couch. He read again what he had written. He ripped it out and de- posited it in the wastebasket. He assumed an attitude of extreme melancholy. He walked over to his book case and pulled out a volume, read a paragraph and threw it on the couch. Then he grabbed another book of tips for writers and read a bit and threw it on the floor. Then someone called him to dinner. Slowly and moodily he opened the door of his room, and walketl down the luill to the stairs. Dog-tired, he stumbled down and into the dining room. I he picture of dejection, mistaken and misunderstood genius, he dropped into his place. 1 he members of the family occupied themselves with small talk. He didn ' t listen. He was 89 far away trying to make a hero remove a villain from the scene without doing murder, still remaining a true, noble, strong-minded, idealistic hero. He ate mechanically, like a robot. Then ... A triumphant smile lit up his features. He mumbled Excuse me, please, and departed with haste for his room. What a fool he had been! Why hadn ' t he thought of that before? His genius hadn ' t failed him! He would have the villain commit suicide. To work again, after first retrieving the story from the wastebasket. This time there were no major interruptions, only feverish leafings through a synonym dictionary and a pause here and there to rest his fingers. He worked about four hours. After pulling the last sheet of paper from the typewriter in a way not calculated to help the machine any, he disrobed and literally fell into be d. His masterpiece was complete. He dreamed of editor ' s checks. It was only the work of a short time the next day to retype his masterpiece, to write a friendly letter to the editor, telling him all about it, and to carefully mail the perfect short story. His spirits soared like a toy balloon. However, it took this member of the ' literati ' several days to come to earth again, and even then he didn ' t quite reach firm ground. Before the manuscript had reached the magazine in the East he was watching for his check and keeping a sharp lookout for the mailman. He had computed the time for the story to reach the editor, for the editor to read and accept it, and for the offer to reach him to be about ten days. That is, unless the editor wired the offer. But no wire came. And no letter came, on the tenth, on the eleventh, on the twelfth day. Agony, he suffered. Suppose the mails had been robbed? Suppose some editorial ogre had stolen it? Suppose it had been brushed into the editor ' s waste- basket without his having seen it? Suppose the stamps had come off and it was in the dead letter office. He quailed at the ghastly vision of his masterpiece gathering dust with thousands of other deceased letters. He became as nervous as a ' 29 stock- broker. Finally, on the afternoon of the thirteenth day . . . the letter was handed to him. It was a small envelope. There was the return address of the national magazine in one corner. There was the purple stamp in the other corner. There was his name in the middle. It could be a rejection slip with the manuscript mailed under separate cover. But no . . . the perfect short story couldn ' t be rejected . . . ! He opened the envelope with trembling fingers. How much? Twenty-five . . . fifty . . . even a hundred? Your subscription has expired. — J.AMES Johnson. CIVITAS PERFECTA Come, Venus, Come Hither with thy golden cup. Where nectar-floated flowerets swim. Fill, fill the goblet up; These laughing lips shall kiss the brim, — Come, Venus, Come! —Frai miiil 5, Sappho. What is tlie human being, and why does he live? Since the first terrifying darts of consciousness of one ' s self as a separate, individ- ual, rational entity pierced the skull of our brutish ancestors, the great question has hovered above us, ever-present and horrible to behold to those occasional minds that dare to raise their heads and ask it; in the early stages of human development the infant was conditioned, so to speak, into a vague realization of self, but we of tht ' present almost automatically assert our distinctly personal existence. Among the lower orders of life — indeed, among all but our own species, no such condition of absolute unity of self can e.xist except in a most primary form. In a disinterested way, we may 90 suppose, the anthropoid ape regards himself as an individual, but abstract thoughts of this kind being necessarily difficult and of short duration in the rational sections of the primate mind, the realizations quickly pass away, lea inK the animal to ponder upon the more concrete aspects of obtaining an existence (not for himself, of course, but because of an instinctive urge to appease his appetite — a thing only connected with his consciousness by the tenuous threads of memory). All sensation arises within the nervous centers of the organism, be it but a min- ute ganglion in some nocturnal insect; therefore, proceeding in an obvious manner to the completion of this section of the topic, the interpretation of the exterior universe resides in a co-ordinating apparatus in the brain. That the human being lives for himself alone — or at least to all appearances in that manner, is induced from the statements above. Now, if the human being live for his own pleasure, we may ex- clude all efforts endeavoring to prove the contrary, that is, that the human being should exist, and labor for the welfare of his group. By what reasoning the co- operatists have arrived at their conclusion regarding the herd or gregarious traits ot the human being is not generally known. It must be borne in mind that the anthro- poids are not herd animals, and perhaps never descended from herd animals, which factor certainly argues against any return on the part of the homo sapiens to a type of communal existence which we may observe, in the class of Mammalia, for example, among the Bovidae, Antilocapridae, and the Cervidae, or, among the Hexapoda, the majority of the orders. Whether or not all life resulted from the fortuitous concourse of atoms makes little difference in the present state of human affairs. In the last thousand orbital revolutions of the planet upon which we live, our species has propagated itself to an extent previously unknown; regions above the surface of the oceans have nearly all been invaded by the human animals, and through the invention of new implements, this creature has even adopted an aerial mode of living, foreign to the accepted ter- restrial existence of a hundred thousand years. Man has not yet conquered the land surface of the oblate spheroid which has often been called a globe, and in weight-for- weight, the insects maintain their three-or-thirty-million-year-old advantage. Viewed in the true proportions of earthly chronology, man is what Mendel might have called a sport — a spontaneous mutation in form from the general type; like some fungous growth of a single night, the lumian race has spread its rational, implement-usmg m- dividuals over the land surfaces — a phenomenon similar, but not as momentous from the paleontological standpoint of a million years hence, perhaps, to the curious rise of the Reptilia, led by Lacertilia, during the Mesozoic era— only to disappear in the course of a few more inroads of the glacial period in which we live, and become a modest layer in some new red sandstone stratas. Our puny sense of pride is offended by these simple statements relative to the tew miles of planetary crust alloted to us by that fortuitous concourse or by some incom- prehensible cause, working with worlds within worlds, with utterly measureless spaces of time and distance — with cosmic formulae and reasons, effects terrifying to far-flung star-clusters in the remote depths of nothingness, and an intelligence impossibly com- plex, without beginning or end — perhaps neither beginning nor end, but endless and yet bounded, like a solid body within itself endless, yet surely bounded. The problem is, how shall human beings be made to behave and how shall they secure food for themselves, and shelter, without depriving others, of the same species, of similar needs. Mankind is a measuring animal ; he can take his own foot, and hnd out how many more like it would be needed to bridge the gap between here and the constellation of Cygnus, he can take his heart-beat and find out how many times it would have to beat until the solar system catches up with the star Vega; mankind can perform arithmetical processes with numerical quantities immeasurably infinite, at the same time not definitely possessing a concept of more than ten or fifteen digits. —Gordon W, Hewes. 91 CLUBS THOSE OlUiANlZATlONS SO NECESSARY TO AN AVERAGE GROl P AND AS VARYINC] AS THE KRILLIANT COLORS WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE INDIAN BLANKET TO FORM A COMPLETE AND PERFECT PATTERN. Beatrice Burroughs. VELMA MCDONALD L U B Santa Monica High Sclionl is proud ot the fact that chibs arc formed voluntarily b ' interested students and sponsored voluntarily by interested teachers. Mem- bership in a club brings opportunities for social contact and service. It increases one ' s circle of friends; it pro- motes interest in hobbies. If a student can become an officer, there is a wonderful opportunity for developing leadership, poise and experience in parliamentary prac- tice. A variety of contacts may be made by belonging to different clubs at different times, but a student should not scatter his interests too widely. Member- ship in more than two clubs at one time is discouraged. This year, Tuesday has been chosen as Club Day, and interesting meetings of three or four clubs occur each week. It is hoped that the clubs now active will grow and prosper and that many more will be added to the ' ruri, m. roiuvs list as the years go by. The -following clubs are now active: World Friendship Club, Latin Club, box Club (Drama), Lettermen ' s Club, Piano Club, Honor Scholarship Society, Club (Girl Reserves), Dods Club (Home Economics), Van Mem Club ( U: Girls ' Athletic Club, Thumbtack Club (Art), Vi kes Inn Club, Radio Club, I. Club, Library Club, Chemistry Club, Publicity Club. Ethel M. Romin.son. uc-l niu Band Perks ,hers). „ . CLUB ROUND-UP The first annual Club Rnund-Up of Santa Monica High School as held on May 29, 19. 4. Representatives of every one of Samohi ' s many clubs were in at- tendance. . 1 1 1 M- The plan for a general assembly of all of the clubs was hist broached hy Miss Robinson, the organization sponscr. Committees were formed and under the adviser- ship of Miss Cronkhite, of the Piano Club, plans were made. Bruce Stern, president of the Honor Scholarship Society, acted as the chairman of the afternoon. He introduced Mr. Barnum and Miss Robinson and all the club sponsers and presidents, who in turn introduced the other ofhcers of their respective organizations. The Piano Club presented Margaret Brewster and Ruth Little in musical selec- tions. Other nvimbers on the program were: a stunt by the Library Club, with Ciwen- na Stuver, Beverly Brown, Betsy Ross, Virginia Ahern, Marjorie Powers, Adelaide Stevens, Katherine Bush, Betty Jane Thomas and Kathleen Ryall in the cast; the Bandbox Club presented Scene IV from the third act of Hamlet, with Beatrice teld- stein, Gwyllyn Ford and David Pierson in the cast; the G. A. A. club prexy, Kather- ine Lanham, exhibited the various awards given by her organization for athletic prow- ess ; the Latin. Club presented a Roman play, with Margaret Cummings, Margaret [ones, lack Doman, Parker Linton and James Moore portraying old Roman charac- ters; the Chemistry Club presented Philip Keller in a humorous reading; and the last number on the program was a slow motion football play with twenty-two brawny lettermen acting it out. i • j- Samohi, like every other institution, has accumulated a goodly supply of tradi- tions. Persons in attendance at the first annual Club Round-Up were present at the beginning of a tradition, for there is no doubt but that round-ups will be held every year hereafter. 93 BANDBOX CLUB The Hmma rluh of Samohi waj formed to give tfiosf interested iirectly. or indirectly, in the theater a ehanre to displa - their talents in writing, acting, and producing plays. At the beginning of the semester, the eluh ntcd to award letters, similar tn those gi en for athletics, for active and outstanding abilit . I ' oints towards the award were to be gained by participation in the writing or presenting of plays. In March, the club was invited to attend the pre.sentation of The Boor, the pla which later won for Samohi, second place honors in the Pasadena One-Act Play Contest. It proved to be the best bit of entertainment of the year. Always a large and active club, the Bandbox has carried on in spite of tents and lack of facilities and has made of 1933-34 a very active year. The officers for the First Semester were: James Worsham, President; David Pierson, Vice-President; Mildred Balden, Secretary. For the Second Semester: David Pierson, President; Druce Hcndcr.son, Vice- President; Mildred Balden, Secretary. Miss Olive Morris, Adviser. L ' l- ' l- ' l-iVlN ij The Delian Society may be said to express the highest purpose of the Santa Monica High School — scholarship. Especially significant were ' the pro- grams of the year, including luncheons and entertainments, a theater party to see Lit- tle Vomen, a -faculty tea, and the June homecoming. During the regular meeting both chapter and state business were despatched. A large group of the society at- tended the District Eleven meeting at L. A. High School. Officers for the term beginning September, 1933, included Bruce Stern, Presi- dent; John Ormsby, Vice-President; Barbara Murdoch, Recording Secretary; Betty Rose Chittenden, Corresponding Secretary, and Albert Cilickman, Treasurer. Mrs. CJrace Morey served as adviser of the chapter in all the local affairs, while Miss Caro- line I ucy Judd acted as membership chairman. For the Spring Semester, Bruce Stern and Barbara Murdoch were re-elected President and Recording Secretary, respectively. Raymond Baird became Vice-Presi- dent; Ruth Wilder, Corresponding Secretary, and Philip Morse, Treasurer. California Scholarship Federation Seal Bearers this year are John Rothwell, Betty Raum, Gordon Hewes, Ruth Martins, Margaret Moran. Barbara Murdoch, John Ormsbv, Ruth AVilder, and Ruth Woods. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB The Home Economics Club, known as the Dods, had an enrollment of thirt ' members this year. The purpose of the club is to acquaint the girls with the activities of the Home Economics Department and establish a friendly relation.ship among the members of the club. The meetings are held twice a inonth, one social ineeting and one business meeting. A sandwich sale was given in February, with Ruth Woods as chairman. It proved to be such a success that the club was asked to have a similar one at the (lym Jubilee. During the holidays a needy family was chosen and food and old clothing were supplied thein. The club enjoyed a very successful year under the able guid- ance of Miss Rrenneman, adviser, and Miss Storey, honorary member. Officers for the First Semester: Lom ' .sc Garvin, President; Ruth Schofield, Vice- President; Virginia Westfall, Secretary. Officers for the Second Semester : ' Louise Garvin, President; Mabel O ' Donnell. Vice-President; Gertrude Paykel, Secretary. Miss Brenneman, Adviser. 94 KJ. A.. rA.This year the entire prncnlinr nf the G. A. A. was changed, dvie to the gym repair work and turfing of the athletic field. Nevertheless, the Executive Board continued to hohl a regular meeting each month and the entire cluh met in four im- portant meetings. The purpose of the club is to promote girls ' activities in athletics and to develop good sportsmanship. All new members are put through the regular routine of initia- tion, which this year proved to be unusually exciting and different. In celebrating the coming of the winter holidays, the G. A. A. featured a Christ- mas breakfast, and many prominent guests were present. Everyone enjoyed a sur- prise toy as a gift from Santa Claus. A musical program, consisting of Christmas Carols, was provided by the Girls ' and Koys ' ensemble. The traditional Play Day, in which girls from the Hay I cague schools join in a day of competitive sports, was held at Inglewood on April 21, 1934. ' Samohi girls numbering 120 participated. Officers for the two semesters: Katherine Lanhani, President; Dorothy Penn, ' ice- President ; Anita Reimer, Secretary; Mar ' Phipps, Treasurer; Doris Snyder, ' ell [ycadcr. Miss Katherine Smith, Adviser. LATIN CLUB The Latin Cluh was established to promote better appre- ciation and enjoyment of the Latin culture. Its activities have been few but very worthwhile, and entertaining as well as educational. At the first meeting, Mr. Burt, an interesting man who has lived many years In Rome, gave a talk about Rome and its surroundings. He was a most engaging speaker. At the second meeting two Latin plays were presented, one being given by the Latin III class imder the direction of Barbara Dunham, the other being given by the Latin I ' V class under the direction of Jean Rarnbrock and Vera Robsene. Roth were very well done. The three outstanding charter members were Barbara Hiss, Gordon Hewes, and William Chapman. Gordon Hewes has contributed a Roman altar and has formu- lated a ritual for taking the auspices. William Chapman contributed two exact repro- ductions of the Roman Fasces. Officers: Frank Simons. President; W ilson Lord, Vice-President; Jeanne Mit- chell, Secretary ' . Delegates from Classes: Latin I, Viola Veatherby, Louis Wenker ; Latin III, Barbara Dunham. Bill Mvirray; Latin IV, Vera Bobsene, Jean Rarnbrock. LETTERMEN ' S CLUB The Letterme„ ' s Club is an organisation of boys whose aim is to promote a stronger interest in athletics and to encourage a friend- ly spirit among the boys who uphold the high athletic standards of Samohi. The members have endeavored to stress good sportsmanship at all times, during school hours and at the games. The club meets every Tuesday noon in the Open Air Theater. Its only mem- bership qualification is that a boy must earn a letter in some competitive sport regard- less of classification. Coach Sanger Crumpackcr, who succeeded Joe Buckmaster, is to be complimented for his splendid efforts as faculty adviser. Officers for the First Semester: Bob Brooke, President; Ray Baird, Vice-Presi- dent; Don Reid, Secretary-Treasurer; Ray McCance, Manager of Entertainment; Paul Van Alstine, Manager of Research; Herb Kalman, Manager of P iblicity. Officers for the Second Semester: Ray Athey, President; Paul Slaughter, Vice- President; Rill Huters, Secretary-Treasurer; Chas. Piece, Manager of Entertainment; Dan Ellin, Manager of Research; George Retton, Manager of Publicit -. Sanger Crumpackcr, Adviser. 96 vwn. Wi- 1 LlrSlvAlvY The Bibs, a club organized this year, has been one of the school ' s most active organizations. Its name is derived from the Spanish word, Bib- lioteca, meaning Library. The club is limited to twelve members and has as its aim the promotion of better adherence to rules in the library. Two girls work in the library each period and in addition the club meets twice a month for social and edu- cational purposes. In April the club made an enjoyable visit to the Los Angeles Li- brary. A special feature at each social meeting of the club is to celebrate the birthday of a member with a large birthday cake. The charter members are: Virginia Ahern, Clophine Bernard, Beverly Brown, Katherine Bush, Lorraine Du Prey, Betty Frese, Margaret Powers, Betsy Ross, Kath- leen Ryall, Adelaide Stevens, Gwenna Stuver and Betty Jane Thomas. Officers: President, Lorraine Du Prey; Secretary, Adelaide Stevens; Program Chairman, Katherine Bush; Adviser, Miss Margaret Jackson. PjiNPUSHERS LEACrUE Undertaken with the idea of providing a suitable organization for those who aspire to write, the Penpushers ' I eague enjoyed phenomenal success. Not only have the students participating indulged in lengthy arguments, but also much talent in criticism has been shown. At each meeting stories, poems, and essays of the student ' s own composition were read and later thoroughly dissected by the members. The Sagas, annual literary magazine, received many contributions from the club members, some of whom have indicated in their writings much constructive thought, as well as perfection of style characteristics. During the winter semester Gordon Hewes was president and James Johnson vice-president while Ruth Wilder acted as secretar ' for the organization. For the summer semester, James Johnson was president, and Darrell Marks, vice-president, while Eleanor Evans was secretary. Elliot Pine and his successor, Robert White, directed the publicity for the club. Miss Mae K. McGregor generously sponsored the activities. The nature of the organization was such as to permit free expression of opinions, and on several occasions, indeed, the literary aspects of the society gave way to philo- sophical attributes, and other intriguing (but necessarily distracting) by-paths. r ElvJViJ The Perks ' Club is a group of Girl Reserves which is sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. The name Perks is a contraction of the word percolators. The group chose this name years ago as an appropriate name for their very active organ- ization. To seek a friend, to find a friend, to be a friend. Although it has since become Girl Reserves, it still carries the same name. Charm and Personality was the theme used by the Perks this year. Ideas on the subject were brought to the girls at their supper meetings by speakers from various walks of life. Some of the activities in which the club participated included informal teas, a Candle-light Service at the Miramar, swimming in the Del Mar pool, and skating parties at the Rollerdrome. As part of their social service work, the Perks gave a party for needy children at Christmas and helped in the Community Chest drive. Members of the Executive Board attended the mid-winter Girl Reserves Conference held at Occidental College in February. Officers, First Semester: President, Alyce Johnson; Vice-President, Johnny Stev- ens; Secretary, Margaret Fetherolf ; Treasurer, Elizabeth Bowser; Adviser, Miss Mil- dred Lorbeer. Officers, Second Semester: President, Johnny Stevens; Vice-President, Nesta Wil- liams; Secretary, Margaret Fetherolf; Treasurer, Elizabeth Bowser; Adviser, Miss Mildred Lorbeer. 99 A l VINvJ LjLUcS The object of this club is to promote the appreciation of good music and to encourage talent. It has been successful this year inasmuch as several piano recitals have been given, in addition to the delightful programs which have illustrated the music of different countries. Students from the vocal and instru mental departments have contributed generously to the programs. The most outstanding program of the year was the piano recital, at the close of the first semester, when fourteen students participated. Of much interest also, was the French program in February, in which the Piano Club was assisted by Eleanor Brownell, soprano, and the Girls ' Quintette, consisting of Betty Jones and Harriet Barnett, violinists; Laura Turnquist, violist; Roxie Wittenberg, ' cellist, and Lorraine Rice, pianist. In March, music from the Northern countries of Europe was presented. In April, American composers were represented with emphasis on a few of our promi- nent Los Angeles composers. Some of the most active members of the Piano Club have been Margaret Brew ster, Engelyn Brown, Eloise Kline, Estelle Lawrence, Gertrude Paykel, Laura Turn- quist, Alice Walker and Roxie Wittenberg, a most enthusiastic and efTicient member. Officers: Roxie Wittenberg, President; Thelma Russell, Vice-President; Mar- garet Brewster, Secretary-Treasurer. Miss Irene Cronkhite, Adviser. THE RADIO CLUB The Radio Club, one of the newer clubs in school, having just been organized in February, is slated to become one of the most active groups in Samohi. The club had its beginning when amateurs and radio en- thusiasts were organized through a radio column written for the Samohi. The self- appointed leaders of the group called a meeting, after a petition for the club had been signed and approved by Miss Robinson. The first meeting of the organization was called February 22. The second, in which the officers were elected and the constitution written, followed a week later. The club has progressed to such an extent that it has applied for membership in the A.R.R.L. clubs, a group of non-profit organizations devoted entirely to amateur radio. The goal, which the club is aiming to reach, is to have a station in the school for their own work and experimentation and to offer service to the school and the student body. It is hoped that a majority of the members will become hams, that is. licensed amateur operators. Meetings are held on alternate Tuesdays. Officers: Curtis Biggs (W6FRX), President; Dick Gibbs (W6INC), Chief Operator (Vice-President) ; Van Welch, Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. A. R. Bullock, .Adviser. O 1 rvvjtL LyirvH W The Stage Crew of the spring semester has worked under the greatest handicap that it ever had to face. Due to the closing of the auditorium, in the fall .semester, there has been no actual stage construction for the entire year. During the fall semester, following the closing of the stage, the stage crew had to be di.scontinued. In order to meet the demands of the student body and its various organizations, the present stage crew was organized by its manager to provide stage facilities and general lighting effects for the function of the school groups. Such regular .school events as the Boys ' League Dance, Girls ' Gym Jubilee, Sen ior Dance, Junior Prom, Spanish Fiesta, noon dances, and a host of others have made heavy demands on the time and equipment of the crew. Miss Sklar, of the art depart- ment, was the faculty adviser and has done much to make the proper functioning of the crew possible in the face of its many obstacles. Stage Manager, Charles Lochrie ; Assistant Manager, Harland Swift; Electri- cians, Van Welch, Bill Irving; General Crewmen, Harry Hodgson, Mark Stephan ; Wardrobe Mistresses, Peggy Burke, Dorothy Partes. 100 IvlJN 1 i vi The mechanical staff ol the Samohi deserves a great deal of credit for its assistance in the publication of our weekly paper. Besides setting up the heads and printing the paper, the staff does various kinds of job work for the Board of Education and other schools in Santa Monica. Work on the Samohi consists of the setting of the copy or new matter, weekly columns, and features. This is set Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Wed- nesday afternoon the inside pages of the paper are set in the form and the news stories arranged according to importance and size. A proof of this is read, marked for cor- rections and the headlines written for the stories. Thursday morning the heads are set up in type and the corrections made by the printing classes and the inside pages are printed. Thursday afternoon the outside pages are constructed in much the same manner as Wednesday afternoon, except for different style. On Friday the heads are set up, the corrections made and the papers printed to be distributed during the fifth period. The students in the printing classes during the day obtain exceptionally beneficial instruction in the arts of printing and make-up. Mr. S. B. Miller, print shop in- structor, has been at Samohi for eighteen years as printing instructor, a valuable and eventful record for any teacher. There are a number of very outstanding printing students in the six printing classes, according to the instructor. ijA-lVlwril The publication of The Samohi had its beginning twenty-two years ago when the school was still very young. Today the paper is considered a standard of present day high-school journalism. The policy of those working for the Samohi is a better paper for the school and the students. This policy has been strictly fol- lowed, with the cooperation and support of the student body, the faculty, the Board of Education and the various organizations in school. The publishing staff of the Samohi consists of a Commissioner of Publications, Managing Editor, School Editor, A,ssistant Editor, Class Editor and Circulation Man- ager. The editorial and news staffs are composed of students enrolled in the Jour nalism classes of Mr. R. R. Reukema. Although many difficulties occurred during the year, The Samohi maintained its high standard of publication. The most outstanding students during this year were: Harland Swift, James Johnson, Jack McCready, Johnny Stevens, Charles Picco, Velma McDonald, Don Reid, Dick Braun, Josephine Tankard, Fred Brackett, Bev- erly Mahood and Betv Bowser. V VU JVlii jVl The Vau Mem Club is an organization of students who give their services as ushers at all school performances, outside of school as well as during regular hours. The Club has recently undergone a reorganization, the membership being lim- ited to twenty members. Although the club has been handicapped by the loss of the auditorium, it has done exceedingly well. During the past year, the mid-term graduation exercises and the senior play were held in the Lincoln Junior High School auditorium and the crowds were handled with great efficiency. The summer graduation exercises, held in the Memorial Open Air Theater, gave members of the club a chance to prove their ability, particularly in the way in whidi they handled the large audience. This year, as in previous years, the club has held to its record of efficient service. The officers for the first and second seme.sters were: president, Audrey (Jill; vice-president, Stewart Wilcoxson, Gilbert Sproul ; secretary, Aryness Norman, June Jeffries. Adviser, Fred Mitchell. 102 ? ' : l Jk « ' '  -.MiJ«..l«!,  W k - U — m o ft m ' ' ' A } P l l s l j|P JP!... 4 fWISSir ' -J ' ' ' Bill ■ ' HW ffi P y IHI f ' is kgit ' j ? ' ' jUPHi Elrai W ' ' m THUMBTACK CLUB The Thumbtack Club has endeavored to brliis students together with the common interest of seeking a means of self expression through art. The club offers an opportunity tor members to take part in an ' type of creative work they desire, within this field, and to meet local artists and hear discus- sions of their various achievements. The club was very fortunate in having as its speaker last year, Mr. Eugene Mora- han, nationally known sculptor of Santa Monica, who gave a most interesting and educational talk. Mr. Ben Norris, also of Santa Monica, spoke on the technique of water color paintings as illustrations. Officers for the first semester: Bill Cox, President; Marybelle Levengood, Sec- retary-Treasurer; Fred Woods, Program Chairman; Frances Hines, Publicity Chair- man; Virginia Vail, Social Chairman; Mrs. Josephine Roberts, Adviser (both terms). Officers for the second semester: Bill Cox, President; Marybelle Levengood, Secretary-Treasurer; Fred Woods, Program Chairman; Velma McDonald, Publicit Chairman; Virginia Vail, Social Chairman. WORLD FRIENDSHIP CLUB Tie World Friendship Club o, Santa Monica High School is a chapter ot the State Federation (jt World Friendsliip Clubs. The monthly meetings have been occupied with discussions of plans for the State Convention, held May 12 on our high school campus. There were morning confer- ences and an address on Peace in a Troubled World, by Dr. Malboiu- (naham, an afternoon program of student talent and an evening dinner at the Del Mar Club with a program and talk by Geoffrey Morgan. The officers for the year, fall term: Albert Glickman, President; Hetty Dorninn, Vice-President; Ruth Pervine, Secretary; Mildred Nelson, Treasurer. During the spring term and convention, Stewart Wilcoxon was president of the local club. Robert Bruce Hawley, a student from Santa Monica, is the state president for the year 1933-1934. The club is very proud of the honor and opportunitv of haviiiii the convention. The organization has enjoyed a very successful year under the leadership of Miss Caroline E. Pierson, who has guided the club since its inception in 193(1. VIKES INN CLUB The Vikes inn Club consists of only students work- ing in the school bookstore. The store is organized under the A. S. B. for the purpo.se of supplying students with supplies necessary to carry on scholastic work efficiently and conveniently. All articles are sold to the students with only a small profit. ' This profit is forwarded to the Student Body funds for the purpo.se of repleni.shing supplies and furnishing funds for the promotion of other Student Body activities. The Vikes Inn offers a practical work.shop for students who desire, and are ili gible by the recommendation of the office, to become. more e |)erieiK-e l in the art oi buying and selling. Not only does the Vikes Inn carry materials which will aid the studies nl tu- dents, but it also maintains a soda fountain at which .students may refresh theiiiMlv.s with any number of tasty delicacies that are also .sold at a small proh ' t. All clerks work under the supervision of Mrs. M. L. Milliken. Officers for the first semester: Betty Bowser, Pre.sident; Nesta Williams, Secre tary; Evalyn Thomp.son, Publicity Chairman; Mrs. Quinn, Faculty Adviser. Officers for the second semester: Betty Bowser, President; Olbert F retary; Glenn McGuffin, Publicity Chairman; Mrs. Quinn, Facultv Adviser. 104 lemins] ATHLETICS FROM CHILDHOOD THE INDIAN STRIVES TO BECOME A HUNTER OF REPUTE. TO HANDLE WITH GREAT SKILL THE WEAPONS WHICH HE HAS ON HAND, JUST AS TODAY WE STRIVE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS THROUGH GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND SKILL. Margery McLean. FRED WOODS ATHLETICS More boys in Samohi ha T participated in ath- letics this past year than in any previous year, lliis has happened in spite of curtailment in the league athletic program. Class C football uas discontinued for tlu ' year. Construction projects on buildings and the athletic held have cramped and limited activities. Plato made an apt statement to the Sons of Troy, Music for the soul and physical education for the body. The increased popularity of ath- letic participation is a proper trend. A game for e eryone and exeryone playing his game is a useful educational project. F. E. MlsHl.ER. FLOVD MISHLER YELL LEADER AND LETTERMEN it is generally ag eed that chool spirit is a ital factor in successful athletic achievement; and yell leaders make school spirit. Samohi feels that in Glenn McGufHn, Bud Rasmussen, Ira At- kins and Bob Myers, we have had as in former years, yell leaders who were good enough to keep the school spirit at the highest possible pitch throughout the entire year, and we greatly appreciate their work. The Yell Leaders may be said to be the motivating force of the whole athletic program. The teams could not get along without coaches. Neither could they get along without what the yell leaders supply, spirit and backing by the student bod oi their sport. They furnish that vital spark that is so necessary to every athletic team, no matter of what sport. It is fitting that the boys who have made their letters in sports should be honored in the annual. They have given of their energy and strength, that Samohi might win athletic honors. A complete list of the boys who have received their letters this year «ill be found opposite the page of track snapshots near the end of the book. O O T B ( )iir arsity squad, with an int ' xperienct ' d tram and a new coach this i ' ar, had a rather erratic, though successful season. Eric Kolberg. who formerly mentorcd at Ventura, took over the coaching reins, and although this was only his first year, gained the approval of players and spectators alike. Playing well in their practice games, the team started the Bay League season with a bang. During mid-season, the - bogged down slighth , but came back strong in the last game against Venice. They ended up in undisputed second place in league standings. Captain Goldie Schiess, Bert ' rou- sie Lopez, and Louis McN ' airy were picked on the All-Bay League team, while Schiess was also given All-Southern-California honor on the first team. The outstand- ing features of the season ' s play were excellent blocking and a pass combination of Abbey to Lopez, which accounted for a large portion of points .scared. HUNTINGTON PARK 0— SAMOHI 21. The entire team played excellent ball to completely outclass the Huntington Park Spartans. Price scored one touch- down while the other two were made by the pass-receiving end. Lopez also converted three times. COMPTON 7— SAMOHI 19. After tra ings finall) came to life and scored three touchdoi all scored by Lopez on passes, two from Abbey converted after the first touchdown. SAN PEDRO 0— SAMOHI 0. October was the start of the Vikings ' mid-season slump. ling 7-U for tluee quai ,ns in the fourth periot and one from Gasper tlie Vik- 27, the da Against of the San Pedro gam?, team which thev should have beaten, they were outplayed emerge with a scoreless tie. INGLEWOOD 12— SAMOHI b. In this, which was again tin- dec tor tile Bay League championship, the Vikings were once more defeateil b wood Sentinels. Following a blocked punt by McNairy, Samohi scorec Inglewood came back to make touchdowns in the second and third quarters. REDONDO — SAMOHI 6. Expecting an easy victory over one of the Bay f-eague ' s weakest teams, the Vikings were given a hard fight by Redondo, and our lone touchdown came in the second quarter when Creorge Sims, a sophomore, ran 7.5 ards to cross the goal line. both offense and defense and wv-re thankful to mg game he Ingle- lirst, but WOOnROW WILSON 14— SAMOHI 7. This game «as another story of a good team taking it on th; ' cliiii from an inf -rior opponent. The Wilson Bruins scored two touchdowns and a safety throiigh three hlocked punts, to lead 14-0; how- ever, near the end of the game, Samnhi, with two minvites to play, carried the ball over half the length of the field to score their lone tally. Lopez converted. V ENICE 0— SAM( HI IS. In the last game of the year, the team once more showed its early season form by trouncing Vem ' cc, their keenest rivals. The game was a thriller from start to finish, and bith teams fought their hardest. Samohi struck pay dirt, however, after recovering a blocked punt on the Venetians ' thirty-yard line in the first quarter. The second and third scores came in the fourth quarter on loni; passes by Abbey and (laspcr. Lop?- was on the receiving end of both passes, and went o er the line unmolested each time. y. LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL Ve are proul .1 Igh, weight football team. Two returning lettermen, and most of last year ' s da; C team. were all the experienced material Coach Lawrence Horn had aroimd w MJinn build a team. Greatly handicapped by earl - season injuries, the entire squao pt up a fighting spirit, and entered the playoffs for the Southern Californi_a championship. They reached the finals and «ere beaten by Pasadena. A great deal Coach Larry Horn for building up this team out of a group of inexper liUNTIN(;T()N PARK 24— .SAMOHI n ' CCniPTON 0— SAMOHI (.. SAN PEDRO 12— SAMOHI n. i (;lew(X)[ d— samohi (, REDONDO 0— samohi 2S. WOODROW WTLSON 0— SAMOHI MITR TECH 0— SAMOHI IS. In their first phi aim ball. Straw scored one touchdown when the Muir Ted il line. Orlando returned a punt fifty yards for V seij)yi third touchdown was scored by Picco after a drive of thirt - e ; PASADENA 20— SAMOHI 0. In this game the Viljpnnies ced their strong est competition and though on that day Pasadena had r ncttefsfe n. it was evident on a blocked i BASKETBALL ()ur Varsity baski ' tliall team placed second in the Bay I.eague standing. All but two were inex- perienced players. They lost to San Pedro and Huntington Park, and won their other four League games. Mr. Sanger Crumpacker again proved his excellent ability as a basketball coach. One of the features of the team ' s play was its tight defense. They played unusually clean, hard ball, and took their losses with their chins in the air. In the C.I.F. basketball tournament the ' beat Hoover, the de- tending champions, b it lost to Redondo by one point. Two boys were given Bay League honors, Paul Slaughter as a guard, on the first team, and I ■ _„.- WilbLir Munkers as center on the second team. «f The varsitv lettermen were Pete Ratican (cap ' tain). Charles Harkness, Ed Hopkins, Wilbur s.ANGER CRUMPACKER Munkers, Paul Slaughter, Jack Hodgins and Her- man Stumpf, manager. Only three players will be lost from this group. COMPTON IS— SAMOHI 18. In a tight defensi e game, Samohi overcame a 13-9 lead at the end of the first half, allowing Compton to score but two points dui ing the entire second half. SAN PEDRO 25— SAMOHI 14. In this game the Vikings were outplayed throughout the game by the Bay League chamiiions, but the ' didn ' t stop fighting. One of the features of the game was the clean play of the Samohi boys. Only two fouls were called against them in this game. INGLEWOOD 22— SAMOHI 2.v In one of the most thrilling and hard fought games of the year, the Vikings beat Inglewood in the last thirty .seconds of an overtime period, when Paul Slaughter sunk a difficult one-handed shot. The teams were evenly matched, and not more than a few points separated them at any time. The score at half time wa.s 11-11. REDONDO 15— SAMOHI IS. Against Redondo, the Vikings once more triumphed in the last minute of play, this time coming from behind to score five points during the final sixty seconds. Samohi led by the score of 4-3 at the end of the first half, but the Seahawks came back strong after the intermission to gain an 11-9 lead to begin the fourth quarter. WOODROVV WILSON 16— SAMOHI 20. The Vikings played a great game before Samohi basketball teams of the years 1007 and I02S who were honored guests for the evening. After an even first half the ' outscored their opponents by four points during the third and fourth quarters. HUNTINGTON PARK 22— SAMOHI 19. Against Huntington Park the Vikings put up a good fight, and after keeping Lip with the Spartans for three quarters, finally dropped behind. HOOVER 21— SAMOHI 27. Entering the Southern California tournamenl. the Vikcs played a great game, to outplay and outscorc Hoo er, the defending chain plons. The fine work of Harold Rosenberg, a lightweight, at center, was a feature of the contest. REDONDO 28— SAMOHI 27. ' After beating Redondo once, and leading them most of the way in this game, Samohi fell behind five minutes before the end of the game, and lost by one point in a thrilling fini.sh. 11(1 LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL Our 1934 lightweight hasketball team was vindoubtcHly one nf the strongest in Southern Calitoniia, although finishing second to Comptoii. Two ot the rcgular were o it for football, and two for varsity basketball until after the first Bay League game. They lost the first League game, but after gaining their full strength, were un- beatable. Coach Floyd Mishler deserves a great deal of credit in developing such a potent offense and tight defense. Captain Bob Brooke, as a forward, and Harold Rosenberg, as center, were named on the All-Bay-League team. Rosenberg and Ted Willson also saw quite a bit of action in the varsity play-off games. COMPTON 26— SAMOHl 20. Against Compton ' s Cubs, the Vikes had but one real regular. They played a good game, however, and were not beaten until the final whistle. SAN PEDRO 15— SAMOHl 21. In their second game, the Norsemen, with a practically new team, played entirely different ball, with never any doubt as to the final outcome. INGLEWOOD 16— SAMOHl 36. The Vikes downed Inglewood with little trouble. Coach Mishler used his entire squad during the course of the game, and Samohi scored 17 points in the first half. RE DON DO 20— SAMOHl 23. The Redondo game was the toughest on the schedule for the lightweight regular. . Trailing 17-11 at the intermission, the boys came back in the second half. WOODROVV WILSON IS— SAMOHl 36. Against the previously undefeated Wilson Bruins, the Vike ponies had little dif- ficulty and once more everyone on the team was given a chance to show his stuff. HUNTINGTON PARK 14— SAMOHl 32. In their final game the Viking lighties once more played great ball, to win easily over the school that trounced them in football. The class C basketball team ended up in second place, losing only one game, to San Pedro ' s fleaweights. Under the able supervision of Mr. Eric Kolberg, the team acquired a good offense, and tight defense. The boys were all good sports, and had plenty of fight. Coached by Mr. Kolberg, the Santa Monica Class D basketball team also had a good record. The finished in a tie for first place with Inglewood, winning three out of their four Bay League contests. R K Samohi ' s track teams, despito sc cit handiraps under which to work this year, all managed to place in the first division in Bay League standing. In the first place, due to the construction of the tent school, and a subsequent three week vacation in mid season, the athletes did not work out regularly during this time, and they were nn doubt hindered by this lay- off. In the second place, one turn of the already none- too-good track was ruined by the rebuilding of an ad jacent gymnasium, and every dual meet was, from necessity, held away from home. As no races of over 220 yards could be held on the school track, both the student spirit, and the teams ' morale took a decided turn for the worse. A third handicap was that Mr. Horn, assisted by Clyde Price, had to coach all three classes of track. He did an excellent job under the circumstances, but wasn ' t able to gi e enough individual attention to his athletes, until after the Bay League I ' rom all the classes, 25 placed in the Bay League meet, nine in the C. meet, and three in the finals of the Southern California championships. AWREXCI finals, tion Our -arsit) track team was miiuis rlu- indixidual stars of last year ' s championship aggregation. It was, nevertheless, a well balanced squad, and wnn e ery Bay League dual meet except the last. In the Bay League meet, handicapped by injuries to Cap- tain Louis Veenker, and Joe Gutierrez, it did not score as high as expected, placing fourth, with 29 4 points behind 50] for Woodrow Wilson, 41 for Inglewood, and M) for Huntington Park. The boys who placed in the Bay League meet and were responsible for Samohi ' s points were, Paul Van Alstine and Bill Kildow in the mile, Bob Hatch in the high, and Jack Ca.ssidy in the low hurdles, Mark Conlin in the pole vault, entered the Southern California championships. George Sims and Paul Van Alstine scored two points in the two-twenty and mile, respectively, however, to bring our total to 3i points. Fate once more stepped in, to keep the school from being listed among the point winners, when Conlin pulled a muscle before bis event began, and was not able to compete. The team was captained by Bob Hatch, hurdler, and Loius Veenker. shot-putter and football thrower. Both these boys were seniors, as were Llrk Conlin, Ray Baird, broad-jumper, Paul Van Alstine an,i Bill Kildow. milers, and Joe Gutierrez, high jumper. The lightweights, Bay League champions in ' . 2, and runners-up for the Bav League honors last year, once again ascended the championship pedestal, winning the Bay League meet by an overwhelming .score. In the sectional meet at Occidental, they placed third, and against all the prep teams in Southern California, captured eighth position. In the Bay League meet were Art Dellinger in the sprints and relay. Tom Brewster, hundred, low hurdles and relay, Stan Posner, high hurdles. Bill War- ren, six-sixty. Bob Brooke, six-.sixty, shot-put and relay, Ted Willson, shot-put and football throw, Dave Valdez, high jump. Max Stern, broad jump, and the winning relay team, which was composed of Mike Frabasilio, Tom Brewster, Bob Brooke, and Art Dellinger. Of these, seven, besides the relay team, qualified to compete at Occi- dental, and those who won points there were Ted Willson, shot-put. Art Dellinger, two-twentv, Stanley Posner in the high hurdles, and the relay team which placed sec- ond. Dellinger, Willson, and the relay team qualified to enter the finals of the CLE. championships, and Willson came through with a put of over 48 feet, to win his event, 112 n-hile Dellmger took fifth in the two-twenty; the relay quartet failed to place. Ted Willson would undoubtedly have won the football throw in both these meets had it been held, as he had consistently thrown the ball over two hundred feet, and the win- ning throw in the C.I.F. varsity championships was but one hiindred and ninety-five feet. Ted was responsible for one of the two broken Bay League records, when he registered a throw of 203 feet, which eclipsed the old mark by more than thirty feet. Art Dellinger earned his letter in the varsity dual meets in the sprints, but ran B in the Bay League meet, in which he scored ten and a half points, and the Southern California Championships. The fleaweights, as the varsity, placed fourth in the Bay League meet, and they also missed third place by a very close margin. The C ' s scored 10 points, while Comp- ton, the first place team scored 40 points, Huntington Park 27, and San Pedro 20. The boys who scored points in the Bay League meet were Tom Eville in the relay, Jim Murphy in the hundred, broad jump and relay. Robert Robinson in the relay. Bill Weber in the shot-put and relay, and Jack Henderson in the six-sixty. ■ Hender- son, Weber, Murphy and the relay team qualified to compete in the sectional meet, but Murphy was the only one who made any points. He won the himdred yard dash, and placed second in the broad jump, to give his team nine digits. In the C.LF. finals, he placed sixth in the broad jump, although he made the greatest leap of his life, and garnered fifth in ,iA undred which was practically a five-way tie for first. The team was captained lM Harvey Goforth, a high-jumper, who, although he did not place in the Bay Lea tfc meet, was a very valuable point-winner in the dual meets. It was managed ' Lawrence Guthrie. hc ?rack teams, ? -whe r fine showing, aided greatly in helping Samohi to cap- Be second suct i e year, the Iron Man ' s Cup. This super-trophy is given the schfiJt ' having the highest average score in all sports. It is the acme attainment. Each team in Samohi, no matter of what class, :nntributed to the winning of this cup. hunting the swimming results, the point standings of the Bay League (4a follows: Samohi 43 , Inglewood 28j j, Woodrow Wilson 25, Hunt- j k 25, San Pedro 24, Compton 14, and Redondo 10. Samohi .scored six varsity football, six in lightweight football, six in varsity basketball, and one-half in dee basketball. In track the varsity scored two points and the thts six and the midgets one. In baseball our team walked off with first ten points. In golf we tabulated one, and three npierc in girls ' and boys ' tennis. N N For the seventh time in the last eight years, Samohi ' s tennis team, coached by Floyd Mishler, took the Bay League championship. They entered the C. I. F. play- offs, and, after turning back Glendale, 15-10, and Santa Barbara, 22-3, were finally conquered by a powerful Los Angeles High team. The strong first doubles combina- tion of Bernie Coughlan and Captain Ed Hopkins was responsible for the only Santa Monica victory. With only two returning lettermen from last year ' s aggregation, several new prospects were found, and the team improved both rapidly and steadily. They went through the Bay League opponents undefeated, and the only matches which were at all close were those with Huntington Park and Inglewood. Against Glen- dale, their first C. L F. opponents, they won after a hard battle, but in the semi-finals easily overcame Santa Barbara. Los Angeles High undoubtedly had the strongest high school team in Southern California, and it was no disgrace to lose to such a group of players. -If our team had had the breaks they might have won, but Samohi is proud of the team, no matter by what score they might have lost the match. Although there was no outstanding star, all the boys were good, and there was little difference between the first and last men on the team. Defeated in Bay League match play but once, Bernie Coughlan, a sophomore who played first singles, proved to be the brightest prospect for tennis stardom since Johnny Doeg left these parts. Brignolle Biorkman, one of the two returning lettermen, played second singles and showed great improvement, winning nearly all of his matches. Joe Lang, a senior who played much tennis before, came out for the team and made third singles, sur- prising everyone with his extremely steady play. The fourth singles was taken care of by Harold Rosenberg, basketball, football, and track man, who was much better than his position indicates. Captain Ed Hopkins, a great doubles player, and the other returning letterman, and Ed Walker, a sophomore, played first doubles, and formed a strong combination. The second doubles were played by Ed Gillette, a senior who has improved rapidly, and David Bushnell ; this team went through the Bay League competition undefeated, but finally fell before the L. A. High racketeers. The team was managed by Robert Koschnik. Besides these boys, there were many others who were not given a chance to show their stuff in competition, but they will be the ones who, with returning lettermen from this year, will make up what should, from present indications, be another great team next year. 114 B B ( 111 baseball team, coached by Enc Kolberg, and largel composed ot sophomores and juniors, won undisputed first place in the Bay League this year. This was quite a teat, and the team was undoubtedly helped in the accomplishment of it by the increase of the students ' interest in baseball, a high school sport, which had been considered as practically on the rocks. There had been talk, in fact, of discontinuing the game at Samohi, but the proof of its popularity has assured its remaining. Although the Vikings did not win the title until their last game, with San Pedro, which was the second place team, they were nominated to enter the C. I. F. playoffs by the other Ray League schools, earlier in the .season. The first game to be played was with Cathedral High. Samohi lost by the score of 4-2. It was a tough one to lose, but the boys came back to prove that they were the best team in the Bay League by winning all their remaining games. They started out the season in a big way, drub- bmg the strong Inglewood nine by the score of 10-0. After losing their second game to Redondo, they won their next three, and found themselves in a tie for the League lead with San Pedro. The took the game and the championship from the Pirates, who went home a disappointed and disillusioned lot. The team was led by versatile Ray Athey, who completed his third year as a regular infielder. It had but three returning letternien in Mario Scaiola, an outstanding pitcher and prospect for the big leagues; Athey, and jack Abbey, a first baseman who also had some pitching ability. Scaiola was a junior, the latter two, seniors. The only other last yearman on the team was Charles Matson, left-fielder, while the remainder of the lettermen consisted of four sophomore and two juniors. The baseball manager was Dixon Long. Raida, a hard-hitting sophomore outfielder, was lost when after garnering two hits in the Inglewood game he broke his ankle. Rob Ware, third baseman, who was a consistently good fielder and batter, was lost to the team due to ineligibility. The squad had a very good coach in Mr. Kolberg, and, typical of former Santa Monica teams, was never lacking in fight or courage. They should be given the ac- claim they rightfully earned. Ba.seball has been on the decline in recent years among professionals and ama- teurs The fotmei have found in man cases that it does not pa and man small mnioi le.igiKs ha e gone on the locks. The spoit has been ' dropped fiom the athletic Mhcduli ot high schools and colleges. Samohi has nc ei distontinued the spoit and the winning ot the troph this eai has icncwed interest. w M M I N After three years of entirely terrestrial sports, Samohi once more adopted an aquatic type of athletics in swimming and diving. Although most of the other Bay League schools have had swimming teams, and a Bay League swimming meet has been held every year, Santa Monica has not been represented since ' 31. The main reason for this is that we have no school natatorium and an outside pool must be rented for practices and meets. Besides being a financial disadvantage, this is also a hardship on both athletes and coaches. The Board of Education has not valued the advantages of a swimming team as highly as the difficulties it causes. Many students are interested in the sport, how- ever, and after continuous protests, the Board decided to give it another trial this year, and if it were popular enough to warrant the cost, a school swimming pool would be built. It has been proved popular, and despite the disadvantages incurred, large turn- outs for both A and B swimming teams have resulted. The swimming meet, scheduled for May 24, was held after the Nautilus went to print, and, as both the lettermen, and the team ' s standings are determined by the results of this meet, no information concerning this can be given here. At the time this was written, however, five meets had been held, one of which was a Bay League meet with the strong Inglewood team. No matter what place the team- garners in this meet, they will have done well to have scored any points at all. and, if a pool is built on the school grounds, and the sport is continued, Samohi will, in a few years, undoubtedly produce swimming teams which will place high in any competition. In the coming meet Samohi should gain points with the medley relay team which is composed of Bill Whitaicer, Roy Seery and Rudy Strobel ; the breaststroke, which also is taken care of by Whitaker ; the individual medley, swum by the same man ; the diving event in which Sid Allinkov excels; and the four-forty, in which Morden should place. The B ' s have had three meets, and the boys who should put Santa Monica in the point column are Jim Cowles in the hundred and two-twenty ; Frank Blenkhorn in the Fifty yard backstroke, and Lewis Yapp in the diving event. Swimming is classed as one of the minor sports, but it is probable that in time it will take its place at a point on the ladder of athletics far above that rung which it now occupies. It is climbing steadily, as is evidenced by the complete sellout, which kept so many people from viewing the swimming contests at the 1932 Olympics. Samohi would do well to give swimming a permanent place on its athletic calendar. 116 o Golf, swimming and tennis are probably the three sports which are appreciated least by the students and given the least publicity by the Samohi. They are con- sidered minor sports, and not many people pay any attention to them. They are the three sports, however, in which the athletes must compete under the greatest disad- vantages, from lack of expert coaching, and inadequate equipment, and yet tennis and golf and swimming will be, if continued, and are sports which regularly place very high in Bay League standings, and every year win for Santa Monica the points which many times cinch the Iron Man ' s Cup for the school. Of these, probably the golfers work under the greatest disadvantages, and are given a smaller amount of publicity and acclaim than any. There are some students who don ' t even know that we have a golf team, and many who haven ' t the slightest knowledge about what happens to it, from the start of the season to the finish. This is probably true of golf teams in every school, as all the practices and matches must be held on links usually quite a distance from the school. The golfers practice faithfully, at much extra expense and time, and every year put a good team in the Bay League golf tournament. This year, after winning five of their six practice matches, the team went to Long Beach for the Bay League meet, and placed a close third behind Woodrow Wilson and Redondo. The team lacked an individual such as Van of the championship Wilson Bruins who shot a 78, but all the boys were steady, and they deserve a lot more appreciation than they were given. The squad was led by Captain Joe Hill, whose score of 85 was near the top of the list. The scores for the rest of the team were: John Lemmer, 86; Frank MoUoy, 90; Amos Sjogren, 93; and Ben Higgens, 94. All who are interested in golf at Samohi hope for the day when large crowds will follow Samohi ' s team around, in its battle of nerves and skill, with the other Bay League schools. Perhaps if publicity for golf were given a better break in our own paper, and the sport were talked up more in the assemblies, this desirable ideal might be realized. Golf is a sport which atttracts enormous galleries, whenever championship tour- naments are taking place. It is the means of relaxation for hordes of people who have found it a source of pleasure and beneficial exercise. It should be encouraged as much as possible in school, for in addition to its physical benefits, a degree of excel- lence in it is attained only bv hovirs of practice. It requires endurance, great skill, GIRLS ' ATHLETICS The school is like a garden, not like a fac- tory ; character is something that grows as the fruitage of personal conduct. It cannot be pro- duced by machine-like methods . . . Plant the good life in the muscles and motives of the chil- li ren rather than in their thoughts about conduct . . . See that all studies and activities have objec- tives. The good person is not good in general. He is one who meets every vital situation grace- fully, thoughtfully, helpfully and ideally. The quotation above is from an address by Dr. Edw. W. Starbuck, Professor of Philosophy. Athletic games should give experiences in meeting vital situations gracefully, helpfully and ideally. For many years the program of the Phy- sical Education Department has been arranged so M.ARY K. CARROL that large numbers of girls would experience the joy of participating in competitive games. This year nearly one hundred girls took part in the annual playday at Inglewood. This playday has been held every year beginning with 1920, and has always proved a source of enjoyment and satisfaction for a large num- ber of girls. This is the one big day of the year when they have an opportunity to meet their peers from the schools in Redondo, El Segundo and Inglewood. In the Sports Class is a group of girls selected because of ability and sportsman- ship. Various sports are played in season. Teams are chosen in each class and an inter-class competition arranged. Points are awarded to each girl according to abil- ity, sportsmanship, and scholarship. The awards are under the supervision of the Girls ' Athletic Association. This year there are about 150 girls in this group. Let us hope our activities have produced vital situations that have been met ideally and helpfully. The relay races were held on the first semester examination da which gave ample time for all the events to be run off in one day. They were held on the athletic field near the girls ' gym with the physical instructors judging which team was the winner of each event. BASKETBALL The Basketball season which began the first part of February was prolonged this year, much to everyone ' s enjoyment, for it is a favorite sport among the girls. This was done to replace the base- ball season which was omitted this year. The inter- ilass tournaments which are held every year for thi- girls of the sports classes, took place near the end ot the semester. As a preliminary to the tournaments, the time has been spent in developing technique, team plays and in skill tests. There are a great many good players in every class and the team which expects to win will have to put up a good fight against much stiff competition. Every indication points to a very exciting time for all. As in volleyball, the tournament will be held rh£a u. feathhrstun to determine which of the teams is the champion and which players should be placed on the honorary team to be composed of the best players of all the three classes. The members of the championship team and of the honorary team will receive extra points toward their G.A.A. awards. Five teams were sent to Play Day from the sixth period sports class to compete with the other Bay League schools for basketball honors. There were two teams from the Sophomore class, two teams from the Junior class and one team from the Senior class. These teams compared favorably with those from the other schools for Samohi possesses much basketball talent. The basketball coaches are Mrs. Carter, Miss Rhea Featherston and Miss Kath- arine Smith. The Senior A team went through the tournament to come out on top undefeated. They played hard games and several times won the game by only a few points. As the old saying goes, A miss is as good as a mile. The players on the senior A team are: Marie Jones, Captain; Josephine Tankard, Elsie Vos, Dot Bundy, Anita Reimer, Peggy Ritter, Jane Cowles, Frances Heaney and Betty Bowser. Miss Smith was their coach. TEN VRTHA HELLXER The tennis squad has been veiy active this year. Samohi was represented in the Southern California Fall Interscholastic Tournament held at Fullerton, Decem- ber 2 and 3, by Dorothy Bundy and Mildred Young. Dorothy brought home the bacon in the form of a sil- ver cup. The next event of importance was the Blatz Tournament at Santa Monica, January 30. Forty iirls took part in this tournament. Jane Sargent was the Sophomore winner, Doris Snyder the Junior win- ner anil June Holmes the Senior winner. The finalj well- betwicn June Holmes and Jane Sargent. }y Holmes was the tournament winner. Dorothy Bundy, Mildred Young, Katherkfe Lan- ham and Barbro Biorkman participated jyr the girls ' division of the Dudley Cup Tournarnprlt and Elaine and Ruth Fischel in the girls undjjr fteen years di- vision. Dorothy Bundy again tperfc the cup and Mil- dred Young was a runner up Santa Monica ' s tennis representatives at Play D:iy vere Emily Jordan, Jean Barnbock, Lorraine Du Pray, Leona Carillon, EleanoryEvans and Barbara Hiss. Members of the tennis squad are Dorothy Bun4yf rCatherine Lanham, Carol Rose. Mildred Young, Martha Slaughter, Doris Sn ;d ' er, Highland Yettick, Helen Rose Saxby, Janith Mclntyre. Elaine Fischel and,-Ruth Fischel. The team which played in the Bay League Girls ' Tennis Tournapwit, which started April 19, was composed of the six girls chosen from this squa(i The team will be very sorn;,-tD lose Dorothy Bundy and Kay Lanham, two of its strongest players, who are o miating this year. Both have played on the team dur- ing their three years at J Miohi. Miss Martha HeOner, the tennis coach, deserves great credit for the wonderful success of the tennis teams this year. The girls owe much to her excellent coaching. The Samohi girW tennis team won all the Bay League Inter-scholastic matches and came out with thirty-three points out of a possible thirty-six. It was, therefore, eligible to be repr semed by a singles and a doubles team in the Southern California :hool jJttrmpionship matches held in Fullerton, June 3. J?L«- L .; CARTER PLAY DAY Play Day, an event which takes place yearly be- tween the schools of the Bay District, was held at In- glewood this year on Saturday, April 21. The day opened at 9:30 with a posture parade in which the girls from all of the schools participated. After the winners of the parade were decided upon, the basketball, volley- ball, baseball and tennis teams played until noon. Some schools played hockey also but as Santa Monica does not play hockey, we had no representative team in this sport. The part) of girls gathered on tile lield at noon and enjoyed the lunches which they had taken with them. The group of coaches was senxd in the teach ers ' cafeteria. After lunch everyone participated in dancing at the gymnasium. The Virginia Reel and the Rye Waltz were the most prominent dances. Toward the end of the day a pro- gram was put on and the posture awards for the winners of the posture parade were presented. The winners of the parade received a gold cup and those taking second and third places received a silver cup and an old battered cup, respectively. One hundred and twenty girls and all of the coaches went to the play day from Santa Momca. The girls received G. A. A. points for going and for participating in the parade and in the games. They were transported to and from Inglewood in three large busses. They arrived home aljout two o ' clock, tired but satisfied with their show- ing against the teams of the five other schools. The girls who went to play day were disappointed because they did not win the cup for first place in the posture parade which Inglewood won, but were somewhat consoled with the second place cup though it was only a silver one. The third place cup was won by El Segundo. Although we only took second place no one could deny that the girls from Samohi in their blue shorts and clean white middies compared favorably with the girls from any other school as did the teachers 5 VOLLEY BALL The end of the volley ball season for 1933 showed the seniors the winners of both their A and B class championships. The excellent coaching of Miss Smith and the spirit and co-operation of the girls were, undoubtedly, the reasons for their victory. ivalk off with the laurels. There was a good deal teams, but the seniors proved the stronger, to the , for they were determined to uphoKI the standards However, they did not just ol stiff opposition from the othe surprise of everyone but themselv set by last year ' s senior teams. There were seven A and six B teams. The large sophomore class had three A and three B teams; the juniors, three A and two B, and the seniors, one A and one B team. These teams were coached by Mrs. Carter, Miss Hellner and Miss Smith respectively. A few of the best players from all the teams were chosen as members of an hon- orary team, llie members of this team were: Bickner, Brockton, Bush, CJruber, Helen, Holiday, Penn, Reimer, Snyder, Spencer, Stimson, Stockton, and Weber. The names of the teams were: Aces, Butches, Eagles, Ghosts, ClofHes, Its, I ' an- sies, P. D. Q ' s, Phantoms, Spooks, Troupers, Vamps, Vipers, and Wildcats. The Senior Ghosts and the Junior Vipers came out on top for the A teams each with five games won and two games lost. The deciding games were interesting ones. With Mrs. Carter as referee and a large group of girls as spectators the first game started with the Vipers jumping into the lead. The Ghosts took it awa from them after a great deal of battling and kept it until the game ended with a score of 15 to 6. The second game was won by the Vipers with a score of 15 to 10. It was a hard fight but worth it. The third and deciding game was the most thrilling of all with both sides detei mined to win, for this game meant the championship. The Ghosts proved the most determined, however, and marched off victorious. Miss Smith was proud of iter win ning seniors. Members of ttie (ihosts team were: Johnny Stevens, captain; 1-ee Spencer, Ka I-aiihani, Anita Reimer, Margaret Gruber, Frances Helm. Shrimp Barth, Helen Russell. Rub Murphy and Bartie Conway. D N N Dances of various types have been taught in all the classes of girls ' Physical Edu- cation at the gym, including the sixth period sports class. This is the first time the sports class has taken dancing instructions, but even the mightiest athletes have per- fected their dancing technique. This was demonstrated by six numbers presented as tlie prologue in the Gym Jubilee. These dances were the Minuet, Spanish Walt , M ?rry Widow, Soft Shoe, Tango and Topsy. These dances prove that there arc results obtained when athletes set out to do something. The picture shows the girl- in their costumes all ready for the Jubilee. The Natural, Folk, Tap and Interpretive dancing classes are given the oppor- tunity to present programs but they have not, as yet, taken advantage of this. l -r- haps next year a pageant will be given and the girls will all have an opportunit to participate and to earn points for the G. A. A. The sports class learned one character dance, one tango and three period daiuvs. At the Play Day all of the girls from here participated, with the girls from the other schools, in the dancing which took place in the gym and two of the period dances tliey had learned were included. The Gym Jubilee and the Play Day and Spanish Fiesta day were the only occa- sions on which the girls entertained in public. The fiesta program contained dances typical of the folk festivals and those of a more formal nature woven together to form the picture of the early California days. The folk dances were the earliest form of dancing used in these early days. They had set figures and were danced by all classes of people. La Curaracha (The Lit- tle Cockroach) and the Jarobe were representative of this type of dancing. The folk dances gradually died out, however, and were replaced by the waltz and the polka. La Contra Dansa is an old Spanish social dance which is danced to waltz rhythm. Cielita Lindo is another Spanish waltz. Other old Spanish or Mexican dances were The Jurame, Jarabe Tapatio, Rino de Gallos, and .i group Tango. The fiesta program was made up of eleven numbers, eight of which were dances. Approximately one hundred and thirty of the boys and girls participated in the danc- ing. The success of the dancing was due largely to the hard work done by the physi- cal instructors in teaching these dances. The teachers who deserve the credit for the dancing are: Miss Martha Hellner, Miss Rhea Featherston and Mrs. Carter. It was a great success all around. CAMPUS LIFE WORK FOR THE PUEBLO, LOVE AND CARE OF IT. THE CENTER OF ALL LIFE, DANCES AND POW-WOWS. THE FIRE, THE GATH ERING AND MEETING PLACE OF FRIENDS, CHIEF AND MEDICINE i AN. Josephine Verplank. MAROARBT RITTER ' v y p ' r The Legend of Constance Prissy And in a time long, long ago there was born a girl child. Daughter of the moon was she, and her father was the sun. Her hair was the silver spindrift from the ocean wave and in it the God Spirits had meshed tiny threads of beaten gold from the mountains and rocks. For the girl child ' s teeth the oyster goddess gave the choicest of pearls. The spirits of the mountain lakes put in her eyes the limpid clearness of the lake wa- ters. And the animal gods permeated her whole being with the grace and agility of the antelope. And they breathed the breath of life into their creation and called her Constance Prissy. And for many years Constance lived in her natal land, among the forests and the lakes. And as the years went by she acquired still greater beauty and grace. And it became time for Constance to be edu- cated. She forsook her native heath and went to the strange far-off land of Santa Monica. And in time she entered Samohi. And for two years she studied hard and worked faithfully, but the third year she .was a senior and needed not to study. And she learned to dance and date and soon she was very popular and became a socialite. And on the eleventh of September, 1933, Constance entered her third year at Samohi. In- numerable were the students that were there. The seniors in their arrogance reminded Con- stance of the loftiest peaks in her native land. The juniors were the wild young stallions that roamed the vast plains. The sophomores in all their freshness reminded Constance of the ever- lasting green of the mountain forest. And she became conscious at this time of a great upbuild- ing influence present in the school. And it was called school spirit. And Constance was joyful in her discovery of it. And on October the sixth Constance saw the first Bay League football game of the season. And Samohi beat Huntington Park 21-0 in the encounter. Samohi won many more games throughout the period of strife and it was a suc- cessful season. And Constance ' s heart thrilled to the savage elemental strength of the primal battle. 125 And on October the twenty-seventh Connie put on her blue bib and yellow tucker and went off to school for a day of joyous and patriotic festivity. The whole school was bedecked in Blue and (lold. And the occupants likewise. But de- spite the gala celebration the team was tied by San Pedro in the crucial contest. And on November the seventeenth Connie wore her oldest and most ragged clothes and went to the (lirls ' League Hard Time Frolic. . ' nd many other girls did likewise, for it was for girls alone and no boys were allowed. And it was a unique occasion with laughter prevailing. And by this time Constance had grown very pular. She had numerous boy friends and was iistantlx besieged for dates. But on Mondav ■ twentieth of December she had nary a date r an invitation. And she suffered thoughts of ( ). and halitosis, but Connie had none of these IhCtiuns. And yet she had no dates, not be- isc slu- wasn ' t beautiful, charming, .scintillating, uring, entrancing and irresistible, but because her boy friends were at the football banquet, id food was consumed in copious quantities b [■ brawny ballplayers and Ford Palmer deligbt- all with his excellent speech. And on Frid ay and Saturday, the twelfth and thirteenth of January, the senior play, The Thirteenth Chair, was staged. And record crowds jammed the Lincoln auditorium. And the humor, horror and hysterics so skilfully dis- played in the histronics, chilled and thrilled Con- stance. She applauded Alyce Johnson heartily for a fine and human characterization of an old Irish mother. And she almost hissed Gwyllyn Ford, so masterfully and realistically did he play the part of a brow-beating detective. And Druce Henderson and a marvelous cast contributed much to the success. And on January the twenty-.sixth Constance attended the Boys ' League Dance. The melo- dious music of McHarg ' s men had in it some- thing of the elemental charm and rhythm of Con- nie ' s native tom-tom. And it inspired everyone to great heights in the tripping of the light fan- tastic. And later, Tillie Tellsall said that Con- nie was undoubtedly the most beautiful and pop- ular girl at the dance. Wearing an orchid col- ored creation, a wispy thing, she was a picture of blooming spring. 126 And February the first was a day of mixed emotions for many. For graduates it was a real ization of an ambition, with an overpowerin;; sorrow at leaving school. And Connie grew pen sive. It was her turn to go next. Pride and am- bition decreed that she should go on b it there was a feeling for the school that made her wish never to leave. And many others made similar findings on this day. And the graduation was held in Lincoln auditorium. And on March tenth, 1933, the earth gods had been exceedingly wroth with man. Angered over indi.scretions by men and to warn against further wrongdoing, the gods had trembled in righteous wrath. And they trembled so much and so violently that they caused the earth itself to shake and many buildings to fall. And the anger of the gods made the school building uii- .safe. And on March the thirteenth, 1934, one year and three days after the upheaval, an evacu- ation was ordered and vacation declared. And until April the second there was a vacation. And when Constance returned to school, it was to go to classes in tents. And despite minor difficulties it was a novel experience and everybody enjoyed it. And for Constance it was a veritable return to her native land. The tent-classes were the tepees of long ago and the life in the open air re- sembled her activities of former years. And she realized that despite civilization there were mam vestiges of the Indian in our complex school life. And on Friday, April 13, Constance was transposed, bodily, to the Colonial era. For it was on this day that she went to the Girls Gym Jubilee, sponsored by the Cj. A. A. and Gi ' I; ' League. And all the girls were dressed in Col- onial costumes. And Constance recalled that the greatest Indian festivals were in the form of masquerades, and in her own mind she decided that as this was a masquerade it must also be of utmost importance. And on Ma 12 Constance attended a great pow-wow. It was her duty to play host to matn visiting delegates that came here for the meeting of the California State Federation of High School World Friendship Clubs. She attended a royal feast at the Del Mar Club and listened to thought-provoking speeches. And the dele- gates smoked the pipe of peace. 127 And on Friday, May the fourth, Constance was escorted along with many other couples to the senio r dance. And it was a night of great icxelry and f unmaking, jack McHarg ' s melod purxeyors provided toe-tickling rhythm that sent Conru ' e into a terpsichorean ecstasy of sheer de- iiglit. And Constance was again the queen of the hall. .And on Friday, June the first, Constance lost her identitx again. This time she became a Spanish senorita for it was the day of the Spanish Fiesta. And a novel and unique touch was given the affair this year hy the advent of tents. And the cnhalleros donas, y gitanos y toreadores disported themsehes throughout the day. And on Wednesday, June the twentieth, CVinstance attended the senior play. And the Miles Memorial Playhouse echoed with laughter .Tnd guffaws and giggles and snickers because the play, A Pair of Sixes, was so farcical in nature as to warrant all the guffaws and giggles of Con- stance and her cohorts. And many weeks later she still giggled and laughed and guffawed and snickered and tittered at recollection of the en- tertainment. And nn the evening of ' I ' liursdav, June the twenty-first, there occurred the event that Con stance had been waiting and hoping for, yet fear- ing tlie da ' because it meant she was to leave her beloved Samohi. She was glad to enter the world that graduation opened to her but sad to leave the one it closed to her. Rut she decided the op- portunities in the world .she was to enter were many and great and by using her education she would make the best of them. And it was with a feeling of triumph that she received her diploma. And after the end of school, Constance Pris- sy experienced a great longing to return to the land of her birth. And she did. And she was .Kclaimed the great one by her countrymen bc- ciuse her contact with Samohi had given her sniiiething that made her superior to the other natives. And they respected and revered Con- stance so highly that they made her Queen. And Constance was a good ruler and because of her education was able to govern her subjects wisely. And she dwelt in her native forest, in peace with her neighbors for the rest of her ageless life. 128 t ' l.BoVaJ ■-) C-V.- ' -- WHflrt THE MATVER ' - - X-J ' EULTION TIME 130 131 LETTER MEN Samohi Letter Men for this year are as follows: Captain Golden Schiess, Louis McNairy, Louis Tarlton, Darrel Linke, Sidney Allinkov, Paul Slaughter, Al Harland, Pete Ratican, Bert Lopez, Walt Siemon, Jack Abbey, Clyde Price, George Sims, Ed Gillette, Adolph Brandini, Bill Gasper and Lino Donatoni earned letters in A football. Captain Lee Irwin, Joe Hill, Don Grant, Milne Sutherland, Bob Cockburn, Don Reid, Max Stern, Olli Gilchrist, Bill Marble, Curtis Straw, Harold Rosenberg, Ted Willson, Dan Ellin, Charles Picco, John Or- lando, La Fy Baida, Bill Huters, George Betton, Warren Sturgeon, and Morgan McNeely earned letters in B football. Captain Pete Ratican, Paul Slaughter, Bill Munkers, Jack Hodgins, Charles Harkness, and Ed Hopkins earned letters in A basketball. Richard James, Martin Mortenson, Ted Willson, Martin Alcala, Harold Rosenberg, Ivory Ware, Bob Brooke, Captain John Rothwell and Weir Watson earned letters in B basketball. Captain Dave Robertson, Bob Cockburn, Richard Wilson, Clark Bristole and Don Carvalho earned letters in C basketball. Captain Tom Abbott, Bob Guerro, Cliff Obray, Ed Walker, and Harry Press earned letters in D basketball. Captain Ed Hopkins, Brignollo Biorkman, Bernard Coughlan, Joe Lang, Harold Rosenberg, Ed Walker, Ed Gillette and David Bushnell earned their tennis letters. Captain Joe Hill, John Lemmer, Frank Molloy, Amos Sjogren, and Ben Higgens made golf letters. Co-captains. Louis Veenker and Bob Hatch, Mark Conlin, Ray Baird, Paul Van Alstine, William Kildow, George Sims, Art Dellinger, Lawrence Garvin, Jack Cassidy, George Whalley and Abe Freedman earned A track awards. Captain Dan Ellin, Mike Frabisilio, Tom Brewster, Bob Brooke, Bill Warren, Ted Willson, Max Stern, Stanley Posner, Dave Valdez, Bill Marble, Vin- cent Frabasilio, Walter Kingsbury and Clyde Grosscup earned B awards. Captain Harvey Goforth, Ted Beck, Tom Eville, Jim Murphy, Cliff Obray, Robert Robin- son, Bill Weber, Joe Zerboni and Jack Henderson earned C track letters. Captain Ray Athey, Lee Irwin, Mario Scaiola, Bill Cowley, Jack Abbey, Dave Robertson, Pete Breceda, Curtis Straw, Charles Matson, and Bill Harkness earned baseball let- ters. There is also a possibility that La Fy Baida, regular outfielder, who broke his ankle after playing in but one Bay League game, and was out for the re.st of the sea- son, may be given his letter, as he would surely have made it if he could have played the whole season. 132 133 DAGUERREOTYPIC DIVERSIONS What more profitable way of wasting one ' s time is there, I ask, than spending an afternoon in a picture gallery? How can the tired corridor-trudger fail to absorb some of the spirit with which the old masters were wont to sponge off their canvases? Therefore, it being a sufficiently boring afternoon, let us meander down the padded hall of the Santa Monica High School Art Museum, and feast upon the varied pro- cession of famous portraits, landscapes, and general smudges. Beginning at the check- room u nder the cupola, we see an old canvas of the middle twentieth century, illum- inated by an overhead incandescent. Under the deposits of centuries we can see the smiling features of R.R.R., not Rembrandt, but Reukema, the Magnificent, in a garb that befits a De Medici. Next we see a study in oils, with .several archaic creatures posed upon a particularly cracked canvas; as far as the oleographers (oil-painters: Ed. note) have been able to ascertain, this canvas represents the Staff. Next to it hangs a double portrait in pastels, entitled Singing Girls; the artist is unknown. Next we see the incarnation of the Western Plains, a remarkable water-color of the gun-man, entitled After the Hunt. Staggering on, we see, in close succession (they hang in the same alcove) Kolberg, Lord, a (Garbage Can, Barnard anti Horn. The next can- vas is a landscape, and is anonymous indeed. Supported by a slender nail, tin ' s superb canvas by the artist himself is presented, showing him surroundeil by the muses of eloquence. This picture is entitled Self Portrait. Hanging in another alcove, by itself, and strikingly resplendent in a variety of colors seldom found on any palette, is the great canvas entitled Fiesta; due to its extreme age, the canvas is in bad condition, but is expected to last a few more years. A dainty bit of caricature, in pen and ink, Is next seen, portraying two coy country maids, or something. Two delicately executed miniatures, in the glass case to the right follow, the one showing a doubtful vice-ridden person, the other a dear teacher, caught by an able apple appetizer. Next we see a canvas by the celebrated master of satire, El Greco, whose Laughing Lassies is hung conspicuously. A marvelous figure study, in dry-point etching, entitled Pastimes of the Psychopaths, and a wispy water-color executed by some deft master at the game, with a garbage can in French Green, and a Seery-tyr in Burnt Sienna greet our watering optic orb.s. At the end of the corri- dor we see four great canvases, viz: the famous Damon and Pythias by an unknown artist, the famous Aphrodite and Athena by an anonymous ma.ster, the noted Sage and Disciple by some yet unchronided painter, and Noon Reverie by the sculptor Rodin. With a great lump in our throat we leave the Hall of Fame. As we pause in the anteroom before entering the Rogue ' s Gallery and Futuristic Landscape Ward, we may again imbibe some of that famous spirit with which the old artists were wont to dissolve their paints, in mixing pastes and lithographic inks. 134 DAGUERREOTYPIC DIVERSIONS A marvelous landscape, marred by injudicious figure placing, but nevertheless aesthetic, is the first water-color in this room. A study in oils, entitled The Dance of Death, with a cleverly painted Fourth Horseman hangs next, while a detail ot canvas one, in earth tones, showing the hero and his adulators, is beside it. The anonymous artist has come again, this time with an exquisite sunset scene from the Valley of Yosemite, with some falls or palm trees in the bacicground. It cannot com- pare with the portrait study in B flat minor, in the alcove, of a neolithic lady at the mouth of a cave, painted by an apostle of anonymity, so to speak. The next land- scape, rich in tetraethylene colors, and hydro.xl-gamboges, a la potage, represents a scene in the land of the Midnight Sun. Due to the fact that the original was entirely blank, a later artist has added the touches of trees, etc. Depicted in the classic or neo-classic style, is Virginia McDowell, in rich pastels and samovars. The name of this picture is disputed, some calling it Adoration, while others name it Signs (verb or noun). Two medallions, in platinum settings, are seen, once used in a bracelet of a Bavarian Princess. The one on the left repre- sents half-wittedness, the one on the right, its horrible effects. Below them hangs the seascape, entitled Breakwater Fantasy. At the extreme right of the vestibule hangs a double portrait in crayola, called Boys Will Be Boys. Its authenticity is sub- stantiated by its apparent lack of cohesion. Druce and Gail Soules, caught by the agile brush of a master as they chant the words to several new ditties. The picture is rich in greens and ochres. Six of a Kind, the jolly artist has called this one, a loud, bizarre chalk drawing on gunny-sacks by the celebrated Mexican artist, Gonzales. Two fragments of a great canvas, name unknown, are hung here. The picture was executed in bathfloor tiles of minute dimensions, and is therefore an example of mosaic, dear children. A Spanish canvas with conflicting shades of yellow-green and red-orange, sprinkled with paprika, is this portrait of Elaine, presumably of Launcelot renown. A sympathetic sentiment is evidenced by all who behold Taste? (verb or noun), by a member of the Royal Academy of Water Colorists. It hangs here only by gracious permission of the Metropolitan Museum. Hobus and Johmiy, this magnificent etching on steel is called, while the next, proudly displaying his initial S for Sid, is portrayed in Pennsylvania oils and Burnt Sienna. The stirring subject of the Apocalypse ( The Four Horsemen ), is here shown in a canvas of great antiquity. Owners have paid as much as $10,000 to get rid of the marvelous painting to unsuspecting buyers of curios. Taking another cough-drop, we scamper into the next room, or, as the curator would have it, the Mummy Room. 136 ¥ M 137 DAUGERREOTYPIC DIVERSIONS The Mummy Room is rich in corpses of every description. On a sarcophagus of the Five-and-one-eighth Dynasty, we see this Ka, or spirit manifestation, which was thought by the Egyptians to drive away evil spirits from the grave. There are several of these, albeit of lesser import. A triple horror, known as the Hydra by the Greeks, is here found in bronze, which was placed before the door to keep witches out. The next object is of particular interest, since it represents not only all of human in- genuity in the sculpture line, but also the acme of, shall we say, grotesque and un- couth qualities. The hieroglyphs seem to spell Van Welch, a deity of great account in the valley of the Nile. Six more of a kind, and this time in solid ivory, to be used as door-nails on the temples; they are made in a human form, some scientists declare, but we cannot see the resemblance. Two preserved mummies, known affectionately as Ike and Mike, or Mutt and Jeff, or The Katzenjammer Kids, are found next; they are richly decorated with expensive regalia from the court of Pharaoh. Used by the priests of Isis was the chariot on exhibition, until recently, when it was reconditioned and fitted with an internal combustion engine. So he says. A dazzling landscape with cream or sugar, or both, ten cents e.xtra, is hanging nearby, on the wall over the radiator. Its artist remains, at his own request, utterly anonymous. A seascape of the most violent character is seen on this canvas, done in sepias, charcoal, crayon, and shellac. In fact, many of our artists used paint-remover with their meals. Three small statuettes, in genuine ice-cream moulds, are seen. Unfor- tunately for the museum authorities, all that remains of the second statuette is the head. Hardly visible is a drawing done by three inmates of the County Hospital upon the point of a thumbtack, of Louis Veenker and Edward Gillette, but it has been en- larged for the benefit of our patrons. A beautiful water-color hangs beside it, entitled Los Gitanos. (Puzzle: Find the Gitano.) Attired in his best, this ancient inhabitant of California sallies forth on the annual dam-hunt. This slightly gnawed canvas was found in Ocean Park. Representing the Victory of Samothrace, this colossal figurine was found in the lava at Pompeii ; the ignorant workman who unearthed the masterpiece took it home, but the dazed condi- tion of his children in school on the following day excited the suspicion of the authori- ties. A miniature on ivory (landscape), and a Venetian Flower-Bowl ought to fol- low, but some insects have broken into the case. Two well-known geniuses, a Goon of the Goon Tribe, carved from soap flakes, and a mezzanine etching of Nicholas, deposed Czar of all the Russias, cast of acidulated glue, seem to occupy all the alcoves. A comely denizen of a mountain lake (tra-la!), an irate feminine automobilist, an Alpinist, and an Indian Princess, all portrayed in pen and ink, complete the ex- hibits in the Mummy Room. Imbibing the spirit of Art for Art ' s sake, we bid the museum adieu. 138 139 $ I g lKJa t u r e s y zzu u j Q) T4D% T U R E S 141 3 SIGNATURE S v • 5 .d l i ;- ; ' --- ' - ' ' ui K l L- - K ' __ V :