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

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Hackett, vice-presi- ;ind Shirley Jensen ART FDR VICTORY .liujlfmyfr. liroiin, Clarson, Hacketl, l.aiL-, Jensun, Mi ' i uijorac, Mcisint er, Morrison, Moulder, ReiJ, Smith, Siitlir. I ' an . rk, Broiin, Johnson, Finch, Mack The Tluimhtack Cluh, composed of the more active art students, is one of Samolii ' s oldest clubs, havint: been organized in 1922. Banded together in this club are such varied special-interests as motion picture art, illustration, crafts, painting, cartooning, and now, camouflaging. Under the able leadership of such tine officers as Lois Smith, president, and June dent, the club had an acti e Fall semester. Lewis Brown was secretar -treasurer served as publicit chairman. For victory, the Thumbtack Club met on Thursday noon, each week, to cut, paste, and put together ten USO scrapbooks of cartoons. These books were to lessen the tedium of time for bedridden soldiers. When these books were completed at Christmas-time, the group decided they liked meeting each week and decided to continue that polic varying the program with a series of special-interest presentations by the club members. Each member gave a talk on some modern artist, using slides and book illustrations found in the art department. The Spring semester put Lewis Brown in the president ' s chair, and he proved to be a resourceful leader. Lolita Moulder was vice-president with Anna Reid as secretary-treasurer, and Shirley Jensen, again, acting as publicity chairman. A highlight of the Spring semester was a special April Fools ' Day program which featured Craz Schools of iXIodern Art — DaDaism, Modernism, Futurism, and Surrealism. Examples of Sahador Dali ' s art aroused lively debate and fostered the conclusion that while each of these movements contributed some substance to Art, their aesthetic values were often obscured in sensationalism and st le Mechanics. For victory, and for a better understanding of the needs of the peace that must follow victory, the group studied, first, living American artists ' work, then Diego Rivera and the Mexican School of Art and South American Architecture. Thumbtackers discussed the war-time importance of Art, and the responsibility that was theirs. As artists, they realized the importance of art as a vehicle of favorable-to-the-Allies propaganda, and lu) powerful a weapon it could be. The therapeutic value of crafts and handwork for shock, tension, anil con alescence was emphasized, and the group sought ways of using their talent to help in this field. Although the group was small, the inembers enjoved a year of constructixe companionship and stutl with Mrs. Lucille Xielsun as Club adxisor. As a gift to the permanent collection of the Art Department, the Thumbtack Club ga e an original, signed lithograph by Thomas Benton. I i THUMBTACK i

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MORALE BUILDERS Clrt ' rlanJ, Smith, MaynarJ, Tolootichie, Tone ' s, Kiirliii, SulherlanJ, Cliamness, Unger, Meier, Bcikiath, Stav- rakis. Ponsar, Knoles, Gorldon, Finch, Sachs, BaiUa, Barlin, Beauchamp, Dunbar, Farley, Gayer, Hillerby, Lamh, Pelloiv, Reimrrs, Rose, Troy, H ' arner, Lee, anJ Adams The Radio Workshop is a morale-builder . . . Radio techniques train speech skills with an economy of time and money . . . Conservation of time and money through Radio Morale-building programs will help win the war. That, according to Mr. E. J. Clabby, sponsor, is the credo of the Radio Workshop for the duration. During the fall semester, the Radio Workshop confined its activities to meetings twice each month at which plays were cast and rehearsed. Among th; plays cast were Alaudie ' s Diary and The Secret Weapon. These plays were available to any organization in school or community. A similar casting of plays will be a Workshop activity each year. In January six members of the club conducted a round-table discussion on the subject, Salute to Britain for the American School of the Air. KNX carried the program on a coast-to-coast hook-up. The following members were selected for the broadcast: Joy Alaynard, Peter Totoonchie, Kay Toews, Howard Chamness, and Bobbie Sachs, chairman. Many favorable comments were received by the group from listeners. War activities and spring, together with the lA classification of our president, George Cleveland, slowed activities during February and March. However, George was induced by the army on April Fool ' s Day (George said, It ' s an April Fool, all right — for Hitler. See you in Berlin! ); so Don Smith, formerly vice-president, took over the job of skipper and sailed the club through the e.xciting rehearsals and production of the Radio Revels of 1943. Peter Totoonchie, as program director, created and directed a clever and entertaining Revels, with thee help of an enthusiastic and talented cast. The Radio Revels of 1943 had a bus trip as a general .idea. One of the highlights of the show was a sequence called Plagarisms of 1943. Nearly all of the best talent in Samohi managed to have some part in this popular variety show. In addition to the variety show. Radio Workshop up on se eral fifteen-minute quiz shows and a fun program called Students Are Silly. Joe Maynard was vice-president in charge of talent scouting, and Katherine Toews was secretary- treasurer. Bob Karlin was sergeant-at-arms. RADIO WORKSHOP

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SERVIIVG FDR VICTORY Armstriinij, linry, Hruuillrlc, Conii ' l. Cniix ' jiirJ. llansni. Hedges, Hcia, Hernandez, Uoaglund, Mayer, McCoy, Ride, Sackman, Small, Sampson, If endlandt, H ' illiams This year ' s members of the Dods Club have joined other loyal Americans in an all-out patriotic program for Victory. As always, war has brought an immeasurably increased demand for practical, wear- able garments of all kinds and for numerous other articles which call for skill in handling materials and a knowledge of sewing. Early in October, Airs. L. A. Rentsch, cliairman of the Junior division of the American Red Cross in Santa Monica, spoke to the girls about the various garments that are included in the Santa Monica quota for sewing for this ear. She sliowed completed pajamas, blouses, skirts, bed jackets, and dresses. After hearing of the need for their help, the girls enthusiasticalh ' decided to dedicate the majority of their meetings to help in the war effort through their Red Cross sewing. Mrs. Rentsch, Miss Smith, and Miss Story assisted the girls in making the selection of garments for their contribution. 1 he membership of this club is made up of an ' girl in Samohi who is interested in doing her patri- otic part in this very necessary phase of the war effort. They have met after school in room 53 on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. By the end of the school year, the ' will have completed flannelette bed jackets, nightgowns, and blouses for girls and women. The urgency is so great this year that the girls are especially proud of their achievement in the completion of colorful, well-constructed garments that will fill a real need. These garments will be distributed by the American Red Cross to the place where the particular articles will do the greatest service. The work of this group in the high school is carried on under the direction of the American Junior Red Cross in Santa Monica under the supervision of Mary ' irginia Story, adviser of the club. Miss Mabel Smith is a co-sponsor of the organization. The Fall and Winter officers of the club, selected from the capable and outstanding girls in the Home Economics Department, were: Marian Williams, president; Dorothv Berry, vice-president; and Glennys Ride, secretary and treasurer. During the Spring semester, Marian Williams again served as president, Glennys Ride as vice-president, and Fern Wendlandt was selected as secretary and treasurer. DDDS CLUB