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

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The Associated Student Body Executive Board held its first regular meeting on February 9, 1948, with President Melvin Lewis breaking in the new gavel. Assisting him were Vice-president Manuel Carbajal and Secretary Iris Lytle. Girls' League President Mary Lou Narveson and Boys' League President Alvin Baldock were also present at that hrst meeting, when the following commissioners were voted in: Boys' Athletics, Jim Fisher, Finance, Bob Lloyd, Girls' Athletics, Rose Marie Block, and Publications Commissioner, Tom McDermott. After class elections, Rae Heimbeck and Pat Ryan, repre- senting the senior A's and B's, joined the cabinet. The following week Bob Stanchfield and Bernie Remmer, other class presidents, were admitted along with Dodie Jensen, Commissioner of Entertainment, and John Thompson, Commissioner of Forensics. Their quota filled, the board was ready to begin business. First on their agenda was Mr. Veenkerls explan- ation of student finances, which was particularly important as the cabinet was destined to be greatly concerned with student funds. The chief topic for discussion during the semester was whether a cen- 1flWl74flB7 tral fund under control of the cabinet should be established or whether each club and organization should have separate funds. The board recommend- ed the highest football budget in the history of Samohi-5294000-and made plans to take over the football account for this semester. The chief source of Viking income, the Vikes, Inn, took on new life this semester as Mr. Veenker and the Vikes' Inn Committee, headed by Dick MacDonald, worked with Mrs. Matz to make im- portant decisions on increased costs and sale prices. New improvements included the installation of a popcorn machine and a highly popular chocolate milk dispenser. The cabinet benefited from reading the reports made by the classes on Code of Ethics Day and was pleased by the valuable suggestions for future improvement. ' Other activities of the semester included acting as host to a successful meeting of the Bay League Forum, guesting the California Association of Stu- dent Councils, and sponsoring the Fiesta Dance. A highly successful year, efficiently organized. Bouquets to an energetic group of loyal Vikes. SUMMER CABINET-ROW 1: Ryan, Heimbeck, Baldock, Carbajal, Lewis, Lytle, Stanchfield, Narveson. ROW 2: Thompson, Remmer, McDermott, Block, Lloyd, Jensen, Fisher, Mr. Veenker, adviser. -u-W

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WINTER CABINET-ROW 1: Gearhart, Godino, Marcoe, Heimbeck, Horn, Russell, Landis, Jensen. ROW 2: Thompson, Lloyd, Pollock. Wz'nter September found A.S.B. Cabinet members hard at work to make the new semester as successful as those in the past. Dick Horn, presidents gavel in hand, stands ready to call meetings to order. Vice- president Raeburn Heimbeck and Secretary Shirley Russell are beside him, eager to help, and Gerry Harris, Yell King, has prepared a speech about school spirit and the sportsmanship trophy. Alvin Baldock, Boys' League President, is there, while Girls' League President Joye Marcoe works on the annual fashion show. Assemblies are the chief worry of Dodie Jensen, Entertainment Commissioner, and Larry Watkin, Commissioner of Publications, is out to win All- American rating for the Samohi. Girls' Athletic Commissioner Jeanne Landis listens as Bud Hol- scher, who handles boys' sports, talks about the football team's campaign to win Bay League and C.I.F. trophies. Bob Lloyd, Commissioner of Finance, tells everyone how rich the cabinet is, with gold buried under the seal, but john Thompson, Com- missioner of Forensics, would rather spend his time straightening out mike problems for the radio programs. Senior A President Dick Godino checks on the senior play, Senior B Prexy jim Pollock thinks about training basketball players for the junior-senior game, and across the aisle junior President john Gearhart is changing the Snowball to the Foot- ball, Next to him sophomore Dick Barnard experi- ments with a new polish for the school seal. Ha- rassed Nautilus Chairman Mary jane Bentley pa- tiently explains the status of the yearbook and plugs sales. Excellent student posters about the halls adver- tise the good food and fine stationery in the Vikes' Inn, where Barbara Magel is manager. The store also occupies the time of Dick MacDonald and his Vikes' lnn Committee. The cabinet's special project is the school float for the 59th annual Tournament of Roses Parade. Pacific Playground is the theme chosen, students and Santa Monica business organizations agree to finance it, and twenty loyal students show up to apply the flowers to the float. Their efforts are well rewarded, for we are destined to take first place in the schools' division. Many thanks to Mr. Veenker for assisting the A.S.B. Cabinet with a very enjoyable and profitable semester.

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Blue and Gold Day! Over eight hundred members of Vikesville are of the male species-and eight hundred males cannot be ignored. Thus it happens that the smooth- ly functioning Boys' League is a powerful influence on life at Samohi. Their work is both routine and exciting, ranging from the every day job of keeping the campus clean and enforcing the school rules to Student court in action! the more glamorous task of staging the Talent Show and sponsoring Blue and Gold Day. But whatever they do, they do well. And their activities this year have continued to be as varied and as valuable as they have been in years past. So viva Boys' League! Long may your activities be as successful and your presence as delightful! WINTER CABINET-ROW 1: Werner, E. Kaplan, Mullen, McElroy, Troy, Burke. ROW 2: Armitage, Provost, Godino Turk, Pinatelli, Mr. Day, adviser.