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

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s-N117 f N 1' .Ame We enjoy many coumer 0 ered in the Fine Arty Dqnmftnzenli Music is a lueautiful art which Joe and Sally enjoy in their leisure hours. At SAMOHI the Music Literature courses aid the student in discriminativc listening and in acquiring a reper- toire of compositions. Miss Moon has charge of all music classes. The piano classes. if taken from heginner to advanced, will give great satisfaction: Mrs. Wagner insists on practice. Music Fundamentals. which gives an inexperienced student a knowledge of symlmols and sounds of music. together with two years of Harmony. will give a student much pleasure. Miss Moonns knowledge of music helps the student increase his own knowledge. There are many musical organizations such as Choral En- semble. under Miss Moong Girls' Clee and Girls' Choir. under Mrs. Vlagnerg and Orchestra and Band. Mr. VCI-lls. Art also is a very satisfying holmhy. At Samohi a student can ohtain a thorough art course. Art Appreciation helps students understand lmeauty ol' color and design. Art Structure. a study of color and line formationsg Life D-rawing. a study of hgure constructiong and Ceramics. creative work with clay, are just some ol' the essential art courses taught hy Mrs. Ohman. Photography as a hohhy or future vocation gives one chances to work with dillerent types of photographic equipment. Mrs. Schneider helps students set up models in a professional manner. Vtlorking with the colors. designs. and textures of different materials. Mrs. liohertis weaving classes create original pieces of material. Mr. llenderson has charge of Stage Design and Stage Light- ingfcourses which deal with set construction and lighting. Stage Design. also taught lvy Mr, llenderson. stresses art in the theater. and Stage Costume is connected with tht dtsien tume on stage. - of cos- ffralits class gives experience in leather tooling. modeling clay. and several holiliies. Nlr. Townsend teaches this enjoyalrle class. Costume Uesign deals with the dress design and color pattern which are necessary in the future of fashion. Mrs. liolmerls has stuclietl lor many years on this suhject, l'ainting and Illustration are taught lay Mrs. l.ucille Greene. a painter in her own right. whose sense ol' humor and skill with a lnrush make these courses highlights ol' a student's day. Be sure the draping on this figure is correct. .lust like pie dough. The answer? Si, si senor. If the ends of any two diameters of a circle are joined . . . Lights, camera, .,..

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' 1 . . N01'Jen1e1z become better cztzzem through 1061211 ftudzkx ' Now we see Joe in his History II class. In History l Joe learned ahout U. S. History from the discovery of the United States hy Columhus to the Civil War and Abraham Linrzoln. Now he is learning of America's rise to a world power under Teddy Roosevelt and F.D.li. through two world wars up to the present administration. Mr. Neilsen. Mrs. Peters. Nlr. Hsgate. Hrs. Thun and Nliss Crahhe are experts in United States history. Une of the most interesting suhjects the school otters is Modern World Geography. Nlap reading and the difference of present day houndaries as to former lvoundaries is stressed. illr. Fogarty. llliss Xlontgomery. and Mr. lves. are all teachers of this suhject. California-Pacific History gives the student a chance to get acquainted with the history of Santa Nloniea. l,os An- geles County. California. Uregon and Wiashington. and lastly with Canada. Mexico. Alaska and Hawaii. Mr. Buchanan and Nlr. Viv. Kelley are two unmentioned figures who teach this course. lfconomics shows pupils how to attain and maintain a high standard of living. Mr. Hill has good cooperation in his class. Civics is another subject that Joe has to take next year. This is a study of federal. state. and local governments 1 of courts. passage of hills and zoning of local district. Voting prohlerns were especially interesting this year hecause of the election. Miss Bingham. Mr. lfsgate. and Mr. Swisher. keep their classes in order during the hisweekly movies. International problems and the United Nations are main topics ol' discussion in Prohlems in Democracy. Miss Bing- ham is the most vivid teacher of Problems on the staff. Joe may want to know something of himself and others- '- how they grew g why they act in such a wayg and what super- stition is and how to comhat it. These are common prohlems for the Applied Psychology class taught hy Mr. Meeks. Seniors learn what they can do about themselves and others in Cl psychology class. The Himalayas come between Tibet and India. Interesting facts come from maps. - In what year was the War of 1812 fought? An attentive listener will be able to give an intelligent answer to this worrisome history question. Famous persons of the past watch potentially famous persons of the future. i 1 5

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Ifammering drilling and mnding are amiliar rounds beam' dai! at .YAMUHI For thircl pvriotl Joe gocs to Algvlml Ill class. taught hy Mr. Shay. Xlgehra I and Il. whit-li introrhlve algebra as ll languagv that can he used to intvrprct and hotter understand the quanlittitiw side of life. is taught Ivy Nlr. Sturgeon and Mr. Nlishler. Arithmetic. which is taken hy students wishing: mort- prar-tif-al knoixlvclgv of the- hasic' print-iplcs of arithmetic. is taught hy Nlr. 'l'if-honor. :Xlgvhra lx' rmiews t'lPHlt lll21l'y algebra and gives tht- lllllljllliill tlieormn. Plano Geonic-try f'IIlIJlIilSlZ4'S thv importancv of f-leur thinking and drawing of rational c-onvlusions. and Solifl Geonu-try. tlif- study of thrve tlimm-nsional figures. Trigo- nometry tlvals with tht- solution of lrianglf-s. All those art- taught hy Nlr. llraisforrl ancl Mr. 'l'horn0. Nlavliim' Shop gives tht- sluflvnt at luimxleclgv of tht- tools of inclustry illltl provitlos exp:-rie-lim' tlit ' 2 ' - fllltlfl' eniploynlent. Hr. ll. Smith has c-liurgv of projcr-ts turnvtl in as part of the four 5t'IllK'Sll'I' 1-ours:-. Jovis lu-sl frienml. Sam. has talwn Wootlshop with Nlr. Brooks mul is noxx hvlping in his futlie-l s hnsinvss of rvfinish- ing liurniturv, Hunthsork aml lhrniturv mlvsign are- Sll'6sst'll in this 1-onrsn-. 'lilivre' am- niany opportunities lor il slm-ufly hanfl to tina! uork in thc lit-lil ol'tlrz1fting.Nll'. SlK'XNtll'l-rI'l2lbF xxorks on tlralit- inl' lnmirils ititli 2lllEIll'S antl VUIIIIPLISSPS. 4 1 c N C 1 no ' ir i' From the stomach through the pyloric volve to . The warp and the Woof con pose problems. Was that chord major or minor? Um Ah Um,Ahf 10 seconds . . . 9 ..., almost on the oir time. C thin...