South Pasadena High School - Copa de Oro Yearbook (South Pasadena, CA)

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C W APeJ Q oL As the Image of the tower of the junior high school dims in their memories, the new students of each incoming class, with our typical boy and girl in the lead, ad- vance along the pathway of their educa- tion to the Senior High School of South Pasadena. The first glimpse of their new school home is given to them as they walk up the broad expanse of walk, surrounded by ver- dant green grass, and see the main build- ing of SPHS in its setting of tall palms flanked by modernistic structures, making it an inspiration to the student to do his best work for his alma mater. In April of 1907 this edifice, built for the furtherance of public education, was finished and occupied by the first SPHS student body under the guidance of a faculty of five members. Throughout the years the building has stood staunch, brav- ing change, storm, and stress. Filled today with many new faces, and surrounded by new structures, it stands as a monument to the desires of the thoughtful citizens of South Pasadena and San Marino.

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CHAPTER I They Enter School Campus pictures, classrooms Advisers, Teachers CONTENTS f CHAPTER II [ X-Oy i U-t -- - They Meet the Students 7 y J yl( .gL t. ' ' - — I he Classes CHAPTER III . ' X- i-csd- v-- - - ' ' ' They Enter Activities Q -t-t ' -C- ' ' ., 2 -» ' ' ' ' ' CHAPTER IV J r ' -€ They Enter Clubs . Organizations n ■ ' CHAPTER V lO OOT f - The Boys Enter Sports J i, -yLi-i CHAPTER VI The Girls Enter Sports Team Sports Individual Sports CHAPTER VII U -C They Enjoy Themselves , March of Time ' ■ ' ' ' ' ' - ' -C- ' ?! — .. ' ' ' ■ -A Assemblies ' C -e-:; v ' u-ti-«2- ' C T ■ • ■ Candid Camera Section - , X- Graduation ( - ' - ' ' ' CHAPTER VIII - ' ' - ' They Shop in Town cv-Z

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v»- At the beginning of the I939-IV40 term forty teachers comprised the faculty. At this time five new teachers became members of this faculty, guiding the destinies of the students and replacing the teachers who had not returned. They included Miss Catherine E. Dodge, from Needham, Massachusetts, who was an exchange teacher with Miss Margaret Lauer for a year; and Miss Hanna Dyste, science and mathematics teacher, Mr. Russell Adams, mathematics and athletics instructor. Miss Thelma K. Beggs, girls ' physical education teacher, and Miss Vera N. Thomas, English instructor. Next the students go on to view the campus that Is to be their daytime home for the next three years. On they go to make new friends, meet new people, and take up studies In new fields of endeavor. In 1934 three new buildings were added to the SPHS campus replacing older structures which had grown obsolete and of these three the mechanical arts build- ing is perhaps the least kn own. Shown here, at the right, is a view of the main entrance to this building, as the late afternoon sur- wove patterns of the tree branche- above it and of the lettering on the building.