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

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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.

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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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their advisers Campus tours completed, the new students, including our typical boy and girl, make their way to the main offices, there to meet their advisers and plan their programs. Heading the South Pasadena school system was Mr. George C. Bush, superintendent. His long years of effi- cient service to the school made it outstanding among the schools of the nation. Mr. John E. Alman is the name of the man who, from 1920-1940, guided the destinies of the South Pasadena High School, as its principal. Always eager to see SPHS progress, he continually gave sympathetic consideration of the desires of the students, always striving for the betterment of the school. Assisting in the affairs of the Boys ' and Girls ' Leagues, and caring for program arrangements and other needs of the students are the advisers. Miss Jessie T. Oldt, dean of girls, and Mr. Elmer J. Erickson, former vice-principal and temporary principal. The students come Into close contact with these two frequently and get to know them.