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

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The popular language courses of Span- ish and French each year enroll an increas- ing number of interested students. These subjects are taught by Miss Mary E. Nash (Spanish), Miss Nadia Tupica (Spanish) Miss Mildred Price (French and Spanish), and Mrs. M. Olwen Pettit (French). Miss Price is in charge of all language depart- ments. In the photographs below are Mrs. Barbara Royce, former office clerk in the main office and Miss Edith Kearns, secre- tary to the principal; and. Miss Betty Lathrop, secretary to the dean of girls and vice-principal and Miss Jane Hobensack, new clerk. In charge of the mechanical arts courses are Mr. Ben R. Henry, print shop and mechanical drawing instructor, and Mr. Edgar Jacobs, wood shop teacher. As they go about their daily duties In charge of their departments they are pictured below, completing the pictures on this page.

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A science course is required of all students before graduation while commercial subjects are taken by many pupils to aid in future years. The teachers of these subjects appear on this page. Mr. H. Guy Wood is shown as he directs his assist- ants in the work of keeping the accounts and finances of student activities of the school in good order; Mrs. Lucille M. Linn is pictured overseeing the intricacies of typewriter operation in one of her classes; and Mrs. Helen D. Orsborn is seen amid the wealth of biological material in her laboratory. Mr. James J. Jennlson is photographed between the sessions of his physics classes, and Mr. Arthur H. Bothe chemistry teacher, is shown working in his lab. Shown in her laboratory in the academic building is Miss Hanna Dyste, biology instructor. Our mythical students seem to find special interest in these subjects and linger some time over the physics laboratory which is pictured below. Some of the most interesting experiences in all SPHS life are had in this and other school labs. IfSlffB

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At opposite ends of the South Pasadena campus are the nnodernistlc music rooms, and the gymnasiums of the girls and fellows. In the former building are the rooms of Mr. Albert J. Adams, who teaches music and leads the Boys ' Glee Club; Miss Marjorie Brown, who leads the Girls ' Glee Club and teaches music; and Mr. Charles A. Mendenhall, instructor for the fine school band. Directing the broad program of physical education for the girls are Miss Ruth E. Dix, and Miss Thelma K. Beggs, pictured at the right. Below them are boys ' coaches, Harry A. Swart and C. Merrill Green, who lead the boys ' gym classes and coach inter-school sports. And so our students conclude their tour of the cam- pus. They have met their teachers, and launched upon a program of studies and activities which are offered at South Pasadena Senior High School. The next step in the high school life of the students will be meeting their classmates who will be their co- workers for three years. 14