Venice High School - Gondolier Yearbook (Venice, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 106 of the 1933 volume:

v v ' CMAiJ f t ' NT c THE GONDOLIER 1933 PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE STUDENT BODY OF THE VENICE HIGH SCHOOL VENICE, CALIFORNIA Venetian Vistas FOREWORD T HE year 1933 has been, among other things, a year of depression, han}{ holidays, iinemployynent and earthqua es. All of the preceding have proved to be direct and severe handicaps in the publication of our annual — The Gondolier. We, the Gondolier Staff, after spending niuch time and thought, and giving our best efforts, present this annual unashamed — we owe no apologies and offer none — on the other hand the Staff sincerely wishes that the Gondolier will serve as a gratifying memory of the happy days spent at Venice High. We trust that in the future, when loo ing bac through the years — using this boo as a medium — you will recall the beauty, the joy, the happiness and the many pleasant recollections of our school. W ien, dwe to financial straits and numerous other difficulties, the Gondolier was threatened with abolishment, the Wniter and Summer Classes of 1933 rose to the occasion and pushed the Gondolier through. The sheer enthusiasm and hearty support of the Classes of ' 33 were the underlying factors that made this annual a reality. In behalf of the Gondolier Staff. I wish to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to all those who have given their thought and effort to the wor}{ of this volume. Masaru Nishikawa, Assistant Editor Miss V. L. McMurry DEDICATION To the All ' American teacher of Venice High School, we dedicate this 1933 volume of the Gondolier, that she may continue her many good wor}{s throughout the years. CONTENTS The School Activities Athletics Features IN MEMORIAM To live m the hearts we leave behiiid IS not to die. Clifford O ' Grain Marjorie Wires LeRoy Walters Kenneth Leach A Beautiful Auditorium, Once 2 OL O Q O H H U Q Oh Q H z E H O O 3 THE SCHOOL Mr. E. W. Clark Prmcipal MR. CLARK ' S MESSAGE Greetings: The trying of men ' s souls through disappointments, losses and calamities is grievous but often results in gain. Serious illness sometimes brings sanity. Great financial losses sometimes mellow hard hearts. T(w much prosperity often leads to utter disregard of GOD and one ' s fellowmen. Tornadoes, floods, epidemics, earthquakes may bring lessons of sympathy, broth- erly love, great soul-mindcdness. If the earthquake which brought sudden and great modifications to your plans, my friends of the graduating class of 1933, has brought to each of you a greater realization of life ' s blessings and true thankfulness for the same, together with a greater regard for others, our inconveniences may result in great blessings to all of us. As you go forth to greater fields of usefulness may all gCKid go wiith you always. Sincerely, your friend, E. W. Cl.ark. [12] Mr. R. B. Shaw Boys ' Vice Principal Mrs. M. L. S. llee Girls ' Vice Principal VICE PRINCIPALS ' MESSAGES The man worth while is the man with a smile when everything goes dead wrong. This is doubly hard. First, it is hard to grin anyway when it hurts. But there is a second difficulty. Our enemies like to have us admit we are hurt. Our grin deprives them of most of their pleasure in victory. As a re- sult they may accuse us of insincerity. They are the type who say the hangman should never smile. But if there must be hanging there must be a hangman. He is deathly serious at his work, but would we have him forever hanging all of us by frowning at everyone he meets. No, let the hangman smile when not at his work, and later, if he gets us, we will realise he has no personal hatred, and his smile is not insincere. Smile for the good it does all. Grin and bear it. R. B. Sh.aw. Isn ' t It strange, that princes and !(tng,s And clowns that caper in sawdust rings And common jol}{s h e you and me — Are ma ers oj Eternity. To each is given a set of tools. A shapeless mass and a book, of rules — So he may mal{e ere life has flown A stumbling block, or a stepping stone. On your journey of living you are laying the foundation on which others may build. What kind of a foundation do you want it to be? Appreciation of the commonest things is more important than possessions. TODAY is your op- portunity. Do not put off until tomor- row that which can be done today. You will never be sorry for taking time to make good friends, cultivating a love for the beautiful, doing your best in every situation, and helping those who need your help. M. MIH L. S.ALLEE. [13] Men Faculty Bottom row Witty. Schlosser. Boatman. Rosers. Garrison. Champion. Hoover. Second roio : Shaw. Hiller. Hoist. Hughes. Lustie. Gyllenswan. Scholtz. Clark. Third row: Shives. Norton. Turney. Harris. Fordham, Oliver, Bull Morgan. Fourth row: Crandall. Woodard. Overin. Amo. Richards. Georere, Chaney. Riley. Women Faculty Button! row: Blewett. Tompkins. Wilkinson. Sharpies. Schreiber. Schraek. McMurry. Second row: Bertram, Beamish, Willett. Patterson. Wood. Biggs. Gehlen. Hatcher. Loibl. Third roio : Drake. Matt. Ward. Pilat. Allen Biscoe. Crandall. Bushey. Fourth roir: Going. Hutchison. Randall. Dando. McNeese. Kleinkenecht. Taylor. Morrison. Bell. Fifth row: Henderson. Larkey. Girard. Sallee. Trutlsen. Danielson. Crowe. [14] Joe Wilensky First Semester I have come to cross-roads in life and one of the most vital stretches of my years is closing. Ahead extend the highways to business, college, and other vocations, and soon my friends and I shall have to part, each to go along his chosen path. It is not with regret that I close this period of my youth but rather with the feeling of thankfulness that I have known the Students of Venice High and have been able to serve them. My humble wishes and every hope are for your success and happiness. My memories of our friend- ship and good times together will never fade. Good Luck, Your Friend, Joe Wilensky STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS We have made a success of an unusual semes- ter. I wish to say with the deepest gratitude that no student body president ever received more complete or unselfish cooperation. The greatest test of a school is its ability to solve the difficult and unusual problems with which it is sometimes faced. This semester we have met and overcome the grave problems brought about by the earthquake and the present financial situation. We shall always be able to look back with pride upon this chapter of our history. In parting, I sincerely believe and hope that facing these problems together has sealed a true and lasting friendship among us all. Sincerely your friend, liMMY Coleman. Jimmy Colem.an Second Semester [in Central Committee — First Semester Joe WiLENSKY S.B. President Mapeleine Bertram S.B. Vice-President Florence Thurlow G.A.A. Presideyit Ray Chaklson Byi s ' League Prcs. Russell Gray S.B. Secretarii Harry Grady Oarsniaii Editor Mary Nell Moore Gmidolier Editor Dale RrxER Jimmy Coleman Chief of Sfjeciais Delphian President Olga Schape S.B. Treasurer Tom Wilde Chief Justice Bill Schwal Athletic Myr. Vic De Nisi W ' SS President Madalyn Thaw Girls ' League Pres. Homer Houtz Bookstore Mgr. Boys ' League Officers Ray Charlson President Jim Prince Vice-President Ben Brightman Secretary Mr. Shaw Advisar [16] Central Committee — Second Semester Jl.MiMY COLEMAX S.B. Presidi ' tit Maiuon Evans S.B. ' irt-Pr, idint Masaui ' Nishikawa S.B. Svcrrtarfi Mrs. Sallee Aftvisor Both Semesters DOKOTHY ROOKLEDGE S.B. Treasurer Henry Kubota Chief of Specials Harry Grady Oarsman Editor June H allberi; Delphian Presidint Mary Nr,Li. Moore Go idolier Editor Joe Hale S ' JJ President Tom Wilde Chief Justice Bettina Thomas G.A.A. President Girls ' League Officers Madalyn Thaw President First Seincstrr Ida Schade Treasurer First Semester Alyce Youxg President Second Semester Eleanor Whitesides Trea iurer SecoTid Semester Mrs. Salle Adt is-jr Both Semesters [17] First Semester Judges Jurif Hallbcrpr, Jimmy Coleman, Tom Wilde, Bettina Thomas. Second Semester Judges Paul Older. Marie Bahn, Tom Wilde, Virginia Pyne, Jerre Carlson, [18} Self Governmcnt Bottom roiv: Marshall, Davis. Johnston, Brijrhtman. Lowe. Rivard, Donelly, Keef. J. P. Hollis. Bowling. Mr. ShHw. Goupil. Aicker. MortLnson. Nassar, Selhay. Capp. Bell. Kiralla, YounR. Shields. Secmid rotr: Zilz. Wells. OrtcKa. Reeves, Ashbrun. Swordlintr. Stevenson. Preston. Gray. Glass. Crocker. Hines. Ahem. Curtis. TonH ' es. Jackson. MacDonald. Lowe. Barlow. Starke. Maynard. Rasson. McConnell, Patterson. Niemand, McGinnis. Third roir : Keethe. Bell. Durnell. Sieff. Wolf, Gravate. Gres, Lack. Storm. Takai. Albright, Harshberger, Robinson, Roberts. Deiler, Langoon, Cardwell, Gilman. Gardner. K. Bahn. Kent. Bahn. M. Wakamatsu, A. Wakamat.su, Sarfatti. Naritelli. Top rmr : Star key. Miyake, Haas. Olsen. Wood. Corcoran, Taylor. Gazin. Whitesides, Utsuki. Starke. Slaughter. Bliss. Yettra. Klein, Apperson. Klein. Marrs. Sharpe. Gergcn. Sharpe, Best wick. Barry, Bi-aun. [19} STUDENT ADMINISTRATION The governing body of school activities, the Central Committee, is made up of the activities themselves, in addition to the Student Body officers. In the first semester their chief duty was the approving of the change in the Constitution providing grade requirements for candidates, doing away with all campaign cards and allowing two posters for each candidate. This was the result of an economy movement. A move- ment to change the team name of Gondoliers was defeated here, as it was later by the entire Student Body. A great deal was accomplished under Joe Wilensky ' s lead- ership in this organization. Jimmy Coleman had very little chance to preside over the second semester Com- mittee, due to the earth disturbance. But before the misfortune, the body had allotted the yell leaders their uniform expenses, approved a 6-inch D with numerals for the year earned as an award for the debaters, and were working on school monogram regulations when the school was transferred into a tent town. The Girls ' League ' s chief project was their annual Christmas Basket Drive, start- ing December 5, which was a great success. With Madalyn Thaw presiding, they enjoyed a lecture on beautiful Italy by Mr. Clark, a talk on Books by Miss Drake, the school Librarian, and then met jointly with the Boys ' League to see films of the Olympic Games. Alyce Young presided over the second semester cabinet, though the organization as a whole was inactive. The Boys ' League was active for only the first half of the year. In the spring it was dropped. Under Prexy Ray Charlson, the boys enjoyed several very interest- ing programs arranged by him. Talks were given by Tom Lieb, the Loyola football coach, and Bob Decker, U.C.L.A. backfield star, on the more intricate points of foot- ball and the value of true sportsmanship. The Student Court, presided over by Chief Justice Tom Wilde, who held office during both semesters, handled hundreds of cases in the courtroom, 105 A. They operated for a short time in a small room in the Boys ' gym. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Crutcher were the able advisors. A new method of choosing a Chief Justice was adopted. The officer will be selected by the Central Committee from the preceding semester ' s judges and the remaining four will he elected by popular vote of the Stu- dent Body. June Hallberg, Kuni Miyake, Jmimy Coleman, and Bettina Thomas were associate judges in the fall while Marie Bahn, Virginia Pyne, Jerre Carlson, and Paul Older assisted in decisions during the last semester. The school ' s special police were captained by Harold Furst and Dale Riter during the first semester, with Henry Kubota in the chief ' s position in the spring semester. After the quake, they were stationed as near as possible to the streams of traffic around Tent Town and did their best to keep order. These traffic guardians and directors were treated to a banquet at Thanksgiving. [20] ]r r i: Nisi Presidvnt Lli: Am fx V ice-President Le Mai MalDu.nalu Secretary RUSSLLL GlIAV Treasurer Ida Schade ss ' t Treasurer W ' B HISTORY The larger portion of the Winter Class of 1933 entered Venice High School six years ago as rugged seventh graders with a fixed determination to attain heights for which they would long be remembered. They dreamed dreams and more impor- tant yet, they realized those dreams. Along the distant climb from scrubs to mighty seniors the members of the Blue and Red attracted notice because of their unusual ability in arts, in scholastic ability, and in athletics. Joe Wilensky, Madalcinc Bertram, Russ Gray, Olga Schade, Dale Riter, Harold Stolle, Homer Hout;, Kuni Miyake, and Art Yuba, achieved high positions on the schooFs governing boards while Ray Charlson, Madalyn Thaw, Lovey Weinstein, Louise Davidson, Bruce Uchino, Ben Bnghtman, Florence Ella Thurlow, Vic De Nisi, Lee Allen, Ida Schade, and Jim Prince predominated in numerous club activities. In their junior year, athletics again asserted themselves, this time more strongly; the names of several athletes in the class will long stand out in the Sports Annals of Venice. Some of the more prominent athletes are: Joe Wilensky, June Keeth, Vic De Nisi, Bruce Uchino, Ray Charlson, Joe Schwartz, Martin Sanchez, Russ Gray, Paul Dunlap, Elsie Mertz, Ben Bnghtman, Olga Schade, Navalette Tabor, Florence Ella Thurlow, Lugi Carlucci, Burke Morrison, Betty Castle, Jack Dexter, Madaleine Bertram, Bob Rapin, Garnet Daniel, and Nathan Cunningham. Madaleine Bertram and Olga Schade received the coveted Roman Lamp at Com- mencement. Evelyn Quist, Pete Smith, Madalyn Thaw, and Thelma Sloan brought forth the drama sector. How wonderful it will be if all of these who vision great things will realize their hopes and continue to Climb Though the Rocks Be Rugged. [21] Don Allen Lee Allen Lucille Allen Lois Arnold Maiieleine Bertram Elfriede Braun Ben Brichtman Daisy Brownson Harry Canann Vernon Cary Betty Castle Ray Ciiarlsox Jimmy Clark Leo Coxe Nathan Cunningham GEOIiOE CUTIIILL Ruth Dalton Garnet Daniel Louise Davidson Vic De Nisi Jack Dexter Wayne Dunaoax Paul Dunlap Jack Dunning Jack Esler [22] George EsTABnooK Blaine Evans Elsie Ferguson Louis Ferrisii J. B. Fox Doris Fredericks Bill Gillette Abe Goldman Russell Gray James Gregory Adolphe Griffith Louise Hewer Ruby Hirst Homer Houtz Helen Isiiell George Jaynes Ethan Johnson James Johnston June Keethb Marjorie Kuhns Ruth Larson Frank Lynch Michel Martinez Jack Maxey Le Mai MacDonald [23] Connie Meadors Bob Rapix Olga Schade Elsie Mertz Dale Riter Ed Schiller KUNI MlVAKL Vivian Ross Esther Shapero Jim Prince Bob Ruby Helen Shipley Evelyn Quist Ida Schade Thelma Sloan WiLLIARD SPEISS PETE SiMITH OlIVE SMITH CHARLES SOUTHCOTT [24] Ruth Stallm n Madai.yn Thaw Henry Viunolle Elinor Stanley Bob Thompson Mary Wakamatsu HUi:h WlLKERSON Harry Stoerkel Betty Thokniiurgh LOVEY Weinstein Wallace Young Dan Sugimoto Florence Thurlow Joe Wilensky Art Yuba Harry Sutcliffe Bruce Uchino Charles Wilhite [25] EXCERPTS FROM W ' 33 WILL In compiling these facts 1 have endeavored to be fair and truthful. If you like It, see me; if not, see Mr. Champion, as he is the goat and will take all of the blame. Lee Allen, that ever-present Vice-Prexy, hereby bequeaths his handsome coun- tenance to Joe Hale so that he may become a social lion, too. Lucille Allen, Lois Arnold, Martha Ball, Madaleine Bertram and Alfreida Braun cooperate and leave the spirit of depression to the Senior B ' s. They claim that a depression is a dent. The dictionary says that a dent is a hole, and a hole is nothing and that is what they are leaving — nothing. Luigi Carlucci, the wild man from Borneo, leaves all of his cannibal instincts to Charlie Ferguson, the up-and-coming wild man of the Senior B s. Ray Charlson says: I hereby bequeath my golden tenor voice to Morton Downey in hopes that some day Downey may be famous too. James Clark wishes to leave his knowledge and literary prowess to some other sucker, namely Harry Grady. George CuthiU states: I may leave the school, but my ears remain to adorn the sides of Jimmy Coleman ' s head. Ben Brightman presents his gift of gab to the Debating team of Summer ' 33. 8-ball De Nisi, Prexy to you, leaves his musical talents to Billy Lennon, Okay! De Nisi. Paul Dunlap wishes to leave his basketball talent to Art Peterson, who is also going to receive Russ Gray ' s canary legs. Jack Dexter bequeaths to Babe Ruth his mighty right arm so that Babe may be ambidextrous. Joe Wilensky leaves behind him a trail of broken hearts. It ' s tough, girls. Brace up. Bruce Uchino, celery-grower of Venice, leaves three cases of celery to Popeye Burgess Adams. Madeline Thaw, in order that Peggy Elliott might secure herself a husband, leaves to Peggy that Fatima-ish figure of hers. Mary Wakamatsu leaves Venice without a tear, but another pleasant smile. Jack Dunning says: If I could sing, I ' d leave my talent to Elmer Donovan. He needs it. Art Yuba says he doesn ' t know what to do with his violin, so he guesses that he will keep it, as he knows that there is no one in the Senior B class who could handle his wild bow. Here, too, we have Joe Schwarti. He makes a very elaborate statement, the sum total of which is: I leave nothing that I can take with me. Betty Castle is in a quandary. She says she can ' t get along without anything she has, so she ' ll just have to leave Venice. To Frank Gravante, Ted McCaskey is leaving his athletic figure. James Johnston is leaving his freckles to Tommy Davies, so that Tommy may have a chance with the girls. Marjorie Kuhns says that she leaves a dent wherever she steps. If you doubt any of this ask Ripley — he will tell you a bigger one. D.-KLE RJTER. [26] Joe Hale Map.iox Evans Betti.na Thomas Masaru Nishikawa La Vekxe Jeffers President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Ass ' t Treasurer S ' 33 HISTORY June 2 1 ! Yes, it is the finish, but only the finish of Chapter I in the great story of life. We see 131 smiling faces as they receive their awards after their first great realization has come true. Time flies. Only six years previous these same young aspirants bashfully trod from class to class finding a change greater than any they had thus far been confronted with. This was a new step. Not a very large step in comparison with the one they are now completing — GRADUATION. These years seemed to act as a grinding stone, forming and shaping the class through various stages into a class materially equal to any Venice High has yet seen. Even then, it had all the marks of a great class, and many of its members were very active in the honor society as well as other school organizations. We finally entered our final year. Once again, you may remember that this well organized group has been exceed ' ingly prominent in school affairs. First, in Scholarship, we have June Hallberg, Del- phian President; James Coleman, Student Body President: Bettina Thomas, G.A.A. President; Masaru Nishikawa, Student Body Secretary; Betty Wagner, Lawton Van Slyke, Rhodes Dayton, and Mary Kiralla. Next, in athletics, we acclaim the follow- ing : Hyjima Masuda, Bob Simpson, Ralph Mojonnier, Bill Rozier, Masaru Nishikawa, Wayne Laudig, Lawton Van Slyke, Bill Goupil, Norman Crafton, Vincent Hamilton, Jimmie Hume Glen Robinson, and Fremont Spinney. In Political and Social circles we have been especially gifted with the presence of Marion Evans, James Coleman, Alice Young, Masaru Nishikawa, and Bettina Thomas. It has often been said that for one to peer into the future he must have looked into the past. From this age-old inference, our class should bring renown and honor to themselves in the years to come. [27] Iris Allex Leatha Back Paumne Belous Eric Buckland Jimmy Coleman Tom Argyle Marie Bahn Leo Beeks Leonora Burcham Tom Da rajs Mason Ashbukn Eugene Baker Jkanne Berger Bernett Coalter Elliott Davis Walter A kil Virginia Barnes Gene: ' ieve Biner Adele Cooke Rhodes Dayton Gordon Ayres Charles Beahm Marshall Buck Jeanne Craft Ralph De Witt [28] MAKRIOTT DlCKEV Joyce Dye ' ! Eleanor Ellis Ei.EVNOR EpI ' ICII Jack Ericson Grace Ewino Fred Findlay ERRIS Fox Don Killer Wayne Gilman Mary Goss Bill Golpil Norman Grafton John Gruey Joe Hale June Hallberc Helen HARPEr. Josephine Hefele Alex Henderson Thelbia Howai-.!) Ji.M.MlE HL ' ME La Verne Jeffers Joe Keaton [29] M uyKiralla Helen Kovacevich Pauline Kratofil Henry Kubota Wayne Laudig Mabel Lawrence Dorothy Lucas Ida Luskin Floy MacIntyre Virginia Marsh Esther Marsh Theodore Marten Hajimu Masuda Henry Maptern Douglas MacNamee Alexine Messick Mary Nell Moore Dorothy Morris Charles Murdock Harold Neal Masaru Nishikawa Paul Older Mona Overmiller Elizabeth Pennypacker Vera Peterson [30] Richard Peyton Jack Rogan Bill Rozier Dorothy SiiDiMiEun Bernice Strand Virginia Pyne riARGARET ROGERS gurly schonlorg Bob Simpson Luc.LLE Storms Agnei Reynolds Walter Rhea Dorothy Rooki.edge Grayce Rosenbaum Hill Schwab Ted Sh piro Fremont Spinney Virginia Steuer Harry Stringer Helen Swordling Glen Robinson Dave Ross Mae Shaver Vina Swartz Bettina Thomas [31] Evelyn Tradeii Maiuokie Tremayne Lawto.n Van- Slyke Betty Wagneu Ml-riel Walswoutic Nadine Weinstein Helen Wilkinson Rosalie Willl ms Maky Wilson Frantis Woodard Norma Wran Frances Yettua Alyce Young Herbert En gle CW ' 33) [32] Joe WiLENSKY Bob Ruby Vic De Nisi Jimmy Coleman June Halleerg Bettina Thomas EPHEBIANS In order to acquaint those unfamiliar with the purpose and workings of the Ephebian Society, we attempt here to clear up this difficulty. A pamphlet issued by the organisation furnishes, in part, the following information: The Ephebian Society is a civic betterment organization of high school graduates, elected by the faculties of the L. A. high schools on the basis of character, scholarship, and leadership. Its purpose is to concentrate the outstanding graduates upon the work of civic leadership and betterment. The organisation was founded in 1918 by Dr. Albert Shiels, then superintendent of schools. Its activities include: semi-monthly meetings at which prominent speakers arc heard and live civic issues discussed; monthly civic council meetings, at which active members meet in a research section; trips to places of local civic, economic, and historic interest; participation in the tree planting work of the City Beautiful committee; and joint sponsorship of the Annual World Friendship Oratorical contest. Allen Arneson ' Malcolm Alexander Russel Brines - - Perry Bertram Victor De Nisi - Weston Doty Alfred Freis - - - Carolyn Hayes - • Conrad Jamison Sam Jaffe . ■ ■ Allison Ketcherside Jimmy Coleman - 29 Lucille Lynch ' 31 29 Bill McGurn ' 29 28 Dan McArthur ' 30 ?1 Himi Nishikawa ' 31 3 3 Leslie Pew 31 30 Blanch Riley ' 29 32 Bill Ruby ' 30 30 Bob Ruby ' 33 30 Hartley Thaw ' 32 32 Joe Wilensky ' 33 28 June Hallberg ' 33 3 3 Bettina Thomas ' 33 [33] B 12 B 12 [34] o [35] A 10 B 10 [36] A9 B 9 [37] A 8 B 8 [38] A7 B 7 [39] ACTIVITIES Gondolier Staff Seated: Harry Gradv. Masaru Nishikawa. Harry Coulter. Lawton Van Slyke. Stavdinfi: Bob Simpson. Frances Yettra. Betty Warner. Paul Older, Mr. Shives. Mary Nell Moore. Helen Swordlins;. Tom Wilde. GONDOLIER In spite of the depression, the earthquake, and the meeting of opposition on all sides, the Gondolier Staif could not be downed in their efforts to keep up the tradi- tional practice of publishing an annual. Though the Editor was appointed in November, and the actual work begun in December, almost three months later than usual, the following members co-operated with Mr. Shives and have produced this 1933 Gondolier: Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager W ' 33 Editor S ' 33 Editor Organizations Actii. ttie,s Feature Editor Junior High Editor Boys ' Sports Assistant Boys ' Sports Girls ' Sports Cartoonist Photographic Manager Mary Nell Moore Masaru Nishikawa Bob Simpson Jimmy Clark Joe Hale Harry Grady Frances Yettra Harry Coulter Helen Swordling Lauton Van Slyke Tom Wilde Betty Wagner Betty Gray Bowling Paul Older [ 42 ] Seated: WilensVy. Wheeler, Shapiro. Coulter. Klots. Grady. Miss McMurry. KaufTman. Moore. Bean. Cun- ningham, Simons. Standing : Yettra, Jackson. Wapner. Kovaccvich. Wilde, Van Slyke, Simpson, Harri- son. Simons. Robertson. Boyd. OARSMAN One of the most successful years of the Oarsman has just been completed. And most miraculous of all was the fact that there was no class in Journalism oifered. When the Oarsman was threatened with abandonment, Miss McMurray came to the front and trained the new Staif members and supervised the old Journalism students, so that the Oarsman could continus. Special feature editions were published and the content was refreshed by new feature columns. First Semester Second Semester H. ' RRY Gr. ' VDY Editor-in-Chief H, ' rry Gr.WY H. ' RRY Coulter High School Editor H.arry Coulter Frances Simons Junior High Editor Anne J.ackson M.ARY Nell Moore . . . . Exhange Editor RICH. RD Simons Ted Sh.apiro Business Manager - ■ ■ Richmond K. ' ufman Frances Yettra - - ■ - Feature and }o e Editor - ■ - Jack Cunningham Ed Wheeler Venetian Bulletin Bob Simpson Lawton Van Slyke ■ . - . Sports Committee Betty Wagner Tom Wilde Ruth Robertson H rry Coulter Tom H. rrison Joe Wilensky Staff Assistants - . - - - H. ZEL Klots Madelyn Thaw Dick Bean Lawton Van Slyke - ■ . . Outside Publicitv H.arry Gr.ady Betty W.agner Tom Harrison Miss McMurry Staff Advisor Miss McMurry Mr. Riley Printing Instructor Mr. Riley [43} DRAMATICS The Senior Class of W ' ?? presented, under Mr Head and Mrs. McLaughlin ' s direction, The Tightwad , a three-act comedy hy Robert Keith. The leads were portrayed by June Hallberg, Harold Stolle, Helen Swordling, and John Gruey, while Le Mai McDonald, Art Parr, Virginia Marsh, Grace Sims, Sam Galloway, Eugene Mathias, and Dale Riter held supporting roles. The S ' 33 play was chosen. Booth Tarkington ' s Seventeen , the cast picked, and rehearsals well under way when the quake came. Due to a city ruling we were not allowed to accept Samohi ' s offer of her auditorium. After this final disappointment all hope was given up and rehearsals stopped so that when this hook goes to press there are no prospects for a S ' 33 class play. The Junior Dramatics class under the direction of Mrs. McLaughlin completed one of the most successful terms it has ever had. The class and Junior Glee Clubs combined to put on the Christmas operetta, The Toymaker. Bobby Lennon and Norma Williams portrayed the leads while Pat Wire and Beverly June Curtis added spice to the program as the Rag Doll and Clown. Weinies on Wednesday , a domestic comedy, was the second presentation of the class. As class work the students designed stage sets and made peep shows of Alice in Wonderland . These young ' sters deserve a lot of credit for the hard work they have done and the hours they have spent furnishing us with programs. Dramatics Seated: Charles Oelze. John Gniey. Eu!.rene Mathias, Gordon Ayres. Frank Fisher, Jack Thompason. Standing: Ted Shapiro, Lily Donelly. Dorothy Riter. Htien Swordliny. Sybil Cole, Grace Sims, June Hail- berg:, Bert Hamilton. ■f . ' . [44] DEBATE Mr. Head, the debate coach, was much encouraged with the turnout he had for the debate class at the beginning of the year. After the material was sifted down he found two members of last year ' s teams who had returned for another year ' s battle of wit and words, and plenty of new material that look very good. He wasted no time m getting his team ready for the iirst debate of the season which was held with Beverly Hills High. The subject of the first semester ' s debate: Resolved, That the United States Should Join the World Court. Affirmative team, June Hallberg and Harold Stolle, upheld Venice glory by winning the debate by a large margin. Un- fortunately, however, the negative team composed of Alvin Davis and Marjorie Bai- ter, both new recruits to the debate class, journeyed to Washington High School only to be defeated, June and Harold again brought Venice honor by winning two de- bates from Santa Monica, June taking high honors, being chosen first speaker for the two debates. The four debaters were awarded the new D ' s wath numerals. And came the earthquake! The second semester debate class had little oppor- tunity for league debates, because of a Board of Education ruling that there could be no gatherings in public buildings. The debaters were confined to interclass meets in the tent. However, the students worked untiringly preparing debates with the hopes that next semester their word slinging abilities would be recognised by the rest of the student body. Debate Alvin Davis. Mar.ioriu Baiter. June Hallberpr. Naida Sparks. Leo FiietaK. [45] Senior Orchestra Bottom row: Mattern. Fisher. Winebrenner. Utsuki. Buckland. Pope, Buckland. Spindar. Hawley. Howard. Middle row: Stevens, Pcnnypaeker. Peterson, Lewis, Taylor, Coleman, Mrs. Matt. White. Baird. Bran- delli. MacNamee, Van Buskirk. Top roif : Gott. Starke. Tracy. Sandy. Bowling. Neimand. Baker. Thomp- son. Jones. Gruey. Junior Orchestra First row: Evans. Rockville. Haas. Starke. Hendry. Russ. Sharf. Sheldon. McClellan. Lucbke. Christie. Tracy. Kirby. Winebrenner. Second roir : Barlow, Betchtel, Anderson, Hindelansr. Bell. Mrs. Matt. Schoeppler. Christianson. Graefsky. De Moorcle. Parker. Third roic : Lundal. Parkhurst. MacBeth. Wire. Hutchinson, Meeker, Stietz, Prayton, Simons, Cripe. [46} Senior Band First row: Bean, Galloway, Mathias, Burtlu, Freeman. Mattern, Fisher, Stietz. Stevens, Parkhurst. Michael. Hannah, Gilman. Secand row: Beahm. Shields. Jones. Thompson. Burtlc, Jones. Mertens. Mr. Schlosser, Storms. Niemand. Meeker. Gruey. Hi.u ' htower, Fonpr. Third roiv: Beck. Winebrenner. Marten. Ellis, Soren- son, Paffe. Peterson. Tracy. Coleman. BowlinK. Jones. Spindlar. Sandy, Gilman. Henderson, Van Buskirk. Fourth and Fifth roir : Harris. Bradstreet, Wripht, G. Williams, Bell, Meyers. Sharpe. Baker, Kelly. Mad- dox. Sharpe, Bull, Myler, Stephenson. B. Henderson. Hayashi. Junior Band Front r ir: Zondell, Wire, D. Wire. Jensen. D. Older. Altman. Michael, Crandell. Rasmussen. Ahvorth. Wrijiht. Second roir : Apperson. Conner. Van Elk, Henderson. White. Horner. Moore, Olsen. Fisher. Mr. Schlosser, Jones. Knapp. London. Savaj e. McLauphlinp:. Scott. Third row: Schonborp. Hannah, Fon . Goupil, Lowe, Newton, Crowe. Gasner, Meeker. Zilz, Beck. Ashburn. Fourth roir: Beahm. DuflF. Tracy. Adams. Flatten. Glas row. Christy. Pearson. Neal. Fifth roir: Myler. WTiite, Pickens. Bell. Maddox, Kubota. [47] Senior Boys ' Glee Club First roir: Miss Bertram, Ainsworth. Later, Harris, Pistor, Donovan. Roof, Masuda, Walling, Overmiller. Accompanist. Secmtd roir : Seholl, Lawson. Durnell, Wilde, Thomas, Bushman, Glover. Third rote: Oelze, Aicker, RoKan, Mortenson, Marshall, Tanner, Coulter. Morin, Lyons. Harris. Fourth roiv : Mr. Cox, Ash- ley, Messick, Horton. Wolf. Keef. Gravante. Earner. Gray. Top row: Nassar, Leonhardt, Tinsman, Gott, Simpson. Carlson, Laudig, Bahn. Senior Girls ' Glee Club Bottom roir: Capp. Emanuelson, Johnson. Christie. Seirs, Glass, Damian, Marsh, Donelly, Wakamatsu, Wiley. Seco id ran-: Overmiller. Rosters. Bahn. Strand. Messick, Cook, Allen, Swordlinsr. Svvartz. Bersier. Weinstein. Shepard. Thomas. Cole. Third raw: Miss Blewett. Slater, Riter, Easton, Ellis, Kiralla. Goss, Pennypaeker. Beeks. Lyons. Reese. E. Lyons. Haase. Brown. Reynolds. Din.innan. Turpin. Schlosser. Top row: Peteison. Robinson. Mason, Bertram, Gergen, Sharpe, Sharpe, Mojonnier, Hart, Boswell, Wilson. Dahlem. Brin. Pyne. Sims. Michelmore, Mitchell, Riley, Stephenson. Keatin.u. [48] Junior Boys ' Glee Club Bottom voir: Stark. T, Lennon. Barlen. Jones. Burford. Haldin. Second row: Zwilliprer. Arnold, Rosen- quis. Miss Bertram. Warren, Covull, Ycltra. Third row : B. Lennon. James, Tikker, Deitrich, Watkins. Donnelly, Geleno, Blake. Top row: Coleman, Morris, Munroe, Skalts. Junior Girls ' Glee Club Bottom roir : Arlinft-ton, Aiko. Bell, Levy, Morain. Gallhart, Jackson, Williams Wolf. HarshberRer, Bar- bati. Gilchrist, McLain. Middle roiv: Arnett. Kauffman, Hale. Noble, Nixon. Mrs. Matt. Procise. Young, Silman, Imbade, Arlington. Top rmv: Neilson. Williams, Tonnes, Bostwick, Overton, Elliott, Royran. Bar- low, Thomas, Yanac. [49} Cosmopolitan Club Bottom roir: Thomas, Klots, Hallberg-. Warner, Swaitz, Miss Danielson. Bahn, Fonp:. Belous. Gantt. Seco id rote: Uchiffoshi. A. Wakaniatsu. Goldberg. Yettra, Buchler, Stevenson, Johnson. Schlosser. Baiter. Third row: M. Wakamatsu. Sparks, Michael. Robertson. Gillens, SwordlinK, MacDonald, Bertram. Wil- liams, Schack. Fifth row: Cunninprham. Russell, Nishikawa, Webber, Bean, Riley, Van Siyke. Moore, Pennypacker, Older, Blumenthal. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Aim: To promote world friendship. Membership Requirements: To have an in- terest in social science subjects, languages of foreign countries, and foreign customes. Membership is gained by application and vote. Advisor: Miss Danielson. Officers: 1st Sem.: Pres. — June Hallberg, Vice-Pres. — Betty Wagner, Sec. — Florence Ella Thurlow, Treas. — Massaru Nishikawa. 2nd Sem.: Pres. — June Hallberg, Vice-Pres. — Betty Wagner, Sec. — Margaret Fong, Treas. Vina Swartz. [50] Senior Delphians Bottom row: Gottlieb. Katsuda. Utsuki. Southcott. Hoffman. Pfuiffer. Wallace, Moore. Simons. Midd ' crow : Sparks, Coleman, Ewinfr. Wilkinson, Wran, Klots, Hallboi n, Warner, Bertram, Thomas. Kiralla. Yettra. Steuer. Bach- roir: Buchler, Hammill. FuRimoto. Toyoshima. Evanson. Gillen. Dayton. Mr. Girard. Kauff- man. Wilyon. Gleason, Anderson. Leininger. Baiter, Schack. Junior Delphians Bott fm row: Yettra, Davis. Gillette. Stephenson. Whitt htad. (;iickman. Pfeiffer. Ikawa. Middle row: Mac- Intyre. Tracy. Eastham. Graefsky, Gittens, K. Lewis, Maishall, Puhlnian, Morton, Hoffman, Abbott, Takei. Top rote: Mrs. McNeeso, Bradstreet. .Jacl son, J. Lewis. Newton. Lucbke, YounjJ:. Newcomb. Sarfatti, MacClellan, Christy. Mr. Gylknswan. SENIOR DELPHIAN SOCIETY studii and Aim: To promote interest scholarship. Membership Requirements: To possess a high grade standard and he a member of the 10th. Uth, or 12th grade. Officers: 1st Sem.: Pres. — Jimmy Coleman, Vice-Pres.- -Betty Wagner, Sec. — Madeleine Bertram, Treas. — Bcttina Thomas. 2nd Sem.: Pres. — June Hallberg, Vice-Pres. — Betty Wag- ' ner, Sec. — Hazel Klots, Treas. — Don Murch- ison. Advisor: Mrs. Girard. JUNIOR DELPHIAN SOCIETY Aim: To promote interest in studies and scholarship. Membership Requirements: To possess a high grade standard and be a member of the 7th, 8tK, or 9th grade. Officers: 1st Sem.: Pres. — Ann Jackson, Sec. — Mie Utsuki,- Treas. — Ann Bradstreet. 2nd Sem.: Pres. — Jean Elise Marshall, Sec. — Ann Bradstreet, Treas. — Marguerite Christie. Advisors: Mrs. McNeese and Mr. Gyllen- swan. [ ' 1} Parnassian Cll ' b Bottom ro r: Johnston. Van Slyke. J. Carlson, Mans, Ptt rson. Gerstel, Findlay, Bonner. Meyers. Walnis- luy. Second roir: Craft. Steucr. Allen, Schack. Wilson, Shields. Swordling;. Fong. Bahn, Wasner. Hall- bers, Kiralla. Weinstein. Third row: Hunner. Sims. Stephenson. Waite. Wran. Burcham, Mrs. McLaujjh- iin, Ellis, Trader. Hart. Williams, Schlosser. Lee. Starr. Walsworth. Top raw: Maclntyre, Shaver. Evan- son, Schonbors ' , Morris. Seated: Hefele, Coe, Weinsttin. Wilson. Allen. Younp:. M. Easton, Swordliny:. Shields. Marsh. Mrs. Sharpies. Home Economics Club Wilson. Jones, Tackett. Bahn. StanditHf : Lucas. Sharpe. Gergen. Sharpe. PARNASSIAN CLUB Aim: To promote interest in all types of English, especially the Speech Arts. Membership Requirements: To have received a grade of A or B in English for the preceding semester. Officers: 1st Sem.: Pres. — Betty Wagner, Vice-Pres. — Helen Swordling, Sec. — Margaret Fong, Treas. — Mary Wilson. 2nd Sem.: Pres. — Helen Swordling, Vice-Pres. — Ruth Shields, Sec. — Margaret Fong. Treas. — Mary Wilson. Advisor: Mrs. Mac Laughlm. HOME ECONOMICS Aim: To prepare the girls for homekeeping by having demonstrators in the various lints of home economics. Membership Requirements: To be. or have been, enrolled in one of the Home Ec. classes. Officers both semesters: President — Irys Allen, Vice-President — Genevieve Biner, Secretary — Alyce Young, Treasurer — Mary Wilson, Advisor: Mrs. Sharpies. [ -n Gregg Artists Bottom row: FonK. Cole. Donelly. Rivard, Bec-ks. Gleason. KitiKawa. Simpson. Maihli-. Mitld ' i row: Hob- son. Thomas. BriKhtman, CarilweM. Iviialla. Pyne. Wilkinson. Williams. Coleman. Eppich. Davis. Mojon- nier. Top row: Avsyle. Grove. Bell. Starr. Camp. Slater. Mrs. Coins . Campbell. Jennings. Langman. Bai-nhardt. Jeffers. Mason. Gilchrist. Library Club Seated: Anderson. Cooke. Strand. Kiralla. Wilson. Pennypacker. Gillens. Thomas. Ove miller. Schonbere. Eiley. Standing: Gantt. Hobson, Bcswell. Roth. Wuertemberu. Miss Drake. Evanson. Camp. Varner, Starr, Lawrence. GREGG ARTISTS CLUB Aim: To bring tosjether the various students of shorthand. Membership Requirements: To have taken, or be taking, shorthand, and to have a recom- mended grade in the same. Otficers: Both Seni.: Pres. — Virginia Pyne, Vice-Pres. — Jerry Argyle. Sec. — Mildred Cardwell, Treas. — Bettina Thomas. Advisor: Mrs. Going. LIBRARY CLUB Aim: To bring together students who like books and enjoy reading. Membership Requirements: Must be a mem- ber of 10th, 11th. or 12th grade, and give evidence of a genuine love of reading. Officers: 1st Sem.: Pres. — Elisabeth Penny- packer. Vice-Pres. — Gladys Varner. Sec. — Gurly Schonborg. Treas. — Dorothy Roth. 2nd Sem.: Pres. — Elizabeth Pennypacker, Vice- Pres. — Bettina Thomas. Sec. — Marjorie Gil- lens, Treas. — Jeanette Wilson. Advisor: Miss Drake. [53] ATHLETICS V LETTERMEN VARSITY FOOTBALL Bill Rozier Captain Charles Fe-rjoison Ray Charlson ' Elnifi ' Donovan Martin Sanchez Victor De Nisi- ' ' Ralph Mojonnier ' Joe Wilensky Lui i Carlucci Jim Prince Homer Houtz Bob Simpson Erv Long George Benne Geoi-ge Parisini J. P. Hollis Elliot Davis. Manager Clyde Russel, Manager Bill Schwab. General Manager LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBALL Captain Marvin McClellan Joe Schwartz Mario Gravante Frank Gravante Masaru Nishikavva Don Owens Kuni Miyake Bruce Uchino Chet White Tosh Uchigoshi J. C. Hollis Mason Ashburn George De Ghinno Vance Beatty Jeri ' c Cai-lson Lewis Short Everett Hale George Marshall Anthony Dillon. Manager CLASS C FOOTBALL Captain Earl Mc Connel Harry Furukawa Leo Firetag Ernie Carlucci Hiroshi Masuda Gordon Mc Rae Leonard Kirlelie Hilogi Okomoto Alvin Davis Vernon Macquire John Selhay Bill Hays Bill Corcoran, Manager Ralph Tikker, Water Boy VARSITY BASKETBALL Captain Walter Ashforth- Ben Brightman- ' - Lawton Van Slyke ' ' ' ' Paul Dunlap Art Peterson Wayne Laudig Hugh Quist J. B. Fox, Manager LIGHTWEIGHT BASKETBALL CaT tain Russel Gray Dan Sugimoto George Lewis Ted Shapiro Norman Grafton Goi ' don Ayres Hajimu Masuda Milton Knajip John Kiiby Arnie Hiorth CLASS C BASKETBALL Captain Junior Brightman Joe Walling Leslie Ki-atofil Mitsugi NakagiT ' i Kenneth Jensen Don Rivard James Machado Clinton Amo Jerry Starky Ralph Robinson Bud Donley, Manager CLASS D BASKETBALL Captain Don Murchison ' Joe Toyoshima Dick Capp Pat Machado Fred De Paolo Don Davis Harold Wright George Mertens Bud Donley, Manager CROSS COUNTRY Ben Patrick Tsugio Fugimoto Glen Robinson Jack Dunning James Gregory VARSITY WATERPOLO Captain Paul Wolf- Clyde Russel Jerre Carlson Fred Bleeker George Parisini Tom Wilde Eugene Bleeker Harry Grady Frank Gravante Herbert Sheets Bud Donelly Homer Lightfoot Raul Treosti CLASS C WATERPOLO Captain Don Murchison Ben Bilger Dick Capp Gordon Mc Rae Leonard Kirkelie Alvin Davis Norman Bishop Bill Coicoran Ralph Stallman VARSITY SWIMMING Captain Paul Wolf Jerre Carlson Harry Grady Tom Wilde George Parisini Ben Bilger George Wall Homer Lightfoot Frank Gravante Gene Rittenhouse Don Wells Eris Buckland. Manager Bud Donely CLASS C SWIMMING Captain Noi-m Bishop Dick Capp Don Rivard Ralph Stallman Bill Corcoran Leonai ' d Kirkelie Alvin Davis Steve Carlson Jack Decker TENNIS Captain Norman Grafton George Kelly Bill Lennon Fianklin Sti and Ted Shapiro Joe Walling Ed Cronen Thomas Katsuda Fred Storm Bill Hayes Rhodes Dayton, Manager VARSITY TRACK Captain Charles Gerstcl Oscai Hoberg Bob Bushman Ralph Mojonnier Kenneth Neal Art Peterson Tsuiiio Fugimoto Carl Brooks Ira Messick Lawrence Keethe Bob Maslac Don Matheson Heniy Kubota, Manager CLASS B TRACK Captain Don Owens Gordon Ayres Junior Brightman Jack Jacobs Milton Knapp Monty Longes Masaru Nishikawa Clifford Walkey James Wiley Florin Bynum Lloyd Lawrence Kenso Kiyohiro Rex Volheim. Manager CLASS C TRACK Captain Harold Grove Tony Kratofil John Selhay Vance Vorndam Earl Kessler Lewis Johnson Arthur Mortenson. Manager GOLF Oscar Hoborg, Captain Gordon Ayres Jack Cunningham Tommy Davies Lionel Batt Joe Keaton, Manager GYM TEAM Captain Vance Beatty Lewis Short James Watson Fred Findley Bob Jacobs Glen Bostwick Sam Meyers Charles Murdock John Morehouse Kenso Kiyohiro BASEBALL. PROBABLE Captain Hajimu Masuda Elmer Donovan Eddie Wheeler Bob Simpson Bob Hart George Benne J. P. Hoilis Dave Johnston Bill Orte!i o Louis Kitigawa Morton Thomas Barney LescouHe Bill Gres, Manager [56 Yell Leaders Bill G.iupil. Tommy Davies. The Mascot. Cox Mollis. Paul Wolf. Gym Team Seated: Bynuni, Watson, Kiyohiro. Capt. Buatty. Mui-dock. Jacob.s. Budwan. Coach Hushes. St indhuf: Short. I ' lndlay. Meyers, Wolf. Hai-ris, Morehouse, Jacobs, Heineman. [57] Varsity Football Standing- Tikker, L. Carlucci. Wilensky, Benne. J. P. Mollis. J. Hale. Rozier. Mojonnier, Donovan. Simp- son. Johnson, Rudolph. M. Sanchez. E. Johnson. Oelze. Parisini. T. Lennon. Seated: E. Davis. Manager. Sampson. K. Neal. Prince. E. Wheeler. Coach Turney. Charlson, Wilde. Glover. Brooks, Russell. VARSITY FOOTBALL Although starting out the season with a series of set-backs, Coach Grayson Tur- ney ' s Varsity Football Team ended up the season with a bang in third place in the Western League Race. The team started out their practice session with four letter- men returning. This lack of experience plus an absence of the much needed avoirdu- pois truly shows the abundance of fighting spirit the team possessed. They met their old Bay League opponent, San Pedro, in the initial combat of the year. After four hard fought quarters, San Pedro received the verdict by a score 7-0 Next in line came Redondo. The teams fought evenly for the first three cantos. Throughout the fourth period they battled, still scoreless. With but time for one play left before the final gun, Venice fumbled over their goal line and Redondo fell on the ball for a touchdown. They converted in an after-game period winning by a 7-0 score. Li their final practice game, they out-fought the mighty Fairfax eleven for four quarters to a scoreless tie. Venice was conceded a moral victory. Venice Washington 13 Opening up the League season against Washington, the team met defeat 13-0. They battled Washington to a standstill during the first half, but Washington ' s weight supremacy was not to be kept down, and during the second half they succeed- ed in tiring out the Canalmen and pushed over two touchdowns to win the game. [58] Venice Marshall 13 Although the score sounds one-sided, this contest was very closely matched. Mar- shall ' s first touchdown came in a lucky freak fumble. Marshall had the ball on Venice ' s three-yard line, with four downs to score in. Venice held them for three downs. On the fourth down, Venice again held, and in a muchly debated fumble, the ball took a crazy hop over the goal line. A Marshall man fell on it to score. The second score came in the last second when a pass was intercepted by a Marshallite who scampered over the goal line. Venice 6 Samohi 13 Reopening relationships with Samohi after a lapse of two years, in a bye week the Varsity met them on that famous battlefield, the U.C.L.A. turf. Although out- scored, the Venetians were not out-fou ght — decidedly not! Heavily outweighed, the Venetians went into the fray as underdogs with a fight- ing spirit that will never be forgotten. They came out, after a scoreless first half, with a determination to do or die. They fought their hearts out and succeeded in scoring the first touchdown for the game. Soon after the following kickoff the Jinx made it- self apparent, through the injury of Joe Wilensky. His heroic efforts in keeping up the line ' s morale was sadly missed from then on. Still fighting with an indomitable spirit, they were gradually pushed back and Samohi by some miracle succeeded in pushing over two touchdowns by sheer force. Venice IS Hamilton Continuing with their natural fighting spirit, the Canalmen were rewarded with a colorful victory over the Federalists. This game was decidedly a Venetian Victory, everybody on the squad saw lots of action, and they all played with a snap that they had not shown before during the season. Venice 7 Beverly Hills In their last league contest with Beverly Hills, the Venetians met a very closely matched team and the result was one of the most closely contested battles of the year. The only score of the game came when Donovan threw a 30-yard pass to Simpson, who made a heroic leap into the air to snatch it and fought desperately through three Beverly Hills men to score. Ferguson booted the ball with keen accuracy directly be- tween the posts for the seventh point. This was the one and only score in the game. Coach Turney ' s first string hne-up for this fighting eleven was: Victor De Nisi and Bob Simpson, ends; Joe Wilensky and Ralph Mojonnier, tackles; Jim Prince and Luigi Carlucci, guards; Bill Rosier, center; Ray Charlson, quarterback; Captain Chuck Ferguson and Homer Houts, halfbacks; Elmer Donovan, fullback. Other lettermen were Martin Sanchez, Erv Long, George Benne, J. P. Hollis, and George Parisini. £59} I 9 f « Z ' ® ,9 B h ' uUTuALL Bottom rcwc • Miyake, Nishikawa. Shoit. Schwartz. Owens, Capt. MacClellan. Carlson, De Ghionno, Cox, Mollis, Marshall. M, Ashburn. M. GravanU-, F. Gravante, Uchino. Uchiaoshi, Second roir : Dillon, Msr, Biickland Gres, White, Lanning. Chamberlain, Le Cuyer. Metz, Ashburn, Walkey, Walk, B. Elliott, Roof, Coach Huahcs. Top roif : Polk. Bible, Grady, Bcatty, Barry, Hale, Kubota. B FOOTBALL Blessed with an abundance of returning lettermen, an indomitable spirit, and a splendid coach, this year ' s lightweight football squad turned out to be one of the best grid machines in Venetian history. Coach Hughes developed a fast, brainy backfield and a sturdy, hard-hitting line which fitted together in a unit to bring the coveted Western League Championship to Venice for the second consecutive time without having their goal line crossed in League competition. The fullback job was taken care of by Masaru Nishikawa, while Joe Schwartz, Don Owens and Frank Gravante acted as halfbacks. Mario Gravante was the brainy signal caller, with Kuni Miyake, Bruce Uchino, Chester White and Everet Hale at the ends. Capt. Marvin MacClellan, J. C. Hollis and George De Ghionno worked at the tackle positions, as Toshio Uchi- goshi. Mason Ashburn, Lewis Short and Dort Marshall filled the guard berths. The pivot position was well filled by Vance Beatty and Jerre Carlson. Others who helped win the championship were; Gres, Lanning, Metz, Treosti, Polk, Lightfoot, Barry, Le Cuyer, Grady, E. Hale, L. Ashburn, Walkey, Buckland, Roof, Walk, Bible and Elliott. The team opened up its season with a bang and showed its true strength when it defeated University by a 30-0 score. Next they bowled over Redondo to the tune of 20-0. The only upset of the year came when they met Samohi. The jynx scored 12 points to our 6. In the initial League encounter, the Bees won from Washington 13-0. By scoring six touchdowns and converting thrice, they beat Marshall 39-0. Meeting Hamilton on their dirt field slowed up our visiting Bees to win by only 18-0. The green shirts didn ' t get beyond the Venetian 30-yard line at any time during the contest. In the last game the Venetians were out to end the season with a bang. A lot of hard blocking and sure tackling, combined with speed and cool-headedness at all times, to win over Beverly Hills 32-0, was a snappy enough ending for any team. [60] C Football Standmu: Corrijran, Vorndam, Kirkelie. McGuire. McRat. Coach G.-een. Bishop Grove._ Furukawa Stlhay. Bamberger, Ol amotn. Seated: Coicman. Taylor. Carlucci. Davis, Firetag. Capt. Scott, Bankey. Hayes. Tikker. McConm-l. Stallman. C FOOTBALL As there were no other Class C teams m the Western League this year, Coach CharHe Green and his babes free lanced for their schedule and ended up winning four games and losing one. The team opened up its season by defeating Redondo 6-0 in a furiously con- tested game. After a scrimmage against Samohi in which no score was kept, they met Narbonne. Again they emerged victorious by a score 6-0. In the ne. t game Fairfax was defeated 6-0, a score which seemed to have become a habit with them. Samohi came, saw, and conquered, the Gees 7-0. This game was the most hotly contested one of the season. Samohi ' s lone touchdown came in the last second of play of the first half when the Venetian quarterback decided to take a long chance of scoring before the half time. He heaved a pass from the iO-yard line simultaneously with the firing of the gun, which was intercepted by a Samohi man who took it over the goal line. This was immediately followed by a conversion. Ne.xt, Capt. McConnelwent wild and scampered all over Narbonne to a final score of 51-7. This drubbing finished one of the most eventful seasons ever played by a Cee team from ' enice. The team had two excellent ends who played well under all conditions in the persons of Hiroshi Masuda and Vernon McGuire. At tackle positions, Gordon Mc- Rae and Leonard Kirkelie did some praise-deserving work. H. Okomota and Willy Firetag performed nicely in the guard berths, Alvin Davis saw his work as pivot man. In the back field. Capt, Earl McConnel and Harry Furokawa filled the all-important half-back positions. Leo Firetag as signal barker, and Ernie Carlucci as fullback, fiti- ished the team ' s first string lineup. Others who contributed greatly to the team ' s success were: Selohay, Bishop, Bamberger, Grove, and Bankey. [61] , LtTTLKMhX Paul Duniap, Art Peterson, Captain Walter Ashforth. Wayne Laudie;. Hush Quist. Benny Briy;htman, Law ton Van Slyke. Squad Front row: Brightman, Cronen. Ashfoith. Gilman. Quist. Back row: Laudig. Coleman. J. B. Fox (Man- ay:er) , Peterson. Van Slyke. [62] VARSITY BASKETBALL With victories over the strongest teams in Southern California credited to them, Coach Frank Tinkham ' s Varsity Basketball team completed a dynamic season which consisted of twelve victories and three defeats. Two of these defeats were evened up in return games. This team brought the first Western League Varsity Championship to Venice, which also happened to be the first Varsity Basketball Championship ever won by Venice. This mighty team of casaba tossers rolled up the tremendous score of 46? points to their opponents 219. This makes an average of 31-14 per game. The team opened up its practice session by overwhelming University High by a 38-17 score. Next came the exceedingly strong Lincoln High quintet. These were shown their place when they went home on the low end of a 34-2 score. In a re- match, Unihi was snowed under by the lop-sided score of 34-7. Traveling to Lincoln, the squad met hard luck. They were defeated, due to injuries, 28-22. Fairfax came next in line, and eked out a victory, which was mostly due to three Venetians first stringers being on the injured list. They traveled to Inglewood for the final finishing touches before the league season, putting the muchly advertised green shirt quintet on the shelf by a 36-18 score. They entered the League season raring to go. Washington was conquered by the sweetest scoring aggregation they had met all season to the tune of 40-25. Playing Redondo early in the week as a practice game the Venetians chalked up another victory, this time 25-14. Marshall traveled to the Venetian gym for the second league tussle At the end of the first half, the score was 7-7. The way in which the Vene- tians went for that basket in the second half was perfection in itself. The game was easily won by 28-14. Taking their sixth straight victory, Redondo was defeated 30-16 in another practice game. Samohfs jinx prevailed! Drawing a bye for the week, Samohi was encountered in the Municipal Auditorium and succeeded in nosing out the Blue and Whiters by a 28-32 score. This only happened after three Venetians were ruled olf the floor by some questionable refereeing. Making up for their Samohi setback, the home team took poor Hamilton down 47-13. Seven of Hamilton ' s points were made against our third stringers. The greatest triumph of the season came when the fighting Venetians quintet came from behind to defeat Fairfax, the undefeated City League Champs, by a sensational 42-41 score. This proved to be Fairfax ' s only defeat throughout the season. Beverly Hills caught the Venetians when they were slightly off form. This almost proved to be our team ' s downfall. Beverly led 21-19 at the third quarter. Things looked bad until Capt. Ashforth ' s rally pepped up the team to win 29-21. This game gave them the official title of the Undefeated Western League Champs. The first string was composed of Capt. Walt Ashforth and Benny Brightman in the forward berths with Art Peterson at center. Lawton Van Slyke and Wayne Laudig completed the quintet in the two guard positions. High Quist and Paul Dunlap alter- nated as forward and guard, respectively. Others who did a lot to bring the coveted crown to Venice were: George Cuthill, Mel Motfat, Wayne Oilman, Wayne Dun- nagan, Kenneth Black, and Jimmie Coleman. [63] B Basketball Frunt row: Grafton, Lewis, Captain Gray, Henderson, Shapiro. Bach row: Strand, Ayres, Kirby. Fox (Manager), B. Lennon, Su,c:imoto, Knapp. C Basketball Front row: Nakaeiri. Jtnsen. Captain Briprhtman. Starlsey, Wallins:. Back row: Donnely (Manager). Kratofil. Machado. Amo. Rivard, Robinson. Coach Turney. D Basketball Front row: Sieff, Dick Capp, Captain Murchison, Mertens, Davis. Back roir : Donnely (Manager), Di Paolo. Toyoshima, Machado, Wright, Coach Turney. {64] B, C, D BASKETBALL With no tall men on the squad. Coach Tinkham was severely handicapped in making a Bee team of the usual Venice calibre. By steady practice and a cooperative spirit the Bees, under the capable leadership of Captain Russ Gray, turned in a good season, winning eleven games and losmg four. A strenuous practice season was played in which they defeated University, Fairfax. Redondo, Inglewood, and Samohi. Lincoln defeated them twice. They opened the League season against Washington. This game was won by the Surveyors in. the last minute by a 19-17 score. Marshall came over with a strong quintet but the Busy Bees upset the oV dope bucket by cHp- ping them 19-15. Drawing a bye the next week they met Samohi. This game was one of those sensational, hair-raising kind that makes the casaha tossing sport so pop- ular. Only in the last minute of the game did Venice forge ahead to win 24-20. Hamilton ' s quintet was defeated 14-3 in a low scoring game, and in the last game of the season, Beverly eked out a heart-breaking victory of 18-16. The regular first team was: Captain Gray and Lewis, guards; Ayres, center; Shapiro and Grafton, forwards. The second team consisted of Knapp, Sugimoto, Kirby, Masuda, Strand, and Leonhardt. Conquermg all Western League teams. Coach Grayson Turncy ' s Classy Class Cees succeeded in holding up the high standard of Class C basketball at Venice, and brought another Championship to our credit. In practice games they defeated Samohi, Redondo, Huntington Park, and Inglewood. The league season was opened when Captain Jr. Brightman and his mellonmen defeated Washington. They literally de- molished Hamilton vie 22-5. As Marshall was not represented by a Cee team Beverly Hills was the last to be defeated. With determination in their hearts they met the Normans and were crowned Champs with the final score of 22-4 to their credit. The starting five of the Champ team was; Jensen and Kratofil in the forward positions; Captain Brightman at center; Walling and Rivard in the guard berths. Others on the squad who did their share to bring the crown to Venice were: Amo, Nanny, Machado, Robinson, Starky, and Nakagira. Although failing to become sole champs, Coach Turney ' s Darby Dees did the next best thing and captured a tie for the coveted position with Washington and Hamilton. In preparation for their league encounters they met and defeated Samohi and Redondo. They also played Huntington Park, Inglewood, and John Adams. Their first League game was played with Washington who beat them 17-12. Next came Hamilton, a decided favorite, but who were taken down 23-18. Meeting Beverly Hills in the final game, the Venetians again proved victorious but only after a hectic fifth period. The final score was 20-13. Coach Turney ' s first string combination was: Mertens and De Paulo at forwards; Capt. Murchison at center; Toyoshima and Capp at guards. Others of the Dee team who saw lots of action were: Davies, Machado, Reed, Sief, Wright, and Nomura. At their annual lettermen ' s assembly the following were awarded letters for their season ' s work: Bees — Gray, Lewis, Shapiro, Grafton, Ayres, Masuda, Knapp, Sugi- mots, Kirby and Hiorth. Cees — Brightman, Walling, Kratofil, Nakagiri, Jenson, Re- vard, Machado, Amo, Starke, and Robinson. Dees- — Murchison, Toyoshima, Capp, Machado, Di Paola, Davis, and Wright. [65] Li;ttlrmi-N Captain Charles Gcrstel. Bob Bushman. Captain Don Owens (Bees). Ralph Mojonnier. Kenneth Neal. Tsuprio Fueimoto, Lawrence Kcethe. Squad Seated: Neal, FuKimot. Peterson. Hobere. Gerstel. Brooks. Matheson. Van Slyke. Messick. Standing: Coach Green, Rice. Barry, Bushman. Mojonnier. Coleman. Maslac, Keethe. [66] VARSITY TRACK The track team worked under the difficulties of breaking in many new men this year, as well as their yearly tasks of showing the Western League runners and jumpers the way to take first places. Captain Gerstal and Oscar Hoberg were the only returning lettermen. In this, his last year of competition. Captain Charley was sorely disappointed at his inability to run the quarter-mile in the Western League finals, as his muscles played tricks on him, giving out for good during the last dual meet, which was with Beverly Hills on the Venice track, and Hoberg was ineligible for the finals. Despite the lack of returning lettermen, the Gondoliers made a fair showing in the dual meets, displaying very good form at the start of the season in the practice meets, although they were able to defeat only Hamilton when the regular league season came around. Their success, such as it was, was due to the excellent developing by Coach Green of such talented first-year stars as Bushman, Peterson, Mojonnier and Fujimoto. This training showed up well when the lanky Art Peterson, the equally tall Mojonnier and the flying miler, Fujimoto, won their events in Western League Meet, April 27, with the latter two breaking the recor ds in their events. Mojonnier pushed the shot out to a new mark of 49 feet 7 inches. Sig Fujimoto crossed the mile mark with the timer holding the watch at 42.7, to better by almost a second Barry Wuertemburg ' s mark of last year. Peterson won the 880 in time that was just a shade slower than that of Bill Bryant last year, thus failing to register a new record in this event. Bushman, probably burnt out by running too strenuously early in the season, managed to cop merely two fifth places in the sprints. The only others to place for Venice in the Western League Meet were: Barry, who took fourth in the 880: Neal, who took fourth in the 220; and Keethe, who did likewise in the 100. The relay team took fourth place, to make Venice ' s point total mount to 25, which gained for the Gondoliers fourth place. Others who did well for Venice throughout the season were: Messick, Rice, Coleman, Hubman, Van Slyke, Hollister, and Wild. 100-yard dash— Won by Judfie (W.). Molin (B.) second. Crozier (M.) third. Keethe (V.) fourth. Bushman (V.) fifth. Time. ln.6s. 220-yard dash— Won by Judpre (W.). Crozier (M.) second. Molin (B.) third. Neal (V.) fourth, Bushman (V.) fifth. Time. 22.9s. 440-yard run — Won by Pomeroy (W.), Hattfield (W.) second, Hawkins (B.) third. Banowitz (B.) fourth, F. P. Dixon (M.) fifth. Time, 52.9s. 880-yard run— Won by Peterson (V.). F. A. Dixon (M.) second, Keefer (H.) thii-d. Barry (V.) fourth. Johnson IB.) fifth. Time, 2m. 4.9s. Mile — Won by Fujimoto (V.), McGregor (B.) second, Babcock (B.) third. Luden (W.) fourth, Tartaglia (M.) fifth. Time. 4m. 42.7s. (New record.) 220-yard low hurdles — Won by Morris (B.). Benke (M.) second. Fi-ye IB.) third, Fulton (M.) fourth. No fifth. Time 26.6s. 120-yai-d hisfh hurdles — Won by Morris IB.). Benke IM.) second. Ballinper IB.) third, Howard Barney IM.) fourth. Patterson IW.) fifth. Time 16.7s. Broad jump — Won by Benke IM.). Molin IB.) second. Patter.son IW.) third. Gross (W.) fourth, Buccola IW.) fifth. Distance, 23 ft. 3 in. Hicrh jump — Won by Reeder IW.), Stevenson IM.) second. Dale iH.), Stafford IB.) and Herbert IW.) tied for third. Heisiht. 5 ft. 10 in. Shot put — Won by Majonnier (V.). S. Buccola (W.) second, Pfeifer IB.) third, F. Bucoola (W.) fourth. Ball IM.) fifth. Distance, 49 ft. 6 in. Pole vault — Won by Gross (W.), Johnson (B.) second. Graf 1W.) third, Stevenson (M.) and Addams IB.) tied for fourth. Height. 11 ft. 6 in. Relay — Won by Beverly. Marshall second. Wash- ington third. Venice fourth, Hamilton fifth. Time, 3m. S.5s. Varsity final score — Beverly. 60 ; Washingrton, 4Syo : Marshall, 391 2 ; Venice, 25 ; Hamilton, 3. [67] Seated: Robinson, Anderson. Kiyohiro. Lawrence, Capt. Owens, Nishikawa, Bynum. Metz, Walkey. Standina: Jacobs, Kiyohiro, Ayres. Polk, Meyers, Coach Green, Gergen. Lanses, R. Treosti, Wright, Onishi. B TRACK Coach Green ' s 19 J 3 Class Bee Track squad finished fourth in the Western League due to the lack of returning lettermen. Only three lettermen came up in the ranks from the 1932 Class Cee team. These were Porky Jacobs, Jr. Brightman, and Cliff Walkey, all making an outstanding .showing in their respective races. Jacobs was the only man to take a first in Western League. He tied the record in the shotput which Bruce Uchino had set last year. Walkey copped a nice second in the high jump and Brightman placed fifth in the low and high hurdles. Led by Captain Don Owens, the star of the Class Bee Football Team, the Venetian tracksters lost one meet and won three. The members of the team who brought val- uable points to Venice were: Metz, Wiley, Lawrence, Bynum, Knapp, Ayres, Ger- gen, and Treosti. Cl ss B All-Western League Finals 660-yartl run— Won by Osile (M.). Nelson (B.) second. Barnett (W.) third. Sparrow (W.) fourth, Hotlse W.) fifth. Time. Im. 29.8s. 100-yard dash — Won by Camusi (M.), Pember- ton (W,) second, Mclntyre (B.) third, Sprecher (W.) fourth, Gibouret (W.) fifth. Time, 10.3. 70-yard hish hurdles — Won by Hickerson (B.), Walsh (W.) second. Ervin (B.) third. Tannehill (M.) fourth, Brightman (V.) fifth. Time, 9,7. 220-yard dash — Won by Preston (M,), Carr (H.) second. Sprecher (W.) third, Gibouret (W.) fourth. Knapp (V.) fifth. Time, 24. 120-yard low hurdles — Won by Pemberton (W. ), Cromwell (W.) second. Walsh (W.) third, Hick- erson (B.) fourth, Brishtman (V.) fifth. Time, U.2. 1320-yard run— Won by Marzuilo (W.), Baker (W.) second, Mann (M.) third, Paduet (W.) fourth. Holmes (H.) fifth. Time, 3:32. Pole vault— Won by Rhodes (B.). Walker (W.) second. Winburn (W. ) third. Botkin (B.) fourth. Watts (W.), Minetti (M.) fifth. Hei.u ' ht. 10 ft. 6 in. Shotput— Won by Jacobs (V.). Damiano (W.) second. Bosbyshell (B.) third, Osterberg (H, ) fourth, Tormey (W,), Langes (V.) fifth. Dis- tance. 42 ft. 2 in. HiKh jump— Won by Voss (M.), Walkey (V.) second. Ervin (B.). Dellamore (W.), Phelps (W.) third. HeLuht, 5 ft. .t ' ,4 in. Broad jump — Won by Pemberton (W.). Carr (H.l second. Jacobs (V.) third. Voss (M.) fourth, Bynum (V.) fifth. Distance. 20 ft. SU in. 660 yard relay — Won by Washington. Marshall second. Beverly third. Venice fourth. Hamilton fifth. Time. 1 :11.6. Final scores : Washington 71 ; Beverly 32 ; Mar- shall 3H4 ; Venice I8V2 : Hamilton 12. [68] 1 % .t t C Track Seated: Walk. Corcoran. Green. Johnston. Capt. Grove. Kratofll. Gottlieb. Kussk-r. Vorndam. Standim : Kitigawa. Selhay, Holland. Coach Drake. Wrisht. Pinger. De Paolo. C TRACK Starting out with a bang this season, the Class Cee track team, under the coaching supervision of Mr. Green, split iOoO with their league schools winning two and losing two. Although they didn ' t win the Championship they can be given a big hand for the way they tried. An outstanding event of the year happened when Earl Kessler broke the school record for the fifty-yard dash, which had been held by Kiyohiro. Those who were outstanding flashes of the cinder team are: Captain Grove, who ran the 100-yard dash and low hurdles: Hessler, the 50 and shot; Kratofil, the high jump and pole vault- Vorndam, the 66n-yard run; Selhay, the 100 and low hurdles; and Johnson, the relay and broad jump. Cl. ss C All-Western Le.ague Finals .50-yard dash— Won by Vendeland (H.), Lamk (M.) second. Mellon ( B. ) third. Powell (W.) fourth, Summo (W.) fifth. Time. 6.1s. 660-yard run — Won by Edgecomb (W.). Brown (H.) second. Rennie (W.) third. Harvin (W.) fourth, Steere (M.) fifth. Time. 1:31.4. 100-yard dash — Won by Fichtelman (M.). Blake (B.) second. Grove (V.) third. Jess (B.) fourth. Waite (W.) fifth. Time. 10:9. 120-yard low hurdles — Won by Blake (B.). Jess (B.) second, Kozaki (W.l third. Selhay (V.) fourth. Grove V.) fifth. Time. l,i.ls. Pole vault ' -Mawhinney (W. ). Pardee (W.) and Ford (W.) tied for first. Cook ( H. ) fourth. Far- rav (B.) and Kratofil (V.) tied for fifth. Height. S ft. 3 in. Shotput-Won by Smith (W.). Pickett (K.) sec- ond. Bullock (W.) third. Dodge (W.) fourth. Salle (B.) fifth. Distance. -IS ft. 2% in. High jump— Won by Wylie (H.). Mahoney (W.) second. Farell (W.l and Kratofil (V.) tied for third. Farrar (B.) fifth. Height. .5 ft. 4% in. Broad jump— Won by Farell (W.l. Powell (W.) second. Byron ( W. ) third. Lamb (M.) fourth. Grant (B.) fifth. Distance. 19 ft. Sii. in. 440-yard relay— Won by Wahington. Hamilton second. Beverly third. Marshall fourth. Venice fifth. Time. 48s, Final scores: Washington (J V-j : Beverly 24V : Hamilton 24 ; Marshall 14 ; Venice 10. [69] Baseball Squad Bottom roiv: Donovan, Simpson. Capt. Hy Masiida, Hart. Wheeler, Kitigawa. Benne. Marrs. Sccoiid row : Tikker, Bat Boy, Ekker, Krill, Ortega. Coach Turney. Mundy. Bankey. Doultcr, Oies, Mgr. Top row: Pete Hollis, Thomas, Johnson. Niles, Cripe, [70] BASEBALL As this book goes to press in the middle of the Baseball season, the final results of the League were unobtainable. So far, Venice has played two League games and has come out on the low end of the score both times. This makes the chances for win ' ning the Championship very slight. They have the Hamilton and Beverly Hills games yet to play, and if the team hits its regular stride, they should win both games. They have an exceedingly long list of twenty-seven practice games. Of this num- ber, Venice came out victorious 1 i times, tied twice and lost ten. A nine game series with Ingle wood proved to be a very hotly contested one. It ended with Venice win- ning five, Inglewood two and the other two tied. Many of these games were so evenly contested that a tenth inning was needed to decide the final score. Another series with Samohi came out with our old rival on the top of a game score of 3-1. A two-game series with Urban ended in a tie of one apiece. Santa Paula was induced to travel to the Gondolier campus, and after that long trip was sent back home on the wrong end of a 6-0 score. Other Venetian victories in practice games included such mighty teams as L. A. High, Urban, Hollywood, Leu:;inger, San Pedro and Redondo. With this long list of victories, the team entered the League season raring to go, but a slip-up on the schedule caught them by surprise. In some way the Washington game had been scheduled a week ahead of time without the Venetians being notified. Much to their amazement, Washington came to play them on a day when they were scheduled to travel to Banning High. This, coupled with a slippery diamond which the gardeners had just watered, proved to be too much for the Venetians, and the Generals eked out a three to one victory. The following week Marshall met them in their second League encounter. They went home leaving the Venetians stunned on the lower side of the overwhelming score of 9-2. The highlights of the team were Bob Hart ' s continuously socking the apple around for base hits; Captain Masuda ' s sensational second base fielding; Bob Simpson covering an exceeding lot of territory around the initial sack; and Elmer Donovan ' s brilliant chucking. The combination that Coach Turney used consisted of: Barney Lescoulie and George Benne, catchers; Elmer Donovan, Louis Kitagawa, Lowell Cripe, pitchers; Bob Simpson, first base; Captain Hy Masuda, second base; Bob Hart and George Bankey, shortstop; Edward Wheeler, third base; Pete Hollis, Dave Johnston, Bill Ortega and Morton Thomas, outfielders. Bill Gres was their hard-working manager. Others who did their best for the good of the team were: Coulter, Cripe, Ecker, Krill, Morris, Mundy, and Miles. [71] fp pri ?p¥ ' -li - iri - pni ' ' ini Varsity Swimming and Water Polo Seated: Buckland. Mur.. E. Bleeker. F. Gravante, Parasini, Capt. Wolf, F. Blipc-ker. Lishtfoot. H. Sheets, Coacii Hughes, Standing: Wells, R. Treosti. Findlay, Rittenhouse, Donelly, BilRer. Wall, Watson. C Swimming and Water Polo Seated: Davis, Starkey. Stallman, McRae, Bil,e:er, Corcoran, Cajip. Kirkelie. Standing: Buckland, Mgrr.. Haskins, S. Carlson, Bishop, Decker. Rivard, Zilz, Bell. Coach Hughes. Western League Finals — Class A Medley Relay — Won by Venice : Beverly second ; Hamilton third. Time. 1 :37 seconds. .50--Won by Cummin,e:s, (BH) ; Carlson. (V) second; Rittenhouse, (V) third; Nentzel. (BH) fourth. Time. 24.4 seconds. 220- Won by Wolf. (V) ; Pearson. (BH) sec- ond; Wilde. (V) third; Ubank. (W) fourth. Time. 2 minutes. 32.8 seconds. (New record.) 220— Won by Wolf. (V) ; Pearson. (BH) sec- ond; Wilde, (V) third; Ubank. (W) fourth. Time. 2 minutes. 32.8 seconds. (New record.) 440— Won by Carlson. (V) ; LiKhtfoot. (VI second: Pardee. (BH) third; Janss. (BH) fourth. Time. 6:02.7. 100 backstroki Won by Bilcer. (V) ; Wall. (V) second: Bennet, (H) third; Hoyt, (BH) third. Time. 1 :20. 100 breaststroke— Won by Cumminprs. (BH) : -Jacoby, (BH) second; Pearson, (BH) third; Parisini, (V) fourth. Time. 1:13. (New record.) 7. ' )-yard Individual Medley — Won by Cumminffs, (BH) : Jacoby, (BH) second; Bilger. (V) third: Hatton (H) fourth. Time. 58.2 seconds. (Short pool record.) Divins: — Won by Gross. (W) ; Donley. (V) sec- ond ; Pillon. (BH) third: Monahan. (H) fourth. P ' our-man relay — Won by Venice : Beverly sec- ond : Hamilton third. Time, 1 :49.4. [72] SWIMMING AND WATER POLO Coming along brilliantly this year living up to their old reputation, the 1933 Venetian Varsity Water Polo team came to a standstill due to the destructive earth- quake which made many of the schools discontinue their polo season. Although Ven- ice had started late after the season had begun, the Gondoliers won the three games in which they competed. The first combat was with Huntington Park, which was the hardest fought game of the year and ended with a score of 7-6 in favor of the Gondoliers. Paul Wolf, veteran sprint and captain, was the star of the game with a tally of four points. Carl- son and Wilde were close behind with two and one points respectively. Then fol- lowed two games with L. A. High. The first at the Venice Plunge when the Venetian squad drowned the Romans in a 12-4 battle, Wilde, right forward, won high point man with six goals. In the return game at the L. A. Pool a third victory was donned by Venice. This was a terrific battle with the score at half time 3-2 in favor of the Romans. In the second half, Paul Wolf shone with four goals leading the game with a 6-3 score. Parisini played a marvelous game of goal guard and blocked many a ball to save Venice from defeat. This was the final game for the majority of the first string being Wolf, Carlson, Russell, Wilde, Fred Bleeker and Eugene Bleeker. Pari- sini and Gravante each have another year to look forward to. Everyone played great games and Venice could have been assured of championship with the outstanding coaching of Jack Hughes if it had not been stopped so short by the earthquake. The class Cee Midgets, led by their Captain, Donnie Murchison, did not have their winning spirit this year. They lost their three games, but had hard competition and put up great battles. Those who composed the first string were McRae, Murchison, Kirkelie, Davis, Bishop Corcoran, and Capp. Although the Varsity Swimming Team was somewhat weakened by scarcity of returning lettermen, and the later declaration that some of these were ineligible, they repeated their Western League win of last year, winning over Beverly, their closest rival, by some 20 points. Led by Captain Wolf, four year letterman, the Gondoliers swept through a short practice season, defeating Riis High by a 70-13 score, Hamil- ton by a count of 78-5, Beverly by 49-33, and coming out second best with L. A. and Inglewood in a triangular meet. Throughout these meets, Carlson, 440, 50, and 100 swimmer; Wolf, 220, 50, and 100; Parisini and Donley, breaststrokes; Bilger, back- stroke; and Rittenhouse, 50, were the main Venetian point- winners. Gravante and Lightfoot did well, despite the fact that they were competing for the first year in Varsity races. Wall, Wells, Wilde and Grady also made letters, while Eric Buck- land earned a monogram as manager. The stars of the C team were: Norman Bishop, flashy crawl-stroke speedster, Len Kirkelie, backstroke record-breaker, and Alvin, The Ghost Davis, breaststroker. Others who showed good form were: Corcoran, Haskins, Capp, Stallman, Decker, and S. Carlson, all of whom were first- year men. [73] Golf CunninKham, Ayi-es. Bird. HobciK. Sail. Ball. Davits. Mr. MorBan. Tennis Blue. Hayes. Strand. WallinK. Grafto. Storms. Baird. Lennon. Amo. Back row: Dayton. Mer. Older. Kelly. Cronen. Lowe. Cross Country Ayres. GieKory. Dunnins. Fujimnto. Back roic: Oldei-. Lowe. Gergen. Coach Green. Bushman. Hoberg, Robinson. [74] TENNIS, GOLF, CROSS-COUNTRY, TUMBLING The Tennis team, coached by Messrs. MacFarland, Drake, and Meyers, have had rather tough luck this year. Due to the permanent teacher rule, they have had three different coaches, each one for only a few weeks. This continuous change upset the team ' s practice sessions and this affected their playing. They met El Segundo in their first match while still under Coach MacFarland, the first coach. They easily defeated them 18-7. After that. Coach Drake became their coach and then Coach Meyers in his place. These changes resulted in losses to Washington, Hamilton, Marshall, and Redondo. The team consisted of: Captain Norman Grafton, first singles; Thomas Katsuda, second singles; Frank Strand, third singles; Ted Shapiro, fourth singles. Bill Lennon and George Kelly, first doubles; Joe WaUing and Ed Cronen, second doubles. Rhodes Dayton was manager. Other members of the squad were: Bill Hayes, Fred Storms, Clinton Amo, Paul Older and Harlan Baird. Meeting rather stiff competition, the golf team is having an adverse season. P ractice at the Baldwin Hills course is under the coaching of Mr. Morgan. So far this season, they have won a victory over Washington and have suffered defeats from Hamilton twice, Beverly Hills once, and Washington once. Those who compose the team are: Gordon Ayres, Tommy Davies, Lionel Ball, Jack Cunningham, and Joe Keaton is the manager. In their second year of competition, the Venetian Cross-Country squad copped third place in Western League. Tsugio Fugimoto preceded everyone to the finish mark in the Western League race in exceptionally good time. Ben Patrick and Jimmy Gregory also placed high. Entering in the Southern California meet, Fujimoto proved his ability by placing a very close second. Those who gained the majority of points for Venice are: Glen Robinson, Captain Ben Patrick, Tsugio Fujimoto, Jim- my Gregory, Jack Dunning, and Glenn Gergen. Although they had little support, the Gym team, under the leadership of Coach Jack Hughes and Captain Vance Beatty, went places and did things in a big way to the tuneof a Western League Championship. As no Western League School except Beverly Hills has a gym team, Garfield and Roosevelt were adopted to fill in. Meeting Garfield first, the Gym team easily won by a 104-48 score. Captain Beatty was outstanding in this meet on the hori:;ontal bar and side horse. Jim Wat- son ' s tumbling was another feature. Next came Roosevelt; they met defeat 87-58. In the final meet, Beverly was subdued by a 98-42 score, to bring the coveted crown to the local boys. Those who composed this team were: Captain Vance Beatty, Jim Watson, Fred Findlay, Charles Murdock, Sam Meyers, John Morehouse, Bob Jacobs, Glen Bost- wick, Lewis Short, Harold Furst, K. Kiyohiro, M. Budwan, Jack Jacobs, Florin By- num, and C. Hans. [75] G. A. A. Bottom row: Buttle, Slawter. Hozman. Stueur. Crocker. Glass. TyltT. Kratofil. Kuhns. WaRncr. Penny- packer. Maclntyre. Thomas. Thiirlow. Williams. UchiKoshi. Keethe. Tackett. James. Griffith. Holden. Wiley. Romero. Fonp:, Biner. Middlr row: Daniel. Bertram. Bahn. Belous. Miyake. F. Utsuki, Kiralla. Chester. Wilensky. Wilhite. T. Howard. Morris. Tabor, Kimura. Hart. D. Howard. Horsan. Gessler. Michael, Donin, Ahern. Redfern. Baiter. Top row: Tripp, Storch, M. Allen, L. Allen, Burcham. Klots. Gillen. Gleason. Boswell, Wilson. Shapiro. Stevens. Wilson. Bell. Erin. Machado. Riley. Ewins. Savase. Ger.nen. Bowling. Sharpe. Sharpe. Luckhaupt. Kane. Neidhart. Schack. Lee. Rookledge, Robertson. Roth. Varner. Schlosser, Stangland, Wuertemberg, Anderson. De Camp. Shaver, G.A.A. Lettermen standing: Schlosser. Williams. Lee. Pennypacker. Maclntyre. Rooklcdge.Kinslow. ner. Schack, Morris. Robertson, Steuer, Keethe. Kuhns Thomas. Seated: Bertram, WaK- Uchigoshi, Tabor, Daniel. Groaind: Thurlow. [76 Front roir: Chini! Uchisoshi Freida W G.A.A. Board BL-Uy WaKntr. Elizabeth Ptnnypacker. Bettina Thomas. Floy Maclntyre. s. Newtella Kinslow. Bart roir: Miss Truelsen. G. A. A. The Girls ' Athletic Association aims to promote a spirit of sportsmanship and goodwill among the girl athletes of Venice. Guided by the ever popular Miss Truel- sen, the girls receive many valuable pointers on playing the game . The goal for which each athletic club strives is the championship trophy awarded each year to the group which has won the most sports championships during that school year. The clubs, Tahitians, Top Flights, Swastikas, and Olympiads, compete with each other in every sport. They earnestly endeavor to indulge in only the cleanest of sportsmanship, using the trophy as their object. Last year this was won by the mighty Top Flights, who are this time far away behind in the competion. One of the greatest inspirations to the girls has been their new gym, which was completed early this school year. For the first time in the history of Venice the girl athletes were allowed the full benefits of a modern, roomy building in which to hold their formal exercises. For the first time in several years, delegates from the Venice G.A.A. attended a Play Day away from home. This year the affair was held at Los Angeles High School on April 6. Venice sent seven teams, two of tennis, two of basketball, two of volley- ball, and one of archery. Of these, three teams won victories for Venice. The upper grade basketball and volleyball teams won, and the archery team ranked second in its class. [77] Volleyball Front row: Chimo UchiRoshi. Frieda Williams. Newtella Kinslow. Mildred Allen, Goldie Hozman. Back row: Ruby Bell. Frances Storch, Mrs. Morrison. June Gleason, Eileen Horgan. Basketball Chester, F. Utsuki, Tabor, Kiralla, Thomas, Bowling, Sharpe, Wuertemberg. Pennypacker. Mrs. Morrison. [78} Tennis Pauline Kratafil. Betty WaKner. France Lorraine Helm. Hockey Seated: G. Williams. Hozman. Bahn, Kratofil. Romero. Uchicoshi. Horsan. Standing: James. Lawrence. Messick. Luckhaupt. Gleason. F. Williams. Kinslow. Mrs. Morrison. [79] Archery Ruth Robertson. Elizabeth Pennypacker, Miss Miles, Thelma Savage, Doris Howard. Posture Honor Roll standing: Mary Holzworth, Billie Gidney, June Hallberg. June Sharpe. Jean Sharpe. Bertha Davis. Betty Miller. Pat Kennedy. Seated: Muriel Walsworth, Jackie Davis, Kyoke Inouye, Wilmajean Harshberger. [SO] GIRLS ' SPORTS After weeks of practice in volleyball, the G.A.A. members began the final tour- nament. The powerful Swastikas, captained by Newtella Kinslow, defeated each op- posina team, never once bowing to any competitive group. Close behind the Swastikas came the valiant Olympiads with Rebecca Slawter at their head. With Navalette Tabor as their leader, the Tahitians beat out the Top FHghts, who were all-sports champions last year, to place third. Soon after the beginning of the basketball tournament, it was noted that one, team was especially holding its own in the matter of technique, accuracy, and skill. This team, none other than the shining Tahitians, was headed by Bettina Thomas, and in time won the ranking of first place. Next came the brilliant Swastikas, captained by Frieda Williams, losing by one point. The Top-Flights, conquered champions, placed third under Virginia Steurer ' s guidance. This year ' s tennis teams fared rather poorly, since their finals were held during the rainy season when the dampness prevented all play-offs. As a result, the girls had a deck tennis tournament. This, however, had no bearing on the choosing of the real teams. A tournament was held to decide who should represent Venice on a double and singles team at the L. A. High Play Day. As an outcome, the two tems sent to the Play Day were Pauline Kratofil, singles; and Frances Lorraine Helm and Betty Wagner, doubles. As usual, since hockey is one of the most popular major sports, there was a large turnout at the beginning of the season. Coaches Morrison and Biscoe did all in their power to enlarge the girls knowledge of this sport, and as a consequence the final scores were destined to be quite close. The Swastikas submerged all opponents in the final tournament. Led by Captain Pauline Kratofil, this group swept through every game to the most decisive victory of the season. Captains of the other teams were Mary Kiralla, Tahitians: Dorothy Morris, Olympiads, and Virginia Steuer, Top Flights. Archery is also a fairly popular sport with girls, and this year ' s team is reputed to be exceptional. Several of the more skillful archers have been out for the sport for more than one semester, and therefore the final tournament should be a close one. As this book goes to press the plans are being completed for the finals, but no teams have been chosen as yet. The squad leaders who have been selected are Ruth Robert- son of the Top Flights, Jeanette Starr of the Tahitians, Magdalene Camp of the Swas- tikas, and Esther Marsh of the Olympiads. One of the greatest honors awarded to the girls of the gym classes is to be placed on the posture honor roll. This year twelve girls achieved this success, of great praise. These girls are chosen in the following manner: Each class lines up and stands in its best posture, waiting for the weeding out of the poor postures. This process is repeated in walking and exercising. Those remaining in after exercises are awarded A ' s, and a popular vote from the class decides whose name shall b; placed on the Honor Roll. [81] FEATURES ( 1 Ca c ' Jar fo -,, !. mriji CALENDAR First Semester September 12 — School starts after long vacation. 28 — Jimmy Coleman elected president of the Delphians. 30 — Editor Harry Grady issues first Oarsman. Senior Ayes meet. Vic De Nisi elected class president. October 3 — Dr. Cornett speaks at Upper Grade Assembly. President Wilensky officiates. 6 — Students enjoy cowboy assembly. Montie Montana and horse perform. 7 — Oarsman Assembly — peppiest we ' ve ever had. Con- vention idea. 18 — Principal Clark speaks to Girls ' League. 19 — Tom Lieb, Loyola football coach, gives talk to Senior Boys ' League, Assembly given in honor of Senior Ayes receiv- ing their sweaters. The colors are blue and red. 20 — Class B footballers sulfer first set-back in two years, and to Santa Monica, of all schools! Samohi varsity gridders defeat gondoliers after hard fought battle. T ovember 3 — Lightweights annex Western League Football Crown. Dance honoring football teams given in girls gym. Bob Simpson and Pauline Campbell win Pn:e Foot- ball Waltz. 10 — Rev. Soldan in speech at Armistice Day assembly. 16 — Music department featured in program over K.N.X. Senior Boys ' League hears Bobby Decker, U.C.L.A. half-back, deliver talk on football. 17 — Miss Drake addresses Girls ' League on Books. 18 — Thanksgiving Oarsman Issued — A pip! 19 — Venice represented by two delegates, Harry Grady and Harry Coulter, at So. Calif. Scholarship Press Convention held at Los Angeles High School. 23- -Mr. Clark explains romance and glamour connected with the traditional school theme Gondoliers, at assembly after proposed change to Lions is voiced. [84] CALENDAR December 1 — Basketball pep assembly held. 5- -Girls League commences annual Christmas Drive to aid needy. 8 — Combined meeting of Senior Boys and Girls Leagues entertained with shots of the Olympic Games. Junior Dramatics class presents the oper- etta Toymaker. It scores a big hit! Teachers lay aside dignity to play games at Faculty Christ- mas Party. 1 3 — Central Committee changes procedure of Student Body campaigning and elections. 15 — Varsity melon-tossers capture first championship in Western League competition. 16 — Great talent shown in Christmas Program presented by Music Department. Christmas Oarsman out. 17 days of bliss ahead! January 6 — Large crowd attends W . .3 presentation The Tight- wad. Senior Ayes ' defeat Senior Bees in casaba tilt. Senior edition of Oarsman out. A very classy number. 12 — James Coleman elected president of Student Body, Marion Evans, vice-president; Masaru Nishikawa, secretary; Norman Grafton, treasurer (later re- signed and replaced by Dot Rookledge) ; Clyde Russel, athletic manager; and Tom Wilde, chief justice. 20 — Delphians offer musical assembly. Later attend luncheon in honor of Delphian Day. Bees mangle Ayes in water-polo tussle. Senior Bees choose sweaters. Their colors are Grey and Red. Senior Ayes enjoy eats and nifty program at graduation banquet. Senior Bees ' present successful prom to Ayes. New Student Body officers installed. Central Com- mittee fills up at banquet. February 3. — Largest Winter class in history of School graduates. [85] .-Jlfc Vf f m !: ' -|:v? i CALENDAR Second Semester F ' lhriuirv 6 — New semester opens! 7 — Track and baseball practice begins. 10 — Bartlett-Frankel String Quartet entertains at assem- bly. New homerooms plan adopted, the mi.xing of boys and girls. 14 — Teachers presented with Valentines from students. Central Committee meeting. 21 — Upper and Lower Grade Assemblies. District At- torney Buron Fitts gave an interesting and vital speech on social problems. 22 — Baseball team loses to Samohi, 5-3. Alumni Homecoming Day includes baby show and dance. 23 — Washington ' s and Lincoln ' s Birthdays celebrated in each classroom recitation. 24 — First Oarsman of new semester issued. Western League Relays. 28 — Gondolier nine shut out by Vikmgs, 2-0. Newly elected officers of Central Committee introduced at assembly. President Jimmy Coleman presides. March 3 — Textbooks must be covered! Fine shall be charged! Library display on China. 7 — Senior Assembly!! A howling success! The colors of sweaters are silver grey and cardinal. Oh! just to be a Senior! Half-day holiday to see Old Ironsides. You ' ll probably see Venice High at the beaches. 10 — Earthquake! Buildings seriously damaged. Easter vacation moved forward. Two weeks of vacation! 27 — School opens after two weeks earthquake vacation. 17 tents house students. Auditorium and West Buildings condemned for rest of semester. 31 — Hello Day! No dance because of earthquake. [86] CALENDAR April 3 — Two short assemblies in grandstand. Venice heats Samohi in basehall, 4-3. Hoo-ray! 5— Girls Play Day at L. A. 7 — Buckskin Educated Animal Show put on in open air assembly for Gondolier. Track meet with Hamilton. Venice 63, Hamilton 41. 13 — Lawn Assembly. All grades. Entertainment pro- vided by Mr. Schlosser and Band. 19 — Pan American Day celebrated by Venetian Cosmo- politans. 20 — Pep Assembly — Introductions of track teams. 21 — Track team loses to Beverly 72-32. 25 — Junior Assembly entertained by dramatics class and glee clubs. 26 — Spelling match. Billie Hamill, William McMahon, Betty Wagner, June Gleason and Theodore Weber five best spellers at Venice. 28 — Track Meet at Washington. They won. Gondolier Assembly. Gypsy program directed by Mr. Shaw. May 5 — Student Body dance at night. 6 — World Friendship Convention at Hollywood. Ban- quet at Roosevelt Hotel. 1 3 — Seniors visit University of Redlands. June Hallberg wins Declamation Contest. 18 — Goodwill Day Assembly. Songs and dances of foreign countries. 20 — Southern Calif. Oratorical content. L A. H S. 29 — 7th-8th-9th grade assembly. June 8 — Delphian Day. 15— G. A. A. Banquet. 16 — Senior Banquet and Prom. 19 — Gondolier issued. 21 — Graduation on Clark Field. 23— Last Day of School! •■■ ' 4 Sd . (.i J Oi-u ' louc ol Coninsi f. mm :—M [87 Bird ' s-Eye View of Tent Town March 27 Main Street (?) of Tent Town [88] We wish to express our appreciation to the Stage Crew for all their work on ol ' r assemblies. [89] Exterior View of New Style Class Room Interior View of Same A Parisian Street Cafe? [90] Mr. E. J. Shives Staff Advisor APPRECIATION In this, my one chance to write my thoughts, I wish to extend my thanks to all who helped ma e this J 933 Gondolier possible: subscribers, writers, copy-readers, general handymen, typists, and all who contributed in some way to this publication. 1 could not begin to express my appreciation individually in this short space, but I do wish to than}{ Mr. Shives for all his cooperation with the staff and with me in our efforts to publish this boo}{ in an extraordinary year. Mary Nell Moore, Editor. [91] I G N A T U RES • ' N X J H 1 1 (? x SIGNATURES S r  l C N ., A T U R E S ■; f J ' X 0 c N A T U R C N.,A T U R E S ■? JP X y N T U R FINIS ' ; yvM-vT T-r;;) r i