Venice High School - Gondolier Yearbook (Venice, CA)

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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]

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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]

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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]