Venice High School - Gondolier Yearbook (Venice, CA)

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ff S i gi i cs .s Q sq Chief Engineer RAYMOND E, POLLlCl-l is the chief engi- neer-the man whose unerring judgment, keen decisiveness, and clear thinking make him the backbone of the factory, the power behind the guns. Tl-lE CONDOLIER theme chosen for the Class of Summer '42 is most timely and signifi- cant. Keep 'em flying is a motto highly appropriate to a class that is going forth into the war life of a nation that at last fully realizes the importance of the air in modern warfare. Though repercussions of the age-long debate as to the respective superiority of battleships, tanks, infantry, highly fortified bastions, on the one hand as opposed to the superiority of the airplane on the other are still audible, it is now generally conceded that the airplane is the most potent single factor in present-day warfare, This fact, of course, in no way de- tracts from the importance of any other branch of the armed services. lt merely means that it is now clearly evident that a nation without adequate air fighting facilities is at a great disadvantage in opposing a country possessing a strong air force, l-lowever, to attain and maintain superiority of the air means that a nation must first construct the greatest number of the best planes and, second, that it keep these planes in action by efficient and constant construction of new ones. lt is reported that to keep a single fighting plane in the air re- quires the services of twenty on the ground. This, then, is what the Class of Summer '42 means when it dedicates itself to Keep 'em Flying. To KEEP 'EM FLYING many of you will go directly into aviation, others into ground service work, others into the production field, and still others of you will continue your for- mal education in order to better qualify yourselves for the task before you. ln any event each and everyone will do all in his power to Keep 'em Flying. DURING Tl-IE PAST three years it has been my privilege to bid farewell to five different classes. ln each case goodfbye has been said with regret. But, the duty awaiting me a day or so hence, that of awarding diplomas to you, will prove more difficult to perform than any previous occasion because the Pride of the Tide is my class in a truer sense than has been any of the others. My class, l say, because you entered senior high school on the very day that l became principal of this institution and are, therefore, the first class to have completed its entire training under my supervision. So, in sending you forth I do so with the blessings of a father who says to his children, Keep 'em Flying. Riiynimid E. Pullirli IU W' f Q01

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Q Q. is with MAMIE SALLEE RAY B. SHAW Girls' Vice-Principal Boys' Vice-Principal Personnel Directors DUTIES OF A personnel director of an aircraft factory and those ot Mrs. Mamie Sallee, girls' vice- principal, might well be compared. Mrs. Sallee works in close conjunction with the students-the workers in the plant-in the planning ot social ac- tivities, assemblies, and a great many other student activities. Functioning directly under her super- vision are the Senior Student Body, the Venetian Ladies, and the Girls' League. She also supervises the work ot the publications statt. l l OF EQUAL iiviPoRTANcE are the duties of another personnel director- Ray B. Shaw, boys' vice-principal. l-le supervises the plant's athletic program, makes out the master sched- ule ot all senior high classes, and guides the general conduct ot the personnel. Also under Mr. Shavv's supervision are the air-raid war- dens and fire brigades. l-lis other duties in- clude directing the hall and ground trattic and acting as adviser to the junior Student Body.