Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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T ST SIMANZANITAQ A ii .T P r .Q first Row--fBlanchard, Girls' Athletics: Paulding, Spanish: Harris. History: Cieiser. Boys' Athletics. Second Roux---Carlyon, Music: Maher, English: Abbott, Agriculture: Dorman, Cooking: Mulder. Manual Arts. Third Row Monsler. Sewing: Cox, Mathematics: Rowan. Algebra, Typing: Hayward, Biology. Chemistry: Barton, Physics, Gen. Science. Fourth Row-H Pacioretti. Study Hall: Martin, Typing, Salesmanship, Stenography: Euller. Librarian: Fleming. English. Ciirls' Athletics: Thorstenson, Ag. Department. Fifth Row---Dolan. Music: Munson, Head of Commercial Department: Lord. Head of English Department: Tavernetti. English. Continuation: Crook. Continuation. Miss Hayward has recently completed her book on the interesting topic, The Marsh and Aquatic Plants of the Pajaro Valley, and was awarded her degree by Stanford in January. A few of the faculty are now working for this advanced standing. Miss Earrell expects to start work this summer at U.C. with the subject, The lyomen of the Roman Coinagef' Mr. Dyche is going to spend his vacation at the College of the Pacific working for his master's degree in chemistry. He has not yet selected his topic. Miss Eleming has almost completed her book on Francis Bacon and Eormal Rhetoric, at Stanford. Miss Benham has also done quite a bit of outside work toward her degree. In addition. many faculty members have done extensive graduate study in Europe. ,,l.9.3.2., is Page Nine

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. . . . MANZANITA- - . First Row---MacQuiddy, Principal: Handshy. Vice-Principal. Second Itottt---Worthington, English. Home Management: Schell. Citizenship. Third Rowf-fAlexander, English: Rahr. English: Dyche, Chemistry, Bookkeeping: Benham, English, History: Dickson, Spanish. Fourth Rowu-Farrell. Latin. History: Hollenberg. Shop: Tyler. Mathematics: Liles, School Nurse: Waite. Art. Fifth Row -1-Delatour, French, English: O'Keefe, Corrective English: Flaugher, Typing. Stenography: Elodberg, Boys' Athletics: Hall, Continuation. DISTINCTIVE feature of our school is the fact that so many of our faculty have done graduate work and have either received or are working for their masters' degrees. Miss Alexander was given hers at Stanford in 1928, on the subject, HErance and the Roman Catholic Church. Miss Delatour received her degree at Stanford in l93O, the title of her thesis being, The Importance of the Physical Milieu in the Novels of Edouard Estaunief' Following this she spent a year of graduate study at the Sorbonne, and received her diploma with honorable mention. Miss Barton's subject Was, The Viscosity of Glucose Glass, and she re- ceived her degree at Stanford in June, 1930. S E E S I.9.3.2- C Page Eight 4:

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T T Q f 'MANZANlTA 1 f - STUDENT BODY GOVERNMENT B HROUGI-I numerous experiments which were enough to try the wisdom and perseverance of much older heads, and despite an unusually difficult year, student body affairs have been so well conducted as to prove that Student Body Government is able to cope with almost any situation if given the right leaders. The Student Body officers, as members of the Executive Committee where the more weighty business matters receive first discussion, have spent many long hours in investigating and getting to the bottom of different affairs demanding wisdom, tact, and even a little psychology. Hidden away in the privacy of Nlr. MacQuiddy's office, these meetings often last through many periods and are dropped only when the right solution has been reached. For instance, at the time of the delayed Santa Cruz football game this committee devoted much time and thought to settling the date and place for the event in order to co- operate in every way possible with the plans of the American Legion. The Finance Committee is another part of student government whose im- portance most students do not realize. This committee consists of the Treas- urer, Assistant Treasurer, Boys' Athletic Manager, Manzanita Business Man- ager, and President of the Student Body, with the Secretary to take minutes and provide necessary information. Here all financial problems are given care- ful consideration before the Student Body is asked to vote on them. For this reason the students may be sure that they are not voting money needlessly, un- wisely, or beyond the resources of the treasury if it is asked for by one of their officers. Mr. Handshy is a very welcome addition to both these committees, serving on them as faculty advisor. His cool thought and careful judgment and advice are listened to with respect and eagerness when matters become a little too deep for inexperienced heads. Among the new experiments comes the change in the Merit System. Start- ing with the second Semester, this new system went into effect amid the groans of the demerit earners, for four demerits were given for cutting, The purpose of this system is to make it more of a hardship to lose merits by making them impossible to regain. It has resulted in a merit system which is held in great respect by the school, with fewer ups and downs in individual records. A Merit Board, consisting of Mr. MacQuiddy, Mrs. Worthington, Mr. Handshy, Rosemary Nicholson, and Sterling Cottrell, with Miss Blanchard as substitute for Mr. MacQuiddy, met every Tuesday during third period to try cases of students who thought they had been dealt with unfairly. This year also saw the introduction of the Student Council plan of Student Body Government. The idea, after receiving careful consideration by the Exec- utive Committee and by the students at the longest assembly in the history of the school, was rejected. . However, weathering all the storms of a hard year of community and na- tional depression, the Student Body has come out ahead with one of the largest profits ever' left in the treasury at the end of the school year, T1 I-9-3-2-?-'fu' Page Ten