Westridge High School - Inlook Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1950 volume:

Qffw if Q52 A ,,,,af3j ml ...... ., Y.,, M J J . IZ, I 1 , v K W James T. Sato WESTRIDGE INLCOK 1950 James T. Soto James T. Soto X . s James T. Soto X X X X X xxx James T. Sofa James T. Soto I DEDICATION With deep appreciation for all she has done for Westridge, for her thoughtful planning of and participation in all that goes on in school, for her cheerful, enthusiastic interest in each and every one of us, and with gratitude for the loving guidance of her eighth grades, her gift to them of her inspirational, infectious love of ideas and her joy in life that have made all of us hold for her the greatest affection and reverence, we dediacte this lnlook to MRS. JULIA B. EDMOND FOREWORD As the mid-century is reached, many people tend to look back- ward and to sum up the past, the mistakes and successes that have comprised the first fifty years of the twentieth century. But, being young, we choose to look forward to the next fifty years and to all the years to come, for it is there that we shall live our lives and use our influence to fashion the pattern of history. Great things are astir in the world today and change is imminent. There is hope for world government, Einstein has published a theory that may explain the universe. With almost universal education, more people than ever are seriously thinking and are appreciating the thoughts of others. Through the new mediums of radio, television, and movies, as well as the more conventional legitimate theatre and publishing houses, the writers, artists and musicians of tomorrow will be able to share their ideas and emotions with a far greater audience than their forefathers had ever dreamed of. It is at school that we prepare to meet the challenge of the years ahead. Through our science and history, we gain the knowl- edge that will enable us to understand the events to come. Our experi- ence in student government gives us a chance to learn how to live under an adult, responsible self-government. Our singing, acting, writing all let us test the ideas and express the feelings that we must form into a positive faith for the future. And so, with our education at Westridge as a sound basis, we look ahead to years of vast promise, to a new world rich with hope. GOVERNMENT In the first three heading pages by Susy Da- kin, we show the areas of life which, in the years to come, will be increasingly close to us. Here, in a city, are men, working and building, and beyond, the outline of the houses of gov- ernment. MISS GLADYS PETERSON As our heoclmistress, Miss Peterson works long and generously to give us the best education possible, to get us, if she con, into the col- leges we choose, ond to moke our school life ca gciy ond happy one that we shall oll remember, in dciys to come, os one of the best times of our lives. Standing, Ieft to right: ELSIE WYGANT ..... MONA SAVE ....,. MARY D. REED ..,., RUTH MARTIN ........ MARGARET EWING ....... KENNETH T. PRICE ....., GLADYS PETERSON . THE FACULTY Tutor Head of Lunchroom Mathematics and Latin .....,..,,.,,.,. History .English and Dramatics Mathematics Headmistress JOHN LAMB ....,....,..... .......... T ennis CHARLES VAN LAAR ........................ French FRANCES PRICE ,.A.A.........,.....,..,., English, Latin LAURA PELL .............,.... Fifth and Sixth Grades ANDREE FENELON-HAAS .,.,.. French and Spanish Seated: PAULINE LEWIS ,.,,.,..,. History of Art, Secretary GERTRUDE HALL.. .Assistant to the Headmistress LOUISE THOMAS ......,........,......,..,.... Treasurer BARBARA DOUGLASS Y.....,.. . Physical Education CLARE MCNAMEE ..,... English, Latin BARBARA MORSE ..... .... S eventh Grade EMILY SYMINTON .... DORIS WHITE ......... Not in picture: Physical Education ELIZABETH BRANDT .... ,.....,. S ecretcry JULIA EDMOND .......... .,,. E ighth Grade NOUVART ETTINGER ...... .,,.....,. P iano LEON ETTINGER .........................,.,...,,,,.,, Voice DOROTHY HUBBARD ........ Chemistry and Physics ALMA JUNGHANS ................,,....,......,....,,,, Art LUCY MARTIN ............ English, Librarian, Piano ELIZABETH MUTH ......................,. Mathematics ELNA ROSAY .......,............... .... S chool Nurse TOM SCOLES ................................,..... Biology ELIZABETH SHANNON, Third and Fourth Grades HOWARD SWAN .....,........,,..,,..,..,.,.. Glee Club PAUL WATERHOUSE .... ......, T ennis CORA LEE YOUNG . , .... Music MISS SYMINTON'S ART MISS EWING'S ENGLISH MISS HUBBARD'S PHYSICS Westridge is very fortunate in having Mr. Sata as its caretaker. For not only does he keep our school neat and attractive, but he also gives valuable help to many activities. At the Inlook Tea he put up the archway and curtains forthe stage, for last year's Mikado he made lively oriental placards and decorations, and he has done all of us countless little services far beyond the call of duty. The winner of many distinguished prizes for his photography, he has generously taken strikingly beautiful pictures of the school forthe Inlook. James T. Sata - 'M MR. JAMES T SATA SENICDRS kkgktptf Ji ' in ss .. X .fi . fx. xkh- - X 5 A MARTHA EMILY LEWIS ln the spring of her Junior year the Westridge student bod M , y gave artha its highest honor, the presidency of the student government. Since her coming to West- ridge in the fifth grade, she has been active in student affairs, and this year has in- troduced a fine, new spirit of calm cooperation into the student government. She was on the A. A. Council for three years, first as Freshman representative, then as Secre- tary and Vice-President. Having playd on almost every team since her freshman year, she has piled up a monstrous collection of stars, point pins, and banners. With sister Dorrie, she helped, as cheer leader, to develop Westridge's enthusiasm and lung power. Mat as her French friends call her, spends her free time sailing around h L'd h ' ' ' ' er I o ome or imitating rabbits. GRETCHEN JAMES BALE The last of a long line of Bales at Westridge, Gretchen has followed the family tradition of being an artist cmd musicianf She has studied art throughout her three years at school, and is known for the great delight she takes in drawing on the black- boards before each class. Away from school she plays the piano and supports her church group with interest and enthusiasm. This year Gretchen served as an able, efficient Head of Red Cross. She conducted the drive with an intense, sincere reali- zation of its importance that made it an overwhelming success. Although she favors conciliation in class, she fairly bursts with very definite and voluble opinions else- where. 0 GEORGIANNA EUGENIA BRAY Georgie has a happy, bouncing, generous nature, a contagious laugh, and is widely envied for her peaches and cream complexion and honey-blonde hair. She's a good little house-keeper, cooking and caring for a vast herd of small Brays. The American History class will never forget the day Lourinda, aged three, came to visit, drawing pictures and making eyes at Muzzey. For all her femininity, Georgie is very practical: she was on the Spyglass staff, the Student Council, and is the Busi- ness Manager of the lnlook this year, and hasn't lost a digit yet. Although Georgie loves music and sings in the Glee Club, her favorite activity is swimming, and she has won many prizes at Westridge meets. l l l l i is , 5 is y. 5 c 3, - - Y- .megs-s'S' X . . N w' gsssis PATRICIA JEAN CARMAN Pat is a conversationalist. She discusses everything with great enthusiasm, and has an absolutely ripping time at debates. She loves history and baseball, and is a rabid and inexhaustible fan of Teddy Roosevelt and the Los Angeles Angels. This year her schedule is full of every kind of activity. As Head of Foreign Aid, she made sincerely eloquent speeches on behalf of the European orphans, and as Head of Hockey she was furiously efficient. She has many interests: she is a star athlete, a very talented writer on the Spyglass editorial staff, and is a charming, sensitive actress, having played leads in Mask and Brush productions for the past two years. . , .. ....,T.,s Q.. yffs if NANCY BOYD COPELAND Nancy, a determined individualist, would rather throw stones at her sister's window than take a key out with her, sincerely likes to mountain-climb, and has worn her hair long through the most extreme phases of the New Look. She has been a busy, gay leader of our class, as Vice President of the seniors, Student Council member, school song leader and head of volleyball on the A. A. Council. Although she is happiest ballet dancing or skiing, she is also a member of the tennis team and a true Winnetka hockey player. A lover of opera, she sings endless passages from Gilbert and Sullivan. Both the Glee Club and the Dramatic Club have found her a valuable and gifted member, and Westridge audiences will long remember her strutting, sadistic rendition of the Mikado, With her love of music, fine singing voice, acting ability, and beautiful hair, Nancy should one day find her way onto the stage. l a l I l l i l l a 1 2 l 1 l l 1 i i 1 .er 1 g ' CYNTHIA GORDON CRONKHITE Cynthia's trademark is her sparkling beauty, which is individualized by two genuine and constant dimples. Since her arrival at Westridge from Westover in the eleventh grade, she has been on the Spyglass advertising staff, sings soprano in the Glee Club lshe takes singing lessons and was a third of the Christmas pageant triol, and bounces enthusiastically as a floppy-hatted school cheer leader. With admirable patience and serenity, come sleet or snow, Cynnie faithfully raises and furls West- ridge's flag each day. A camera fiend, she develops her own pictures. As she has done some amateur modeling, stands up remarkably straight, and is the graceful owner of an excellent figure, she was twice selected to wear Magnin's clothes for the lnlook tea fashion show. SUSANNA BIXBY DAKIN Without doubt one of the hardest and most constructive workers Westridge has ever had, Susy has shown her marked abilities in many fields. She labors long hours designing and building the sets for school plays. As art editor of the lnlook, she did a great deal of the planning of the layout of the book. Susy's imaginative and vivid artistic talent runs to snorting, prancing stallions and strange, characterized old men, as well as the more conventional but equally excellent work she does for her art courses. Besides art, her greatest love is horses, and she has been a mem- ber of the riding-team for years. Last summer she went to Europe, and returned with fascinating accounts of Venice and Stockholm. Susy is famous for being the owner of what is probably the only living kinkaioo in Southern California, Ozie. His bird-like noises in assembly, his tail of infinite possibilities, and his great affinity to ice cream have made him beloved by all the school. ....Xg,.,E K . . . l l NANCY LU DAVIS Nancy is a many-sided person, but her most noticeable trait is certainly not reticence, for she does not hesitate to express her clearly-defined views on any sub- iect that is being discussed, however, she is lust as attentive and considerate as a listener. Her extra-curricular activities are varied: she sings in the Glee Club, is a member of many varsities, has been on the Student Council, and is an outstanding committee-woman. Out of school she works for the Junior Auxillary at the Hunt- ington Hospital, and during the summer and Easter vacations she is at the beach swimming and sailing with her sister and almost everyone else in Pasadena. SALLY ANN DAVIS Sally is generally seen in a middy-blouse or a pea iacket playing her uke or sunning herself under the palm tree in front of the gym. She is one of the few persons at school who not only own a ukulele, but can play something more on it than Five Foot Two. She has a perennial tan which she cultivates by swimming and sailing at her Lido beach house. This year the secretary of the Glee Club, she conscientiously keeps track of all stray music. A very talented chanteuse, Sally did a masterful imitation of Martha Tilton for the Greek-Roman party. Clad in a sequined dress of the twenties, and hung with iewels, she walled Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friends with so much vigor and conviction that nothing else was heard at school for weeks after. CATHERINE DIANE DE VRAHNOS Diane is a real globe-trotter, in the past four summers she has traveled in Europe, South America, cmd Hawaii. She is a woman of principles, and is a rabid polemist on religion, politics, and morals, especially during the noon period. She is the possessor of an amazing appetite, for she doubles every item on her tray, but never gains a pound. A lover of music, she plays the piano beautifully, and was a member of the Music Club in her sophomore year. Now on the Spyglass advertis- ing staff, Diane is one of the reasons why the paper has made such a tremendous profit this year. With her classic Greek features, she was a striking Madonna in the Christmas pageant. , Q A . QQQE A . S BARBARA DEE DIBBLE Barbara is a strawberry blonde with the delightful ability to crinkle her eyes when she talks. She loves Strauss waltzes, musical-comedy, light opera, and any kind of dancing. Her career has been primarily dramatic at Westridge, as she has been in almost every play the Mask and Brush has given since her sophomore year, in parts ranging from a light-headed ballet dancer in the zany comedy You Can't Take lt with You, to a charming portrayal of Phoebe, the leading-lady, in Quality Street. Along with her roles as a Thespian, Barbara is wardrobe mistress with the Herculean task of keeping the attic in order, and Vice President of the Mask and Brush, and was co-playwright of the Christmas pageant. An excellent writer with a vital interest in world events, Barbara was this year one of the co-winners of the peace prize. PATRICIA ANNE FAILING Pat came to Westridge in the tenth grade from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and her loyalty to that state, at least to its football team, is overwhelming. In spite of this native affection, she has adapted herself gracefully to Southern California, especially Laguna Beach, where she goes every summer, with Pat and Pat as guests. As Head of the Community Chest and Assistant Assistant Stage Manager, she has served the school well as both money-collector and carpenter. She is an excellent swimmer, having won many points for the Greeks in school meets, and was on the basketball and volleyball varsities too. Pat has striking coloring . . . red hair, brown eyes, and white skin which tans to a golden brown during her soiourns at the ocean. . fc 53 :Nag s S , A. x .xxx X A cw- Wt - .sm s - A acidic 551 V V .. 22,-:,j13:g, lags, f if QLZTQW ' ,QQ Z we BARBARA GIFFORD Barbara is a Westquestrienne, that is, a Westridgite with an enthusiasm for riding. She is Head of Riding, and her announcements pertaining to that and her other positions such as Head of Cleanup and Head of the Pound, start epidemics of laughter in the study hall. ln addition to her talent for exploiting mass psychology, Giffy is also quite adept at maneuvering a horse, a pair of skis, or her long, black, shiny Cadillac convertible. She is especially admired for her stoic walks to school at dawn and the variegated ski sweaters which she manufactures at a great rate. ln her freshman year Barbara was a member of the Glee Club, and all through her carreer at Westridge she has contributed to the Spyglassq bam M ,K ,Q ,', mK -S 2 2:-f' Q0 0:90 3. '3. mga 2'5- 2-139- 3 -gviwgmg 2Sa'S-99.8 Q'U Q3 -7023. gi? 21? 503.49 -5-ggnz-ni 56 v-:0'Q.Q 0-2 '5-35-2 1'H45.c'n,,.,.:. O 0 up Q Q30 Q 69, 9..0no33-3-033 -h'- mn o:'4.Qm .gum HCQQO -o--o-a'- -w:'U-02g--of . 449 0 Q3:,q023-vv 5 oo:',, 5'0- rgg--P 2083. Q3'3tglQ,E'-' Euan'-'Q-O'n apsg-53, 435. 5230509- gm Q0 U! 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Her favo- rite activity is dramatics, and she has acted in a long list of Mask and Brush pro- ductions. I r,T,....M. . - CYNTHIA MARGARET HOLYOKE Cynthia has had an impressive political career at Westridge. She was Sopho- more secretary, class president in her Junior year, and again secretary of the class as a Senior. In addition, she was chairman of the Junior carnival and dance, a huge administrative iob. She has the unique distinction of being born in Calcutta and of having travelled all over Europe, England, and the United States. As a Glee Club member, she was selected to sing in the trio for this year's Christmas pageant. Widely envied for her curly, dark hair, she modeled at the Inlook tea. When Cynnie isn't tooting around in Ferdinand, her small, sturdy green Nash, she can usually be found playing impeccable bridge or tennis. ELIZABETH IRWIN HOWES Liz is known for her busy knitting needles, active camera, love for low-slung Mercuries, and cooperative spirit. . . as shown by her voluntary service as typist for the Spyglass Advertising Staff. Last summer she taught swimming to little Girl Scouts at a City Day Camp, took modeling lessons, lshe occasionally models pro- fessionallyl, and divided her weekends between her house at Big Bear lake and Balboa Island. She is a member ofthe Glee Club, the Mask and Brush Club, and won the silver wings land Lower School Newsl at the Spyglass's wing ceremony last fall. In spite of the fast pace which she keeps up, Liz always seems to remain in complete possession of her wits, and is one of the best, most assured hostesses in the class. BARBARA HIXON HUNTER The only owner of a butch in Westridge, Barbara has been outstanding for her work on A. A. Council and as a member of almost every team, hockey, basket- ball, baseball, volleyball, and riding. When she feels a lack of exercise, she plays golf, shooting in the low eighties, or exercises race horses. As captain of the Greek team she earned her coveted seat in the back row from whence she emanates more noise, gaiety and confusion than anyone, with the possible exception of desk- mate, B. Tuerk. For two years she has shown great promise, while caring for West- ridge's sprained ankles and blisters, of having a reassuring and efficient bed-side manner. Hunter reads constantly, anything that falls under her hand, and pleases everyone with the great quantities of Ogden Nash-like verse that she turns out in English class. 4 1 ' CAROL ELIZABETH KEYES Carol is undoubtedly one of Westridge's most outstanding musicians. She has taken lessons for years and plays the piano readily and well. The owner of a pleas- ing, well-trained soprano, she has sung solos in several Christmas pageants, and is this year president of the Glee Club. Her booming portrayal of Katisha in the Mikado has left a permanent imprint on the memories of all who saw it. Carol is a fine actress and has taken leading roles in some Mask and Brush productions. She has a flair for both comedy and straight dramatic parts, as well as considerable talent as a playwright - large portions of the Christmas pageant and Cicero's life came from her pen. Aside from her music and acting, Carol is most illustrious for her intrepid driving and her ability to take any side of any argument and stick with it to the death. EMILIE SUE KING Emilie's greatest love is acting. She was first secretary and then president of the Mask and Brush Club. She has played every type of part from a genial, boom- ing ex-Russian ballet master, to a haughty French beauty. When she isn't actually acting, she works endlessly on the sets and manages back-stage. Between plays she does gay, impromptu characterizations for her friends. Her stage-presence and ability to wear clothes have served her in good stead, because for the past two years she has modeled in the lnlook tea. But Emilie's most memorable and beauti- ful performance was as Mary in The Finding of the King. In it her big blue eyes and the charming innocence of her expression made her one of the loveliest Ma- donnas Westridge has ever seen. s o X be 5 il , 5m CONSTANCE ELEANOR KURTZ The business-like owner of big, lazy, green eyes, Connie is Assistant Editor of the Inlook this year, and has one of the toughest iobs on the staff, negotiating with photographers, collecting money for pictures, and rounding up snapshots. She is a genius at not only laying fines but making people pay them. Despite her success as a financier, she hopes to be a nurse, and is already Vice President of the Junior Auxiliary at the Huntington Hospital. She has been in the Glee Club for three years, and went out for volleyball for the first time in her life this fall, winding up as the surprised captain of the second team. Although Connie doesn't go out much for dramatics, she played an outstanding rabbit in The Tempest. l l l l I l I l E 1 , 1 , 2 'Q 5 ANNE LANGDON MCDANIEL During her many years at Westridge Anne has built up a long and impressive record of leadership through her election to innumerable class offices and culminat- ing in the important positions of student body secretary and senior class president. On the council and in class meetings she has shown great ability as a diplomat. But perhaps her highest accomplishment is having fairly consistently made herself heard over lunchroom din of rattled china, guzzled soup, and hysterical senior shrieks. She has sung in the Glee Club for four years and spends long hours at home study- ing piano and singing. ln her first dramatic effort last summer she played a won- derfully proper Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest. Anne's best loves are ballet, LaRouchefoucault, and psychology. When she's not pirouetting in her bedroom or reading proverbs, she industriously pursues the science of men's minds and kindly psychoanalizes her school-mates. BARBARA JOAN McKAY The blackboards in Madame Haas' Spanish room testify to Joan's dubious re- gard for hairpins. She has an equal disregard for short men, Muzzey, and math, but she does like dogs, big lunches, chewing gum, baseball, riding, and Connecti- cut. As a sophomore she was an enthusiastic member of the Music Club ithe War- saw Concerto is her favorite piecel, and this year ioined the Mask and Brush, acting in Quality Street, with one short but classic line: Hoity-Toityl She is also on the Spyglass editorial staff, and is undertaking the ambitious proiect of making her own college wardrobe. A very meditative person, Joan loves to drive by herself and think long, secret thoughts. CAROL MCVMANIGAL Since she was Head of the Lower School Romans in the eighth grade, Carol has worked industriously for her team. The recognition of the service came when she was elected captain of the Romans for this year. But her greatest loyalty is to Westridge itself. She has played for the school on almost every varsity team, and helped to build an even more efficient Athletic Association by working on the By- Laws of its Constitution. As she hopes one day to be a nurse, Carol spends innumer- able Saturday mornings at the Huntington Hospital washing dishes and patients for the Junior Auxiliary. ln her free time when she's not cheering Stanford on to bigger and better victories, she plays an intrepid game of bridge. Although she expresses voluble and decided opinions on every subiect, Carol is at her best when discussing those deathless days in the sixth grade. A i PATRICIA ANNE MARSHALL Pam, as she is nicknamed, is one of the triumvirate of Pats. She is a nature lover, and even brings bits of the outdoors into the prosaic studyhall in the form of flowers, which she puts in Dixie cups on her desk. She also loves ranches, horses, and ice skating, although her passion for the latter sport is definitely cooling. Her greatest pet peeve is modern dancing, which she feels is not exactly her forte and is also totally unnecessary to a well-balanced athletic curriculum. Basketball, how- ever, is one of her favorite games, and she has been an energetic guard on the var- sity all season. Pat lends her expert ability to wield a hammer with great enthusiasm to the Mask and Brush, and works long and faithfully on the sets of plays. MARY ELIZABETH MAULE .Mary is a girl with a very boisterous personality and an explosive laugh. She is on almost every miscellaneous committee in existence, from Thanksgiving collec- tion to Flower Arrangements. Officially she was Head of the Pound first semester, an exhausting position involving the collection of delinquent possessions and fines, and unofficially, as she wields a hammer with great facility, she is Assistant Stage Manager and Chief Cleaner-Upper for the Mask and Brush. She is on many varsi- ties, works for the Welfare Committee, and is a member of the Junior Auxiliary. She is probably best known for her inspiringly pantomimed direction of l've Been Workin' on the Railroad when she was school song leader in the tenth grade, and her brilliantly polished blue Chevy. ..+... ROSEMARY MILLAR Since she came from Poly in the tenth grade, Rosie has been quite a ioiner. She played hockey for the school, has been on the Spyglass staff as advertising agent and exchange editor, and sang alto for the Glee Club. She demonstrated a definite flair for acting in the summer production of Kind Lady, when she waltzed onto the stage barefoot in a white nightgown, laughed, wept, said Yes, Henryl six times, and exited to boisterous cheers. Again, for the Mask and Brush, she por- trayed mute, suffering humanity in the Christmas Pageant. She has intrepidly stud- ied biology this year and worked for the Junior Auxiliary. Rosie possesses an un- usual capacity for impeccable neatness at all times, even at school. ln recognition of this fact, she has twice modeled at the lnlook tea, and, during uniform debates, paraded Bullock's hopeful suggestions before the student body. MARY KAY MORRIS Mary Kay is usually seen with a can of balls in one hand, a tennis racket in the other, and Uxtra lthat's the spotted bean bagl on her shoulder. She plays dy- namic, bouncing tennis, and as manager of that sport this year, has initiated many innovations and reforms, notable among them being regular tennis varsity practices. Her game is punctuated with various gestures of exasperation, delight, surprise, and everything but lethargy. During the summers she makes the rounds of every tourna- ment in Southern California, and in between matches sails at Balboa. In addition to her ability on the courts, Mary Kay is also famous for her delicious Tollhouse cook- ies, which she brings to school in great quantities, only to see them rapidly dis- appear under the onslaught of those human locusts, the seniors. gig :IZTTTSQ .1 -i .. PATRICIA TREAT NICHOLS Pat is the master of the exclamation, such as Oh my! or Heavens! She reacts to everything with great animation and enthusiasm which makes her pres- ence quite electrifying. With her neat, athletic figure, she has been a model for the Inlook tea for three years. She is a member of the P.A.C. swimming team, and is a champion swimmer, thus being one of our real celebrities. Awonderfully grace- ful and imaginative modern dancer, she did striking mood dances for A Midsum- mer Night's Dream, The GondoIiers, and The Tempest. In addition to her other accomplishments, as the official Miss Westridge, she can claim the honor of being the winner of our annual beauty and posture contest. NANCY MELLE OGDEN Already known for her fine, satirical essays, The Cocktail Party and The Cinema, as well as The Fall of the House of Usher which won the sophomore short-story contest, Nancy hopes to write professionally after graduation. Although working hard as the assistant editor ofthe lnlook this year, she has tound time to keep up active interest in dramatics, in which her outstanding parts have been Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a drunken actress in You Can't Take lt with You. She will long be remembered for her gay, sailor-suited rendi- tion of Mary Martin's Honey Bun at the Greek-Roman party. Nancy battles con- stantly with Malley about the relative merits of their various cats, and the two of them have been known to set free numerous mice in Bullocks' Pasadena. LINDA HELEN PAULING Linda is a continental, accent, raised eyebrows, and all. She spent a year in Europe, studying at Oxford for six months. When she returned from abroad to enter the eleventh grade, she was straightway elected to the Student Council. This year she is busy as the Feature Editor of the Inlook. A vivacious, bright-eyed sort of per- son, she loves folk-dancing and singing novelty songs. As she enioys acting, she has been in several Mask and Brush productions, and has had a very gay time in extra- curricular comedies at Caltech. Linda is also a brave and wind-blown individualist. She drives an eccentric car named Hugo lwho is remarkably sturdy in spite of his advancing age and uncertain conditioni, and she is one of the few confirmed liberals in the class. . PATRICIA VON HOFSTEN PRICE Patsy's monster vocabulary serves admirably to express her constriction when reading the Star News, her own handwriting, Muzzy, or a galvanometer, or to express her faith in Stalky 8- Co., M. I. T., and her cats. She came to Westridge in the fifth grade and in the ninth was awarded the Ranney scholarship. She has been at various times stage manager, lighting expert, star, director, and president of the Mask and Brush. After many years as a reporter, and one as feature editor of the Spyglass, this year she has borne the harassed countenance and messy notebook of the lnlook editor. Although not, perhaps, a natively peaceful person, she was co- winner of the peace essay contest. Any Tuesday or Thursday Patsy, a veteran of two years at Ojai, may be seen unsuccessfully trying to evade tennis varsity. In her rare free moments she plays the piano, preferably Tschaikowsky, reads and writes poetry, and expounds Hamiltonian theories of democracy. 1 CORINNE DAGMAR SANDBERG Corinne is famous for her Viking coloring, her candid yet tactful nature, her executive ability, and her spontaneous, bubbling laughter. She has ash-blond hair, twinkling blue-gray eyes, and toasts to a very enviable tan in summer. She came to Westridge in the tenth grade and was almost immediately elected Class President, ioined the Glee Club, the Spyglass editorial staff, and sang a solo in the Christmas play. Her iunior year was no less busy, but in addition she pertly played Peep-Bo in the Mikado. She is now Westridge's business-like Veep, however she is more interested in drawing and mathematics than in politics, and hopes to be a teacher. LYDIA JANE SIMPSON Lydia has a rather amazing ability for making enterprises go. Besides being a ticket seller phenomenal, she holds an almost undisputed crown for having been a member of more committees than anyone in school. As business manager of the Spy glass, through her voluminous sale of ads, she has pulled that journal out of the red and is, at the moment, piling up a tidy profit. Although she doesn't write for the Glass itself, she showed her literary talent by winning second prize in the Sopho- more short-story contest. A great lover of music, she goes to many concerts, plays the piano, and is a member of the Glee Club. Along with studying hard and working for the Junior Auxiliary, Lyd cooks generously for house parties, sports many inter- esting maladies, and possesses an uncanny fund of knowledge about everything in town. JANET STANTON SWAFFORD Almost any day Janet can be found muttering about By Laws and New Cheers in the gym, Charlestoning down the upper hall with Milton , or eating up the left-over food in the senior lunchroom. As A. A. President she has done an out- standing iob of promoting school spirit, and increasing the attendance at games with cheer-rallies, team-name contest, and effective publicity. Since coming to Westridge in the tenth grade Janet has been one of the Mask and Brush's most popular come- diennes, especially noted for her parts in You Can't Take lt with You and The Mikado. Her many and varied enthusiasms include her dog Murphey, San Fran- cisco, musical comedy, the beach in summer, and skiing in winter. She owns many fine hats which she shares generously with everyone at school. BARBARA JEAN TUERK As editor of the Spyglass, Barbara wields the power of the press over West- ridge, and is constantly seen doling out column inches to the pressing domestic issues of our school. Since she came from Highland Park, Ill., in her Junior year, she has shown the school her versatile talents in many ways. Her favorite exercise is primar- ily of a vocal nature, she debates rabidly, and with a remarkable fund of informa- tion, on any subiect. Beyond this, she has developed a new-found interest in skiing which she confidently claims any fool can learn in a day! She also performs modern, intricate dances, and her Terpsichorean projects show fierce originality. She reads avidly, everything from Goethe to Stalky 8. Co. Barbara is famous for the delightful informality of her desk and her firm conviction that possession is nine tenths of the law as far as pencils are concerned. LUCIE TAYLOR WELLES This year Lucie has worked selflessly and efficiently at the difficult, exacting iob of Head fWlf ' ' o e are. Well prepared for her position by years of being in charge of various class orphans, she has introduced a new awareness of the necessit for Y personal friendships with Europeans and international understandin Bf h g. e ore s e found it necessary to give all her time to Welfare, she served two busy years on th ' ' e Spyglass editorial staff. The owner of a pleasant alto, she has sung in the Glee Club for three years and was cast in the part of Pitti-Sing in the Mikado. Alth h oug her busy school life has kept her from spending much time on dramatics she ort d h ' p raye a c arming Miranda in The Tempest, was in the summer play,' and eloquently proclaimed Cicero's first oration in well-trained Latin for the Latin De t- par ment play. Lucie s extra-curricular interests run a long gamut from bridge to classi- cal music. WE SENIORS GRETCHEN Noted for: Her stuffed animals. Usually seen: Drawing welcomes for Miss Ewing. Favorite expression: Now, iust calm down-' Ultimate fate: Rabble-rouser in Pershing Square. GEORGIE Noted for: Her giggle. Usually seen: Bringing food for people. Favorite expression: Oh brother duckI Ultimate fate: Starving European child. PAT C. Noted for: Writing ten-page exams. Usually seen: Making a last proud plea for 2Oc Favorite expression: Well l'll be a Harry S. TrumanI Ultimate fate: Manager ot the Angels. NANCY Noted for: Her Titian hair. Usually seen: Tardy. Favorite expression: For crying in the beerl' Ultimate fate: Second from the left in the Mar tha Graham chorus line. CYNNIE Noted for: Her retinue. Usually seen: On New Year's Eve. Favorite expression: Whoopee doI Ultimate fate: Barmaid at Maurey's. SUSIE Noted tor: Ozzie. Usually seen: Being modest. Favorite expression: Oh my! Ultimate fate: A Garret. NANCE Noted for: I want that one I I I Usually seen: Sailing. Favorite expression: Oh my gosh, I'd have a NYY cow. Ultimate fate: Taking over for Fearless Fosdick. SAL Noted for: Her imitotions of Martha Tilton. Usually seen: Slumming on Lido. Favorite expression: Who I ! I Ultimate fate: A torch singer. DIANE Noted for: Her three hundred and ten hours. Usually seen: In her turtle-neck T-shirts. Favorite expression: Kiddo. Ultimate fate: Manager of a marriage by mail bureau. BARBARA Noted for: Her philosophies. Usually seen: In the attic. Favorite expression: Oh Dear! Ultimate fate: Lady Windermere. PAT F. Noted for: Her pills. Usually seen. With Pat and Pat. Favorite expression: l don't know! Ultimate fate: Bunk-house cook. GIFF Noted for: Her announcements. Usually seen: Astride. Favorite expression: . . . yes? Ultimate fate: Taking Westridge's Lower School out for a rhinocerous ride each Wednesday. MARION Noted for: Her doodling lin classl. Usually seen: Driving her eleven little Sunday school boys. Favorite expression: Godfrey'sl Ultimate fate: Eraser of mustaches on tooth- paste ads. BETSY Noted for: Being naughty Betsy. Usually seen: Starting riots in Spanish class. Favorite expression: Yes, I know. Ultimate fate: Majority whip in the Senate. 31055, CYN Noted for: Her letters. Usually seen: Bidding three no trump and going down two. Favorite expression: Pleeze . . . Ultimate fate: Seam straightener. LIZ Noted for. The books she plans to read. Usually seen: Confiding to someone. Favorite expression: lt's a gem! Ultimate fate: Putting the knobs in knobby knits. HUNTER Noted for: The butch. Usually seen: Being bandaged up. Favorite expression: What the hay! Ultimate tote: Proper Bostonian. CAROL Noted for: Her Cleopatra eyes. Usually seen: Falling off the stage. Favorite expression: Has anyone seen my white lab book? Ultimate fate: Midget auto-racer. TOMMIE Noted for: Her innocent stare. Usually seen: Getting her driver's license. Favorite expression: Well, really! Ultimate fate: Selling ivy wreathes wholesale. CONNIE Noted for: Her teddy bear. Usually seen: With three on a date. Favorite expression: Well, Bob . . . Ultimate fate: Convertible taxi-cab driver. MARTY Noted for: Seeing stars. Usually seen: Being embarrassed. Favorite expression: Birds, Ultimate fate: Stand-in for Bugs Bunny. ANNE Noted for: Her passionate hatred of women. Usually seen: Trudging up the stairs of Collen ette's dancing school. Favorite expression: Bah, Ultimate fate: Duck feeder at Forest Lawn. JOANNIE Noted for: The seatless station wagon. Usually seen: Writing on blackboards. Favorite expression: Kiddo- Ultimate fate: Butterfly farmer. MAC Noted for: Her double whammy glare. Usually seen: Looking for a fourth. ' Favorite expression: ROMANS, please sit UP! Ultimate fate: Head of a nursing home for indigent frogs. PAT M. Noted for: Her osmosis experiment. Usually seen: ln a dither. Favorite expression: W-E-L-L, now I'll tell you. Ultimate fate: Swedish Gymnast. MARY Noted for: Her complete equanimity. Usually seen: Shining her hubcaps. Favorite expression: How do you know? Ultimate fate: Band Aid manufacturer. ROSIE Noted for: Her tennis-ball face on Monday morning. Usually seen: Getting into that yellow car. Favorite expression: Oh, really? Ultimate fate: Vivisectionist. MARY KAY Noted for: The frog. Usually seen: Leaping over a tennis net. Favorite expression. Owurrow Ultimate fate: Skipper of a Chinese Junk. PAT N. Noted for: Her desert sun tan. Usually seen: Resting for a swimming meet. Favorite expression: Oh Heavens! Ultimate fate: Last seen off Midway swimming the Pacific dog paddle. OGGIE Noted for: Her singing in History Class. Usually seen: With her feet at a 1800 angle. Favorite expression: Oh, I forgot. Ultimate fate: Model for Charles Addams car- toons. if LINDA Noted for: Her fluctuating eyebrow. Usually seen: With hair flying in Hugo. Favorite expression: Uh-huh Ultimate fate: House-mother at Caltech. PATSY Noted for: Squeaky shoes. Usually seen: Raking in nickels. Favorite expression: Monster constriction Ultimate fate: Has had it. CORINNE Noted for: Her spatial relations. Usually seen: Smiling. Favorite expression: Well, honey- Ultimate fate: Greenwich Village liberal. SWAFF Noted for: Her lcalml attention in class. Usually seen: With someone else's lunch. Favorite expression: Honey, don't you want to learn? Ultimate fate: Shoe shiner for Bea Lillie. LYD Noted for: Her susceptibility. Usually seen: Yes. Favorite expression: Did you hear what hap- pened in Pasadena in the last three minutes? Ultimate fate: Advertising manager for Pinkham Pills lnc. BARBIE Noted for: Her organized desk. Usually seen: Groping for words. Favorite expression: No, no, a thousand times no! Ultimate fate: Manufacturer of reliable glue for false eyelashes. LUCIE Noted for: Her string of beaux. Usually seen: Passing vital notes in English. Favorite expression: Yesh. Ultimate fate: Bird watcher for Audubon Society. WE SENIORS Noted for: Silent class meetings. Usually seen: Worrying about our over-souls Favorite expression: Hold your lights high! Ultimate tate: Sheep. 4 X a iwiiw ---r ww THE UPPER SCHCDCDL Back row-ELIZABETH HOAG, CONSTANCE KURTZ, LYDIA SIMPSON, BARBARA HUNTER, JANET SWAFFORD, PATRICIA NICHOLS, PATRICIA CARMAN, NANCY OGDEN, ELIZABETH HOWES, ANNE MCDANIEL. Third Row-CYNTHIA HOLYOKE, PATRICIA MARSHALL, BARBARA DIBBLE, CORINNE SANDBERG, MARTHA LEWIS, DIANE DE VRAHNOS, CAROL KEYES, NANCY COPELAND, SUSANNA DAKIN. Second Row-GRETCHEN BALE, BARBARA GIFFORD, PATSY PRICE, BARBARA TUERK, NANCY DAVIS, JOAN McKAY, MARION HALL, MARY MAULE, CAROL McMANIGAL, MARY KAY MORRIS. From Row-LUCIE WELLES, CYNTHIA CRONKHITE, EMILIE KING, ROSEMARY MILLAR, GEORGIANNA BRAY, SALLY DAVIS, LINDA PAULING, PATRICIA FAILING. OFFICERS President .,.,........ ,..... A nne McDaniel Vice President ..........,. ...,., N cuncy Copeland Secretory-Treasurer ...... ...... C ynfhicl Holyoke SENIORS Free Study Holi Ring Ceremony 54 F 24 x .egg- Miss Peterson's Teo , ' fx U H ev firm xx C' A-,gi we , EH 5 www 5 H251 v w w Wr?-asf BMA A 'K . mag ,A ga? M-W '-'HF' ,BQ 'lg A-Q4 L .: sk 4. in 4 1 f a H f ' Rgiyggi 'ilk W '53 If I I f ffm gg? P 4 ...a xsffl Second diiclm clay Beach Bliss Decorating for lniook Tccz PGIH1 DCSCV' Cicero You show me noihing I hG?0 IUCN! 11 h Cl! 51 f, Wg N X 15 NNXSF J V 'fnf' Ar IS' I Back Row-JUDY BAKER, KATHARINE HOWARD, PEGGY RYAN, BETH YOAKUM, DOROTHY PRENTICE, ANNE ARMFIELD, LINDA FISHER. Second Row-BARBARA STEWART, NANCY LAINE, JEAN JOHNSON, JOAN IRVINE, ALTHEA MILBANK, SUSIE DAVIES, DOROTHY LEWIS, JOAN MALLEY, TOBY MEGGS. FronI Row-EILEAN GRAHAM, DIXIE GRAMATKY, FRANCES HEREFORD, MARGARET HERZ, MARIANNE PEARCY, HARRIET HOYT, ANN CRAWFORD, SHERRY WHITE, ELLEN KRISTENSEN. No? in Pidure--MARILYN BELKNAP. OFFICERS President .......,.... ..,,,. F rcmces Hereford Vice-President ............. ...,,...,,,,,, J oan Irvine Secretary-Trecisurer ...... Marilyn Belknap JUNIORS A . z 2' 'V fm. V' 4. A xxx: ' ul v 5, 1- 63 b 1 -0 Y Q ff .Q Q , ff A ' Q 6 L ! u v us J' at pf! 'M- ' , .,,, f 6 A ZEN ,lay X961 I' ,w,, 4 . an f'.3M. X n - Y? If he N! HK A-1 s,, M. Vg A., rf 'P iw gf Xi 1 Q A L A? , x E ,ski . 8 4 Y .., ,v Q ,FX 5 xg in xx .J X A vw 13 X K X XX .wiv X X X, 'K NL PIA Qwsx R X A NX wma., 1.,: is 1. 6 4 SX sh 'X in S xxx Q S Back Row-MARIA GIANNINI, MARION HALL, AMY HOYT, JOSEPHINE HAMLIN, JOAN MucFARLAND, ANN HUTT, ELAINE POTTENGER. Third Row-ELEANA DE VRAHNOS, PATRICIA CRILLY, KATHLEEN ELLIS, MARY THOMAS, BETTY CART- WRIGHT, KRISTINA HUNTING, KAREN HARSHMAN. Second Row-ANN GOOCH, DOROTHY DONATH, MARY DICKSON, JANE WESTON, SHIRLEY CHANCE, SANDRA BEARDSLEE, JANET SEWARD, JACQUELINE WHITE, BEATRICE NEVIN. Front Row-MARGARET HASTINGS, SARAH FREEMAN, JONNA BAKER, SUZANNE HOTCHKISS, DORO- THY HUGHES, JANICE BARTON. OFFICERS First Semester President .......... ..... S usie Hotchkiss Vice-President ........... .... T ito Crilly Secretory-Treasurer ...A ...........,....,.,.....,..,................. ..... A m y Hoyt Second Semester President ......... .......................................... ,,.... E I oine Pottenger Vice-President .,,,....,., .... S hirley Chance Secretary-Treasurer .... ..... T itc Crilly SOPHOMORE5 1 u', 'r ,fray R L nf Z' . 4. 4. ..-nf E '24 'if x .v F 1 P' J ,. 45. 4, M044 Y? I' .1 E Q iv, , , . , .153 ,,H,.. - ., .la Q-gy 5, v 'sf' -gm 'Q' H. if -Q-My 2 Vs-.1 Qs rf AQ '-as u lm. fx ,AA H V- '+ 1, Q X . Q, 1-5153 ..2' 9 ,Ars L1 1 M N- ig , . f U X L rn W 3 ,Nw If , IQ , P ft' ,mf 1. 'X ix? X. f 55 A- q:Y Xl Q NE x X A x NNW ' X i I X QM mx X M X Q NNN S Mx ..X QNX Back Row-JOAN HOWARD, MARY ELLIS VAN METER, CAROLYN SHAW, BARBARA BEHNKE, NANCY MARTIN, NAT VINCENTI, SUSAN WILLIAMS, ANN GARRISON. Second Row-LESLIE ARCHER, HARRIET FINCKE, VALERIE THOM, NANCY RUSSELL, JEAN KIRCHER, SARAH YEATMAN, MARILYN KEYES, CROFTAN HALSTED. Front Row-MARTHA BRYANT, BARBARA HAWKS, JUDY KIRCHER, JUDY HALL, MARIAN IRVING, SALLY CLIFFORD. OFFICERS First Semester President ,.,........ ....... M csrilyn Keyes Vice-President ......... ....... C rofton Holsted Secretary-Trecxurer ...,. .,.. J oon Howard Second Semester President ............ ...ss. J ecln Kircher Vice-President ,...., .,,,, J udy Kircher Secretory ........... .....,. L eslie Archer TI'eGSUrer .... ........ C roftcan Holsted FRESHMEN bi ff ,.-: .- . A i 4 f ,.,,,.4 2 l f'.., I 1,11-1.-v ilio s K, Law ,I MW 2, ,Q - ii I ' ' U ' 1 ' . Q2 KL .Q 5 2533 ,Q . , v 4 W1 'A g,,,,,v.tf M, .S Rl' 'Wk 1 ,N ,fe 2 ..- I if ax, if .. ....,.,.,..4.l., X N xx ' A ,wif , gm Kg, , gswy A vw Q 1 .. ----....,.,, Q, ww ,- -Q X J-'K . A Gp, Up and over Fire drill Coy HeIp! Cheer Smile purdy! MONEY VII give you cz shot in The head! Oops! Dice .QLM :ir 4.Q3.' 3. A e 3. ffl ,A 2 W1-2155, V, . B. J., . P 32 A. f , Q w 64 Y sg' I K+ e if L 9' Tx s 5 - L xx 3 3 A g 4 ' '41 9- Univ is .,m,XXf 'Wiiiadi W Q QI: 'zz ,V .f 9f 6.1 1 SCIENCE From our physics, chemistry and biology, we look ahead to the dim outlines of stars and atoms yet to be explained. Q m fi 5? gi 5 if iwlxmfmx Mex, ie -a-5: w. Y XX Y W x ii xx wg a 'Q 6 Q is STUDENT BODY ACTIVITIES oacx Row-SUSAN PORTER, MARILYN KEYES, ANNE McDANIEL, JANET SWAFFORD, FRANCES HERE- FORD, SUSIE HOTCHKISS. Front Row-CORINNE SANDBERG lVice Prcsidentl, MARTHA LEWIS IPresidcntI, ANN CRAWFORD lSecretaryl . STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council has concentrated this year on maintaining a positive attitude of social responsibility in the student body. By means of quiet and gentle guiding rather than pushing, the council has man- aged to have an overwhelming maiority of the school obey the laws, and even more important, because of their wise policies, they have had the cheerful cooperation of every member of the student body. The system of summonses and Saturday morning study halls has proved so successful as to have practically put itself out of business. lFor there have been long periods when no one got a summons cmd the Council members got their richly deserved Saturday morning sleepl. The student proctoring system, by which the council and students take complete charge ofthe study halls, has been very efficient this year. The first task of the Council was the completion of the by-laws, which were presented to the student body along with the constitution and school traditions, in convenient hand-book form. The student governments of the various private schools in this area have been taking an increasing interest in each other's affairs. The Council sent three representatives to a meeting at Girls' Collegiate School, where officers from many schools met to discuss their common problems and methods of government. In keeping with this trend towards better understanding between schools, the Council has set up an exchange system with Marlborough whereby the student officers visit the other school to observe the manner in which each school is conducted. This year the Marlborough council came here and enioyed a Council meeting, classes, luncheon, and the Rumney Lecture along with their Westridge counterparts. mn. sg? 1 K N 91-Kifq Q5 X y 43? giiff is A -Q 'S Ry.: ' fr QA V' . -x K 9 ,fi an .. N 23 -fu 55 ' Q wg: xxx? Mg N514 S Ea , 'ia ' ,- if , 3516! uf 9 ge W W ,,,, J Z' X tw ,W ,J .N x :PW s 'lm X QS Y QQ if, 'X ' it . . w: A Ng. ,x xx. n S, .N V333 wx 5 ' Y: Y ...Wk vyi - A X X VS: .N Sianding-MARY K. HAMMERSLEY, KATHLEEN WALTERS, HARRIET HOYT, CYNTHIA HOLYOKE, JOAN HOWARD, BETTY LOU WARDELL. Seuied-TONI DIBBLE, PAT FAILING iHecd of Community Chesil, MARY MAULE lHeud of Thanks- giving Dcnnfionj, LUCIE WELLES, lHead of Welfare Commilfeej, GRETCHEN BALE KHeod of Red Crossj, PAT CARMAN IHead of Foreign Aidl, JULIA WINGFIELD. WELFARE ln keeping with the awakening interest at Westridge in world peace, the Welfare committee has tried this year to help establish the lasting international friendships that must be the basis for any enduring peace. Miss Louise Wood, former principal of Westridge and now a worker for the Friends Service Committee in France, visited school in December and described the need of Europe for our understanding and sympathy. She suggested, as a material way in which Westridge could help, the adoption of a tuberculosis sanatorium at Ville de Dreux. The plan is for each girl to write and send small gifts to a French girl in the sanatorium. Thus, while the sick girls who so terribly need diversion are cheered, a small but concrete step is being made towards inter- national understanding. The Lower School students have taken over the correspondence with Westridge's sister school in Le Havre, L'Ecole des Filles, because they are closer in age to the French girls. But at Christmas time the whole school ioined in sending great quantities of packages to LeHavre. Although the primary emphasis has been on aid to Europe, the Welfare Committee has also sponsored drives to help needy people in our own country. At Thanksgiving the whole school brought canned goods and staple supplies for the Church Home for Children. The Com- munity Chest and Red Cross drives were generously subscribed to. The Welfare Committee has used the money it raised through the Carnival in May in many ways. Two hundred dollars went to the Amer- ican Friends Service Committee and another two hundred dollars to the World Student Service Fund. The rest of the money has been used for gift packages to Europe and postage. A great deal of the credit for the aid that Westridge has given to these people in the world today who need it goes to Lucie Welles and her hard-working members of the Welfare Committee. Pat Failing, Mary Maule and Gretchen Bale took charge of Community Chest, Thanksgiving, and Red Cross - working hard and earnestly for each drive. Lucie and Pat Carman, heading foreign aid, have both made moving pleas for Westridge's support and interest in schools abroad. lt is largely through their generous effort that so much help has been sent to Europe. Qs: , wwf x Q u. ' X y , v L : , 1 1 M ' 3 -1 -'if 1' K K 'xr 1 fag 453' ,-,JQWA 'W Y L' jj, , A 4 . ' 'E' 'P ., ' ' r wi ' 4 g X. . nal Top Row Istandingl-NAT VINCENTI, KATIE CORBIN, PATSY VON SCHLEGELL, NANCY COPELAND. Second Row Istandingl-BARBARA HUNTER, BARBARA GIFFORD, PAT CARMAN, HARRIET HOYT, SUSIE DAVIES, DOROTHY HUGHES, JOAN MALLEY. Third Row-ALTHEA MILBANK, MARY K. MORRIS, PATRICIA NICHOLS, HUNTLEY COCKBURN. Seated-DOROTHY LEWIS, JONNA BAKER, JANET SWAFFORD, CAROL MCMANIGAL, CYNTHIA CRONKHITE. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION With the new coaches, Miss Douglass and Miss White, bringing new intensity and new ideas to the gym classes, such as final exams in each sport, the Athletic Association has had a busy and very suc- cessful year. The season started with traditional initiation of new students into the Greek and Roman teams. The emphasis in the ceremony on loyalty to the two teams and to Westridge itself and on plain, violent lung power gave the school athletics a lusty send-off. The first big event of the year was the father-daughter playday in November. Each girl led her pater through a maze of badminton tennis and relay races, during an afternoon full of hilarity that un- covered much unsuspected talent. A variety show complete with kick chorus finished off the occasion with a bang. The volleyball season found the Westridge varsity, under the lead- ership of Nancy Copeland, successful in two out of three games played. Although the teams lost to Mayfield, they thoroughly murdered West- lake and Anoakia. And with much the same spirit the Romans defeated the Greeks in the non-varsity game. The season had an excellent end- ing in the volleyball playday in which all the teams of the girls' schools in this area compete. I The hockey season was utterly successful this year. The team not only found another team, from Chadwick, that would play them, but won the game, too. Pat Carman, head of hockey, marshalled her varsity players into the yellow bus each Tuesday and Thursday lto the tune of five cents a headl to go down to Brookside, where they practiced and played the Chadwick game. The Greeks and Romans fought a valiant game, culminating in a tie at P.C.C. to end the season. In February basketball started. Under the devastatingly efficient leadership of Joan Malley, an excellent varsity was developed and a freshman team, that actually played several games, was formed. The team defeated Anoakia but lost to the old rival, Marlborough, and once again the Greeks and Romans fought it out lon the upper courtl. On March ll there was a highly successful basketball playday at Ramona Convent. During the spring quarter baseball was the reigning sport. Once again Westridge maidens donned mits and catcher's masks and did their best to hit the ball over the fence into Orange Grove Avenue. The Greeks and Romans played the traditional game to end the season. There was a badminton tournament, ably run off by Dorothy Hughes, this spring. The winners formed a team that played Marl- borough. Under the leadership of Mary Kay Morris, a school tennis tourna- ment was played in the fall, and the tennis varsity was selected. With regular practices twice a week, the team was in good shape for the busy schedule of matches all spring. In the whole season they lost only one match, to Marlborough. The Ojai team, selected with a great deal of consideration, care, and many round robin matches, left school the last week in April to play in the annual tournament held in the Oiai Valley. March l7 the Greeks gave a party for the Romans, complete with an Irish theme, group singing, leprechauns, and chop suey. Barbara Hunter and Althea Milbank produced a very fine show, in which Sally and Nancy Davis, Nancy Copeland, Nancy Ogden, Jackie White and Sandra Beardslee starred to entertain Carol McManigal and her fel- low Romans. The swimming team, under the leadership of Pat Nicols, worked out this spring at Barbara Tuerk's pool. After much training they did very well at the interschool meet at U.C.L.A. The traditional Athletic Banquet was a fitting climax to the year's sports. With the whole school gathered in the gym, various captains and heads of sports gave keynote speeches, and letters, stars, and point pins were awarded to the school athletes. The girl with the largest number of points for her school career received the coveted point bracelet. After much cheering, the new officers took the places of the old at the head table, and with the singing of Surgere the atheletic year of '50 came to an end. VOLLEYBALL TEAM Bock Row-MARILYN KEYES, JEAN KIRCHER, SUSAN WILLIAMS, NAT VINCENTI, JUDY KIRCHER NANCY MARTIN, MARY ELLIS VAN METER, MARIAN IRVING. Third Row-PATRICIA CARMAN, JANET SEWARD, DOROTHY DONATH, MARIANNE PEARCY, JOSE PHINE HAMLIN, MARTHA BRYANT, JOAN HOWARD, BARBARA HAWKS. Second Row-SARAH FREEMAN, MARGARET HASTINGS, SANDRA BEARDSLEE, JANICE BARTON CONSTANCE KURTZ, JOANNA BAKER, JOAN MALLEY, FRANCES HEREFORD, NANCY LAINE BETH YOAKUM. Front Row-MARTHA LEWIS, ALTHEA MILBANK, JOAN IRVINE, MARY MAULE, DOROTHY HUGHES NANCY COPELAND, CAROL MCMANIGAL, SUSIE DAVIES, DOROTHY LEWIS, BARBARA HUNTER JANET SWAFFORD. Head of Volleyball-NANCY COPELAND, Top Row-AMY HOYT, BARBARA STEWART, MARTHA LEWIS, DOROTHY LEWIS, NANCY DAVIS, MARY MAULE, BARBARA GI FFORD, VALERIE THOM, BARBARA HUNTER, NANCY COPELAND, JOAN MALLEY, JANET SWAFFORD. Seated-PAT FAILING, NAT VINCENTI, SARAH FREEMAN, PAT CARMAN, SANDRA BEARDSLEE, SHIRLEY CHANCE, BETSY HOAG. Head of Hockey-PAT CARMAN. HOCKEY TEAM BASKETBALL TEAM Top Row:-SARAH FREEMAN, MARY MAULE, ANN HUTT, ALTHEA MILBANK, DOROTHY HUGHES, FRANCES HEREFORD, BARBARA HUNTER, JANET SWAFFORD, JEAN KIRCHER, ELAINE POTTENGER, NANCY MARTIN. Middle Row-AMY HOYT, JOAN HOWARD, DOROTHY DONATH, MARGARET HASTINGS, PAT CAR- MAN, PAT FAILING, PAT MARSHALL, MARILYN KEYES, SUSIE DAVIES. Seated-JONNA BAKER, CAROL MCMANIGAL, SUSIE HOTCHKISS, SANDRA BEARDSLEY, JOAN MALLEY, SHIRLEY CHANCE, NAT VINCENTI, MARTHA LEWIS. Head of Basketball-JOAN MALLEY, Standing-JONNA BAKER, MARTHA LEWIS, PATSY PRICE, NANCY COPELAND, ANNE ARMFIELD. Front Row-SANDRA BEARDSLEE, DOROTHY HUGHES, MARILYN KEYES, MARY K. MORRIS, JOAN HOWARD, JANET SWAFFORD. Head of Tennis--MARY K. MORRIS. TENNIS TEAM Top Row-NAT VINCENTI, VALERIE THOM, BARBARA HAWKS. Middle Row-BARBARA STEWART, ALTHEA MILBANK, SHIRLEY CHANCE, JANE WESTON. Front Row-AMY HOYT, HARRIET HOYT, SUSANNA DAKIN, BARBARA GIFFORD. Head of Riding-BARBARA GIFFORD. Not in Picture-JOAN IRVINE, BARBARA HUNTER. RIDING CLUB MODERN DANCE Mud, mud, mud Gym Kick chorus Up, up ond away Hi! bcckhcmd Huddle Now, girls .... Smash Don'fhc1nditto me 1 .., , . 1 x ' X f ,.v I 4 . J X 1 11 I X I h ,wx 5 'QQ -J 'J' '74 I J H A vs- J ,QV 'Zi x ' N' I Hr f x fl fi A v Q-fp: . L gf Q mf ., . g K 234. ' ina I ' 'J M K ihi 4 k xr Q ks 5 ki .qkx X ,akk K 'te-.5 3 IZNX Mi .Mmk L i YK Q 1 Xx Y S 1, tr ff RMA x, 9 Q' 'N ix R3 I fn? .Nm Q- XX.WQw+Q .M xy XJ fi f 4 x f- THE ARTS The words of the playwright, the melodies of the composer, and the art work of the stage designer, all wait to be shown, in the hush of the theatre, as the curtain rises. Q MUSIC, ART, DRAMA WRITING Back Row-FRANCES HEREFORD, PATRICIA NICHOLS, DOROTHY PRENTICE, JUDY BAKER, SHIRLEY CHANCE, BETTY CARTWRIGHT, LINDA PAULING, CAROL KEYES lPresidenIl, SALLY DAVIS lSec- relaryl, CYNTHIA HOLYOKE, NANCY DAVIS. Third Row-GEORGIANNA BRAY, NANCY COPELAND, CYNTHIA CRONKHITE, MARIANNE PEARCY, MARY DICKSON, LYDIA SIMPSON, CONSTANCE KURTZ, MARION HALL, JEAN JOHNSON, LUCIE WELLES, JACQUELINE WHITE. Second Row-TOBY MEGGS, SALLY CLIFFORD, CORINNE SANDBERG, ELIZABETH HOWES, KRISTINA HUNTING, MARION L. HALL, KAREN HARSHMAN, MARY ELLIS VAN METER, MARILYN KEYES, CAROLYN SHAW, BARBARA HAWKS, ANNE McDANlEL. Front Row-BEATRICE NEVIN, VALERIE THOM, JOAN MacFARLAND, MARY THOMAS, ELEANA DE VRAHNOS, JEAN KIRCHER, SUSAN WILLIAMS, JUDY KIRCHER, SUSIE DAVIES, NANCY MARTIN, JOAN HOWARD. GLEE CLUB Under the excellent direction of Mr. Howard Swan, cmd with Carol Keyes and Sally Davis as its president and vice president, the Glee Club has had a busy year. The first big event of the year, The Christmas Pageant, was made moving and lovely by the singing of the Glee Club. From their perch in the gym balcony, they sang minor mediaeval chants and unfamiliar but beautiful carols to accompany the colorful pageantry presented by the Mask and Brush Club. In February, the Glee Club went to Webb Schol for the traditional exchange of songs and dances. They sang three numbers, including the difficult Mr. Nobody, and the Webb choir countered with three more. Following the singing, the two choruses left the Webb chapel to go to the dining-room for an evening of dancing and fun. Once every two years the glee clubs of all the independent schools in the Los Angeles area meet to perform for one another. Held this year at Pepperdine College, the Music Festival was a great success, with each group presenting several numbers, all the schools ioining together in one final burst of song. In addition to these events, the Glee Club performed for the Parents Association meeting in April, and presented one final, lovely song at graduation. THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT MASK AND BRUSH CLUB The Mask and Brush Club serves as a fine outlet for Westridge's hidden talents and desires. For the born carpenters there is no end of opportunity for using hammers, screw drivers and glue in putting up the sets. Those who delight in make-up have ample chance to delve into the mysteries of their art. And, primarily, for those who want to get up on the stage, face the lights and the audience, and be someone else, there are endless types of parts to try. Dramatics offers many things, long, gay hours of rehearsal, the final satisfaction of having made a show, and, above all, the very wonderful opportunity of work- ing under Miss Margaret Ewing. For it is her unlimited store of knowl- edge of the ways of the art, her generous sympathy, and her ready laughter, that make dramatics at Westridge the fine thing it is. The traditional Christmas pageant was this year a dignified state- ment of the universality of the Christian religion. After many agonized meetings, the pageant committee, E. King, C. Keyes, B. Tuerk, B. Dibble, and P. Price, arranged a collection of passages from the Bible and carols from many lands and times to show that the nativity has a meaning and message that shall be To All Peoples. Janet Swafford and Patsy Price read parts of Isaiah and the New Testament to Nancy Ogden, Rosemary Millar, and Joan Irvine who represented suffering peoples the world over. The lower school and members of the Mask and Brush Club in various scenes showed the forms worship took in various times, start- ing with the shepherds at Bethlehem and coming up through the me- chanics and housewives of our day. The singing of the Glee Club and of the soloists Dorothy Prentice, Carol Keyes, Cynthia Cronkite, and Cynthia Holyoke was lovely. Diane De Vrahnos, dressed in the tradi- tional deep blues and reds of the Madonna, was touchingly beautiful. Next came the long-rehearsed, polished performance of Barrie's Quality Street in March. The somewhat difficult play was done with sympathy and humor that made it much appreciated by enthusiastic audiences. The leads, Barbara Dibble as pretty, gay Phoebe, Pat Car- man as her gentle sister Susan, and Jean Johnson as the dashing Valen- tine Brown, carried the satiric comedy along very well. Supporting them were Joan Malley, Tita Crilly, and Ann Gooch, three very fine old QUALITY STREET S E E S X PAGEANT maids, Jackie White, a determined housemaid, Nancy Ogden, Elaine Pottenger, Hatty Fincke, Ann Hutt, Joan McKay, Janet Seward, and various members recruited from the lower grades to fill out Miss Phoe- be's School. Susy Dakin, stage manager, achieved a maior triumph with her period sets and novel canopy for the ball. Because the plays and skits at the Carnival have become so popu- lar, Miss Ewing decided to present an organized, rehearsed play this year. A thrilling melodrama The Ticket of Leave Man played to a full house at the Carnival in May. ln the cast were: Joan Irvine, Katharine Howard, Elaine Pottenger, Maria Gannini, Marianne Pearcy, Barbara Stewart, Ann Hutt, Tita Crilly, Jacqueline White, and Nancy Martin. This year's spring show, Spring Dance, by Philip Barry, carried on the precedent set by Beauty and the Jacobin and The Lost Elevator last year. The male parts were taken by real, live Flintridge boys. The fast-moving comedy of college life was admirably suited to the talents of the lively cast, and was a vast success. The leads, Carol Keyes, Alden Thorndyke and Peter Stevens, were strenuously and very well supported by Emily King, Rosemary Millar, Janet Swatford, Toby Meggs, Barbara Tuerk, Linda Fisher, Wallace MacKenzie, Dave Haug, Barry Kite, George Dodds, and Sandra Beardslee. CHRISTMAS 1494. I-F ,X JT P wg' I, ,. 3' m an-ww X WW W! xi .S X Q -U , ggi -:. g f slikzb.. A wi ix W x. NQ 7 Vt N m f ART DEPARTMENT This year, between the Inlook Tea, Halloween, Christmas, Book Week, the Carnival, and other occasions when posters were required, the students in the art department have undergone a thorough study of design and technique. Under the patient direction of Miss Syminton they have experimented in the effects of line, light, and shadow on form. One of Miss Syminton's plans for the year was to give each student as complete a knowledge of color and color relationships as possible in the time spent. The pictures on the opposite page represent much of what the art department has been doing this year. From top to bottom: at the left top is an experiment in the repetition of curved lines on a color back- ground of abstract shape, by Althea Milbank. Beneath it is a poster by Leslie Archer, done with line and cut-out paper shapes. At the bottom is a tree by .loan Malley, painted in three values of color to emphasize the curved surface. At the top of the center row is a still- life drawing in conte crayon by Ann Garrison, using a heavy dark line to bring out the design and organization of shapes. Below it is a still life showing distinct differences in value wherever a plane changes, by Caroline Shaw. The next two are by eighth grade students. The upper one of a fish was done for color values and simple design, by Lynn McKelvey. The lower one is a design for a Christmas card, done partly in cut-outs, by Julia Hoagland. ln the upper right corner is a still life in three values, by Jane Weston. Below it is a design by Ann Armfield, using balls and emphasizing their roundness by controlled shading. In the lower right corner is a design that was done to experiment in color combinations and contrasting values, by Mary Maule. This year, besides trying to give the students in the art department as complete a knowledge of techniques and as thorough a feeling for the important basic principles of art as possible in the time, Miss Symin- ton has expressed the importance of an open-minded view and accept- ance of the good in all schools of art, old and new. The art department wishes to express its whole-hearted thanks to Miss Syminton for her patient and capable direction, and for unfailing sympathy and sense of humor that have made this year wonderful. Q WZ f ,-. A fbi? 'fl 112 -IPL!! DC I 1: Mawr 'FA?Hl0N5 I I Standing-PATRICIA CRILLY, BARBARA HUNTER, DOROTHY HUGHES, MARION HALL, ROSEMARY MILLAR, PATRICIA CARMAN, LINDA FISHER. Seated-ANNE McDANlEL, BARBARA TUERK IEditorl, ANN CRAWFORD, CAROL KEYES, JEAN JOHN- SON, JOAN McKAY. Kneeling-SARAH FREEMAN, LYDIA SIMPSON, ANN GOOCH. SPYGLASS This year the Spyglass has a new editor and assistant to grapple with dummies and deadlines - Barbara Tuerk and Ann Crawford. Although there is no great change in the actual makeup of the paper, there is a vast improvement in its financial status. Under the inspired direction of business manager Lydia Simpson, the Glass is out of the red for the first time in its history. In fact the staff has used its tidy profit to buy an addressograph. With a large and capable staff, lots of advertising, money, and readers, Editor Tuerk has been able to put out a fine paper this year. Wheedling scoops out of unsuspecting news-makers, she has kept her front page full of last-minute news, her paper full of pictures, and the iournalistic style of the Glass excellent. The life of all journalists is hectic and the Spyglass staff is no exception. But the pressing deadlines, midnight typing and revisions and last-minute rushes to the printer are all gay and excellent experi- ence. Through the long labors of the combined staffs and especially through the wise and generous guidance of Miss McNamee, the Spy- glass has become a paper of which Westridge is iustly proud. INLOOK Standing--CONNIE KURTZ lAssociate Editorl, SUSY DAKlN iArt Editorl, LINDA PAULING ilieuture Editorj, GEORGIANNA BRAY lBusiness Managert, NANCY OGDEN lAssoc at Ed tol Seated-PATSY PRICE lEditorl . Year books may come and year books may go, but they are certainly a problem while they're here. The lnlook staff, who began the year with great nonchalance, started to exhibit symptoms of muffled desperation when March appeared. Patsy Price then announced to the food-loving staff that they must attend noon-time conferences to deal with the work at hand and thus dispense the pervading neuroticism. The lunch-line soon became accustomed to six scavengers who whisked away with an awesome amount of salads, hot plates, and ice cream. Thus supplied, the staff discussed and solved the problems of the day while satiating their appetites. These meetings were ultimately aban- doned as things began to shape up, and the typing crew started peck- ing. The iob was terminated with the application of rubber glue to the photographs, and the whole disiointed dummy went to the printers. The finished product returned to the staff, who, though nursing healthy ulcers and signs of lunacy, felt quite happy about the results. Of course all this mayhem is exaggerated, but several revolution- ary changes were made in the make-up of the book. Last year's staff started the wheels of progress moving by replacing the stiff line-up pictures with action shots. This year we pushed it a little farther and warm. Mrs. Rosemary Caldecott from Magnins arranged the fashion show and commented on the styles, which were mod- eled by twenty shapely Westridge girls. This was followed by a parade of old-fas- hioned sports clothes and other outfits of the twenties which were donated by the girls. After this, tea and Mona Save's deli- cious refreshments were served. The lnlook is indebted to many people for their help in preparing the book. We feel that the photography is one of the out- standing points of the lnlook this year, thanks to the wonderful shots of the school which Mr. Sata took, and the graphic action pictures which Marvin Carlson snapped. Most of all, we want to thank Mrs. Hall, who guided us through the gigantic task of writing and planning the book. Without her experience and com- fort, it might never have reached the presses until next year. abolished the literature section, publishing instead a literary supplement, which in- cludes much more work of the student body than could appear in the lnlook. Also, the terse and mystical remarks under the sen- iors' large pictures were replaced by a thumbnail sketch of the girl and her activi- ties. We hope the school finds these changes good ones. The lnlook Tea, the first big social event of the year, supports the lnlook, so the staff naturally throws itself violently into the preparations. They hammered, col- lected things, and tried to be organized. However, the person who finally managed to wring order out of all the chaos which heralded the tea was Mrs. Hall, whose will- ing spirit and ready telephone brought all the right people to the right places at the right time. On the long-awaited 22nd of Ocober, all was in readiness, including the rainclouds, but according to some celestial tradition, the day was clear and quite 1 -a -, dig: ,Q 1 x 1. H- V. ', . ,N 'Y bf' Q Q' 1 z,' , I J 1 'I P' wwg fvw3w:f3f ,fggWff,, Q Q 4 . - he . 5' 'Z 4 f as 'f s ' A m'F'5 IIE? G Q . .' '51 F .. ' : H 3- 'L ' ,,, v a xx Q . ,HH . -b-- A ' X ' X: 4, ff 1' ' .. lm X 5 'gf' , --N W 1? ' 'I Z' W -X ,M Q. - 1-M., F3 ,- . Q, ,. X A- 'Q' - .Mi 'Fife - xifsivirl K - +R S-SQ YQ-Q-RQ . wksrm M - -. 4 Qs! XS 5 i5 .Qy ffl .xx N .I Q A. x Q x-:Six , ,Q xv 'iQ 5?ffQ' 'if K SN EDUCATION This drawing by Huntly Cockburn shows the schoolroom, traditional, eternal, that pre- pares man for his future. S taxis!! s X fi - v bww 3 0 sas 5 . Y lr 'E E , . Qs? im! Wu' W .Q A ' wg ' , Q xx q,.,.-nfs' -uw. 1 X K sf me 1 if 2+ X THE LOWER SCHOOL Back Row-ELINOR BISHOP, DOROTHY McCAY, LUCIA SOWERS, SALLY RAU, EVELYN LAUGHLIN, BARBARA WOODWORTH. Second Row-SANDRA MORSE, PATSY VON SCHLEGELL, KATHLEEN CORBIN, KIM ATCHISON, BARBARA BISHOP, MARGARET ARMFIELD, SUSAN PORTER. Front Row--KATHLEEN WALTERS. HUNTLEY COCKBURN, JULIA HOAGLAND, MARY PRINGLE, LYNNE MCKELVEY, ANN HAWKINS. Not in Picture-CONNIE MANGOLD. EIGHTH GRADE The eighth grade has had an exciting, busy year. There were four new girls enrolled in the fall: Kim Atchison, Connie Mangold, Lynne McKelvey, and Sandra Morse. ln the elections Sally Rau became pres- ident of the class, Dorothy McCay, vice president, Mary Pringle, secre- tary-treasurer, and Susan Porter, president of the student body. At the beginning of the year the eighth grade mothers organized a number of class get-togethers, planning about one per month. This turned out to be a great deal of fun for the class who went on one occasion to a luncheon at the Huntington Hotel and then to the Playhouse to see The Cricket on the Hearth. Another party had an unusual, interest- ing theme, the girls impersonated movie stars and comic strip characters. The eighth and seventh grades together presented the Thanks- giving program, which was one of the best ever done at Westridge. lt was composed of a series of four dances, one for each season of the year, with corresponding poems written by the eighth grade, and songs. ln February the eighth grade alone dramatized a scene from the last day of the making of the Constitution, using the actual text of the speeches made by the famous people present whenever possible. Another very successful assembly was one in which the girls very adroit- ly imitated the members of the Lower School faculty. These are not the only dramatic achievements of the class, for later in the year they gave a superbly hilarious performance of Shakespeare's rather rowdy ro- mance The Taming of the Schrew, which introduced this eighth grade as a very talented group of thespians. Elections came again in the middle of the year, and Ann Hawkins was voted class president, Julie Hoagland, vice president, Sally Rau, secretary-treasurer, and Connie Mangold, president of the Student Body. 'er v v .51 0 s . . Q0 ,M Y- - s s! 'ia - xxxx f Q U! xi' ' y! 'lx 2 AXH ' Nix 1' Q X X Mr -i Q ' ' f .ny . fi? ' . 3 95,0 f Q .K 5 V -FQ. rf Q., 1 1 LQQ Y a R, Y P Q fig N Q ,L ' X A 5 . 1 - Lx Xa Q T N . , .. 5 - X ,, -fxwg fis. :m ega N - '- Mmw. ,X - my gixgxw ..k X wmwvgyj kkfwx W .-J 4 . .. K M -my SSSWFWX N H Hn , QW. J' 4 Q if ' X '53 A-wi x K. I' fjf' c -'x Q. S xg , .g :R SSS L 'N L5 R . x33-+aX4x Back Row-MARY CUTTING, LINDA WILLIAMS, ANN MOORE. Third Row - CECILY HAMLIN, PEGGY MEGG5, SUSAN GOOCH, LESLIE LISCOM, LYNN PRESTON, JANET MORSE. Second Row-TONI DIBBLE, LYNN ARCHER, ROBIN RICE, ANN WAYLAND, JENIFER PAUL, JUDY ERICKSON. Front Row-CAROLINE COOLEY, JANET GERTMEN- IAN, SUSAN IRELAND, MELODIE TEMPLE. Not in Picture-BARRY GOODWIN. SEVENTH GRADE Elections began the school year. Leslie Liscom was chosen presi- dent of the class, Judy Erickson, vice president, Susan Ireland secretary- treasurer, and Peggy Meggs student body vice president. After this the class participated in both the Thanksgiving and Christmas pageants. In January they gave an interesting assembly to the Lower school on How to Give Announcements, but by far the most remembered of their activities was the Tournament of Chrysanthemums parade, which was given right after Christmas vacation. It was based on the Rose Parade, with famous people lsuch as Louella Parsonsi riding in on floats. This assembly was so popular that it was repeated before the Upper School. Later in the year the many fine puppets which the seventh grade created performed in an excellent show entitled Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil. The results of the second semester elections were: Lynn Archer, president, Caroline Cooley, vice president, Lynn Preston, secretary-treasurer, and Susan Hood, student body vice- president. The social calendar of the seventh grade has been full. They have had two parties in their room, a Valentine party and a Christmas party, at which Caroline Cooley's present of two white mice caused a small riot by petrifying Mrs. Martin in the library. They, not the mice, also had a playday at school one Saturday afternoon. All in all the seventh grade has found this year exciting and enioyable, but are looking for- ward to their position as the seniors of the Lower School next year. Back Row-SUSIE INGE, MARY K. HAMMERSLEY, KAY COVINGTON, KRISTIN MORNER, SALLY HAL- VERSTADT, LYNN HOWE, BETTY LOU WARDELL, GRETCHEN GRUNEWALD, JUDY FAILING. Second Row-CAROL NEBLETT, MARIA MOTHERSHEAD, LA RAYNE BUCK, LYNNE TOUCHSTONE, MOLLY STURGES, GWENDOLYN ROWAN, HEIDI ELWORTHY, SANDRA SWAYNE, KAREN SCHIRM, JANE CROSSAN. Front Row--CAROLYN PULLIAM, BARBARA ALLEN, DEBRA NASH, SHARON ELLIOTT, BETCHEN WAY- LAND, PEGGY DICKSON, SALLY SIMONDS, BARBARA LEWIS, JANET SKEELS. FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE This year there are five new arrivals in the fifth and sixth grades: Barbara Allen, Debra Nash, Heidi Elworthy, Carolyn Pullian, and Barbara Lewis, who is the cousin of the Upper School Lewises. The fall opened with elections of class officers, and Peggy Dickson became president of the fifth grade, Sharon Elliott, vice president, and La Rayne Buck, secretary-treasurer. In the sixth grade Maria Mothershead was president, Molly Sturges, vice president, and Kristin Morner, secretary- treasurer. The classes have had interesting assemblies and proiects all year. During book week they played charades, later the fifth grade gave a Chinese play, and the sixth grade dramatized the Trojan wor and the Do's and Don't of Westridge. Both classes went to the Griffith Park observatory, and the sixth went to the Los Angeles County Museum. The fifth and sixth grades have contributed greatly to the success of the Welfare Association by making stuffed animals, having a hundred per cent membership in the Junior Red Cross, and sending many letters and packages to the French school in Le Harve, including a photograph of the class for which the children in France had been asking. In the way of extra-curricular activities there have been several parties: a Christmas luncheon and tree, a lovely birthday party for Miss Pell, and a Valentine party. The second semester brought a new girl into the sixth grade. Charlene Chase, and more elections. Barbara Allen was voted presi- dent of the fifth grade, Sharon Elliott, vice president, and Susie Inge, secretary-treasurer. Sally Halverstadt was president of the sixth grade, Karen Schirm, vice president, and Barbara Lewis, secretary-treasurer. Back Row-FRANCES WOODWORTH, ELIZABETH NATHAN, KRISTI SCHIRM, STARR THOMAS, LINDA LEISHMAN. THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE There are five new arrivals in the third and fourth grades this year: Betty Nathan, Vicky Meggs, Sondra Rogers, Linda Leishman, and Diana Chase. These two youngest classes have participated constantly in Lower and Upper School activities. They ioined in the Community Chest and Red Cross drives, making a large contribution to the Welfare campaign. They sang in the Thanksgiving and Christmas pageants, and trooped brightly on stage in the Mask and Brush production of Quality Street. They have seen two beautiful movies on the Amazon and Alaska. At the parents meeting they demonstrated their progress in art and hand- writing. ln May they presented a play in which they sang, danced, and read some poems in French. The classes have had lovely parties on the holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine's Day. Q i a awww 'N Nt XREO3' W ...M li-ni X, GS mmm -nib WELL-WISHERS Have you got everything all straightened out He's so-o-o-o-o-o-oo darling!! Home BabdU Midland, here we come! Has anybody got a safety pin? HVd be asrnad as heHV' You dreamer-you . . . Prunes, peaches, and al-fal-fa P You don't need a crash helmet to crash ! ! ! Suzie and her B.B.'s HQukk...HHeHUH A third what??? Puple Uxtra! Coldl?lWater Canyon Phooey And twice on Sunday--Hmmmmmml? HiBubbhdH Are you out? Like a Light? Bulb? - Or something! May I please have your undivided attention? Pekaon Creedians UnHeHl The mail lspl must go thru! No-knead, water-rising twists! UVVHi...u What's going on in this bathtub? now? The most memorable and beautiful traditions of our school year corne at commencement time. On Class Day, after the eighth grade has left Ranney House to become proud freshmen, the ninth and tenth grades sing remarkable odes in praise of the seniors. The secretary of the twelfth grade reads the last will and testament of the outgoing leaders of the school and buries it under her class bush. Then, as leis are placed over their heads, the seniors tearfully listen to the iuniors singing Aloha. The next day, the graduation ceremonies under the oak trees of Ranney Lawn are simple and impressive. The graduating class, carefully decked out in the traditional white dresses and carrying roses, come down the aisle and take their places on the stage. The Glee Club sings, two seniors give the salutatory and valedictory speech- es, the diplomas are given out, and the special awards are made. As they sing Surgere for the last time, the seniors find it a sad and touching thing to say goodbye to old friends and leave their school. COMMENCEMENT flvfL. ACKNCWLEDGEMENTS The Inlook staff would like to express its gratitude to the many people who have generously contributed their time and energies to help make this yearbook. Above all, we should like to thank Mr. James T. Sata whose imaginative, beautiful pictures make up the frontispiece of the Inlook. We should also like to express our gratitude to Mrs. Hall, whose endless labors are largely responsible for getting the book published, to Mrs. Caldcott of l. Magnin's for helping with the fashion show, to Miss McNamee for her tireless proof-reading, to Anne Mc- Daniel and Sarah Freeman in particular, and all snapshot takers in general, for their overwhelming contribution, to all those who loaned us costumes for the tea, and to all the faculty, for their patient under- standing of the staff's many tardinesses and delays. The advice of Mr. Dan Taylor and Mr. Peter Geddes, Jr. was invaluable to us and to them, as to Mr. Marvin Carlson of Wanek-King Studios, go our sincere thanks. .sam Qi? 1 . , .1..-Q il R213 9 z. .ali .. ' 'iff :Y 1 1 Sximff? ' Q Sy. - 35212 . af- Y- : kmv' Nf:ur'N ?1 5f'lL 31 i fiigsfx