Mar-Ken Annual 1940
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MAR-KEN ANNUAL 1940 EL CAMINO INTRODUCTION * * Let this book, these facts, these reminders of the past year, ever bring fresh memories to your minds of the friends made, the knowledge received, and those honors which were alone acquired in the Mar-Ken High School in the year 1940. ANNUAL STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Betty Jean Hainey ’40 Georgia Shattuck ’41 Jeanne Johnston ’42 Betty Shattuck ’43 BIBLIOGRAPHY EDITORS Buddy McCallister Mary Alice Dill Billy Cook Bobbie Allert ART EDITORS Luba Meroff Jimmy Zaner Kenneth Fisher CARTOONS Joe E. Brown Jr. FACULTY SECTION Ray Sperry PHOTOGAPHY Richard Kurtze Joan Allen Sheila Matier Rae Bouett Harvey Dack Buddy McCallister Martin Spellman FACULTY EDITOR Miss Mary Barbul Assisted by – James Fox DEDICATION **** To the President and Manager of Mar-Ken High School, Mrs. M. Ethel Bessire, Who, by her untiring energy, strove to make our school life more pleasant and instructive, We, The Senior Class of 1940, Lovingly dedicate this, Our first volume Of El Camino An energetic and ambitious educator, who believes “Labor is the price which the gods set on anything worth having”’ yet withal not losing an innate sense of humor and a fine degree of tolerant sympathy, is the admirable characteristic of M. Ethel Bessire. Having received her early education at Chicago University and Chicago Musical College, having had many years of educational work with the professional child, and being in regular attendance with all California State Executive conferences, Mrs. Bessire is well qualified to be the director of an expanding school such as Mar-Ken. Majoring in the field of Psychology, believing in the leadership of vision, the ambition of the individual makes M. Ethel Bessire an enlightened leader of the group of youth which she directs. MY MEMORY OF YOU When velvet skies lay lit with stars And fragrant breezes blew; When rolling hills were lined in green - - I always thought of you. When soft sweet music floats to me And dulcet notes now me allow This precious memory – I think of you now. When tall green elms cease to bow And bask in summer sun; When winter’s melted snow fades ‘way - - Your memory goes on. When stars no longer shine at night, And water covers every hill, When earth has disappeared to stay – I’ll have your memory still. - - - Nalani de Clercq (Note: For individual photographs – please see faculty or alumni section of website) MAR-KEN SCHOOL: Mrs. M. Ethel Bessire, President Mrs. Lucille Quinn, Auditor Miss Queenie Hughes, Secretary Mr. William Kent Bessire, Vice-President FACULTY: Miss Mary Barbul - Principal This young member of our faculty has been with us for many years and has worked her way up to become Principal of Mar-Ken. She is very well liked by all members of he student body and her classes in English, Humanities and Sociology are the most popular in the school. Her credentials prove that she is fond of the west coast and its California educational system. She received her A.B. at U.C.L.A. and her A.M. at U.S.C. Mr. James Fox – Vice-Principal This fine gentleman who still speaks with a slight Southern accent is Mar-Ken’s Vice-Principal. Mr. Fox, who at times seems practically like one of the student body, has become the students’ favorite teacher, and he ahs made the before “hated” science classes most interesting courses. Notre Dame is the University responsible for his A.B., after which he came to the west coast where he obtained his M.A. degree at U.S.C. Miss Annie Ross – Junior High Principal Principal of the Junior High, Miss Ross combines affective teaching methods with pleasant discipline. She attended Colorado University at Boulder, received her teacher’s certificate from Normal Training School in Kansas and completed her work at U.C.L.A. Miss Ross’ gracious personality is a great factor in the success of her work. Mrs. Jewelle Pitts Coming from Missouri where she received her A.B. Mrs. Pitts brings us the ideas and the methods of the Middle West. These she uses in the Social Studies Classes which she teaches to the Freshmen and Sophomores. Mrs. Pitts is also a class advisor for the Sophomores and is a good sport on all activities. Miss Christiane Marcou She comes from Paris, where she studied at the College de France. Among her travels are included England, the United States and Vancouver, where she attended the University of British Columbia. Miss Marcou teaches French with a true Parisian accent and makes her classes most enjoyable by personal experiences and descriptions of European life and culture. Mrs. J.R. Appleton Teacher of English Literature, Civics, and American Literature, Mrs. Appleton is a graduate of the Wheelock School of Boston. She received her teacher’s training at the Boston University School of Education. She is widely traveled and a most interesting and enlightening lecturer. Mrs. Appleton was an Associate Professor of Literature at the American University at Beirut, Syria for a period of four years. Miss Ethel Otto This rather tall faculty member is one of the heads of the Modern Foreign Language Department. She teaches Mar-Ken students their Spanish and does a fine job of it, making her classes enjoy anything and everything Spanish. Miss Otto received her A.B. at Occidental College. She is also class adviser of the Freshmen. Miss Jane MacArthur The Chicago Musical College is the Alma Mater of our Music Appreciation teacher. She also studied under such famous instructors as Felix Borowski, Glenn Dillard Gunn, and Herbert Witherspoon. Miss MacArthur’s classes are particularly adapted to the professional student. Miss Kathleen Merrett Miss Merrett is responsible for getting Mar-Kenites through their Math courses. She has done much to make these otherwise dull subjects interesting and practical. Having recently received her A.B. from U.C.L.A., Miss Merrett is comparatively a newcomer to the faculty. Mrs. Charles Palmer Mrs. Palmer, who holds her A.B. degree from Smith College is a new teacher at Mar-Ken this year. She comes to us from Boston, and brings with her the culture and background of that Eastern city. Thus our students have the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the educators and techniques of the Atlantic Coast. SENIORS OF 1940 Class Poem of 1940 By - - Buddy McCallister Commencement Day! Our hearts over flow With hopes new born for days to come, And forgetting the past and the things undone, We see the future in the brightest glow. On our way to success, we’ll select our life’s work, And from the hard road of study no Mar-Kenite ‘ll shirk, We’ll go to the top of the ladder of fame, And in each profession we’ll all make a name. Among us I know there are different vocations, And I imagine we all have great expectations Of what we will be, in the years to come, Taught us by our teachers when our training begun. Mar-Ken and its faculty we all want to thank, For giving us knowledge of the highest rant, We’ve learned Music, English and History galore, Journalism, Languages and many things more. Our Teachers, we know, many trials have had, And sometimes I imagine they’ve thought us quite bad, But the hours we’ve spent with them will linger on, And we all hope they’ll remember us when Summer ’40 has gone. Our Principal we know, has had quite a task, When we Seniors such foolish questions have asked; But now that our years of study are won, We want to thank them all for what they have done. In the future I expect, we will all drift apart, But each of my Classmates is near to my heart, Many battles we have fought, studied hard and have won, But our battles of Life have now just begun. Classmates to you I need not say farewell; We bid farewell to pleasant years now past, Of light-souled High School days we toll the knell, But not to friendship; Let us still hold fast. SENIOR OFFICERS BETTY JEAN HAINEY – President BUDDY McCALLISTER – Vice-President JUNE RAE ROSS – Secretary KINGSTON DEATS – Treasurer Miss Mary Barbul – Class Adviser CLASS MOTTO “Tolerance and sympathy through knowledge and experience” THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF THE SENIOR CLASS I. THOU SHALT NOT DITCH SCHOOL. II. THOU SHALT NOT CHEAT. III. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THEY NEIGHBOR’S PERSONALTY. IV. THOU SHALT NOT BE CATTY ABOUT THY NEIGHBOR. V. HONOR THY TEACHER AND FELLOW STUDENTS. VI. THOU SHALT NOT COPY THY NEIGHBOR’S WORK. VII. THOU SHALT NOT SET THE WORD “I” ABOVE ALL OTHERS. VIII. THOU SHALT NOT CHEW GUM IN CLASS. IX. THOU SHALT NOT GOSSIP IN CLASS. X. THOU SHALT NOT OVERLOOK THY HOME-WORK. By Betty Hainey ROLL CALL OF SENIOR CLASS By Buddy McCallister The theme music of “Star Dust” (her favorite tune) ushers in our very charming Senior President - - Betty Jean Hainey, a native daughter. Betty enjoys attending theatrical performances and eating Boston Baked Beans. At present her ambition is to become a great dramatic actress. I’m sure we all wish her the best of luck. Vice-President of the Senior class would be a fitting title for Buddy McCallister, for that’s just what he is. The “Missouri Waltz” is his favorite tune, and “The Yearling” his favorite book. A native son, his ambition is to be a success in the entertainment field and to retire at the age of 35 and live on a desert ranch - - in solitude! June Ross, comes to us straight from Boston.