Alhambra High School - Alhambran Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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Quality of learning will improve as a result A man with great responsibility resting on his shoulders must be optimistic. Our Mr. Strother is certainly a man of high hopes. At the present time he is hoping that at last our building problems may be solved. ln retrospect he says that his high hopes for the kind of student body and staff that could rise to meet the challenge of adiust- ment have been fulfilled. He now hopes his busy schedule may return to normal. He hopes for an improved quality of high school education. He believes that this will como about as a result of the renewed emphasis, on the part of the students them- selves, on recognition of the real purpose of education. l-le feels that with the support of tho community we can look forward to the eventual evolvcment of a better program that will be more effective in educating the whole child. Our principal feels renewed energy this year. His unselfish giving of this energy, along with his time, testifies to his dedica- tion. His undaunted high hopes show him to be a man possessing that rare combina- tion of maturity and our very own spirit of youth. MR. GILBERT L. STROTHER Principal ol Alhambra High School THE PROPOSED NEW PLANT is laid Out by Mr Strother f ghtl lo Eileen Henry, Linda Curinqa, Pon Conzonire, Jean McDo ld Lo Tavares

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ludgment insure a better education. MAURICE R. STOKESBARY Superintendent of Alhambra School, er educational devices and facilities. It is to be an unusually versatile high school plant for the many varied students. Other welcome features of the proposed plant include an auditorium, one to be used for school and community needs. However, the school will have priority in its use. There will also be a very adequate cafeteria and school library, all of which will be centrally located near the administration offices. As for the portable buildings, their days will not be over. They will all be used in this district, some will even remain at AHS. Everyone is anxious to speed the completion of this long-awaited proiect. ln a minimum of three years, one may find a new Alhambra High School onthe old familiar site which holds sentimental at- traction for many AHS graduates. Yes, if the high hopes of the administration and our fondest dreams are fulfilled, future generations will share our feel- ings and reap the benefits of our desire. As they walk down the halls, they may feel the strong un- ion of past and present-the pride and tradition of AHS united with the fine environment of a new plant-the embodiment of Alhambra High School. It must be remembered, however, that the re- alization of these hopes will be the result of the support of the citizens of Alhambra and the time and energy rendered by those selfless members of the Board of Education, Mr .Stokesbary, and the assistant superintendents, Mr. Robert F. Gray, Mr. Charles Scanlon, and Dr. Elmer Ensz. ROBERT F. GRAY, CHARLES SCANLON, DR. ELMER ENSZ Assistant Superintendents ll

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of student recognition of its real purpose. MRS. ELIZABETH LUTTRELL Girls' Vice-Principal The most unfounded conception of many disillu- sioned individuals is that the Boys' Vice-Principal serves only as the personification of a warden who administers austere punishment to law violators. Indeed, in work not seen by students, the Boys' Vice-Principal of AHS, Mr. Miller, is quite the oppo- site of a dispatcher of unfair penalties to angelic transgressors. The correction associated with this office is not something which is militant and unreasonable in nature, but rather understanding and patient. Dis- cipline involved in the Boys' Vice-Principal's office is requisite for fairness to all persons concerned and is not given in the form of floggings, as may be implied by the misguided. ln other words, ev- eryone gets a fair shake. Symbolizing the efforts of his office, Mr. Miller is also the advisor to the Boys' Federation, the male representative body of AHS. Here he works behind the scenes to promote activities to solicit the inde- pendent mind of a boy. Paralleling this work in activities of boys is his iob as general overseer of the male club functions authorized on campus. New to the iob of Girls' Vice-Principal this year, Mrs. Elizabeth Luttrell began with high hopes of success. Her main concern is to deal with each girl as a person, as an individual. She considers her iob three-fold: ln student activities she helps to develop student lead- ership by acting as advisor for the Commission, Pep Squad, Club Council, Girls' League, and the AFS program. A few of the girls at AHS have personal problems and are in need of advice. Mrs. Luttrell is always there to be an understanding listener and to help when help is needed. Then there are those that create problems. These girls are not only in need of advice on how to solve the prob- lems that they create, but they receive it whether they want it or not. Most of the girls at AHS are never seen or known by Mrs .Luttrell in her office, but she says that she is inter- ested in each one. In her new iob as Girls' VicePrincipal, Mrs. Luttrell says that she is learning every day. With these new and in- teresting situations that can be solved, Mrs. LuttrelI's duty becomes apparent, and satisfaction is gained when some- one expresses that it is a iob well done. MR. CLAUDE L. MILLER Boys' Vice-Principal 13