Fairfax High School - Colonial Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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many organizations which do valuable advertisf ing work for the school. Another department of the school is also ad' ministered by an artist. Coach Hugh Welsh of the Boys' Physical Education department exhihf its his artistic abilities in many ways, principally by the homefdrawn sketch of the symbols of the various fields of athletic endeavor which hangs in his ofhce. This department offers two alterf nate courses for the students to pursue. The newcomer to Fairfax may choose to enroll in the Gymnasium classes or the R.O.T.C. unit. The Gym classes are naturally devoted to outdoor exf ercises and sports. The R.O.T.C. is nominally under the head of this department, hut is actual' ly semifindependent with Major Sliney at its head. This unit is under the supervision of the United States Army and tends more toward dis- cipline and army tactics. Alrr DEPARTRIENT Odgzird. Donaldson, Paxton Kun-vers. VV1LL PAXTON l'lUGIl VVELSH lrt Depa1'tm0'rlt Boys' Physical Education Head Department Head Boys' PHYSICAL , EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Back Row: Rynearson, Welsh, Bowen, Lloyd. Front Row: Pylon, Timme, Shaffer, Sliney. 12 l l

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has so competently occupied, Girls' VicefPrinf cipal at Fairfax. During the first semester of 1925 it was deemed necessary to import a second vicefprincif pal to take charge of the boys' affairs of the school. To thus complete the executive departi ment at Fairfax was chosen Dewit S. Swan. Although born in the southern tip of Illinois, Mr. Swan's education was gathered chiefly from schools of Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver and proceeded into the teaching profession in that city. In 1912 Mr. Swan moved to Los Angeles. Here he proceeded to the Los Angeles High School where he taught mathematics and astronomy. It was from that position that he was transferred to Fairfax to take up his valuable work as Boys' VicefPrincif pal. Thus we have examined the members of the executive staff. The next link in the chain of eflicient management of the school is the office staff. The enormous task of keeping the records of such large institutions clear and unentangled is accomplished by a small staff of eight persons. As well as the clerical work, members of this group operate the library, attendance oliice, clerks' office, and counselor's office, and discharge secretarial duties for the principal. Next in the system of school management comes the faculty.. Each subject and teacher is grouped into a department of like classes. Each department has a department head or chairman, who is responsible for that division. The wisdom of this segregation of departments may best be understood by an examination of the far differ' Qld' Dawrrr S. SWAN Boys' Vice-Principal . . . completes the executive department at Fairfax. ent problems and activities of each department in our rapidly growing school. In accompaniment with the growth of the en' tire school, the Art department, presided over by Coach Will Paxton, artist and poet, has ex' perienced a corresponding increase in enrollment during the past year. This department gives its students opportunities to enter two poster conf tests the year, the Community Chest contest, held during the fall, and the Easter Sunrise Service contest, held during the spring. It also sponsors Vicefprincipal D. S. Swan takes a few minutes to explain the shield of the Colonial Knights, an organization which he sponsors. Then it is back to work as Mr. Swan goes to bat with the telephone, with Mr. Gooden' ough on deck. 11

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I 41...- COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Back Row: Davenport, Ran- dell, Meyers, Backer. Front Row: Joy, Colville, Keyes. H. O. BACKER H. L. Gonnaim Commercial Department English Depmtment Head Head Proving itself to be one of the most progresf sive parts of the school, the Commercial depart' ment, presided over in a shipfshape manner by an exfnavy man, H. O. Backer, has many new courses and new methods in old courses to offer. All trends now point toward practicalism in the new courses. A new course in Consumers Eco' nomics does its part to make Fairfax graduates more conversant with the problems of everyday buying. A new typing class for Seniors now off fers a practical course which endeavors to teach those fundamentals which are necessary for perf sonal and collegiate use. Two experimental Senf ior classes in bookkeeping have been taught. One class has had bookkeeping in the tenth grade and the other is studying the subject for the first time. The results of this test will show whether tenth grade students receive enough knowledge from the course to justify its continuance. ENGLIS H DEPARTMENT 1 Back Row: Szekler, Baxter, Sawyer, Garton, Stromber- ger, Goddard, Donavan, Hal- gren, Morrison, Prichartt, Heath, Frofnt Row: Ray, Davis, Mills, Newby, Lickel. ,Q