Hollywood High School - Poinsettia Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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MISS IDA BROOKS Before a student can take up his scholastic residence in Hollywood High School, he has to register and make arrangements for the pursuance of his chosen course. Thus one of the first persons a student encounters in en- tering the school is Miss Brooks who serves as Registrar. Miss Brooks is a very busy person and consequently an infinitely important fac- tor to the smooth functioning of the school. Despite the fact that hundreds of new stu- dents enter each year after transferring from a high school they formerly attended, Miss Brooks keeps on file their former scholastic achievements as well as a complete record of every student's scholastic efforts at Hollywood High School. Whenever a student desires to participate in a particular activity, his eligibil- ity must be ascertained from his average grade level as well as his personality. Such an in- vestigation is conducted with the greatest of ease since up-to-date records are so available. On the whole, all Miss Brook's efforts are in direct connection with the students them- selves. She checks on their record at the time of entrance, and she directs the work of the attendance office, wherein absence, tardiness, 41 When the student himself superseded, in importance, the subject matter taught him, counseling became a living part of the school program of Hollywood High School. It re- quired a long time for educators to realize and put into actual effect their discovery that bril- Iiance may be of no avail to a student if he lacks proper guidance. What that guidance should be has been equally difficult to deter- mine. Over a period of fifteen years many phases of counseling have been employed. Now Mr. Henry performs research to enable him to provide for the guidance of every stu- dent. ' This past year he has felt a pleasant glow of satisfaction upon reflecting the results of his efforts. Under his direction individual and group conferences with pupils who need guidance have proved to be of great value. Physical, spiritual, social, and educational maladjustments can be corrected, and this problem Mr. Henry attempts to solve by studying student failures and their causes and methods of correction. He arranged for adjustment to the courses and subjects best MR. GLEN HENRY -ll IDA MAY BROOKS, REGISTRAR A very busy person . . . important to the school and all irregularities in attendance are regu- lated. Twice this last year Miss Brooks was greet- ed with the same arduous task. In june she was faced with the records of five hundred students, all to be carefully checked for cred- its. No one can graduate without having earned a certain number of grade credits and each student's report requires close scrutiny, research, and guidance. Observation of the busy efficiency of Miss Brooks attending to an absence excuse or checking credits with an anxious Senior facili- tates a perspective view of the importance at- tached to her work. all adapted to individual needs, interest, and capabilities of the students. New 9A pupils come under this catagory also, and when they enter Hollywood High School the counsellor provides for their social and educational ad- justment to a new school. , The counsellor now arranges for standard- ized psychological tests of every pupil, and interprets and records test data, in order that it may be available for analysis. Maintenance of files of personnel information concerning all pupils has been of value in determining so- lutions to general problems, and in enabling adjustment of many varied individual prob- lems. GLEN W. HENRY, COUNSELOR Performs research to enable him to provide guidance W ,

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RALPH E. WINCHESTER, VICE-PRINCIPAL Unremonstratingly explains with greatest tact. He confers with boys needing help, jobs, advice, frequently business men of Hollywood decide to employ young men who must earn their way in order to attend school, and Mr. Winchester does his utmost to direct these opportunities most propitiously. He decides who are eligible for athletic participation and officiates at athletic contests. Since its inaug- uration Mr. Winchester has directed the activ- ity of the Federal Youth Administration for Hollywood High School. Due to the ever in- creasing tendency of high schools to prepare students for their adjustment to life subse- quent to school days, l-lollywoodis Boys' Vice- principal has concentrated more this year than I+ With her customary calm efficiency, Mary Ann Tucker quietly solves some of the major problems of Hollywood High School. From the first moment a girl enters the school, she feels the influence of Miss Tucker, who acts in the capacity of Girls' Vice-principal. When lOB girls, inexperienced in high school customs, find themselves confronting insurmountable obstacles in adjusting themselves, Miss Tuck- er advises them in her kindly manner and augments the effectiveness of her advice by ta-king a personal interest in the individual student. Some girls have the innate ability to be leaders, to accomplish high goals in various activities. More than a few such girls have a MARY ANN TUCKER, VICE-PRINCIPAL taking a personal interest in the individual student. X i..i!K HlU'1.l --- '- lt- MR. RALPH WINCHESTER ever before in providing for the guidance of students into their most suitable vocational fields. Unfortunately, certain misunderstandings inevitably arise concerning misdemeanors of students, and the Boys' Vice-Principal is obliged to accord punishment in such cases. When fond parents subsequently demand Why?'l Mr. Winchester must unremonstrat- ingly explain with greatest tact. Thus much of the cooperation between community and school is directed and augmented by the man who directs the activities and demeanor of the boys in the student body. Also among Mr. Winchester's duties is the calling of a special roll call which is used as a medium of contact between the administra- tion and the student body to impart important information and to take care of routine busi- ness. Seldom is the public cognizant of the vitally important work done by those who are behind the scenes. Such is the case of Ralph Winchester. Every day this year students have heard the daily bulletin read in their fourth period classes and have taken it as a matter of course, but how many know that Mr. Winchester edits this important paper? li' soft spot in their hearts for the woman who helped to guide their efforts into propitious channels. Her efforts, however, are not confined to individual consultation, for she supervises the activities and interests of the Girls' League. Miss Tucker has asked various members of the faculty for their kind assistance with special committees and divisions of the Girls' League, but she never has relinquished her fond capac- ity of godmother to the League. Students are accustomed to think of Miss Tucker as a supervisor of girls, but one of her most difficult tasks, despite its inconspicuous- ness, has little relevance to guiding the girls of Hollywood. Twice this last year, prior to the beginning of each new semester, Miss Tucker has taken painstaking care to provide a program of the curriculum for the benefit of Hollywood High School. The intricacy of the task is easily imagined, but even more ap- parentito students is the definite and vital need which their program meets. MISS MARY ANN TUCKER

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ENGLISH Since English is a compulsory subject, all students must take it for three years. The English courses aim to help the students ac- complish three things: first, to learn to speak effectively in public, second, to learn to write correctly and interestingly, third, to know good books and to read them with understanding ENGLISH and pleasure. This year most of the classes mafia, Ff'2iSer'HL,2RE2 fE1lq'f5S.RfgfigfibnlgIAlS1fiOVf3fUnAfjxS:i have emphasized the problems of today and have centered their reading Sgirng, MrMThErpe, nAissrhEdCyva'5ds, Mas VXAebber, Miss and discussion in our own times. as ers, r. usse . Blick' ow. r. cLeod, Mr. EDI-I-H GRUNDY, head A R T The art students in Hollywood High School have finer opportunities than most of them can realize. ln the matter of equipment alone, they would not find such workrooms and other facilities in many of the great art schools of Europe. As to the art faculty, all have regrett- ed the absence of its head, Mrs. Ava Lee, on leave this year, but the department has been most fortunate in her substitute, Miss Mary Evans. The work offered in the life and commer- cial art classes is preparing many for profes- sional careers, and the classes in stage art and clay modeling have brought out some decided talent in students who are well on the way to professional achievements in their chosen fields. ELIZABETH WAGOONER, acting head HOME ECONOMICS Front Row: Mrs. Provan, Miss Van Arsdale. Second Row: Miss St Clair, Miss Lyons, Miss Graham, head, Mrs. Brenk. ART Left to right: Miss Evans, Miss Waggoner, acting head, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Stahmer. HOME ECONOMICS During the past few years there has been a steady increase in the num- ber of students enrolled in the Home Economics Department. Realizing more and more that home economics has become not so much a body of subject 'matter as a way of living, the young person has found it to be a most vital curricular offering. New courses in personal development, boys' foods, and boys' first aid, all reflect the keen interest both men and women everywhere are showing towards health and a more complete and well rounded development of personality. Other courses in home management, millinery, foods, clothing, dietetics, and nursing all pro- vide training in the practical phases and a wise use of leisure time. OERTRUDE D. GRAHAM, head