Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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book store, the candy store, the cafeteria, the moving picture machine, and athletics. The class organizations, Girls’ League, Scholarship Society, Junior Lions, Junior Aggies, and numerous departmental clubs are included in the list of student body activities. The value of these various activities is evident in the citizenship training which the Madera students have received. The old detention system was replaced by the merit system. The curriculum has been completely reorganized by Mr. Teall, so that Madera now offers a variety of courses; and the music, agriculture. shop, home economics, commercial and dramatics departments have been greatly enlarged. In 1918, the school plant consisted of the main building, exclusive of the auditorium wing, and of the annex, exclusive of the shop wing. Three square blocks have been added to the one square block belonging to the district at that time. Building additions include the auditorium and the rooms above it, the machine shop wing, the gymnasium, the agriculture and music buildings, and the bus garage which is now under construction. When Mr. Teall came, the present library room was the auditorium; there was no treasurer’s office, no girls’ rest room; the stairs leading to the second floor were narrow and single; and the shop was located in the present cafeteria room. ‘The athletic field, bleachers, and fence around the field are all very recent im- prov pee sponsored partly by the Trustees and partly by the student body. Other improvements include the reconstruction of the main office ee the installation of the inter-communicating telephone system. During the past year, Mr. Teall’s project as superintendent of the city schools has been to correlate the grammar and high school systems, and he has the plan of reorganization well under way. A former student of the Madera High School has described Mr. Teall thus: “He has a pleasing face, with eyes that twinkle as they unknowingly tell of his keen sense of humor. These same eyes, how- ever, are capable of adding sternness to his looks when he becomes angry. His medium brown hair has a bit of curl to it that prevents if from staying close to his head. He possesses what often seems lack- ing to one of his position—human understanding. He is willing to give a student a chance if he sees that the youth will use the chance rightly. I’m sure we cannot accuse this man of being hard or unfair, He is just an average man, so he has his faults; but we think of him as a good fellow, worthy of much respeet

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OURKPRINGISAT An Appreciation, by the Class of 1927 Mr. Robert J. Teall came to Madera in Sep tember, 1918, succeed- ing Mr. F. O. Mower as principal of the high school. In the fall of 1926, he also became City Superintendent of Schools. During this time he has been an active member of the conn the Lions’ Service Club, the Masonic Lodge, the the Chamber of Commerce, and responding wi upon his time and services. Ividences of the growth of the school duri are the increase in its teaching staff from 12 unity, taking part in Presbyterian Church, lingly to all demands 1g the past nine years o 22, the increase in the total enrollment of students from 177 to 478, and the increase 11 busses from 2 to 10. Before Mr. Teall came to Madera, the s udent body activities were limited to student body meetings and an occasional literary or musical program. Now the student body enterprises consist of the

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