Acalanes High School - Aklan Yearbook (Lafayette, CA)

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faculty, The Acalanes Union High School is made up of instructors, all proficient in their respective fields. Many cf our instructors were members of honorary and professional societies while they were studying at colleqe. The instructors at Acalanes are regarded by their students as friends rather than as mere teachers Several members of the Faculty are now in the service of their country in the Army and Navy. Instructors who have joined in the active fight for freedom are: Miss Veronica C. Cowan Mr. Iohn S. Hopkins Mr. Erwin W. Mattson Mr. Martin O. Rahout Mr. Leland S. Russell hhchael Monaco Margaret Nicholson Rose Ambrose Lafferfy Kathrnne McCulley Helene Carre Cnarles Eaton Vera Richardson Sara Woodyard T Stanley Warburton Helen Williamson Thomas Murney Veronica Cowan Henry Knight Elmo Heard Marne Merkel Mnlllcenl Hamburger Stanley Walqren Betsy Pembroke Frank Trlena YN

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C I I A Mr. T. Stanley Warburton, Principal and District Superintendent, has carried Acalanes through another successful school year despite the many difficulties and inconveniences of war. One problem was the securing of school supplies, which were obtainable in diminishing quantities and which required war-time priorities. An interesting and unprecedented feature was added this year to the school calendar. lt gave students an opportunity to see and understand the operation of the school from points of view other than that of students. For a full day during Public Schools' Week, students assumed entire responsibility, they acted as members of the Board of Trustees, District Superintendent, Boys' and Girls' Coun- selors, School Secretary, and instructors. Showing full faith in the future expansion of Acalanes, the Board of Trustees authorized the pur- 1. STANLEY wARsuRroN I Principal and District Superintendent chase of 9.06 acres of land to be acquired in a space roP ROW: Gilbert Bauer, Mr. cloyse summers, Deuvall of three years. This land, north of the school, will be sorrow Row: Mr. Joe aogqso, Mr. Manuel Velazq I I Mr. Gilbert Baker used for school buildings. Mr. loseph E. Lawrence, Chairman of the Board, resigned and was succeeded as chairman by Mr. Iohn F. Chaddock. Other present members of the Board are: Mr. Warren Harrold, Mr. Melvin S. lacobus, Mr. M. H. Stanley, Mr. Carl Newbury. MISS PHYLUS PETERSEN School Secretary

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lf only aged Mount Diablo could break its silence and tell us of the romance and pageantry it has seen, we should know much more of our land's glorious past. The aged mountain would tell us of the land's earliest known inhabitants, the ln- dians. They lived in small villages called rancherias and roamed the hills and valleys for food since they did not know the art of planting and growing. Because of the mild climate, they wore very little clothing, the men went naked and the women wore small skirts of grass or deerskin. Their chief pleasures were singing and dancing: these played an important part in their religion. The men, wearing headdresses, danced while the Women, swaying their bodies, kept time. Now, large piles of sea shells, in which many old relics have been found, are the only traces left by these Indians, who moved into the wilderness soon after the Spaniards entered the area.