Acalanes High School - Aklan Yearbook (Lafayette, CA)

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We are now compleTing The TwelTTh year of our exisTence. During These Twelve years The sTuolenTs aT Acalanes have seT high sTandards in many Tields of endeavor. Good academic achievement fine sporTs4 manship and an accepTance of The responsibiliTies of ciTizenship have been aTTribuTes common To all Dons and Donnas. These qualiTies have become an inTegral parT of our school-conTribuTing To iTs growTh and development From a small, young upsTarT, Aca- lanes has grown inTo an excellenT school now widely PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE STANLEY WALGREN Principal known and acclaimed. Acalanes has earned This en- viable repuTaTion Through The efTorTs of a hard-worlo ing sTudenT body and TaculTy. Now our TwelfTh class is abouT To leave us. leaving behind iT a Tine record Tor fuTure classes To emulaTe. We who are sTill here, and Those who have already gone on To greaTer Things, wish The members oT The class oT 1952 all success in Their TuTure acTiviTies. We are conTidenT They will uphold our highesl' TradiTions and ideals Through life. LILY LAHTI Dean of Girls DAVID B. STEWART Dean of Boys

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NEIL M. PARSONS ROSS REAGAN GEORGE HOUGHTON District Superintendent Business Administrator Director of Adult Education ADMINISTRATION This year Acalanes has a new principal, Stanley Walgren. The past principal and district superintendent, Neil Parsons, now concentrates solely on his duties as district superintendent. With the ever-increasing enrollment, new instructional classes have been created in order to tultill better the needs ot the students. An important group which very capably serves Acalanes is the Board ot Trustees. The members are professional and business men who generously give up their time to help make Acalanes an even better school. BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILLIAM B. FREEMAN President JOHN F, CHADDOCK Former President DR. RALPH C. HALL Former President CARL NEWBU RY Former President M. H. STANLEY Former President Clerk of Board

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GUIDANCE Guidance is a very imporlanl' facfor a+ Acalanes, and each sIuden'r is Ihe definife responsibilify of a counselor. These counselors help Iheir s'I'udenI's in Facing and solving various problems during high school life. Under 'rhe direclion of William Ross. Ihe slallf carries ou'r Hs plan of aiding s+udenIs wi'rh high school problems and pre- paring +hem For fulure work. Apfifude, achievement and LQ. 'IesI's are given in order Io find and develop abililies. A personal inI'eresI' is Iaken in each s'I'uden'r and periodically he is called Io 'Ihe counseling office for a conference wiI'h his own counselor. Seniors are given parlicular a+'I'en+ion because Ihey will soon be graduafing. The sfaff mainfains unlimi+ed informa- Iion on colleges, scholarships, and ofher knowledge necessary for 'rhe making of fulure plans. This year Dean Dambacher sfarfed an employmenl' bureau for Acalanes s+uden+s. A survey was Iaken during Ocfober and 60 per cenl' of The pupils wanfed 'ro work eifher affer school, on week nigh+s, or on Salurday. Employers around 'Ihe area were con+ac+ed and Iold Ihaf sfudenl' help would be avsilalole. This new deparfmenf aids many pupils who desire io s. GERTRU DE BARTLEY Counselor VERA RICHARDSON Counselor WILLIAM ROSS Director of Guidance DEAN DAMBACHER Counselor JAMES WILHELM Counselor ALEXANDER WINCHESTER Counselor