Alhambra High School - Alhambran Yearbook (Alhambra, CA)

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ALTHOUGH many people claim that a small high school is better than a large one, I believe that A.H.S., in its present size, is better as well as bigger than ever before. Because of our large enrollment we are able to have an enriched curriculum that would be impossible in a small school. Many subjects now given to well-filled classes would not be possible in a school of a thousand or less. Student body affairs are operated more efficiently and with better financial re- turns than in a small school. There is a more satisfactory type of student body morale where the feeling exists that the members of the student body belong to a big school. In athletics we can com- pete with the biggest and best schools on equal terms. I congratulate A.H.S. upon her growth as well as upon her scholastic and athletic achieveinents and am confidently expecting a bigger and better A.H.S. for next year. Forrest V. Routt To the Student Body: Alhaynbra High School has had a splen- did and successful year in all lines of wor . We have all been happy over our various achievements along scholastic, athletic, and social lines. However, victories do not come unless the right ind of spirit and ideals are found in all of the members of the student body so as, to ma e a perfect whole. My best wishes go with each Sen- ior on graduation day and are extended to each student returning in the fall, that it may indeed be true for each one from wor now accomplished, or to be accom- plished, that Today ..well-lived ma es yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Effine p. Blount. To the Students of A.H.S. : This past year has been one of adjust- ments made necessary by many problems which arose out of our over-crowded con- ditions. Conditions have not been ideal for conducting the activities of a large high school such as ours, but the students have met these problems as best they could. It has been a distinct privilege for me to be associated rather intimately with the Student Body of A.H.S. In my rela- tionship with the boys, I have observed a spirit of loyalty, cooperation, and com- radeship, which has created a very pleas- ant environment in which to wor . H. M. Werre. Eighteen

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George E. Bettinger To the Stucient Body: Statistics may be dry and uninteresting, but a reading of the statistics of school enrollment as issued by the State Department of Education shows that there are but sixteen senior high schools in the State of California which nw merically are larger than Alhambra High School. How- ever, mere size does not necessarily produce quality. Too often the rapid growth of an organization has meant its ultimate downfall or sin ing to mediocrity because the organization and the personnel could not eep up with the physical growth. We have had a phenomenal growth during the past four years in numbers en- rolled, in variety of new courses offered, in new organizatio-)is within the school, and in cthletic success. A student body became of its size becoming indifferent to any of these features will cause the school to fall into a second rate position. The big job lying ahead of the members of the student body of the Alhambra City High School is to realize that the welfare of the school rests in their eeping, that its progress rests in their eeping, and that its reputation rests in their eeping. May there never he anyone leave us who has not been proud to have contributed to the progress of the Alhambra City High Schooi. George E. Bettinger, Principal. Seventeen

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OFFICE FORCES OFTENTIMES we do not realize the importance of the office workers. They are always willing and glad to help the students. During the absence of the head officers the assistants take their places and carry on the work in the same amnner. Most of the students of Alhambra High School are familiar with the office forces and wish to express their appreciation for what they have done. The office forces are as following: Girls ' Vice-Principdi Secretary Boys ' Vice-Principal Secretary Attendance Office Registrar ' s Office Superintendent s Office Part Time Office .... Telephone Office 7 ' iineteen