Anderson Union High School - Aurora Yearbook (Anderson, CA)

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and chemistry laboratories, a commercial room, an assembly hall and a gymna- sium. The advantages of such a structure are obvious. The Rio Yista joint Lfnion High School tsee illustration page sevenl, with an enrollment of fifty-seven, enjoys a building which cost 5l349,000, not including architects fees, furnace and other expenses. Among several desir- able features, there is an assembly hall with a seating capacity of 400 and six class-rooms. The bonds for Dixons 360,000 structure were defeated the first time, but by dint of perseverance, carried later. Although the school includes nine grammar districts, the enrollment is but ninety-two. ' Here are offered courses in the classics, sciences, commerce and home economics. The need for newer and better accommodations was so strongly felt at Fair Oaks that no campaign was necessary to secure the bonds for the San Juan Union High School, although the tax-rate was very high, sixty-six cents per one hundred dollars. The San juan Union High School has live teach- ers now and an enrollment of ninety-four, but foresight has been used to the extent of engaging seven teachers for the coming school year, anticipating an increased attendance. XVith the increased faculty and capacity. there have been planned thorough literary, scientihc, domestic, and commercial courses. with a view to meeting the needs of the pupils of the community. The principle involved is that the school is a community institution and should serve the community educationally and socially in every way possible. Besides the evident advantage of the convenience, the pupil gains interest through the fresh, pleasant attractiveness of his surroundings. XVe cannot deny the inHuence of environment, especially on the mind of the young student. X1Vithout doubt, there would be fewer students leaving school in the middle of the term and more new ones entering, it the surroundings were more alluring. ln a Hne, new building, our attendance would be doubled in a year. ls anything but the best good enough for your own boys and girls, and those of your friends,-Oh, ye taxpayers? Do not the present conditions make a mute appeal for something better? Are you going to allow your neighbor counties to call you unprogressive? We leave you to draw your own conclusions. Tlrlli F:XCUlfl'Y. Sunset in Anhvrznit By l:R.fXNClSS M. -lnssex, '16 The golden sun has almost reached his goal, He quickly drops to rest behind the hills, Hut Hings the glory of his march from pole To pole. ,The Heecy clouds in rolls and rills Are brightened mystically with every shade: I look once more, the fairy scene has passed And streaks and veins of gold are deftly laid ln royal clouds of purple hue, all massed: Then night engulfs all but the joy on mem'ry cast. Six

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l i l . l PATTERSON HIGH SCHOOL QBLII' P111 ihigh Svrhnnl Speaking of the high school-by the way-when are we going to have a new building? Often one hears this question propoundecl. Never does anyone ask if we need a new structure, but always when will it bel Two glances at the exterior and one glance at the interior will convince the most conservative that a change is imperative. With more and better apparatus, with desks and material more convenient,-in fact, with a modern building equipped with the usual accessories of a high school, Anderson Union lligh School could be at the head of the list of educational institutions of its kind. .lflliiciency should he our motto,-always. 'l'he grade of work done at present is as high as can be expected under the conditions. 'llhe Lfniversity examiner reports that our graduates will this year he permitted to enter the University without examination. But we can never hope to receive formal accrediting until we have the proper equipment. This leaves the graduates of the future in a somewhat pre- carious position, for a class with an unusually good record may be accredited whereas one slightly below the best may not. This is not true in schools with good equipment, which are on the regularly accredited list and have nothing to fear as long as a good average standard is maintained. ln numbers our school is larger than many others that are far better housed. Patterson lligh School, tsee illustration abovel for example, with fifty-one pupils and incidentally, six teachers, has a 350,000 building. The need for such a structure was felt by the whole community and the bonds were voted without any special campaign at all. There are now accommo- dations for cooking, sewing, drawing and manual training. There are physics Five

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Y ,, ,ww .- ,. O, . I RIO VISTA JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL