Antelope Valley High School - Yucca Yearbook (Lancaster, CA)

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E. W. Martin Gus P. Eliopulos W. E. Moor Gaorqa F. McNamaa Wallaea Ward TM a and itt 4. V. i4i PRINCIPAL Page 8 BOARD OF TRUSTEES The task of converting tax revenue into educational worth falls under the direction of a five man Board of Trustees. Members of this board are: president, Wallace Ward, prominent Lancaster businessman; clerk, E. W. Martin, Lit- tlerock fruitgrower; and associate members, W. E. Moore, Eastside rancher; Gus P. Eliopulos, Westside rancher; and George F. McNamce, Rosamond, manager of the Burton Brothers Mines. The ever increasing student enrollment, the spiraling costs and the long needed building program caused these men to work many hours without pay in the difficult task of successfully directing public education inside A.V. Hi.

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catcC Review ie Phyllis Martz. Editor; Allan Rittar. Assistant Editor; Bob Cabla, Business Manager; Tom Duncan, Assistant Business Manager. Loren Acker, Bill Albright, Josephine Bock. Nira Freeman, Stella Henawalt. Frances Kelpekoff. Martha Richmond, Elaine Schneider. Jackie Seaton, John Smith, Peggy Steller, Joan Stivers, Betty Valdez. Gwen Van Biene, Dolores Waldrip, John Williamson, Jay Wurzburger.

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ROY A. KNAPP Roy A. Knapp, District Superintendent, acts as chief executive officer under the Trustees of the high school district. He is responsible fo.' carrying out the policies of the Trustees through the school Principals, Walter Dingus of Lancaster, O. L. Jones of Randsburg, and A. H. Yager of the California Vocational Institution. He directs the educational program of the district. He analyzes personnel re- quirements, supervises school finance, and recom- mends necessary building repairs and expansion. Mr. Knapp taught physics at A. V. one semester becoming Principal in 1934. For 13 years he served in the threefold capacity of Superintendent, Prin- cipal and Business Manager of the high school dis- trict. Since 1947 he has devoted full-time to the position of District Superintendent. During World War I, Mr. Knapp served in the U. S. Navy, including one year in European waters. During recent years he has taken many trips to Sac- ramento to promote special legislation for improv- ing school finance in rural areas. There are four in the Knapp family, Mr. and Mrs. Knapp and their two sons, Ronald, an aeronautical engineer now at Muroc, and Richard, a senior at A. V. Mr. Knapp's hobbies, when time permits, are color photography, fishing, and mountain hiking. Roy A. Knapp Walter Dingus WALTER DINGUS Walter Dingus, high school principal and director of the junior college, is responsible for the curriculum, student affairs, and the faculty. Mr. Dingus spent seven years teaching social science and coaching football and track at Fort Scott Kansas Junior College. The last semester of 1946 he served as principal and director of the college, and came to A. V. in the fall of 1946. His first year at A. V. was spent as director of the Junior Colleqe. This spring will mark the end of his fifth year at A. V. While a student in college, Mr. Dingus was a four-year letterman winning letters in football, basketball, and track. He was in the Navy durinq World War II and served overseas in the Philippine and Oki- nawa areas. There are three in the Dingus family, Mr. and Mrs. Dingus and their small son Larry. Page 9