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

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BILLYE ADAMS Billye Adams, who is Dean of Girls, helps solve girls' prob- lems and supervises all their school activities. Mrs. Adams has been inside A. V. for twolve years. The first eight years she taught many different subjects. For sev- eral years preceding the timo she was Dean of Girls, she was Freshman Guidance Counselor. During this time she was given the Delta Kappa Gamma award for outstanding work in teaching. Because she is an active member in state and local pro- fessional associations, one of her hobbies is reading and keeping up on current events. Also, she enjoys lake fishing with her daughter, Nancy, a student in A. V. Hi. ',A 11 ALBERT LO BUONO Arriving at A. V. the day after Pearl Harbor, De- cember 8, 1941, Albert Lo Buono taught classes in typing, business English and sales advertising for two years. He left to work with the Red Cross in 1943 and after three years of that work, two of which were spent overseas, he returned to A. V. Since then, Mr. Lo Buono has been working in the business office taking charge of activities there, purchasing supplies for the school and student body and keeping accounts for the student body organi- zations. Billy Adams Jack Landrum JACK LANDRUM Jack Landrum is counselor and adviser for tho boys. He is sometimes given the name of disciplinarian because he corrects the wrong-doings of students. He came hero five years ago as a full time gym coach. His third year here, he became senior social problems teach- er and coach for the gym team. Jack Landrum, as a college student, was a member of the gym team at the University of Colorado. During the war he was an Army aviation pilot and instructor. The Landrums live in Lancaster. Although his three-year- old daughter, Cathy, keeps him pretty busy, along with his job he finds time to do some modeling and sculpturing with clay. On Tuesday nights he sponsors and coaches the gym team.

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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

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ROY R. MARYOTT Roy Maryott. Vice-Principal of A. V., is in charge of all student activities; this includes being sponsor of the Board of Control, Student Court, and one of the sponsors of the Inter-School Council. This was Mr. Maryott's ninth year inside A. V. Hi. During his first two years he taught a great variety of subjects. His third year he worked part time in the office, and for the next five years was Dean of Boys. At Pomona Junior College, he was class saluta- torian, and at La Verne College he played football and graduated Cum Laude. One of his hobbies is taking color slides of his wife, Dorothy, and two young daughters Patty, and Sharyl. Another of his hobbies is raising homing or racing pigeons. Roy Maryott i Tflcnct idactt Om GUIDANCE COUNSELORS Guidance includes those services designed to assist the student in solving his problems, adjusting to his environment and maturing, according to freshman counselor, Bruce Grant. Striving toward fulfilling this aim, counselors Billyo Adams. Jamos Churchill, Josephine Dart, Bruce Grant, Eugeno Hamilton and Jack Landrum had a busy year. Mrs. Adams, Dean of Girls, and Mr. Landrum, Dean of Boys, had the jobs of student discipline, voctional guidance and program planning. Tests to determine mathematical and reading abilities, vocational aptitudes and personality traits were given to the freshmen. Freshman counselor, Mr. Grant, conducted these tests. Miss Dart kept the college prep students posted on necessary information concerning colleges, cred- its, end choice of subjects. Mr. Hamilton, vocational counselor and senior social problems teacher, helped the seniors decide their life vocation by giving interest tests. By recognizing problems that might develop after graduation, he helped the students prepare to meet any such difficulty. Mr. Churchill, truant officer, did much in finding the reasons for truancy and tried to help correct them. L ft to right: E. Hamilton, B. Grant, J. Churchill, J. Landrum, J. Dart, B. Adami