Basic High School - El Lobo Yearbook (Henderson, NV)

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Leland B. Newcomer Chester T. Sewell Superintendent President Clare W. Woodbury Helen C. Cannon Walter A. McCall Eloise V. Blue Dell H. Robison George W. Wilkinson Budgets and Program Planning ccupy School Board Time The School Board of Trustees, as the governing body, formulates the policies of the school district. The Board welcomes teachers, parents, and the gen- eral public to its meetings because attendance shows a continuing community interest in ten public schools. Members of the audience are encouraged to ex- press their views concerning the matters under dis- cussion. However, rules and regulations have been established because of limited time. The Board meets regularly on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 8:00 in the Board Room of the Clark County School District Education Center to discuss all business that requires immediate action. Special meetings are called by the President when pressing business is at hand, or upon written request of three of the Board Members. All the members of the School Board are deeply interested in the welfare of the students in the Clark County School District. They are persons of varied occupations, from housewife to doctor, but every one of them has spent much time working with youth. They are concerned with making our school district most efficient so that we as students can obtain the best possible education.

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,aff Lyle Burkholder, area administrator, and his secretary, Carol Fuller, work together to plan the policies of the Clark County School District. To the Class of '66 ince the beginning of his time on this earth, man has applied his intelligence to the unraveling of the riddles of his environment. The sum total of his achievement to this day we term as Knowledge. It has been learned that by applying this Knowledge, more rapid progress can be made in discovering the answers to the riddles yet unsolved. The process by which each human being gains an understanding of this Knowl- edge is termed Learning. People who achieve a sig- niticantly high degree of mastery in the understanding of certain aspects of this Knowledge try to help others to learn, these people we address as teachers. This teaching-learning process is a matter of yes- terday and today. Of all the riddles of his environ- ment, none is more fascinating, challenging and in- triguing than the riddle of Tomorrow-that STEP IN THE FUTURE. Little has been added to the Knowledge of tomor- row since the dawn of the first day. What little has been learned is frightening. Let us take a STEP IN THE FUTURE! What Knowledge we have of tomorrow seems to tell us that certain forces in our world are catapult- ing cataclysmically toward vigorous inexorable con- ditions that would be intolerable to the continued existence of man. Growth in our population is out- running our ability to produce food, two-thirds of all people do not have enough to eat! A thermo nuclear war can destroy our world! Our natural resources, cool, oil, minerals and even water will be totally de- pletedp air pollution poses a threat for human an- nihilation. Death on the highways and in the air dooms a maior portion of our population! Juvenile delinquen- cyp the deterioration of family, life, degeneration of law and order: racial hatreds uncontrolled, these are the riddles of A STEP IN THE FUTURE. But what of hope for tomorrow? Complete mastery of disease? Routine travel to the moon, planets and even other galaxies? Less time required for work and more time for learning and relaxation? More of the good things of life for every human being? Yes, A STEP IN THE FUTURE can be thrillingly beautiful. It is yours for your labor. Lyal W. Burkholder Director Area Zone Schools

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Q .g K nowrwww I : 1, -wa Good Luck Class of '66 Basic High School Pacific Avenue Henderson, Nevada 89015 October 12, 1965 To The Class of 1966: The future is tomorrow-but, tomorrow becomes to- day--and, today becomes yesterday. l hope that each one of you is acutely aware that you are not living in a static society. Even though each future still has its foundation in the present and the past, today's time dimension-when related to changing events-is very brief. One cannot indulge in lengthy procrastination in his pursuit of a bright future, if he does, the gap between what was and what is becomes insurmountable. One of the most common forms of procrastination is the substitution of wishful thinking for positive action. This is perhaps the most effective way of assuring that your future will be your dead past. Except for acts of God or nature, events don't just happen. They are most often the results of either deliberate actions or the failure to take deliberate actions. Please don't let this graduation be your first and last step into the future. Rather, let it be the first of many well-planned and well-timed steps, then l know you will achieve the bright future each one of you deserves. Respectfully yours, UVWQ. John A. Dooley, Principal