Buena Park High School - Los Coyotes Yearbook (Buena Park, CA)

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-O.PARK |: nn N.OH Qrri schoo, CHOQ| •..,??? Where These Es No VisSon... Schools Are Non • Existent. -Anon takes a special kind of VISION. Congratulations To The Buena Park Scliool Authorities 1 6 Celebration liSS BBy ' NEW BUENA CONTRACT OVER $1i MILLION FOR SC HOOL 5R0UND, BUILDINGS BY C. N. -DOC COOK The n w Buena Park High School hich Is now open with an enroll ' lent of around 500 Is ranked u alitomia ' B newest and finest high rhool, by Principal Richard H. pBUldjng. The 13 buildings and grounds present a contract of approxi- lalely $15 miUlonj awarded to emp Brothers and George K. hompcon in a joint venture bulM- g contract. Gre«t pride in the new school ii (prewed on all sides hy school strict officials. F iUerton Union igh School District haa a repw- ■tion for a high quality educa- onal proKT m. Superintendent T. lanley Warburton bellevea the fw (ac ' Jty will continue to turn It tfstJnguUhed graduates as adera in the nation , as the dU- ict has In the past. Kemp Brothers were awarded « constniction contract. They ive built nuny Southland schools td sine they formed their own ■npany in 1935 Kemp Brothers ive come to rank among the ma- r school builders in California )d periiaps in the nation. Since 1»U The two Kemp brother . Don and lyde grew up among contractors, heir father, J. A. Kemp came nwn from Canada in ' 1893 and arted in the business of building jildings. Don and Clyde were put I work at early ages. In 1935 ley formed their own company. Don Kemp appears regularly op le numerous joba that are contin- HUly underway. A registered vll engineer, he knowi the n»th- natlcs of conitructJon and of fin- wea w lch has enabled tht firm be low-Udder on many big Jobs. esc Inchide EU lUncho Hl lUfomlB High and the Ovlc •nt«r In WhitOer; Science Buiid- i. ruilprtpn JC; AdmlnUtralJon illdlng, Norwalk Stale Hoapltal, ' mg with scwral million doUara WW contracts. Kemp Brothers ive had building contracU up and wn the coast from Santa- Maria to San DIeKO. Proud of New mgh School The other day. as studmis «■ reglctering and faculty memb were seated at trmporary desks while finishing touches were being rushed on classroom buildings, Don Kemp was making one of his final inspections of ihe high school, How about this pride and en- thusiasm among school offlclaU? he was asked, Very complimentary, he re- plied In his usual quiet manner. Is this a masterpiece — they ill seem to think it ' s a master- piece T Don Kemp was thoughtful WtUlAm H. Harrison Is architect he said, and these are excellent plans. Let ' s take a walk around the grounds. Mr. Kemp the builder reflected some of the enthusiasm that had been expressed .often by school officials. As he spoke in the tech- nical terms of the engineer he poke of lasting qualities of the buildings, materials and structural members. Each new proleet offers challenge to the builder, he pointed out. But as to this school being a masterpiece — well lime would tell about that. With modc-rn methods, new rials and skilled workmen In all the several trades demanded In building this first unit of BueHa Park High, some few items in lis constniction are new. These were et up in the architects plans and specifications. To coordinate both arrival of materials and tfort to put them Into place takes experience, which in the jargon of the trade Is boiled doivn to know how . This, Don Kemp admitted his firm posaeased. S«or of ContraeU Uttle of the builders skiU shows after the work Is finlslied. he pointed out. Painters coer the walls, nwaowt cover the fi-ame- All of the retponalbility reals entirely on the contractor and this Includes the work done by more than two doien sub-contractors AnER THE FIRST GAME THE COYOTES WILL SAY- IT ' S THE BEST FLOOR IN THE LEAGUE Kemp Brothers had an average of fifty of their own employees on the job. The payroll went as higii as }10,000 a week. This includod all of the carpenter work, the grad inj of the site and all the curbing and gutters. During this stroU about the grounds and through the building the prc-cast reinforced concrete walls were pointed out as being built to last. The partilions that divide the class rooms can be knocked out. Should time come when the school will serve a dif- ferent purpose, no noed to cleur the site for a new building, Knuck out some walls and there a rootn for another purpose is available ■■Functional such construction is caUed. May Be A Haaterpkoce Radiant heating, controlled lighting , ceilings of acoustic tilf, laminated roofs to aid greatly temperature control, floors covered with asphalt tile all adds up to what the school officials cal ' Don Kemp looks upon each ot the several units as the best that can be built for the apecitic pur- pose they must serve. Conventional class rooms are of the best Science laba, sludy roorns, hbrary, all engineered for the service they uat give. The play grounds received the line attention from the engineer I did the buildings. Baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer and track provided lor. The running track is built to AAU specifi I, Safe to predict that the Olympic games lour years from will have athletes trained the Coyote oval. ivna Park High could be Kemp Brothers masietTiece, Don Kemp says time will tell. |||81I««SCWI Ten Miles 01 Pipe Buena Park high school, new and shining in its grounds and athletic field has a lot of hidden assets and the main one of these ii its plumb- ing. Ten miles of pipes of one kind mat another ere hidden in ttte walls, lloon and the grounds about the buildings. A bout half of ihe piping and the imerous connections that go with can be charged off to plumbing and the other half o heating They are closely knit, because it Is piping that makes the two ays- tems worit. The Initallation of the plumbing and heating has been under the di- rect supervision of John Murany, master plumber and contractor who has been servicing schools and large commercial establishment for the past eight years. He has seen all the new. scientific appliances and controls come onto thfr market and has seen them in- cluded in building designs bringing efficiciency to a higher standard. ■ Instance, there s the Ihermo- I that control temperatures. It all adds up to savings and safety ' Murany said. Savings in fuels and safely for the pupil . Master Plumber Murany point- ed to the piping that carries the water Into and away from the gym- nasium. Here Ihe shower rooms were designed for the athlete to dash Into and under the sprays with a maximum ot room and com- fort. Thes bowers have thermo- stats with governors. No chance for someone In a hurry to turn on the hot water and get burned. It Iso slops the pranksters ■playing hone ' ' and giving the hot water Jet a spin Just to see If the victim 1 get t from under fast. Pipe In The Floor Heat controls In each of the rooms rvKulate the flow of hot ler through Ihe Pipes thai are ibeddrd in the floors Radiant iting It Ii called, the modem method of maintaining proper Class Room Colors Will Be Easy On Eyes Class room colors at the ni Buena Park high school have been planned to be easy on the eye That goes for the eyes of pupi ' i ho will spend hours in these class wms and also for the crtic who erely passes and takes a look. Paint is the responsiWllty of V Lindstrom who became a eontra ' t painter before he was 30 years oli in his home town of Foas, Okl - homa. He painted the school houae here and did many other buikllngx, mostly residences. Later in Cali- fornia he o ked as a painter (n theaters Scroll work around th ' stage and boxes, on the walls ar.1 ceilings called for artistic blendhi ' .j and shading with as many as seve colors, multitudes of tones. Vic Lindstrom considen a schn pain ' tag eor rdc ' next tn .. ' . for demanding the arlistfc blend of color with the paint brush spray. He also believes in Ing painters so they can put the touch into the final coaU as the thin layers are built up ver the surfaces. At the Buena Park high school LIndstrom ' s paint superin tenden t the Job Is a young fellow named Dick Wagjier. Another young i ntly supervising L 1 paint contract at Santa Fe high school. Charles Lindstrom. 24 yean old. is superintendent there and his father declares either of these two young men can handle the new mastics and plastics as well as he ever could. In Ihe numerous contracts that Lindstrom has underway or has completed recently include Glen- dale College, Walts junior high school and two schools at Palm- dale, ■Other schools are typical of Buena Park Lindstrom said To- day when a schocri Is built, It Is designed to last for many years. Seldom do we cover a wall with fewer than five, often six coats of paint. At Buona Park High the first at is a coat of oil. This is the filler. Then conies a sUin. It Ukes two coats to seal the surface and these have to be sanded, after they dry. Sanding is something ot an art. Lindstrom says. Finally two coats of semi-gloss laquer goes on nd the walls aie finished. Lindstrom pointed out that no wo of the many class rooms at Buena Park High will have the color combination. Each room has been planned to carry the pro- per colors and tones tor the best ;lble light reHections. This effr Will Be iplo The Coyote running Beuna Park High ought ter than the old Com| TTial prediction was the man who had a lot t both tracks. It all happened Truck and Construction handed the contract the rock, sand and clay aa the filler on the north side of the school When the fast Com] was built. W G, Hopcra round, spreading the mat effort to break the recoi Today Hopcra ft Is er for Owl. And when came in for the trick immediately got interest We operate nuAH-roua ' si-Wl-I VilU ' TIut». I remembered where the material can In more than one gradi plained. So does day. •«..

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v CELEBRATE ... as we reminisce time - Time that builds traditions, friendships, And worn paths towards the growth Of a school and a nation. Remember creators without limits, progressing onward. Light the candles on our cake as we celebrate Twentij i ears since the start of our school, Pnd 200 i ears since our countrij first began. m. v ' B Celebration 1 5

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tW 10 C«KIIM1 Kit to FINEST HIOH SCHOOL OOL RANKS FIR ( ■ Ik • • • ' JT. „.,. » ' on Ifote Track utstanding it our plfa we had exaclly what 1 wanted So w srrr ned the sand, weighed it and the clay, mixed th two Ihorousriy and packed it In . WIU Be Fut Track The design of the track tooh some ipecial engineering, A layer of cmshod rock was packed with the eerier higher than the sides This allowed good drainage On top of thii went the clay-cand mix. It is sloped on the turns and down the straightaway, slopes slightly to the Inside for drainage. The straightaway Is 750 feet king which means the short dashes will not have to sUrt round the turn . The oval Is the regulation 14 -mile. M««nlMr Onace Le«c» Head Coach H. I. Looney Is looking forward to when the dirt IS «»• ' IS iss ' tl ' --! by • lot of fpHr ((lljg anjl maylM ' a feui rahw. He wQl h ve teams in track for the Orange 7- Team League mevU. Coyote cocn- petjlors will be Brea, Tustin, Va- Buena Park N«w» Sept. New HigK School Section High School Fills Needs -More Build In Near Future Arfhitect William H, Harrison has designed so many school build- Inga in the Southland that his e came up automatically when the Buena Park High School at authorized. A list of hU schools In the area would lead a stranger (o think there was no class room shortage and that the future was well housed. The future is considered In the program of D. Gordon Mc Comber ,lruitce chairman and his group for what Is on th« campus )w Is Just about halt of it. According to the philosophy of architecture. It is the signature of every civilization. Here the first Initials are all that have been igned. The thirteen buildings will serve the present. Fn hmen and sophomores will enroll this year. The firet class will graduate In 1959. By that time additional buildings propably will have b .-en completed and Buena Park will have wrtlen that Indelible record of human progress. ropul«.tlon Inrrraae With the increasing number of families moving Into the area some school authorities have predicted that a dozen high schools will be needed before the district popula- tion starts to level oft. This was anticipated. In the lenda, Laguna Beach, CapLstrmno and Eancho Lo« AJamltos. The school will field teams In track, basketball, baseball and ten- nis After the flnt year plans are to rieM a varsity tootbaU team, the first scrables thla year will be limited tojunior varsity ganws. The d«s{gn at the Iratk Is suA) that It comes up to the ipe rtflca- tioBS for AAU championahlp coro- petition. original p ct Arcf ■on visloned five add rooms and a mechanic Ing that eventually u the west side of the Before Mr. Harrisoi point where his ns synomlnous to Coyot riclals with school st had spent practicalt; of a century looking 1 of better schools. He school family, is a Cornell University, s prenticeahip with lev architects and evcnii hlB own office. Ual or ScbMl A I Schools not far Inxi Park High which ha of Architect Harrison tenon are High Sch additloni and La school. Whittler has Lou K High; Wanborg DoRni oaks Nursery Ti ache El Ftancho High; Call SanU Fe High. Distr tralion Center and ol La Habra element Lo« Nietos. East Whit samples of his art of And If one travels al schools can be loum and Japan. As an advocate of Ing and community b William Harrison b though community, c even slate cooperation one working together ed an art Hwiur -tuultl tne i;l) - ..JKa asperatlons that all c wether we reaUj Ihi the architect has a team too CELEBRRTE ... the 20th flnnlversari for BPHS. In 1956 the school was ranked number one ; Considered then California ' s finest high school. Thirteen buildings cost 1.5 million dollars. The first flag raising was on September 11, With about 500 students in attendance. Coyotes was the name given to the students. This title came from legends of coyotes. The girls were primly dressed and neat. Boys wore shirts tucked in and short hair. BP has experienced the changes of time. Celebration 1 7 4oi much is said about the Architect ' s team, but it is a team nevertheless, made up of engineers, contractors, sub-