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

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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-

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