Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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June 1937 The Petrolia Page 47 Snyder, Boreham. Cheney, Hay. Gregory, Spear, Pressey, S. Berman, Frasier, adv tier. Smith. Conn, Hou hun. Cain, McCollum, Dunsmuir. , Gnnthier, J. Berman, Ruiz, Johnson, White- Derrick Staff Beginning with the first edition of The Derrick on December 2nd, the editor worked with her en- tire staff as reporters for the first half dozen issues until, on February 3, after judging the ability of the members, she made the following appointments; City editor, June Herman; art editor, Yvonne Hay; exchange manager. Cert rude Snyder; desk editor, Selma Herman; social ed- itor. Arvilla Cheney; boys ' sports editor, John McCollum; girls ' sports editor. Helen Dunsmuir; reporters, Jean Whitener, Muri- el Gonthier, AJice Conn, Betty Boughan. Hen Boreham. Dale Johnson, Margaret Gregory, La- Verne Spear, Dorothy Smith, .ban Pressey and Nellie Mabrey. High School Paper, Derrick, Published Weekly By Students Due to the fact that the 1936-37 school year found Coal- inga High School with a shortage of teachers, journalism threatened to die out completely, until a group of students who were interested in seeing Coalinga High on the map of school activities formed a staff with Harold T. L. Frasier as their faculty adviser, and, through the courtesy of F. J. McCollum. A. James McCollum and H, M. Ma- son, publishers of the Coalinga Daily Record, issued the weekly edition of The Derrick on Wed- nesdays. The only two members of the staff who had bad previous ex- perience naturally assumed the positions of editor-in-chief (Erun- dina Ruiz i and city editor (June Berman i. Before publication could be at- tempted, the editor had to over- come the obstacle of educating the cub reporters; so, on Novem- ber IS, the first journalism meet- ing was officially opened by H. T. L. Frasier. and A. James McCol- lum. faculty adviser for the pre- vious year ' s Derrick Staff, gave a short introduction into the field of journalism, after which he turned over the remainder of the meeting to the group ' s leader for the purpose of teaching style and journalistic writing.

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Page 46 The Petrolia June 1937 Standing; DuHd, Falenzer. I.eMunyon, adviser. Cook, Ruiz, Ellestad, Spear, Bnreham. Sitting; S. Berman, Cheney, McCollum. Hay. Ayers, Snyder, Gregory, Whitener. Petrolia Announces Members Of The 1937 Yearbook Staff Members of the Petrolia Staff for the Year 1936-37 Bill Ayers Editor-in-Chief Erundina Ruiz Managing Editor; Crirls Sports Editor Cert rude Snyder Assistant Editor Selma Berman Senior High Business Manager Arvilla Cheney Publicity Manager Lawrence Teale Senior Reporter Berta Jo Cook Senior Reporter La Verne Spear... Junior Reporter Wayne Harrold Society Editor John McCollum Boys ' Sports Editor Margaret Gregory . Photographer Bill Dodd Junior High Business Manager Muriel Gonthier Junior High Reporter Yvonne Hay Art Editor Jeanne Johnston Art Assistant lien Boreham Art Assistant Betty Williamson Art Assistant Howard Loesby Art Assistant Agnes Falenzer Index Compiler Margaiet Ellestad - Index Compiler Jean Whitener Typist Evelyn Glenchur Typist Uutb LeMunyon Faculty Adviser Recognition In recognition of the services of people outside the staff who worked to make this annual a success, the Petrolia extends sin- cere appreciation to the follow- ing: Robert Ozias of The Bee En- graving; Lyle Rennick. Hartsook Slu- lios, and Haglund Photos, pho- ' ogra pliers; Fred French Paper Company; S i 1 v i u s and Schcenbackler. covers ; Henry Cornelius and Frank Jordan of the Coalinga Daily Rec- o-d ; Frank Heath, printing; Carmel Birdwell, ail ; T. A. Ellestad. —THE EDITOR.

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Page 48 The Petrolia June 1937 E. M. H nst, president. R. B. Dunsmuir. vice-president. T. H. Robinson, secretary. H. V. Dodd. F. V. Falenzer. Board Improves School System Cooperation, u n d e r standing. and whole-hear. cd interest in the social and educational develop- ment of the Coalinga Union High School have characterized the en- deavors of the Board of Trustees during the 1936-37 school year. Among the outstanding im- provements to the school campus and to the community which the Board has made under the Presi- dency of E. M. Hanst were: the lighting of two of the new tennis courts and plans furthered to light all of them; the interest shown in the athletic department with the construction of the S00- capacity bleachers for the foot- ball and track field; the plans for the construction of a lighting system in order to make night football and track possible; and plans carried through for the ad dition of our local branch of the Fresno State College. A member expressed the senti- ment of the board in the follow- ing words: Continuous changes are everywhere seen in our edu- cational system because the raw material of life, as placed at our disposal, commends it. There is almost an infinite variety of choice and their wise selection depends on the house of life they shall build. The trustees expressed them- selves as being well satisfied with the efficient staff of teachers in the high school and the coopera- tion from Superintendent and Principal C. L. Geer, and Vice : Principal T. A. Ellestad. FICTURES OF BOARD PURCHASED Pictures of the past and pres- ent board members were pur- chased this year from the sweep- stakes fund, which the school won at the state fair, and were hung on the wall of the board room. Members of the board whose pictures hang on the board room walls are the following trustee ' s: Judge Kilby, W. D. Kreager. Hen- ry Kerr. Thomas P. Smith, Arthur E. Webb. F. A. Wells, F. J. Mc- Collum. R. E. Richard, Allen T. Borst. P. S. Turnbull, R. C. Bak- er. Clyde Obert, Henry Rich- mond, Reverend McKay, Mrs. R. L. Peeler, R. B. Dunsmuir. T. H. Robinson, Frank Falenzer, E. M Hanst. and H. V. Dodd.