Delano High School - Del Ano Yearbook (Delano, CA)

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Counselors Provid Guidance Mr. Ray Frederick Miss Dorothy Morey Mr. Dm Delll Vice-principal Ray Frederick once more handled ,Q all attendance and discipline problems for Delano - . 3 High. Miss Dorothy Morey acted as girls' counselor, , Q k with Mr. Dan Della advising the boys. l f V TP .9 6 6. dl A testingiprogram conducted by Miss Morey, gathereill fr .4 I ata on at acvemcnt, mcnta maturity, persona ity, an ' 5 ,Ag,'A ,5 vocational interests. U Q I ' . lp u. yblloomlamfmvr J-Wim 11, bw ,, T - Registration of district eighth graders, conducted . 'Znf,f,.1-0,, kpa,,'IA'u,,ij,'x'1,,fl .-la,,.j'v0,,f'2 H, e . . . 'P ' , 'D,,fv1,-,, nt, '21- ' ,I n. fh by the counselors, was climaxed with a Eighth Grade 0 'f,Q-ff-fl,ff, : 'ls 12,3 ff',fj AZ' '5i7f',gfff,UffJa'O5 , . . . 'fn 0 QQ,- 0 befcn 'fn Visiting Day May 20. . faf,ja,a,,,V hw Ja,gs0m',jfil0m,xk 'f f C l ' . l f h 1 , l ' J,c0f Uonllgfflbll ay -inj'l f1l '0'n1nnl'l'n o ege counse ors, representatives o t c armet ocf.A,o mai., If- ,,, . . . . S+-, -1 services, and specialists in adolescent psychology were ' 9' ' ' brought to the school for consultation. . It is an historical board meeting below when the trustees re- Mr. Olson, counselors, and seniors Dudney, Wilstmn, and briy ceive a report on quake damage from consulting engineers. confer with college counselors from UC at Santa Barbart

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Superintendent H. R. Olson, completing his twenty-first year at Delano, spent a lot of time this year with blueprints. Adminisfralol Administrative problems? Mr. H. R. Olson Delano High superintendent, and the Delano Higl Board of Trustees faced their share and even more this year. Following the late summer quakes anc the report of engineers that Old Main was unsafe the board voted August 27 to raze the old building The next problem was office and classtoon space. Following their policy of pay-as-you-go con struction, the board authorized construction o temporary buildings to be used until funds fo permanent building became available in 1954. A record enrollment, which hit a peak of mori than 1,200 students, made classroom space a rea and immediate problem. October 14 the administration called a specia election to increase the tax rate from 351.30 pe 35100 to 591.60 for a period of five years. The meas ure passed with a margin of only 70 votes. Trustees below are Mr. Mahlon Levis, Pixley farmer, Mr. Delano pharmacistg and Mr. D. Andreas, Columbine Lloyd Hamlin, Ponclham rancher, Mr. Millard Gibson, rancher. These members of the Delano joint Union Delano concrete pipe manufacturer, Mr. Harold Marshall, High School District met monthly. 22

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Classes Prepare for Liferaf Since all students are required to take four years of social studies, that department is the largest in the school. Mr. Don Hickok serves as chairman of the de- partment. Eight instructors teach social studies classes, six of them full-time in the department. The social studies curriculum saw little change this year. Because of the shortage of classroom space, the use of visual education aids had to be curtailed this year. In the freshman Introduction to High School course a general. orientation program is presented, in addition to quarter units on health and driver education. Fresh- men are preparing a school handbook. In one of Mr. Hickey's United States History classes, juniors examine a graphic chart on the successes of past presidents. At the left are members of the soci: studies department. In the back ai Mr. Gmnt Ball, English I, Intro, M Dallay Morgan, Intro, Mr, lame Hickey, U. S. History, Senior Prol lems. Front, Mr. Bill Harriman: Intro, U. S. History, Mr. Do Hickole, World Culture, Senic Problems, Mr. Bob Avzmmd, Senic Problems. Sophomore World Culture classes study worl history from the viewpoint of what peoples of othc nations and other times have given to American civil zation. United States History is taken by all juniors. Mo. emphasis this year has been placed upon history sine civics is now emphasized during the senior year. In the Senior Problems course federal, state, ar local government is studied for one semester. Durir the rest of the year the emphasis is on a study 1 marital and family relations, alcohol and narcotics, v cational and college guidance. As part of the driver education program in freshman Inti students are required to learn about cars, including tire chang I . ...........,,. . t. M,,,,,,s5 H I