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

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an Hands Above, office secretaries and bookkeepers include, standing, Felix, Coursen, Stonesifer, Boone. Seated are Proctor, Peebles, Bennet, and Kitc en. Mrs. Harriet Hennessee Mr. Robert Pennington Above, Mr. Ed Patterson, business manager, sees that school financial business runs smoothly. Delano High's business manager, Mr. Ed Patterson, operates efficiently on a de- manding schedule. Mr. Patterson super- vises all school purchases, requisitions, and budgets. Although carrying out a full-time schedule of regular office work, the com- petent staffs of the attendance, bookkeep- ing, and counseling offices always find time to help students with mimeograph- ing, special bulletins, and questions. They also handle attendance records, mail, switchboard, and payroll work. For the first time this year, Delano High rates a full-time registered nurse. Cheer- ful Mrs. Harriet Hennessee gives her time to ailing students. By maintaining a com- plete record of each student's past health, Mrs. Hennessee hopes to deal with any health problems arising. Ready to help troubled students is Mr. Robert Pennington, school psychologist. Mr. Pennington is on deck each Thursday in the attendance office.

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hip Has an Departments, Left, members of City League basketball teams jump for ball in regular Tuesday night game. It is no idle boast that the high school campus is the center of community activity. Classrooms are in use every week night for adult education classes in 25 such varied subjects as auto shop, crafts, vocal music, folk dancing, shorthand, driver training, English, and foreign languages. In the gym city-league basketball games are held, along with regular night school physical education classes. The big high school auditorium is used for nearly all community shows, such as the Harvest Holidays Queen Show, and the Music Memorial and Mother-singers, Concerts. Delano High's well stocked library is used by hundreds of students daily. Efficiently carrying out his job as head librarian, Mr. john Geyer supervises the re-organized li- brary facilities, assisted by Mrs. Marshall Coursen. New equipment was purchased this year, enabling librarians to have more con- trol of books. The school library now holds 5,100 books of fiction and non-fiction and a variety of magazines, newspapers, and phamplets. Above left are librarians Mr. John Geyer and Mrs. Marshall Coursen. Left, students study, check out books in library.

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Qokes, candy, sack lunches, snacks, socializing, or whatever Cafeteria employees include, standing, Bramblott, is craved 15 available in the convenient outside eating area. Moudy, Riley, Fielder, Keronsg seated King, Rich- 49 Xa X Q m f if 'ses ards, Slankard, and Shaffer. Delano High's 20 skilled and efficient cafeteria workers, under the supervision of Mrs. Bertha Slankard, provide well balanced and delicious meals for some 700 students in the cafeteria each day. An additional 500 students buy lunches at the handy outside snack bar. In three shifts students crowd into long lines for plate and sack lunches. Christmas and Thanksgiving bring special fare and especially long lines. This problem is expected to be lessened next year with the completion of a new cafeteria. Working full-time, eleven ladies assist Mrs. Slankard in the planning and preparation of meals. Ten other workers help with noon-time serving. In addition to regular noon meals, the cafeteria staff serves many hundreds at special banquets and luncheons. Everyone rushes and crushes to enjoy the delicious food served daily to 700 hungry students in the cafeteria. Note the contented smiles!