Downey High School - Volsung Yearbook (Downey, CA)

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Therefore In 'rhls record of our school year I+ seem d ra+her approprlale 'rhal' we should sel' m +hese pages whal' THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE means 'I'o +ypIcal Am rlcan hugh school s+uden+s In a 'ryplcal American me+ropolI+an area And so we presenl' Vac Vulcmg he 'Figure fo your rlghl' who lyplfles an av r age Downey Hugh School s+uden+ WI+h Vac as your gurde you wull fraverse our school year i952 I953 r llvmg wI+h 'lhe achvrhes of our swudeni' governmenl campus clubs a+hle+lc even+s and socual 'lunchons Pg-l FOREWORD As our school year opened a+ Downey Unlon Hugh School we found ourselves In 4'he mIds'r of a quadrennlal even+ whuch has long been a characl l'ISl'IC of our Amerlcan democracy l facl 'r IS +h very 'Foundahon of our Amerucan democ racy Thus even'r IS fhe elechon of +he Presudenl of +he Um+ed S+a+es Durlng +he course of 1'he hechc pollhcal campalgnlng which always accompames such an elechon one phras which kepl re occurring In I+s use by lhe parhsans In volved was THE AMEPICAN WAY OF LFE As we walched and lIs+ ned I+ became apparen'I' 'rhal' +hIs expresslon means dlfferenl fhmgs 'ro dlfferenl people Sa A . Q I H 0 4 . E I . I J 'f A Q o I ' ri . ' Q n ' E 0 e I U ' . G C ll I X I ll. . e . ' . . I . le . - ll II X . le . . . So I ll - - - ll' + . . I . Ia - 8 I -.4 O O ' o II - ll - I Q - I - A3 . . . us 1 I I I

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They Administer Our School From scratch paper to earth movnng equipment from paper clnps to salarles It takes money to run a school Vac d'scovered too that It takes abuluty and care to see to at that value ns recezved from the money spent since the money comes out ot the pockets of Vncs parents and thousands luke them Ass stont Superintendent un charge ot busnness operatnons as Mr Leland l-l Wnllnams whose respons bllnty t s to see that thus value us recenved lt s not an easy job and the tact that most of the t me thmgs ran so smoothly he was hardly aware that lt was be ng done made Vac decade that It was nn capable hands C F Shambaugh SUPERINTENDENT lt didnt take Vrc Iona to become acquannted wnth the name of Super ntendent C F Shambaugh although he drdn t get a chan e to see h m as often as has older brothers dud Th's was because N1 c dnscovered th s job ot being su :Jenntendent of such a rap dly expand ng school dustruct takes a lot ot tlme wh ch must be spent away from contact with the students plannmng for locat ons on wh ch new schools can be bullt arrcng no for the tnnances to do that buuldlng and countless other jobs whuch make the expansion possible When V c dud have occasion to see h s super ntendent however he found hum to be a tnendly sort of person and genu nely nterested m see ng to ut that the student body kept an unsullled reputatlon tor decency honor and moraluty wn le gettlng an educatuon L H Williams ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Page 6 I 0 U U O I ., , . . . ' - 1 l .. , I N. 1 - ' li ' 7' A - . I, It 1 Q - ,, , , 'r ' 1 '- ' ' 2 ' ' 7 I . 1 I , 1 1 I 7 ' S ' .A , 1 ,. . . ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 - I 1 ' R ., i . , . E . . . . . , :- .. i: . . . ' ' . . V 1 Q . l . I . . . I 1 , AA?