Elk Grove High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk Grove, CA)

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MARSHALL B. COONS INTRODUCING THE STAFF The process of educaTion is noT limiTed To The mere acquiring oT knowledge oT academic subiecTs. The environmenTal TacTors sur- rounding The sTudenT exerT a profound influence on his personaliTy and menTal reacTions. The sTudenTs oT Elk Grove High School are TorTunaTe in The physical aspecTs of The school buildings and grounds. The care and main- Tenance oT These has been The responsibiliTy of The cusTodians, Mr. Marshall Coons and Mr. E. A. Allen. ConsTanTly alerT and ever diligenT in repairing and prevenTing damage and deTerioraTion, These good Triends oT The sTudenT body have earned The sincere Thanks and graTiTude of The enTire school and disTricT. Under The able managemenT OT Mr. Wm. Lunn, a TleeT oT seven buses has conveyed The maioriTy of The sTudenTs To and Trom school. This branch oT school service is of paramounT imporTance, since nineTy per cenT of The sTudenTs require TransporTaTion. A com- peTenT corps oT drivers, consTanT waTchTulness and upkeep oT all equipment and The acidiTion of a new sTreamlined sTreeT car Type bus, one oT The TirsT To be adopTed Tor school use, have proved This deparTmenT a successful asseT To The disTricT. The school caTeTeria, which has weaThered The sTorms of depression, has added much To The comTorT, healTh and convenience of The sTudenTs and sTaTT. Mrs. Wilson-STevens, has rendered long and TaiThTul service To The school in managing This deparTmenT. AssisTed by Miss EciiTh Eschinger, cheerful and eTTicienT service has been guaranTeed all paTrons. EDWARD W. ALLEN W. A. LUNN Q. 4 l MRS. WILSON-STEVENS

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B. T. BROWN ADOLPH KLOSS P. B. SMITH ARTHUR BUTLER HARVEY CARLISLE MESSAGE FROM THE TRUSTEES The building proiecT Tor The Elk Grove High School is TasT ap- proaching The criTical sTage. The presenT sTrucTure, erecTed in I923 Tor The enrollmenT oT Two hundred and TiTTy pupils, is now Torced To accommodaTe Tour hundred: and a canvas oT The eigh+h grade graduaTes puTs The number Tor nexT year very deTiniTely above ThaT. The Trend oT The Times away Trom The old Tashioned large Tamily, plus The economic condiTions culminaTing iusT now in The depres- sion, has very maTerially checked The raTe oT increase oT The school populaTion. A naTion-wide survey oT school sTaTisTics shows The peak To have been passed in many localiTies. However, California Taces The Tollowing unique condiTions: The dif- TiculTy of making a living has puT The populaTion on The move To an exTenT ThaT has noT been True since early pioneer days: The policy oT The governmenT To Talce people oTT The land ThaT is proved To be on The margin oT culTivaTion7 a climaTe very righTly Tamous and enTicingg Treedom Trom such calamiTies as The dusT sTorms: greaTer elecTriTicaTion Than any oTher sTaTe in The Union: improved irriga- Tion condiTions in The Los Angeles area, cenTral and norThern sec- Tions. These, wiTh oTher condiTions, will prove To The ThoughTTul person ThaT CaliTornia is due Tor a greaT inTlux OT Tamilies, and a consequenT increase OT school enrollmenT. Upon These ToundaTions The Board oT TrusTees is Torced To consider The erecTion of a new building To be paid Tor in a meThod easiesT To be meT by The disTricT. IT is probable ThaT governmenT Tunds will be made available To Tinance such a sTrucTure.

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