Escondido High School - Gong Yearbook (Escondido, CA)

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Mr. Gray ffl Mrs. Ming, Mr. Fox 1 rj ana! dw Wauigafora With twenty-three years of hard work behind him, Mr. John Gray this year announced his retirement as a member of the staff of E,U,l-l.S. Mr, Gray had taught Agriculture and held the office of Vice-Principal for many years, and then took over the Adult Education Prcgram. l-le has always taken a great deal of interest in school activities, and could be found behind the ticket window during many of the Cougar football games, The friendly smile of this man will be missed around the school by faculty and students alike. The entire school extends best wishes for the future to Mr. Gray. Will I have enough credits to graduate at the half? l-low can l really learn to study? Am l taking the right courses for college? Mrs, Ming and Mr. Fox showed genuine interest and understanding in listening to student problems. Through discussions, personality tests, and vocational tests, they helped many students with those important plans for the future.

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f f M' I I J LV U Mrs. Lasley, Mrs. Casto, Mrs. Pritchett, Miss Barclay and Mrs. Houck take time out to eat lunch. Amid the con- stant maze of missing credits and demerit slips, the patience of these women in the office was amazing. Along with other duties, the office staff had the very complicated job of keeping the file of every student up-to-date. Miss Barclay, already busy with her own financial chores, was always ready and cheerful about helping a struggling class treasurer through the mysteries of purchase orders and receipts. Mrs. Casto was the lady behind the cash register in the cafeteria, and Mrs. Lasley kept our library operating efficiently, and our books in good repair. Students often think school life revolves around the teachers and principal, but no school would be complete without the support of the office staff. Mr. Johnson One of the busiest persons in E.U.H.S. is Mr. Johnson, our prin- cipal. The responsibility of ac- tive, pulsating Escondido Union High School rests on his shoul- ders, and he has the important job of keeping the school running smoothly. His biggest and hardest job is arranging the school schedule to include the many activities and still not interfere with the teach- ers' class schedules. This, along with every-day matters and un- expected occurances, takes up much of his time, yet his is a familiar figure at almost every sport and social event put on by the students. ln the last two years he has attended every dance except one, and is proud of the way E..U.H.S. students plan, work for, and carry out their activities. l Era! Wolfe

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... ,XS -, , M 1-4--' f yljlq My lf FV lk A it X , nur -fi 1 ik S l igfecl fze Gap fqwj ,ll 1 L, Mrs. Hallman-Algebra and Plane Geometry, Mr. Min- nich-Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry and Solid Geom- etry, and Mr. McClurkin-Algebra and Arithmetic and Physics, can tell you anything you would like to know about mathematics. Equipped with slide rules and protractors, they explained everything from the lever to the Pythagorean theory. Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. McDearman of the Homemaking department showed the girls the tricks to making fluffy bis- cuits and beautiful button holes. Because of these two teach- ers, many girls will be better prepared to enter homemaking careers. Below, left This year it wasn't all struggling over misspelled words and commas for the students in the English classes. Miss Reuter Cwho also taught dramal, Miss Breidenstein, Mr. Walters lwho also had classes in journalism and commercial artl, Mrs, Dove, and Mr. Georges lwho had a gym class, tool, held the interest of the students with essay and speech con- tests. Then too, Macbeth, Caesar, and Puck got into the act and were received with enthusiasm. Explaining the mysteries of Latin and Spanish were the language teachers, Miss Brand and Mrs. Vogel. Students entered their classes only able to remark brightly, Si, Senor- ita, or Et Tu Brute. These two teachers not only led their pupils to broader vocabularies, but also taught many interesting customs and manners of the Spanish and Romans.