Escondido High School - Gong Yearbook (Escondido, CA)

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in Mind Architect's drawing of the new high school. N . If A Nmmw ' 5 . . ? y . I , X7 k J. ,Q Y? :ggi as ., 9 c , W ,, s K vw R is -A+' To the Students of E.U.l-l.S.: The measure of the future greatness of this city, this state, this nation will be in proportion to the oppor- tunities afforded to childhood and youth, and the extent of their response to those opportunities. We all know that a few pieces of aluminum or steel as individual pieces have very little strength or signifi- conce. However, under the skillful planning of a com- petent engineer, those same pieces may become a very useful instrument to society, such as a boat, a home, a tractor, or an automobile. Recently in our community, the individual citizens acted as a group, and, as an organized group, had the strength to give the young people of this district the necessary facilities for a better education in the form of a second high school. The impact on the community Mr. A, P. Beleal, District Superintendent. Spearheading the drive for a new school and striving for necessary improvements, Mr. Beleal guided the school into new projects with an enthusiastic spirit. l-le always showed real pride in the accomplishments of present and former E,U.l-l.S, students. 1 f X ,J ,,, my ' j F K di -1 il-7,,. , I fgglgcovtte ,x,-Jssil, T? w T sl ,N 7 i L if if 511-2' T' ry' Ly 9 i of these facilities should be great, and should show in the lives of its young people throughout the year ahead. Remember that life's length is not measured by its hours and days, but by that which we have done for our country and kind. A useless life is short if it lasts a cen- tury, We may do much in a few years, and we may do nothing in a lifetime. -Albert Pike, These additional facilities will help you young folk to make Your span of life, either long or short, a full and useful span, You should dedicate yourself to the task of making the great- est possible use of these facilities which the people of this community have made available to you, so that you in turn may add to the cultural and material well being of your country. A. P. Beleal District Superintendent 9

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Overcrowded conditions prompted the Boord of Trustees to discuss plons for o second high school for Escondido. The picture to the right of the Trustees wos the resulting orchi- tect's conception of the new ccimpus. On April 22, l952, by cr rotio of over five to one, the voters of the district decided in fovor of the new construction, A momentous decision hod been model With building to be completed in l953, the Bocird found it necessciry to Dlon to lengthen the school doy in l952-'53 in order to provide necessory closses. This yeor found complete ownership of the tronsportotion system ond the purchcise of two new buses. These were oll mojor projects, But much of the octiyity of the boord wos routine cts they worked towcird the smooth functioning of the school on the hill, Left to right: Ci Mork Reed, Clerlcg Fred C, l-linrichsg Lomox Smith Rolph D Powers EricA Emerson President ith the flu ture W f My 73 g an ff M. f 7,

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The responsibility of keeping our school run- ning rested on the cop- oble shoulders of Mr, Johnson, our principol. ln oddition to scheduling the mony octivities, he olwoys found time to listen po- tiently to students' indi- viduol problems. l-lis obility to foresee emer- gencies kept life on on even keel ot E. U, l-l. S, Mr. Johnson shcired with students the belief thot school life should com- bine the proper omount of both closses ond extro- curriculor octivities to develop o well -odjusted student personolity. f e They Scheduled On our office stoff this yeor were Mrs, Houck ond Mrs, Pritch- ett, left, doing their usuol efficient jobs, keeping the records stroight ond giving out thot helpful odvice for which we were oll so thonkful, Mrs. Costo, right, took core of ottendonce ond wrote down the locker combinotions for forgetful students, Elmino NeSmith, seoted, completing her first yeor in the office, helped to bolonce the stu- dent budget ond wrote out pur- cfwose orders, Now with onother lung ond successful veor complet- ed we must express our thonks to t iese fine people fl,