Excelsior High School - El Aviador Yearbook (Norwalk, CA)

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,A it GlRLS'VlCE'PRlNClPAL '- Another year of directing the Girls' Symphony, keeping the girls in key and straightening out the sour notes, has been completed by Miss Lucille Tombs, Girls' Vice-Principal. She wielded the baton on activities and dances and produced the daily bulle- tin with a pleasing counterpoint. MISS LUCILLE TOMBS MR . ROBERT ASHTON i r kv , W BOYS' VICE-PRINCIPAL-H Mr. Robert Ashton has held many positions at Excelsior, including boys' physical education coach and Director of Athletics. He resigned from the latter in 1953, and was ap- pointed Boys' Vice-Principal, and in that capacity he has created harmony among the boys.

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THE PRINCIPAL--A principal is to uhigh schoolwhat a director is to an orchestra. When Mr. Richard Gahr rapped his baton on the bandstand and stepped on the podium, our school life at Excelsior began. He saw to it that the entire school program functioned rhythmically. One of his main jobs was to establish and carry out the school policies, as planned by the Superintendent and Board of Trustees. In addition, the discipline, appearance at meetings, and working with the Parent Teachers' Association were his responsibilities. As a result of Mr. Gahr's efforts, Excelsior became one of the top ten of the hit parade of schools.

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DIRECTOR OF ATTENDANCE--It isn't easy for a truant note to miss the attention of Mr. Richard James. His duty as Director of Attendance was to find those Iost chords and put them back on key, as well as keeping the absentee and student deten- tion lists. You can sum up the job he did in four notes. Dum-De-Dum-Dum. DIRECTOR OF GUIDANCE Si CURRICULUM--Mr. Alonzo Valentine, last year's counselor for the Soph- omore class, replaced Mr. Richardson Hastings, as Director of Guidance and Curriculum. Mr. Hast- ings is now Principal at Artesia High School. Mr. Valentine's iob consisted of planning the courses which suited the student and supplied his need. This and other of his important duties Icept ExceIsior's curriculum in a steady rhythm. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND BUSINESS MANAGER-- Mr. Henry Korsmeir, ExceIsior's very capable assistant superin- tendent and business manager, has done an outstanding job again this past year. In serv- ing Excelsior for the last eight years , he has managed our school budgets, finances, accountings, purchasings, care of buildings and has helped our business af- fairs run smoothly.