John H Francis Polytechnic High School - Student Yearbook (Sun Valley, CA)

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9 v-r. . 1,--ri' ll e S' jf r, ' P. 533' hx p , 'mfg Q ,N 4 Q41 , . C'-1657 6, if Hs ,T n W 1910-Enrollment over 2000 students. Wooden, structure cafeteria Autos line the 20th Street SPeedW0Y, Whlflt WCS Close'-l U5 9' l lf building logqfed on ,cum bmde, of gengo, park. hazard in 1930 and added to the Polytechnic campus. c ,ip . 1 fill mil 1926-New Science building occupied. l l - -0 Y 930-New Industrial Arts building was finished. 1931-Bust of John H. Francis was unveiled .... State Track Championship .... Poly 4-man 880 Relay Team set a world's high school record oh May 16, in Southern California meet .... Bill Sefton, a Polyite, set the World's High School record of 13 feet 6 5.'8 inches in Pole Vault. . . . The Poly Optimist received the Gamma Kappa Phi U.C.L.A. competitive newspaper award for Southern California. 1932-City Championship in Gymnastics. T933-34---An earthquake rocked los Angeles in March resulting in severe damage to the buildings. . . . Some were rebuilt, others strengthened and repaired .... Polyites adiusted to tent-life, for three years, during construction of buildings. 1935-36-John H. Francis Polytechnic High School became the new official name of this school .... Willis A. Dunn, principal for twenty-five years, retired .... Successor was Karp l.. Stockton, from Huntington Park High School .... Faculty and alumni purse sent Mr. and Mrs. Dunn on a trip around the world . . . New Administration build- ing constructed. 1937-New shop Building occupied. l9381New Industrial Arts Building finished .... Beautification of campus made possible by out- standing shrubs and trees .... The large rubber tree, which is about 80 years old, is a land mark of interest to all. 1939--In November, J. G. Goodsell, former head of the science department and boys' vice-principal, became principal .... Edwin C. Fralnklin became . N, .11 ,x , ng In J 6 'mag Al ,ST KARP L. srocxrou ' Our third principal H A? 3. J' K' -, boys' vice-principal .... Mr. Stockton transferred to George Washington High School as principal. 1940-June 20, the Japanese Garden, built by theflapanese club, was dedicated .... Mrs. Claire Epler became girls' vice-principal .... In baseball, Babe Ruth Trophy for highest batting average. 1941-Twenty seven hundred pupils and one hundred and five teachers were on the campus. . . . Three hundred pupils were placed through the Commercial Department Employment Bureau. , . . Winter and Summer graduates numbered 702, the largest classes. 1942- A Northern League Track Champions. 1943--First girl Student Body President .... First boy Student Body Vice-President .... Minute Man Flag received from the Treasury Department. 1944-47-Poly students invested S38,082.30 in government Stamps and Bonds, approximately S20 per student .... During the previous World War ll years, Poly placed third in the City. in the sale of stamps and bonds, promoted by the Tritt Commission .... Mrs. lona lord became girls' vice-principal. 1948-The Foreign Student Department came to Poly .... All Northern League High School Football . . . All Northern League High School Football Team Award .... Four Poly students were invited to be speakers on a broadcast for the Freedom Train .... HiroshimalMiddle School requested copies of The Optimist to help them to understand American youth. k, Jian f .sons , ,-.... ...Ad I Y 4 'CPN T926-New Home Economics building and Cafeteria building finished. 1

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l I' I ,.. H l A N' gglll E w .-... -uf The old Science building once stood on the present In- dustrial Arts building site. 1 1909-President William Howard Taft dedicated the Art building designed by our Architecture Department. pol :ec nic 1897-1955 4 . - ' L- . ' a M ' W ...Mg ,135 k A n if 'W-f' ti I l . ,, .- E jf , I .gm M 11,5 . , ?-. , A sz: 'Q f A nf ' 19 . - i ',. .1 '24 ig' ffl ' .' V f' .ij Q ' f i 'Q .swf-v.. 4 1' 1 i?5-,zu IT , . A X . , vs ' - . ' l vu' Lv :,,,,,rqLvsh , ' .tm , ' n1'Q: '4,i - if .' 1 l X , . ii. f A o. l if , ' ..1 - ill.. - 11, -- f . .. 'z ' f -t f .s..i..s I - f .. This busy street has always provided distraction for students as seen when officers of the Atlantic Fleet passed by in 1908. .g i 2 if K :., h I .P h 5. .nf A Q v t 1 Q 5-- mst., . ' ' . fg lfgff ' U '43, t . ievt? ' Q 62' lf, '7Q,r ! W, rfiiq,-Lf.- . ' J n ' s ',,g 'T ' Q ,ffvh ,Q ig N' t'La - .c 5 i , . J 9 , 35 E ' ' ' 1 f F ' . L - z. ' - . .ts n . 1927-The Girls' Physical Education Pompon Drill Team perform on the enlarged Polytechnic gym field. I l ,- 1925-First program in the new 2000 seat auditorium l9l6-October 28, Thomas A. Edison honored Polytechnic with a visit. l9l7-Polytechnic Junior College ioined the cam- pus for three years: including six engineering courses. 1920-Construction of new gymnasium .... Poly's printing plant established .... The Polytechnic Student was dedicated to Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey, the secord woman superintendent of los Angeles . . . City Champlons in Football. l92l-First secondary classes in the School for the Blind in Los Angeles established at Poly .... School enrollment 2603, highest to date. 1922-The English building and remodeling of auditorium planned . . . to cost Sl50,000. . . . Poly printing plant completed .... The gym formally opened. 1923--Old Auditorium condemned by Los Angeles Fire Department. 1924-Campaign for S40,000 pipe organ for new auditorium instituted .... Announcement of con- struction of new cafeteria .... L.A.-Poly Football game, score 7-7, before an audience of 60,000. . . . City Champions in Football .... Louis F. Foley became boys' vice-principal. 1925-April I, the first program was given in the new auditorium, a place where Poly has reached the top in art, music, and drama .... J. G. Goodsell became boys' vice-principal. 1926-Board obtained land for an athletic field. . . .New Science, Home Economics, and English buildings now occupied .... East Athletic Field completed .... Noticias del Lorito, Spanish news- paper, published .... City Champions in Football. . . . Southern California Track Championship. 1927--Dunn Field was dedicated. 1928-City Championship in Football .... Three Poly graduates participated in the Olympic Games . . . two boys in gymnastics and one girl in swimming. 1930-Twentieth Street, a traffic hazard to Poly- ltes, was closed, and the area was added to Dunn Field for the girls' athletic field.

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PW? 'Iii lf, MM' by me Nipponese smdems 1949-Old mansion razed for the Senior Park 1949-Senior Park was dedicated . . . The Para- keet first published . . . A Cappella membership all time high . . . 100 members. 1950-Goodsell Auditorium was dedicated .... Corn's a Poppin faculty show presented. 1951-State 880 Relay Champions. 1952-Mr. Lowell M. McGinnis became principal, following the retirement of Dr. J. G. Goodsell .... Northern League Sportsmanship Trophy for having won .the cup three out of four years. 'I953-The Board of Education purchased land in San Fernando Valley for the new John H. Francis Polytechnic High School .... Varsity football team defeated L. A. High, 19-13. 1954-Blue prints for the new Polytechnic High School completed .... Construction to begin in September .... Foreign Student Council is repre- sented on A.S.B.O .... Eastern League Track Champions for the past two years. 1955-THIRD MOVE The Polytechnic Faculty and Student Body are being dispersed to other schools .... Mr. Lowell M. McGinnis and several members of the faculty will open the new Reseda High School in San Fernando Valley .... This plant, at Washington and Grand, will be occupied by the L. A. Trade-Technical Junior College. DR LOWELL M. McGlNNIS Our last principal on the present site HERITAGE Pupils who will attend other schools this coming year will take this rich heritage with them. You who entered these halls of learning in earnest search of true knowledge and understanding, forget not John H. Francis Polytechnic High School on this campus, but hold it reverent in your memory. A 1955--The campus from which we are movin