Orange Union High School - Orange and White Yearbook (Orange, CA)

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F ORE WORD D Our school docs not turn the samc face to any of us. Each oil us has taken part in some school activity. None of us has taken part in all. We all have different friends, different forms of recreation, different ideas as to how living is made worth-while. Consequently each of us has seen our school in a different light. lt has been with this knowledge as a basis that the N23 staff has worked. Wie have tried to publrsh a book that would not only 'be ol interest to the maiority of the students at the date of publication but we have alsolhoped that it would bring back pleasant memories in later years. XVe hope our efforts h'ave not been in vain. As we send this book to press we think of many who have helped us to make it what it is. Special acknowledgement is due Mr. QI. A. Moore for his assistance and co operation and also to Mr. Kaylor for his courtesy in the matter of photo- graphs. Yet our thanks extend not only to these but to all who have contri- buted to the make-up of this volume. THE STAFF.

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Progress of Our School 5 Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1903. Orange and the surrounding territory, realizing the need oif a high school in this community, voted lor the establishment of the Orange lfnion High School district and for bonds for S35,000 for a building and proper equipment. The School Board bought Eve acres of land where the school is now lo- cated, had it leveled, for it was then a little hill, and started construction of their new' building. At first. the school had its ciuarters in an old store down town, but later moved into a fine new building of its own. The building, now in the center, but which we hope will be moved this summer, was then pro- claimed by all to be the best in the county. There was a student body of about seventy the first year, one of which number graduated. The faculty consisted of four teachers, who gave the students the best possible training in the fundamental courses of high school work. The original building stood alone for several years, but with the demand for more room in which to do the proper work, the buildings on either side of the original were constructed. Later, in 1017, the Garage Building, on the ex- treme north, was added to our Campus group. and was enlarged five acres al- terward. Last of all our Administration building with its wonderful auditor- ium of which, we are very proud, was completed. this year. The enrollment has increased by leaps anti bounds until at present we have about 635 students, ll0 of which are in our graduating class. This is an increase of thirty-eight over our last year's class, which was also the larg- est up to that time. The faculty has increased to meet the demand and there are at present thirty-four full time teachers besides the principal and his sec- retary. If the student body continues to increase at the present rate, and there is no reason why it should not. it is safe to say that the enrollment will be well over a thousand in a few years.