Santa Barbara High School - Olive and Gold Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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ZEDHTORHAJLSZ Time has come for us to say Farewell to our dear old school and class- mates. Four long years we have looked forward to commencementg but now that it is here, with all its joys and pleasures, it bring a touch of sadness. We are sorry that our happy high school days are finishedg sorry that the good times we have had can never come again. Although we will never more be students in old Santa Barbara High, 1912 will always be with its Alma Mater in spirit. - Joy then be with you ever, dear school-Farewell. ' TO OUR TEACHERS. Now that 1912 is about to make its bow, she wishes to say the things she long has thought. Never could our four years of high school life have been so beneficial and so happy had not our teachers been our friends as well as our instructors. We are carrying away with us into the larger life the spirit of fair play and a square deal, the doctrine of our principal, Mr. Olney. Perhaps no one thing has left on us a greater impress than the work in the Senior play. Here we all worked together towards one end, in close com- panionship with Mrs. Byrd, whose constant endeavor is to bring out the very best in every girl and every boy, and whose influence will work throughout our whole lives. We are proud of our re'cord in debate-Louise Maclntyre, Stanley Dick- over, Edgar Corey, and Westropp Figg-Hoblyng but here again we know where to give the praise-to our able coach Mr. Robertson. The good times we have had, the character-building hints, and the life proverbs of History 12, we shall not soon forget. ' To all our teachers, are we indebted in the various lines of study and activity: but for more than this--they have made us realize the larger mean- ing of life. i ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR. The year just closing has been one of progress and of expansion. In stud- ent affairs, a more scientific and systematic management and auditing of the Student-Body funds has been secured by the creation of a bank and exchange in our own commercial department. All Student-Body money, the Olive and Gold receipts, the Senior Play and Scholarship funds and many smaller ac- counts are banked and audited by this system, V ' ' n

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THE OLIVE AND GOLD A share in the disciplinary problems of the school has been assumed by the Student Council and wisely handled, thus laying an excellent founda- tion for broader ,self-government. The school has expanded in the three separate lines of industrial training, of physical culture, and of the organization of a first year college class. Mr. Lau energetically organized the girls' classes in physical culture, which has been made compulsory by the Board of Education for all freshmen girls. Extra work at the Y. M. C. A. has recalled him from the task, but Miss Over- man and six of the young ladies of the Normal have come to the rescue, so that through their unseliish efforts the course has been continued. Gymnasium suits have been purchased with the 'Girls' Gymnasium Fund and rented to the girls at a cost estimated to be sufficient merely to pay for ,ordinary wear. Full-time classes in Joinery, Forging, Applied Art, and Domestic Science for the first time have been organized, and wonderful results have been at- tained. Our Printing Department is a pioneer in the high school work in the VVest. But-most wonderful of all, is the organization of our college class. A full year's work has been done, and is now rewarded by being accepted at both universities on a par with that done by their freshmen. . , PROSPECT FOR NEXT YEAR. The outlook for next year is for better equipment in Science laboratories and in Mechanical Drawing, a new and complete locker system, the introduc- tion ofl sheet metal work, the increase in number of classes in Manual Train- ing, a new out-of-door gymnasium, the addition to the faculty of an able phy- sical director, and last, but not altogether least, a new electric program-clock, to ring the bells on ime We expect to erect an iron pipe framework over the basket-ball court on which can be stretched a canvas awning to shelter the open-air gymnasium classes. Miss Rich has generously set aside, for apparatus, S500 out of fund entrusted to her for distribution. With Mr. Brown, whose inclination and training have specially fitted him for the work as instructor, good, clean sport, healthful games, and the building up of strong, healthy bodies ought to be possible. TEACHERS LEAVE. Word comes that we are to lose our Latin teacher. Some other school will secure the man who gave us our first Latin play. Our good wishes go with Mr. Garton to his new field. V Los Angeles takes from us Mr. Sandifur of the genial ways and pleasant smile. His departure will be deeply regretted, and will be a blow to the Mathematics and Physics classes not easily overcome. May his deserved success continue in the new school. ' Miss Julia Tear, having received her fourth call to a position in one of iz