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

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12 OLIVE AINID GOLD yet been worked out, but the intention is to make the work practical and utilitarian rather than decorative. SUPERVISED STUDY. In all the mid-year entering classes, the plan of supervised study was in- augurated with marked success. It was likewise tried in the 9A algebra classes on a wholesale scale. Students were brought together in one mam- moth class under the supervision of Mr. Turner and his assistants-Mr. Har- Iacher, Miss Cook, and Miss Howell. An unique, self-grading group plan has been worked out with remarkable results, reducing the failures at least 10 per cent. MISS WYMAN LEAVES. Miss Eleanor Wyman, who came to us as a substitute for Mrs. Edwards, has remained throughout the year. It has been a great pleasure for us to have Miss Wyman with us, even for so short a time, and it is with regret that We see her go. Miss Wyman will spend the summer in Michigan. DR. WESTERGAARD GOES TO POMONA COLLEGE. It is with sincere regret that we surrender the scholarly head of our history department, Dr. Waldemar VVestergaard, to Pomona, although We recognize his going to an old established college as the next logical step in his professional career. Dr. Westergaard has been with us for two years and during that time has done much toward creating interest in things historic, especially in current history. In addition to his many fields of activity, he undertook the establishment of a weekly school paper. Under his business-like direction, The Forge has grown to its present remarkable success. We shall miss Dr. Westergaard in many ways, not the least, in his quiet, refining, and steadying influence among the boys. But if you must 8'0- Hereis wishing you success in your new field, Doctor! MISS DIMMICK RETURNS. Miss Helen Dimmick will return to us next fall to resume her position as head of the Latin department. Miss Dimmick has spent the year at the Uni- versity of California studying for her Master's Degree. A cordial welcome awaits her at the Santa Barbara High. THE LIBRARY. T he Library Association is nov. zz thing of the past. The Seniors and Juniors see it go with regrets-another tradition outgrown and cast aside. We were always proud of our Student Library, all of us, even though we did love to Write notes and bother those librarians whose discipline was not of the strictest. Since We had to give up the keeping of the library, we are glad that it has been taken over by an alumna' Since Miss Huse of '11 has been installed as librarian, we realize just how badly we have needed her. Miss Huse has made

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f' QIIHY' L fi 1 Rik 53321 'W EFT? E DITCJFIIAL illlea! llilfl TO THE CLASS OF 1917 W-'mi ! C I , LT-, .ii -- ' - . , - - K 532, 5 I f' 1 'gf F l' ' ' Q an '.-if 54? 1. J, ,A . -- au'n'i E .1 I f- -- 'rf- I - i s Ei--Halls BQQQU, ! ' ! fTr'-Z? 'G I vii li ' Mi ll' V' . f ill S , i .sf few ' , -- - X, gl 1 To you, Class of 1917, we yield our place in old S. B. High, on your shoul- ders now rests the responsibility of upholding the honored traditions of our school, and of setting her standards even higher than ever before, for the march of progress is onward, there is no standing still. With other Senior rights and privileges, we surrender to you the Olive and Goldf' and we look to you to maintain its motto: Honor to whom honor is due. And so we say at the parting of the ways: Good luck be with you ! A CHANGE OF POLICY. This is the first appearance of the Olive and Gold as an annual. Now that the Forge has become a permanent factor in the school life, and espe- cially now that it is published once a week, the news department of this mag- azine is no longer needed, except as a summary of the year. In publishing an annual there is better opportunity for polished work and finished arrangement, there should be a wider field of material to choose from, thus raising the already high standard of the magazine. The literary depart- ment should be much enlarged and brought to the highest standard. And now, perhaps, a reminiscent mood may be permitted. The school publication has evolved with the school. Years ago, it was a tiny monthly called The Santa Barbara High School Magazine, flourishing under the manipulation of private individuals. In 1905 it was discontinued entirely. In 1907, the Olive and Gold was organized as a semi-annual. In 1908 it had steadily grown, boasting, then, of fifty pages altogether. Last year the Com- mencement issue had one hundred and forty pages, not including the adver- tisements- Our present issue contains 192 pages. The magazine has grown and changed with the school, always reliecting its line loyal spirit. MILITARY TRAINING. Military training under the direction of a military expert will be introduced into our high school curriculum next fall. The details of the course have not

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OLIVE AND GOLD 13 herself so useful to the students and teachers that we wonder how we ever managed to get along without her. LEISURE TIME EXHIBIT. An interesting side-light was thrown upon student interests by the Leisure Time Exhibit which was a feature of Child Welfare Week, Recreation Center, May 5-11. This was an exhibition of work done during leisure time by high school students. The exhibits were numerous and diverse. Among the girls, needlework and cooking prevailed, while the boys showed a wider range of interest, their exhibits including collections of bullets, birds' eggs, and coins, a boat, an automobile, and electric appliances. These latter gained great attention. The exhibits were awarded according to classes. The Sophomore A's received first place 5 the Seniors, second. STUDENT NEEDS. The great need of the school-the one that overshadows all.others-is the need of more room. It has been so for many years, but now it becomes abso- lutely imperative, when in one year the number of students has jumped from 548 to 626. The chart displayed at Recreation Center during Child VVelfare Week shows this necessity better than anything else can, the figures are extremely illuminating: In 1902-03 the total enrollment of the school was 195: in 1910- 11 it had progressed to 3845 now, in 1915-1916 it is 626! The total number of daily individual recitations has leaped from 913 in 1902-03, to 2402 at the present time. The Hoor-space, not progressing withithe others, is now 15,075 Sq. ft. for 2402 recitations, while thirteen years ago it was 12,965 sq. ft. for 913 recitations- The attendance has increased to three times what it was in 1902, and the number of individual recitations 2.6 times, while the Hoor space has been enlarged only 1.1 per cent. At the present time we are using every available square foot of the High School propertyg two cottages have been built in the parked space nearest the Arlington Hotel. The Blake Memorial and shops are crowded to the ut- most, Miss Wyman and her Freshmen go from room to room. The only remedy possible is a new building. We call upon the Alumni to help us get one! THE NEW SCHEDULE. p Because of the over-crowded condition of the school, the exigencies of the situation demanded that we have a nine-period day. At the beginning of the first semester, it had been found necessary to add one period, beginning school at 8:15. This change relieved the tension until the Freshmen entered at Christmas, when another period had to be added, at the end of the day. The noon period was also shortened from an hour and twenty minutes to an hour, thus acutely demonstrating the needs of a school cafeteria. Only seven periods attendance is required, eighty minutes being taken out of any part of the day, this offers some compensation for those students who have classes the first and ninth periods. A similar system is in use in many city schools.