Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA)

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QI- Principal T. H. Battelle ,4 0ur Principal Of the seventeen years of his teaching career, Mr. Thornton H. Battelle, our principal, has taught elev- en years at Santa Rosa High School. For nine of these years he held the position as head of the Commercial Department and for the last two years he has taken over the principal's post. Mr. Battelle has gained and kept the confidence of students and faculty. Principal Battelle graduated from the University of California in 1922. Since then he has attended Stanford and the University of Southern California, where he received his Master's Degree. He was born in California and lived in Placerville, which is in the northern part of the state, and moved to Santa Rosa in 1931. The unwritten duties of a principal were more evident in the school this year than ever before as the administrative office served the newer purpose of a guidance office to boys who have been called for duty. Those who are here, as well as those who have gone, have seen him at all basketball, football, base- ball games, and track meets. Mr. Battelle has supported the Air Raid Wzirdens, Fire Wardens, and Auxiliary Police by letting them have meetings and air raid drills during school time. He has supervised all activities and been a friend of the students in them. The days of the knight on horseback who went out to conquer dragons have long since disappeared, but today the boys and girls of this high school are in the midst of a battle comparable to that of the early day, pointed out Mr. Battelle. Instead of the dragon, American boys and girls are fighting a common foe who is a greater menace to civilization than the dragon ever was. Many of our boys are already in the service, many more will be going soon. May 1 we wish them a victorious and speedy battle and hope that they all come back to us soon. . fgsgw ' ,,..ev 'Mww-ww W

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fl M is as . wa . -it 'M' Q 25:1-'sc Board of Education During this war year of 1945, the Board of Education has served us con- scientiously and well. lt has maintained high standards in the faculty despite changes necessitated by war, seen to it that the schools were provided with all necessary equipment, and purchased new maps and globes for the gram- mar schools. The board sponsored the testing evaluation program and has worked diligently to establish the defense industries training program and agriculf ture classes for adults, Allowances have been made for changes in the school curriculum and several new courses have been added. The athletic program has been extended and developed to meet wartime needs. The Board of Education is a city and also a district board which meets once a month to consider and discuss maintenance of the various schools in this section. President of the Board of Education is Mr. Roe M. Barrett, who has been on the board for the past fourteen years but is serving his first year as president. Mrs. Carl R. Lehman is S6CfCI111'y and is entering her sixth year as a member of the administrative group. For fourteen years Mr. james Burke held the position now occupied by Mr. Barrett, and has worked on the board seventeen years in all. The veteran of the school directors is Mr. Archie Lockhart, who has been a member of the board for tW6l1Ey-OHS years. Mr. George Proctor completes the group of five and has rendered his serv- ices to the board for fifteen years. Many times in the last year Education Board members have visited the city schools and participated in student activities. We feel fortunate indeed to have a school board that takes an active interest in our affairs.

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Instructors Miss Aloyse Sinnott, Palo Alto, A. B. San jose State, Library, Faculty Assembly. B. L. University of California, Lib.-ary, nic ulty Assembly, Adviser junior Red Cross. Mrs. Ruth Parle-Godkin, Berkeley, A. B. University of California, Language, Chair- K K man Faculty Assembly, Chairman Victory Corps Registration, Sponsor French Club, Atl- viser Horizon Club, Faculty Adviser of Ral- lies, Counseling. Mrs. Nettie H. Smoyer, Hanford, A. B. Nebraska University, Latin, History, Faculty Assembly. Mr. John C. Elkins, Shasta County, A. B. University of California, Spanish, ltalian. Mr. David Condit, Oakland, A. B. San jose State, History, Faculty Game, Faculty Assembly, Athletic Committee. Mr. Wilfred Rankin, Santa Rosa, A. B. College of the Pacific, History, Faculty Game, Head of History Department, Victory Corps Committee, Tennis Coach. Mr. Frederick Duey, Nebraska, A. B., M. A. University of California, History, Facultv Game, Football Coach, Faculty Assembly. Dr. Fred Zannon, Roseville, A. B., M. A., Ed. D. Stanford, Social Studies, General Chairman Victory Corps, Head of Continu- ation Department, Faculty Game, Faculty As- sembly, Chairman Victory Bond Drive, Coun- seling. Mr. Mitchell Soso, jackson, A. B. Univers- ity of California, History, Mathematics, Atl- viser Air-Raid Wzirdens, Auxiliary Police, Fire Wardens, Student Court. Mrs. Winifred jecker, Mill Valley, A. B., B. S. Oregon State, Foods, Faculty Assembly, Victory Lunch Program, Nutrition for De- fense. Mrs. Mabel Mitchell, Red Bluff, Chico State, Home Economics, Jeep Committee, Faculty Assembly, Nutrition For Defense. Mrs. Rae Amend, Santa Rosa, B. S. Ore- gon State, Home Economics, Nutrition for Defense, On the Home Front. Miss Phebe Struckmeyer, Colusa County,