Sierra High School - Oracle Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

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HIGH SIERRAS A snow capped wonderland of rugged peaks peaceful valleys and torrential streams typify the mountain range that forms the eastern wall of the state Until the admission of Alaska the Sierras boasted the highest point in the United Stat s Mount Whitney CALIFORNIA COAST Californians love the sea and rightly so for California offers over 600 miles of the most varied coastline in the world everything from lagged cliffs carved in grotesque shapes by Old Man Nature to secluded little beaches strewn with fantastic driftwood from far away places 51- in- YOSEMITE High in the Slerras the Merced River winds past Half Dome one of the great cliff forma tions in the Yosemite Valley The valley once the home of beauty loving Indians is now one of the favorite vacation spots of travelers the world over ,417 N ty iff v M ,lf M ff V wtf if l MM il WW! Mya AWA I I I' ,rw Many years ago before the days of Columbus a book was written which became a best seller throughout the known world. The book The Deeds of Esplandian, told of an island a land of promise filled with the sweet perfume of wildflowers. Birds filled the sunny vales with sweet songs and life was a paradise of peace and plenty. This island paradise was ruled by an amazon queen named Califia. Long afterward when the Spanish explorers sailed the west coast of the new world they found a land so sunny and beautiful that it reminded them of the land ruled by Califia. To this land they gave the name of California. This beautiful land has known many rulers and peoples since its discovery. The bearded fur-hatted Russians who wanted to make a fur-trading center- the gay colorful Mexicans who feasted and danced in the streets and took their siestas in the afternoon- the ambitious men who made California a separate republic- and finally the practical responsible Americans who made California a land of industrial and agricultural magnitude. The golden land of California has all that was attributed to its namesake and more. Where else do barren desert and high mountains lie within a few hundred miles of each other? Where else can a vacationer go skiing, swimming, and hunting in the same day? What person would not fall in love with this land of sunlight after he has seen snow-capped mountains rising thous- ands of feet from a barren desert, or has looked a hundred feet down a sheer cliff at a frothing, sea? California, golden California-SUNNY CALIFORNIA, the theme of this yearbook, we are forever grateful to you for the beauty and enjoyment with which you have filled our lives.

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fry:-.r bra Qi' ,R 'sph -or-' Q' q- ut POINT LOBOS An extremely rugged but mdescrrbably beau trful headland whlch guts nnt0 the sea lust a few mules south of Carmel ns the locale of one of the last remammg groves of Monterey Cyprus rn the world The comblnatlon of blue Pacrflc austere clutfs and wmd twrsted trees makes the area one of the most wldely pho tographed places on the face of the earth Ebel - LAKE TAHOE Luke a huge mrrror tunted wnth multuple hues of blue and green Lake Tahoe rests on the Calnfornra Nevada lane The 22 mule long lake provndes a year around playground for swrm mers and anglers whale the surrounding mountarns delrght the hrker and the skner Emerald Bay lplctured herel a branch of the lake IS a favorlte resort area for vacatloners DEATH VALLEY Sun lovers fund a varuety of mterestrng and odd geographrc formatmons an the valley which boasts of the hottest temperatures In the country and the lowest spot on the North Amerncan contunent THE REDWOODS Caluforma shares wrth Oregon the dlstnnctnon of havung the largest and oldest trees rn the world the coastal redwoods and the grant sequonas The General Sherman tree located In Yosemrte Natronal Park IS the largest and probably the oldest tree In the world benng 36 feet around 272 feet hugh and between 3 500 and 4 000 years old SAN FRANCISCO BAY A narrow entrance called the Golden Gate guards one of the best natural harbors In the world San Francisco Bay Today the bay s spanned by two of the worlds greatest en gnneerung marvels the Golden Gate Brrdge the longest and hughest srngle span brrdge un the world and nts eught and one half mule long suster the San Francrsco Oakland Bay Brldge UNN f X 23' S. 1 1 1' . i',1t?'7Z! . x VL . L . f ' f f zfHL fw' - , 1 J ' . -X, 147k f xx I, . . L.. 1 g ll funn' 0,y,f tgfff f fl f 1 , f - .4 f , LLU'Nwjl

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MR. EUGENE O. WINEIN Mr. Eugene O. Wineing long and distinguished in the Whittier Union School District began in ball at Whittier High He served there, except four year hitch in the Force, until 1952. He was called to El Rancho High to serve as Director of Athletics and Assistant Dean of Boys. In 1956, his career led the District Administrative tices, where he served year as Coordinator of otional Services. ln 1957 was named Principal of Sierra High School. And now, 1959, he is assistant intendenr of the Whittier Union High School District. when he was hired to teach dustrial Arts and coach foot- School. DEDI GER er's career igh H 1940, ln- for o Air than School 'R him to Of. for OPM'- he QQ in pef. Su he Trustees Not too long ago, when. Sierra High School was only a diagram on a drawing board, t of the Whittier Union High School District began to look for capable and experienced people to organ- ize and direct the yet-unborn school. From El Rancho High School they chose a man of experience and intelligence, and on his shoulders they placed the responsibility of directing the new school. From Whittier High School they chose a woman with a special gift of understanding, and gave to her the iob of guiding all the girls of this new bastion of learning. lt was proven that they chose well, for in view of their excellent records, they were recently selected for higher positions. The man is now the Assistant Superintendent of the Whittier Union High 'd ttice of Pioneer High School, the latest addition to the district. When it was learned that they were gon g , f b th of these educators were friends of the student body. Yet there was an air of happiness, School District, and the woman has been chosen to head the gui ance o 'n to leave there was sadness around the Spartan Cam- pus, or o for we, the Student Body of Sierra High School, know that they have gone on to even greater things. So, in gratitude for the many selfless contributions they have made for our school, and for us as individuals, we gratefully dedicate this, the 1959 Oracle, to you, Mr. Eugene O. Wineinger, Assistant Superintendent of the Whittier Union High School District, and to you, Mrs. Madeline Sorensen, Vice-Prin- cipal of Pioneer High School.