Sonora Union High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (Sonora, CA)

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SCI-ICDCDI. TRUSTEES Sonora Union l-ligh School disTricT was Tound-ed in I903. UnTil The consTrucTion of The pres- enT building in 1906, school was held in The Tuolumne CounTy CourThouse. ln I9l6 The high school disTricT was organized wiTh a board oT TrusTees appoinTed by Mr. G. P. Morgan, CounTy SuperinTen- denT oT Schools. The TrusTees have The managemenT and conTrol oT The school. ln so Tar as The Tunds will per- miT, They are To place wiThin The reach oT all s+uden+s oT The disTricT every TaciliTy posible Tor The ad- vancemenT and proTecTion oT public educaTion. Through The principal They have inTimaTe knowledge oT The acTiviTy and problems oT The school. Through W. P. A. assisTance, Sonora l-ligh School has made improvemenTs in iTs planT, specifi- cally, by The consTrucTion of Three Tennis courTs and a grandsTand seaTing 4-,OOOQ compleTion of a TooTball Tield, Track and baseball diamond: erecTion of a garage To house buses, and The building oT drains, curbs and sidewalks. Because oT The exTreme overcrowding oT The school, The TrusTees have planned Tor several years To erecT a suiTable building conTaining an audiTorium, classrooms, and a science laboraTory, buT due To The lack of Tunds, iT has been impossible Toaccomplish This obiecTive. We hope To be able To se- cure a granT Trom The Federal GovernmenT and To ask The people of The high school disTricT To voT'e Tor a bond issue To cover our porTion oT The cosT oT This building. Top row: l.eTT To righT: GarneT T. Barron, Rowen Hardin, Julius E. Baer, Clerk Second row: C. E. Shafer, Charles Segeshom, Pres. T131

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PRINCIPAIQS MESSAGE r W'f A modern secondary school is a complex organ- izaTion which musT Take inTo consideraTion The besT inTer- esTs oT each individual. To do This means ThaT The whole series oT liTe siTuaTions musT be looked over and Those besT suiTed adopTed Tor use 'in preparing sTudenTs Tor liTe. There are many problems OT curriculum making. oT sTu- denT adiusTmenTs To be meT. always wiTh The idea oT whaT is This individual To do wiTh his problems in The TuTure? We musT aTTempT To picTure him in The environmenT he will probably face in Those days ahead. Proper leadership musT be provided To give sTudenTs The help They are enTiTled To, boTh Tor solving cu rrenT problems as well as Tor anTi- cipaTing TuTure goals. l be- lieve ThaT sTudenTs appre- ciaTe good leadership and Through iT absorb proper ideals oT ciTizenship. There is a lasTing impression made upon The sTu- clenT oT high school age by his insTrucTOrS. Our hope Tor The TuTure lies in The parT These seniors leaving US are To play in Our F1EiiiOr16l li'Te, and 'They Tell Us wheTl'1er or n0T we have done our work well by Their direcTion oT our democracy. The number of high school and college graduaTes voT- ing in l94O will be almosT double The number who voTed in l936. For This reason we expecT Them To help awaken our ciTizenry Trom iTs leThargy. when They come inTo acTive liTe. There have been sevenTeen million who have enTered acTive liTe since T929 and eleven million who have leTT iT. Those enTering have kepT America Trom swinging To The leTT during our naTional crisis, as They were beTTer prepared To meeT The emergencies Than Those who have dropped ouT, Our hope for The TuTure is Tounded upon The gradual increase of Those wiTh proper ideals, who are being Trained by all The agencies Tor upliTT in America Today. The schools Today zealously Tollow The work OT Those leaving and are inTeresTed in Their success. We believe The school liTe oT This presenT graduaTing class has been happy and successful, and we have every reason To believe ThaT They will be happy and successTul in Their TuTure work. '23 T121

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FACULTY LAURA MARIE HENRY General Science, Geology, MaThemaTics A. B., San Jose STaTe College M. A., STanTord UniversiTy MARY E. LONG Biology, l-lisTory, Library A. B., UniversiTy oT California ROBERT J. FERGUSON WoodcraTT, Mechanical Shop Special secondary, Chico STaTe College VIRL M. SWAN Band, OrchesTra, Chorus B. M., College oT The PaciTic EL'ZABETl-l DE VINNY English, LaTin, Journalism A. B., STanTord UniversiTy FRED C. BEYER English, German A. B., STaTe Teachers College, NorTh DaloTa M. A., STanTord UniversiTy VVALLACE M. HALLBERG English, Hisiory, Boys' P. E. A. College oi The Pacific Cl-lLOE E. BURGE Girls' P. E., Hygiene, l'l. N. B. S., Oregon STaTe College PAUL E. DAWSON Vice Principal Boys' P. E. lRed Crossl A. B., UniversiTy of California Miss Henry, Miss Long, Mr. Ferguson Mr. Swan, Mis' De Vinny, Mr. Beyer Mr. Hallberg, Miss Brrge, Mr. Dawson Progress is The paTh which Sonora High has -rlwavs Tried To Tollow and we see evidence oT This in The new courses which have been added To The curriculum Tram Tirne To Time. This year has seen The af'lc'iTion oT Three new subiecTs. They are German, TaughT by Mr. Beyer, Geology, by Miss l-lenry, and Journalism, by Miss DeVinny. This year we have losT one Teacher and gained one. The loss was Miss Milligan, and The gain, Mr. Hailberg, who Teaches AncienT l'lisTcry, English and Physical EducaTion. l-le is also coach oT The C baslceT ball Team. Beginning The Tall semesTer The TacuiTy sTarTed The year wiTh a picnic aT The Calaveras Big Trees. Following an annual pracTice The new Teachers of The preceding year were in charge oT all arrange- rnenTs. The group were Misses Dean, DeVinny and l-lenry and Mr. Borelli. The chieT purpose oT The occasion is To Turnish an opporTuniTy Tor new members To become acguainTed wiTh Their associaTe