Susan Miller Dorsey High School - Circle Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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I Each Dorsey student is the American voter of tomorrow. Since to the youth of today will fall the task of building a better world, now is the time to prepare and equip ourselves so that we will have the knowledge and skill necessary for such an under- taking. What better place is there for such training than in our high school? For this reason, the guidance program at Dorsey is of fundamental importance. Its primary purpose is to enable the student to develop to his fullest scope his personality, intelligence, and physical being. Through his teachers, the pupil is made conscious of his own unique qualities in order to make the most of his good points and to remove his bad ones. He learns to shoulder responsibility; to work individually or collectively; and to think independently. He comes to realize the importance, not only of learning certain basic skills and techniques but also of the fullest development of his mind. From experience, he learns that through personal relationships and a cooperative attitude, he is happier and more successful in his school life. When the student graduates from school, all of these experiences and habits go with him, and enable him to contribute his share to society. Mrs. Hatch, the right hand of the Administration, and head of the Counselor ' s Department, is deeply interested in the prob- lems of each student and gives unstintingly of her time to help solve them. He is under her guidance and direction during his entire three years at Dorsey and, through individual contact with the students and their teachers, Mrs. Hatch has been able to plan such a curriculum at Dorsey that will give him the fullest intellectual, cultural, physical, and so cial background for his future. COUNSELOR ' S OFFICE— Mrs. Denny, Mrs. Hatch, and Mrs. Russell. — « ' c

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ATTENDANCE OFFICE— Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Nelson, and Mrs. Breneman. The seniors receive much valuable help through the counselling of Mrs. Russel. She goes over the entire school record of each senior with him to see whether he has enough credits for graduation and the proper requirements and grades for his course after graduation. No school can function smoothly and effectively without the aid of an efficient office staff to take care of the numer- ous details necessary to the running of so large a school as Dorsey. The Attendance Office is justly called the Coordinator of Attendance and Citizenship Besides doing the clerical work, this office helps to promote responsibility, promptness, honesty, and dependability in the students which they can carry on into their )obs in later life. The Business Office handles all the financial affairs of the student body. All the cash coming into or going out of the student-body must pass through this office and be recorded upon its books. This office manages the Dugout , the student- body store, and puts the profits into the school treasury. The Main Office handles the bookkeeping necessitated by the employment of the school personnel and also orders sup- plies and equipment. This office contains the supply room and the switchboard which handles all incoming and outgoing telephone calls. The Textbook Room places all the orders for books and supplies the teachers with the desired sets. The books are issued from this department and stored here when not in use. A record is kept of each textbook in the school. BUSINESS OFFICE— Mr. Richardson. MAIN OFFICE— Mrs. Keele and Mrs. Overfield i{