Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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ABOUT THF SCHOOL Top le-it: L, Ritter, Clerk, E. Wilson and V. Stone, Sevretaries. Top Center Cafeteria Force: Lett to riqlit: Mrs. Rose Harris, Miss Frances Bryson, Mrs. F. E. Col-tor, Mrs, Helen Ptitenour lHead of the Cafeteria Fmrcel, Mrs. Laura Hamilton. Top riqht Bus Drivers: Back row: W. H. Montiqel, H. V. McNinc'h, V. W. Casey, C. W. Barnes, F. W. Ternan. Front row: H. L. lohnson flrlead of Transportationl, l. T. Wil- liams, lftl Smysor, C. M. Platzek. Center left: Mrs. Vivian Vlfathen and Mr. S. S. Stansell at the attenr'lanc'e desk assist Orna Louise Dear in making Ulll fill CIlJSPItf'6? PXCUS9. Ceritor next: Miss Phyllis Poulin, School Bookkeeper. Canter next: Mrs. Eva Doner Checks out u book to Patricia Arnrlt. Center riqht Assistants: Bark row: lvlvrraarfft Atwtwtl. Thelma Mattison, Mrs. Vivian Wathen, Annie Brown, Zollfr Vaughn. Front row: Mrs. E. M. Dane, Elton Houalirfn, Mary Priest, Mrs. Eva C. Done-r, Corinne Varnei. Lower left: Back row: I. W. Williams, C. D. Hitch f'fit' lc, lt. D. Clinton, Mrs. R. L. Fisher, W. V. Drake. H. V. Mf'Farlflin, A. Turner, C. H. Morgan. Serond row: l. R. Downs, l. if Foster, W, A. Pott. Front row: W. F. Wliittalcor, l.. LT. Silt' lift, E. P. Coltrin. Lower conter: Otlivo ot Mi. A. C. ljl tV 'l1Ill'l, llfrfgistitii ot Records. Lower riqht: Mr. H. O. Elliott, Siiiioiiiitfbiitloiit ol lluilfl- inas and Cwrounds, at his ciosk.

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school was originally organized as a 45 bJ4'4l'sghTV'5',a'f3 ,,q:yEf5:,4' GJ' 523,-g9.uY?'gbtx 91-63,-Q' 3,155 !,i'14s'g29 l Sw Qi Q' 13? K JIQ4, 12: .l. yi .:f,.- ,t cp -, -. V . il- - ' 1 '. . 1- Av tx I f gg-rush 7 V- C1'f f. fm' A ' 4 N A v Y ' 'f , 5.15 1- ' A ., P I .4? 521x6f? ffm -A 2.-A ,- 'P l'.iQ-'M ' ' s 'Lp'-- ' X. T. it .57-In f' N ' 'I I T T C I If In -4: rms Ii S A board frame instead of a White marble dome, a group of men cheerfully at work instead of the comparative silence that usually prevailed, these were the unfamiliar sights and sounds that greeted the high school and junior college students as they arrived at school on the first day of March. Work of destruction, soon to be Work of construction, had begun. Similar events, however, have hap- pened many times in the history of Taft High. The Conley School, as it used to be called, was a two-room building in South Taft, which boasted an enrollment of ten and a faculty of one, Mrs. Lavilla H. Campbell. When the enrollment reached eighteen in 1912, another teacher, Miss Ianie Michaels, was added to the staff. Because Taft was then small, the took place. An operetta, H.M. S.Pina- fore, was presented, with Mr. R. H. Scott, present head of the Commercial Department, playing the Captain. Pic- nics of the whole school were held at the San Bmidio Orange Ranchg and a comic opera, The Chimes of Nor- mandy, was presented in the Sun- shine Theater on three wintry nights. ln 1922 a new athletic field was duly dedicated when the Taft English soc- cer team defeated Bakersfield Scotch part of the Bakersfield High School, team and when later in the Yew the but in 1915 Conley becamea separate Valley track meet was here' That school and was placed on the accred- ited list by the University of California. By 1917 the school had progressed so far as to enter the beautiful new school buildings in North Taft: and on the evening of February 22, 1917, the school was dedicated. ln the early same year the Taft Iunior College was established under the provision of an act of the California legislature. By 1926 the junior college enrollment had increased from nineteen to thirty. In the past year over three hundred have twenties many interesting events been enrolled. The early Taft High Buildings, about which the students were so happy, have been only a beginning. As the student body grew, an auditorium with complete stage facilities was added. A science building equipped in every way for advanced scientific study, a domestic science building with an up-to-date cafe- teria, a machine shop, an aviation shop, a gymnasium, and a beautiful music building have taken their respective places on the campus. Now eight new class rooms With a large library and a study hall are being added, and a new dome is to take the place of the old, again giving back to the school its former beauty and dignity. 4

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vi ffl:-2.'V'4 ' r -C suv jhmglf, i,:-Mx 'xi 1 r 1. V'q.sQ'f ir.: I qa s-N 4: .lcv -I Ep' I- 1, s 1- 2-A - .-f' :Q-17, 5' 5:9-245 ' fe-' .f'.7.'4.1' .9 ,:.'.,,- rf 5. . . ,. -. 'IQ' U D E N 'I' B 0 D Y Hi, Bill, move over . . . Where's Dot? . . . Do we have to sit in assigned seats? . . . Down in front! . . . Quiet, please! Out of the confusion comes silence cmd attention as another Associated Student Body assembly is called to order. Most of the assembly time this year was given over to a series of well-bal- anced and varied programs, planned and presented by Mr. Ernest Mclnnes, the director of student assemblies. The more serious of these programs included lectures by well-known authorities, concerning foreign affairs, American prob- lems, and scientific industries. One of the most interesting and educational pro- grams of this type was a lecture and demonstration on electricity and its uses in the motion picture and radio industries. The vividly colored, noisy, electrical display with artificial lightning, music played on whirling disks, and metal rings which defied the laws of gravitation was a sight to be long remembered. A number of amateur contests, amusing plays, and singing assemblies, many of which were presented by classes and school organizations, furnished the lighter entertainment for the student body. The noon movies proved to be one of the most popular forms of student body entertainment. Lunches were hastily swallowed, and the auditorium was crowded whenever a motion picture was presented. Sharing attraction honors with the picture shows were the noon dances and the Golden Gloves Boxing Tournaments. These noon-time activities were planned for the enjoyment of the students. Competent officers, advised by Mr. D. T. Williams, and a student body willing to co-operate have combined their efforts to form an efficient government. Horse racing, the sport of kings, can easily be encroached I upon by lesser individuals, but passing the gavel is a sport restricted entirely to presidents: so, with greater pleasure and less ceremony than ever before, I pass on all the trials and tribulations of a Student Body President to my very competent successor, Gilbert Downs, says Lee Graham, A. S. B. Presi- dent for the first semester, as he hands the gavel to Gilbert Downs, his successor. As one horse racer to another, I am fully sensible of the obligations which you so qlibly pass along with the gavelg I hope, however, that your proficiency will accompany the responsibilities so that I may administer the Student Body affairs with at least a semblance of your sophistication and aplomb, replies Gilbert. 6 i . I h 1. Adi ..,,,.5 .- 4.