Tennyson High School - Aegis Yearbook (Hayward, CA)

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iiffgi J DR. GEORGE E. WEEKES, JR. ' Principal Dr. George E. Weekes Jr. is one of Those compeTenT, brillianT, individuals who can sTill manage To be friendly and personal. He holds B.S., MA., and Ed.D. degrees and has aTTended Three universi- Ties-STanford, San Francisco, and Piflsburgh-and one college-San Francisco STaTe. His associaTion vviTh Tennyson High School has been from The very beginning: The planning sTages, The ground-breaking ceremonies on May 8, l958, and The opening of school in The fall. ln The daily supervision of high school life, he relies on good iudgmenT and a sense of fairness To help him keep peace and cooperaTion bewveen Teachers and sTudenTs, To whom he ofien refers as The Team.

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A New F acuity and Administration Help With Launching As they started the count-down, Dr. Weekes, Mr. Sprague, and all of the teachers held their breaths. Only a few more seconds and the first classes at Tennyson High would begin. Time had come for the launching of a great production. Now forthe difficult part. In the science section the laboratory equipment had not arrived when school started. The chem- istry classes were at a great disadvantage caused by the absence of laboratory manuals. This bar- rier was hurdled through the administering of plenty of homework and tests. Most of the students welcomed the arrival of the supplies. Slow starting caused by the lack of tools constituted the dilemma in the industrial arts area. The tools, which were delayed enroute to the school, left the students impatient to begin their work. Among the advantages of being a shop teacher at Tennyson were the opportunities to enlarge ideas and work in roomy buildings. The gymnasium, which was still under construction at the opening of school, was not completed for several weeks. At its completion the physical education teachers invited the rest of the faculty for a look at the facilities and for coffee afterward. A maior obstacle facing a section of the fine arts department was the lack of music students. The A Cappella choir consisted of only fifteen students on the first day of school. Only three of these were boys, not enough for musical division. Just as the problems in other areas were solved, so the choir overcame this one. At the end of the second six-weeks period, there were thirty-four mem- bers, eight of them boys. In the social studies area the counselors were less able to give peak performances at launching time than they would be after orbiting had been effected for a few years. The counseling program, in orbit, provides for a Tennyson student to have the same counselor for his full four years. In those circumstances, then, where the students and their counselors did not make their move together, this ideal situation could not be realized. In the language arts department, the schooI's largest, the problems of teaching students according to their ability and need resulted in ability groupings. Placed in a class which he could most nearly cope with, the student ran fewer risks of either frustration from a class that appeared to be surging too far ahead or boredom from a class that seemingly could never get started. Maior problems oc- curred in a combination journalism-publications class, which finally managed to name and publish this yearbook, start a town news staff, and publish a monthly superintendent's bulletin. NEW TEACHERS TO THE HAYWARD UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT are left row fverticaljz Dorothy Steenblock, Jack Frederick, Beryl Gutnick, Nicholas Parks, Elizabeth I.'Esperance, Hal Roth, Maelarson, Lucky Waterman, Madeline Hartmann, Don Beck. Right row Cverticallz .lack Caruso, Margaret McKay, Hialmer Nesseth, Dale Crick- ette, Don Bodeen, Helen Smith, Ed Klote, Murrel Engbrock, Marian Halverson. Front row Chorizontaltz Marilyn Gise, Marilyn Guffy, Mary Whozit, Joan Herms, Naomi Schneck, Maurice Schmid, Grant King, Dorothy Walters. Back row Chorizontall: Robert Weber, Governor Tootle, Dorothy Telfer, Brent Heisinger, Milton Devitt, James Young, Richard Moodey.

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f ff sri' is MR. ROBERT O. SPRAGUE Vice Principal A visitor to the office of Mr. Robert O. Sprague feels at once his dynamic personality. BA. and M.Ed. degrees from U.C.L.A. are honors which distinguish him. Versatility is one of his characteristics. Whether guiding the curricular or extracurricular activities of this school, or building favorable opinion through public service, he accomplishes his duties in a vvarm, personal manner. In a position where congeniality and understanding are mandatory, he excels. During each day he faces with a smile the problems that would tax the most patient soul. After an interview with Mr. Sprague, a person is left with a feeling of admiration and respect for the vice principal.