Wasco Union High School - Wasconian Yearbook (Wasco, CA)

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WASCQNIAN '35 our pride, awe evoked sented, in Now we are the magnificent auditorium. Hardly had the by that edifice subsided, when we were pre- l93l, with our new and imposing gymnasium. looking forward to the construction of a new science building, made possible by the sale of bonds and P. W. A. funds. In l93l, a department of agriculture was rein- stated under the Smith-Hughes plan and is at present established in the manual arts building. At the conclusion of the school year of 1933, our beloved principal, Mr. Hill, who had guided the school so successfully through fourteen eventful years, retired from service. Untiringly energetic, unflinchingly honest, devoted alike to the perpet- uation of the arts and of porated those things into the school Dr. Ben R. Crandall, California Polytechnic of good discipline, he incor- the life and traditions of formerly President of the San Luis Obispo, was select- ed to succeed him. ln the two years that Dr. Crandall has been with us, he has accomplished a tremendous volume of Work. The six-hour day has been inaugurated, the curriculum enlarged, and new courses mapped out. Dr. Crandall has won the unbounded esteem and affection of the students and community. Our high school is also largely the result of the work of the many unselfish and public-spirited men who have served on its school boards. 'Notable among them has been Dr. E. S. Fogg, who retired from the board in 1931. The present board is composed of Sterling Giddings, alumnus and president, C. P. Morgan, Vere Bennett, P. S. Mason, and H. C. Devenney. l9l5Hl935--twenty years of progress! This year the enrollment passed the three hundred mark--a ten- fold increase in twenty years. The campus now covers thirty acres, the plant totals over a quarter of a million dollars in value. But we know progress can not be measured by these things alone. Wasco Union High School stands today a splendid symbol of a small community's continuous striving toward a richer and fuller life.

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WASCQN :AN X NIY Y X NWN! wenty years ago, on September 16, l9l5, school 'took up 1n the old Wasco town hall, new demolls Th1rty students, flve of whom were sophomores, and the remalnder freshmen, presented themselves to a faculty of three IF J B Corco1an, prlnclpal, now of the Los Angeles schools, Mlss Stafford, now Mrs M Dudley Robertson of W soo A great varlety of subjects was offered, although shop had to be taught ln the grammar school and home economlcs ln the home of the prlnclpal Agrlculture was offered for the flrst two years, and a llve agrl cultural club ent one member on a pTlZ8 trip to Wash lngton A basketball team was successfully coached by Mlss nculllan, who also establlshed a g1F1S glee club By the fall of 1917, an UHb1f1OUS and 6H6PgGflC student body of slxty one members had been removed from lts former creaky habltatlon and was GStdbllSh6d ln a newly constructed HdmlH1StFut1OH bulldlng, under a new prlnclpal, nr G C Hlll In the fOllOW1Rg years, the SpaC1OUS campus was enl rged and beautlfled In 1920 two small gymnasla were built, ln 1925, the manual arts btlldlng, ln 1928 35 'T MQ ' 121-XRS ,P -ij f , INC. I l l . . ' W ' ' ' hed. of Santa Paulag and Miss McMillan,.now Mrs. Gedrge . --OFM-. ,t , l , s E . . 9 .

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f----A - -- Q-, ,-.iw A I I f 35 WASCONIAN Ben R. Crandall Supervising Principal Economics and Law Bryant and Stratton Business College Alfred University, B, S. - i University of Wyoming, B. Ped. , University of Denver, Ph. D. y University of California ,Cornell University It has been a genuine joy to be associated with the school and community for the past two years. May the years ahead be full of nappy cooperation and splendid achievement. A Sincerely, ' y' Ben R. Crandall Principal iff? '