Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963). 140 pp., 1943, 1933, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1911, 1910s
" . . . The next year, 1916, W.F. Barnum, who had been teaching in the high school since 1914, assumed the principalship. Under his able direction the high school made remarkable progress. He served the school as principal from 1916 until his untimely death on May 13, 1943. The auditorium building, constructed after the earthquake of 1933, was named Barnum Hall in honor of his long and faithful service to the school.
Ocean Park residents soon discovered that the new high school, lying as it does midway between the two settlements, served their children equally well. As time went on and old antagonisms were replaced with friendly understanding and tolerance, Ocean Park people took as much pride in the hilltop high school as did residents of North Santa Monica.
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In 1916, the adult education program was taken over by the high school and was supervised by the high school principal. Subjects were added to the program as the need arose, the heaviest demand being in the commercial subjects and the manipulative skills; i.e., shop work, sewing and millinery, ceramics, weaving, and mechanical drawing. [57. Personal interview with Elmer M. Krehbiel, May 28, 1951; Santa Monica, California.]