Arcadia High School - Olympian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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MRS. CLAUDETTE BERACH . . . home- making, human relations ... 1 year teaching . . . leathercraft, swimming, sewing, jewelry making, flower ar- rangements. MRS. MARY LOU MYERS . . . typing, shorthand ... 1 year teaching . . . sponsored Junior Class. lousiness . . 1it 15asis of Oar Emamc SyStfcw. THE BUSINESS EDUCATION Department, headed by Mrs. Doris Howard, prepared students for jobs in industry and business. Typing, general business, shorthand, busi- ness math and English, commercial law and bookkeep- ing were taught. The Homemaking Department, consisting of Mrs. Claudette Berach and Mrs. Edith Geary, gave the girls insight into keeping up a home. Making T accounts is one of the basic skills taught in Book- keeping I. Here Kris DiTullio tries her luck as Connie Stephenson, Diane Alford, Chuck DuFrain and Mike Weller check for mis- takes. Here Sue Bartaluzzi, Sharon Farmer, Donna Myers, Parma Hoiles and Edith Davis cook up a delectable dish in homemaking. Kit- chen facilities were complete, modern, and colorful. MRS. DORIS JO HOWARD . . Head of Business Education Department . . . business law, typing, office training ... 10 years teaching . . . sponsored Sophomore Class, Fenc- ing Club . . . golf, fencing, archery, design, writing. MR. ARTHUR PETERSON . . . book- keeping, general business, business English, business math ... 1 year teaching . . . sponsored Junior Class . . . sports, travel, photography, agri- culture, construction. MR. WALLACE BUMP . . . librarian . . . 10 years teaching . . . The only man who ever got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.

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9«-1 MR. ROBERT FINKBINE . Social Studies Department . . ican History ... 4 years . . . sponsored Teens Against cer. Flag Football Club graphy, athletics, swimming three children, reading history . . . It's a hard life. MR. GORDON CASWELL . . . Ameri- can Problems, World Geography, ... 17 years teaching . . . Senior Class . . . golf, reading. MR. ANTHONY SCHIFINO . . . Amer- ican History, social studies ... 5 years teaching . . . sponsored Junior Class . . . golf. GwerH nent . . Hie living THE SOCIAL STUDIES Department, headed by Mr. Robert Finkbine, taught courses in social studies, world geo- graphy and history, American History and government. Mr. Howard Amerson headed the Safety Education Department, which taught the basic skills of driving. MR. JACK WEBB . . . World History, social studies ... 8 years teaching . . . sponsored Freshman Class bridge. r. Gordon Caswell explains a chart showing the life of a new w to Teddy Neuberf and Suzanne Brown during American Problems, a course taken by all seniors and mandatory for graduation. MR. HOWARD AMERSON . . . Head of Safety Education Department . . —P safety education ... 12 years teach- ing .. . sponsored Student Council . . . sports . . . Okay, you guys, knock it offI Roger Bigelow and Mr. Howard Amerson test Judy Jackson's peripheral, or field, vision while Mary Thomas records the score. The apparatus shown in this picture was one of the many devices used for testing in safety education.

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English . . of Gomunicdtim. THE NECESSITY of Eng- lish for every student cannot be overempha- sized. In all occupations, proficiency in English is a requirement. No per- son can make the im- pression he wants to make if his grammar is bad, or if he hasn't the slightest idea of how to write a good letter. Janice Ourcn, Ann Rosenstein, Bill Helbing, Chris Bohling, and Sharon Benson listen entranced while Mr. Collignon lectures on the virtues of Hemingway. Discussion was the daily activity of English VI. MR. JOSEPH COLLIGNON . . . Head of English Department . . . English . . . 5 years teaching . . . sponsored Junior Class, N.H.S. . . . swimming, tennis. MR. AFTON J. CARPENTER . . . Eng- lish, journalism, yearbook ... 9 years teaching . . . hiking . . . We're on a hot deadline. MRS. VERNA FEBUS . . . English . . . 14 years teaching . . . sponsored Senior Class . . . music, outdoor life . . . dbme students have feeling for their teacher. MRS. HELEN FISHER . . . English . . . 1 year teaching . . . sponsored Soph- omore Class . . . children . . . What's for dessert today? MRS. LOUISE MILLER . . . English Cindy Johnson and Roberta Love hesitantly speak into a tape . . . 32 years teaching . . . spon- recorder. This machine was used often in English III to help sored Junior Class. students improve their speaking ability. Mr. Joseph Collignon, head of the department, and other English teach- ers worked toward their goal of making every student well-spoken, well-read and well-writ- ten through the essen- tials of good grammar and fine literature. An extracurricular course in speed reading was also taught. 16 -