Box Elder High School - Boomerang Yearbook (Brigham City, UT)

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FACULTY Acquainted Students With D A Olsen Department Head 19 years. B S . U of U . American Problems. American History Reed Olsen World History. 8 years. B S . USU. Graduation School Evaluation Committee Carl Beckstead 5 years. World Geo Athletics. B S . B Y U Dance Chairman Gordon Petersen American History. Sociology. 7 years B S U S U . Freshmen Coach LeGrand Christiansen American World History. 7 years. BS USU. Economics. Sophomore Class Parent Von Richie World Geography. American History 5 years. BS. USU. Game Committee SOCIAL SC IENC E The teachers in the social science department worked hard to help students gain an understanding of themselves and the world around them Students learned the import- ance of history that helped them understand their present, com- plicated world, and they came to understand how to cope with future situations that may be of world-wide or personal im- portance to them Karen Ward Psychology. English II. 2 years. B S U S U Rockette Sponsor. Dance Committee G Petersen served as the ticket taker at a school sponsored dance SPECIAL EDUCATION The special education program of Box Elder County School District is basically a state supported program de- signed to give special attention to the exceptional students who have the ability to learn. In addition to the regular teachers on this staff, there are traveling teachers who visit home-bound or hospitalized students This program serves a very useful service to our community. Mr. Laird and Mr Ivory do a fine job in this department for our school. Re Ivory I year Special Education. B S U S U Leslie Laird 8 years. Special Education. MS.USU 16

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Physically As Well As Mentally . . . VOCATIONAL ARTS Our vocational training staff brought the knowledge of prac- tical skills to the student. Students learned how to operate machines, drive safely, work with metal and wood, and they also gained knowledge in ag- ricultural fields. These skills gave students a basis for future vocations as well as a useful, practical background Norwood Hyer Department Head. Agriculture Mechanics ?5 years BS.USU FFA Advisor Robert Olsen Department Head. Drafting. Ind Crafts. Woodwork. 9 years. MS.USU. Faculty Welfare Howard Glttins Auto Mechanics. 2 years BS.USU. Faculty Welfare Jim Hill Industrial Crafts. Athletics. 4 years BS.USU. Awards Committee Dee Hortin Agriculture Science. 8 years MS.USU FFA Douglas M Stoker Health. Physiology. Athletics. 9 years BS.USU. Basketball Coach G Gardner taught basketball fundamentals to future varsity caoers during sixth hour Vernal Harris Department Head. Physical Education. Ath'etics. 37 years B S USU Athletic. Committee Fern Gardner Physical Education. 6 years. BS.USU GAA Advisor. Dance Committee The physical education department helped round out the program of the school for the student by helping him acquire physical skills in ad- dition to the academic skills he gams in other classes The training students received in physical education also includes qualities of good sportsmanship and team work which are very important in their relationships with others Gary Gardner Health. Athletics. 2 years. M S . B Y U Key Club Advisor. Sophomore Football and j V Basketball Coach Clare Bradshaw Driver Education. 12 years. B S . USU . Dance Chairman Owen Westenskow Woodwork. 35 years. BS.USU. Faculty Welfare Harold Anderson Physical Education. World History. 9 years. BS.USU Athletics Suzanne Pearson Dance. Type 1 year. B S . U of U B Ette and Cheerleader Advisor 15

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any Facets Of Different Worlds . . Lyman D Morrell Department Head Bookkeeping. Gen Business 34 years BS.USU 4 Nanette Savage Shorthand. Office Machines 1 year BS CSU Freshman Class Mom Ruth M Naumann Business Law Shorthand I and II. Transcription I year. B S BYU COMMERCIAL ARTS The capable staff of the Commercial Arts Department helped students gam skills in the business fields. These well-trained educators gave students an insight into the business professions. Through classes such as type, short- hand. business machines, and bookkeeping, students gained knowledge and skills they will be able to use throughout their lives in any field they choose. Miss Savage is caught in the act of teaching shorthand Olive N Weidman Type I and II. 1 5 years. BS.USU. Awards Committee HOME ECONOMICS Cooking, sewing, and other domestic skills were the teaching job of the qualified Home Economics Staff Girls acquired talents that will enable them to maintain a smooth-running, efficient home and become successful homemakers. One of the homemaking teachers. Mrs. Pierce, taught at Box Elder High part of the year and then returned to the junior high school. She was replaced by Mrs Krueger, who took over homeliving and home decorating classes. Helen Pierce Department Head. 31 years. BS.USU. Homelivmg. Home Decorating Donna Hurst Homemaking 6 years. BS.USU. FHA Advisor Loreen Swenson Homemaking II. Food Skills. Personality 4 Dress. 2 years. BS.BYU. FHA Advisor. Jr Class Mom Mrs M Krueger replaced Mrs Pierce as head of the Homemaking department She has taught school for 20 years and received her M S from University of Arizona 17