Casa Grande Union High School - Cougar Yearbook (Casa Grande, AZ)

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arl and speed) david hardaway b.a. arizona state college mr. hardaway heads the expressive art and speech departments. art is available to students who possess the talents and desire to do creative work. mr. hardaway covers the fundamentals of drawing and painting. opportunities are presented the student to enter local and state art shows. the speech and dramatics department gives a student poise and voice control, the first semester includes speech while dramatics are taken during the second half of the year, students receive practice informal and infor- mal speech and in presenting plays of various types. 15 -

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t.o. beach m.s. university of arizona victor edman b.s., m. of ag. university of arizona the ultimate goal that both mr. beach and mr. edman are striving for in the agri- culture department is to establish boys in farming or a related occupation. agriculture 1 is given as a general farm- ing course to help students discover whether or not they are interested in agriculture as a life work, it familiarizes them with the many phases of agriculture. the second year agricultural student learns the actual production methods as well as an introduction to farm shop, students are required to begin a farming program in their second year along with class in- struction. agriculture III begins sectional speci- alization in the fields of animal breeding, special crops, soil and water management, and farm shop, a farming program is also required. the fourth year of agriculture primarily deals with farm management and helps the student get established in farming, work on projects and farm shop is included in the years work. agriculture is a wide and extensive field and gives a boy an insite into the agriculture field after graduation.

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band and chorus jane smith, b. a. mus. ed. university of arizona harvey smith, m. a. mus. ed. vandercook school of music jane smith, who is the choir director this year is new to our faculty, fund- amentals of singing, sight reading and rhythm are studied in her class, the chorus provides entertainment for numerous programs throughout the year. our outstanding band this year is one of which we can be proud, the schedule includes, band day, spring concert, dif- ferent parades and their numerous half- time shows, harvey smith, our band director, should be highly praised for producing such a commendable band.