Cobre High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Bayard, NM)

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Drugs And Ecology Has Proven To Be Successful New Course At Cobre Dnigs and Ecology is a new course introduced here at Cohre. It is taught by Mr. Lee Maldonado. They study the origin of the different types of drugs during the first semester. Second semester they study the problems involved with Ecology, and how to try to solve them. Tom .-Ulensworth, Gualalupe Cordova. Lucy .Arias, Mary Rose Alires, and Alma Espiuosa check over wTitten materials on driisis. Danny Garcia, Nellie Valenznela, Tony L ' dero, Franklin .Smilli, and Dolores Maldonado pin up ecology posters for Mr. Maldonado.

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the Commercial Department Headed hv Mrs. Marv Bray the com- mercial department prepares stu- dents tor the outside business world. Witli the help of Mr. Milford Thompson, who teaches book- keeping and typing and Mr. Monce Flores who teaches both typing and basine.ss math, students are prepared. A new course added to the com- mercial department is clerical sci- ence. Tliis helps students who want to go into clerical work to get the ex- perience that they need. Mrs. Bray teaches this subject. Another class offered to students who plan to go into business as soon as they finish liigh school or college is is secretarial science. This helps those students to get experience in the field they wish to go into, by tak- ing dictation, sending business let- ters, or just practicing the writing of business letters and fonus. All these courses give the students the knowledge of business for busi- ness work or secretarial work for their future ase. Bertha Barraza is figuring out business accounts in a bookkeeping class. Students work such as learning about ledgers, debits, and accounts. : 1 Mrs. Marv Bray Mr. Monce Flores Mr. Milford Thompson

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Sociology Has An Interesting Speaker .Irs. Gai! Thorton, Mrs. Mclllvenna ' s student teacher displayed African artifacts to her socioiogv lasses. In her hand she holds a magical bushbuch horn. The other artifacts are a civit skin, hand- arved ivory, mahogony trav, native combs, mbala cloth, an ivory vase, cai-vings, jevvelery, witch loctor dolls (munganga yanlvisi), a nsing (ancient instrument), and Congolese paintings. Sociology i.s taught by Mrs. Dorothy Mcllvenna. The course deals with the problems of today. The class holds discussions on different subjects dealing with pollution, racial dis- crimination, the war, and other such major problems. This year Mrs. Mcllvemias student teacher during the first semester, Mrs. Gail Thorn- ton, talked to the students on the life in Africa, and their different customs, songs and dances. She also brought to class some of the artifacts of Africa. Teenage Consumer Teaches Students Money Value Teenage Consumer is taught bv Mrs. Bemadine Herring. Money problems as thev relate to the teenage con- siuiier and to the family are dis- cussed. The students had one sewing project, the butcher apron, which was made by both boys and girls. They also studied fibers and fabric constniction, recognizing the charac- teristics of different fabrics. Ward- robe planning— considering the selec- tion, cost, need, and care of garments, was a part of the course. Mr. Rogers from the Grant County Bank instructed the class on many points of banking, time management, credit, and contracts. tudents consume their time in usehil projects.