Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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years, service Mr. Alfred Attaway's record of 14 years' service on Duncan's board of education, and Mr. Douglas Brubaker's record of 43 years as teacher and admin- istrator in Greenlee County schools ended this year, with the retirement of both men. Mr. Attaway, a graduate of Duncan High, was first elected to the board in 1957. During his terms, the high school grew in enrollment from about 145 students to 225, and the number of teachers rose from 10-17. When, in 1952, Mr. Brubaker became Duncan's first super- intendent of schools, the high school had about 120 enrolled, and nine teachers. The elemen- tary school, once with one teach- er to each grade, rose to two, plus a full-time music instructor. The cafeteria, built in 1952-53, has been Mr. Brubaker's pride, and classrooms were added to both buildings. Succeeding Mr. Attaway is Mr. Edwin Barlow. Owner of Barlow's Chevron Station, he is a 1959 graduate of DHSg his wife Julie is a member of the Class of 1961. Their two chil- dren are Kellie, seven, and Kenny, five. Chosen to follow Mr. Bru- baker was Mr. Archie Stephens, DHS 1957, and a graduate of Grand Canyon College, with a master's degree from Arizona State University. His wife Janice is also a Grand Canyon graduate. Their children are Crystal, 12, Jeffrey, eight, and Eric, two. In addition to changes in personnel, the board during the year authorized the building of the dike behind the bus garage and vocational building, for DOUGLAS BRUBAKER FLOYD D. CHAPMAN Superintendent of Schools Principal Preparing for duties, to begin officially on July 1, Mr. Stephens attends spring board meetings, here discusses with Mr. Brubaker and Mr. Chapman a proposed salary schedule. flood control, bought an 84- passenger speaker and radio- equipped Bluebird bus, made tentative plans for purchasing mobile or pre-fab housing to rent to teachers, and considered ways of meeting the need for ex- panding the schools' playground and athletic areas. At retirement party, Mr. Brubaker views portrait which will hang in cafeteria. 21

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Superintendent Brubaker, School board member Attaway retire, totaling 57 MEMBERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION: Elvin Lunt, pres- ident, member since 1963: Roy Dozier, member since 19665 Frank 20 Willis, since 1959: Edwin Barlow, since Jan. l, 1972: Alfred At- taway, 1958-1971: Wylie Boyd, clerk, member since I966. Alfred Attaway, in one of his last board meetings, swears in his successor, Ed Barlow. Board members rotate, each serving a five- year term. UPPER LEFT: Retiring Superintendent Brubaker sits with last board to serve with him. LEFT: Elvin Lunt, board president, welcomes incoming Superintendent Stephens.

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JOY STREET. Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Math. B.S. in Ed. University ofArizona Geometrical figures inspired Dennis Herrera to create designs in color. l General math teacher Cunningham explains problem to Melody Shiflet. 22 Math classes Share problem Informal seating arrangements and team study characterized Mrs. Joy Street's way ofteaching mathematics. Her students could work together and appeal to her when problems were too hard to solve. In her third year at Duncan, Mrs. Street moved her classroom from the second floor to Room l, which in the past years has been a chemistry and biology lab, and has held English, journalism, and history classes by turns. Mrs. Street was co-sponsor of the Senior Class and sponsor of the National Honor Society. Mr. Thomas Davis's chemistry students learned of atoms, mem- orized chemical tables. and were introduced to photography. Biol- ogy classes dissected creatures, and studied and practiced ecol- ogy, taking time to collect trash from the school grounds and pre- pare soil for plantings. General science emphasized physical laws such as speed and motion. All classes wrote reports. This was Mr. Davis's second