Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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VOCATIONS LUCILLE BLUDWORTH, B A., M.A. Typing, Commercial Geography University of New Mexico Texas Tech IONE JOnCJ, B. A. Typing, Shorthand Baylor University E. E. KEY, B. S. Woodwork West Texas Teachers Texas Tech PAULINE HOOSER, B. S. Home Economics Texas Tech FLOYD HONEY, B. A. Commercial Arithmetic, Bookkeeping Texas Tech ELMA MILLER, B. S. Home Economics Texas State College for Women University of Calif. SAM LEIFESTE, B.A., M.A. Business Training Southwestern University University of Texas The Vocations Department consists of the following:— Industrial Arts: Mechanical Drawing and Woodwork; Homemaking: Foods and Clothing; Commercial Subjects: Typing, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Salesmanship, Office Practice, Occupations, Com- mercial Geography, Junior Business Training, and Commercial Arithmetic. In Mechanical Drawing students are taught cor- rectness in drawing and printing. Throughout the year many useful articles are made in Woodwork, such as footstools, breadboards, endtables, and bedroom suites. In the Homemaking Department managing cloth- ing in order to be well-dressed at all times, the girl and her home, and caring for the sick have proved interesting. Fifty per cent of the girls enrolled in high school are taking Home Economics. In the future the needs of boys as well as those of girls are to be considered. The Commercial Department tries to teach the student to discover in what line of work he wants to continue. It tries to give students actual practical work to meet life situations. For a small majority the Depart- ment teaches for the vocational purpose and personal use. r Mr. Dawson's first years of teach- ing experience were spent at Farwell, Post, and Stamford, Texas. Eight out of e'even consecutive years of teaching have been spent in Lubbock. For seven years he has been Head of the Industrial Arts Depart- ment. For ten years Mrs. Terrell has taught in Lubbock High School. Seven of these years have been spent as Head of the Commercial Department. She first taught in England, Arkansas. Miss Watson, who became Head of the Home Economics Department at the beginning of the 1936-1937 school year, has been teaching here for nine years. She first taught in a one-teacher rural school. She has a so taught !n grade school, high school, and college. G. E. DAWSON, B. S. Mechanical Drawing, Head of Department West Texas Teachers College Texas Tech MRS. ETHEL TERRELL, B. A. Dean of Girls, Typing, Salesmanship Baylor University GERTRUDE WATSON, B.S., M.A. Home Economics, Head of Department North Texas Teachers College Columbia University 26

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LANGUAGE ARTS First Row MRS. ROSS AYERS, B. A. Journalism, Publications Trinity U.; Texas Tech ALICE BECKETT, B. A. English, Declamation U. of Wichita, U. of Denver MATTIE CLARK, B. A. English Trinity U.; U. of Colorado LULA MAE CRAVENS, B. O Speech, Dramatics Southern Methodist U.; Columbia U. MAURINE CUNNINGHAM, B.A.,M.A. Spanish Mary Hardin Baylor; U. Old Mexico Second Row AMELIA HARGIS, B. A. English U. of Texas; Texas Tech LINIOEL HILLIARD, B. S. English U. of Okla.; East Central Teac GLENYS HONEY, B.A., English Texas Christian; Texas Tech D. M. HOWELL, B. S. English East Texas Teachers; George Peabody MRS. R. P. JOHNSON, B. A. Latin U. of Texas; West Texas Teachers B. A n A r. Third Row VELMA McCANDLESS, B. A., M. A. Spanish Southern Methodist; U. Old Mexico GRACE PADLEY, B. A English U. of Wisconsin CRESSIE TURNER, B. A. English Abilene Christian; Texas Tech MRS. ADA L. WOLFE, B.A., M.A. English U. of California; Leland Stanford The Language Arts Department includes English, Latin, Spanish, Public Speaking, Dramatics, and Journalism. The subjects above have been correlated so that the problems and topics of each may be used to interpret and explain those of the others. The general aims of the department may be stated thus: to lead the pupil into worthwhile and interesting experiences; to guide him in acquiring ideas; to direct him in communicating these ideas correctly and effectively. In addition to the building of units of work by both teachers and students for classroom use, the following extra-curricular projects have been directed by the teachers of this department: publication of The Westerner and The Westerner World, contests in the Latin Tournament and Spanish, and such interscholastic league contests as essay writing, one-act play, declamation and extemporary speech. DOROTHY LOMAX, B. A. English Head of Department Baylor University University of California Miss Lomax, who has been Head of the English Department for ten years, began her career in Big Spring, Texas. For sixteen consecutive years she has taught, and for twelve years she has taught in Lubbock. She has also taught in Meridian College. In the summer of 1930 Miss Lomax traveled in Europe. v She is a member of A. A. U. W. and Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary edu- cational fraternity for worsen teachers. -4 25 4-

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SOCIAL STUDIES c. c. cox Social Science Head of Department North Texas Teachers College University of Chicago The Curriculum of the Depart- ment of Social Studies is as follows: World History; Social Science, which is an intergrated course in American History and Government; Economics and Sociology. Changes in the cur- riculum during the past year have provided for the new course in Social Science, which, after the session of 1936-37, rep'aces the courses in American History and Government. Mr. Cox, HWIWVil Social Studies Department for nine years, has had eleven years of experience in Lubbock High. His first teaching was done in a small town near Abilene, in Taylor County. During the years 1916-1917 Mr. Cox was a traveling salesman. mote cooperati end that good citizenship, patriotism, and loyalty' tutions begin early in life and become an endurini It is the aim of the Social Studies, through appropriate activities, to provide an understanding of American Institutions, social, political and economic; to encourage students to become historically minded; to en- courage them to thir constructively; to teach tolerance and world-mi indedness, ss; arljd to pro- th others to the American Insti- characteristic. E. M. BARNETT, B. A. History Howard Payne Texas Tech J. W. REID, B. A., M. A. Economics, Debate Hardin-Simmons University of Texas E. J. LOWREY, B. A., M. A History Texas Christian University Texas Tech J. FRANK WARD, B. A., M. A History Texas Tech Univ. of California URAL SCIENCE Natural Science deals with the Material Things of the earth—the changes they undergo, and the phenomina they present. MRS. ROSS AYERS, B. A. Physical Ed., Athletics Texas Tech LELLESSE HAYS KIRBY, B A Physical Ed. Texas Tech J. W. DAY, B. A. Physics, Mathematics Hardin-Simmons Univ. of Texas W. C. WATTS, B. A., M. A. Applied Science Hardin-Simmons Texas Tech In Physical Education the girls; the purpose: develop- ing healthy and righteous social relationships; the key word: health. In Biology the Material Things are: plants and ani- mals; the purpose: that the student may know the proper relationship of life to life and get better understanding of the laws governing his own body; the key words: health and enjoyment. In Physics the Material Things are: mechanics and phenomina of heat, light, and electricity; the purpose: to rightly relate the student to the industries of the world to make a more worthwhile citizen; the key word: indus- try. In Chemistry the Material Things are: those things which make up our environ- ment; the purpose: to aid the student to rightly relate the material things to him- self; the key words: health and industry. Material Things are: boys and For fifteen out of sixteen years that Mr. Witt has taught here he has been Head of the Science Department. He began as principal of the high school at Anson, Texas. He has taught in all types of Edu- cational Institutions from a one- teacher rural school to junior and senior College. M. E. WITT, B. A., M. A. Chemistry Head of Department Hardin-Simmons Texas Tech