Lutheran High School - Paw Prints Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Deep down inside us in that place where we can ' t fool even ourselves, is a need to give of ourselves to some- one who needs our love. To give un- selfishly until it hurts. One way is to become the tutor of a Hyde Park Ele- mentary School child. This involves iving up your own time and putting someone else ' s needs above your own. This job is a serious one. There is no place for apathy. A child de- pends on you— how can you think of letting him down? A child who can ' t read even the simplest first-grade: reader— can ' t add two and two when a person commits himself to tutoring a child he is opening a door to the child and himself. The pro- gram was another success under the direction of Rev. Meyer. Meetings at the beginning of the year gave the: tutors an idea of what was needed : and how to begin. There will always • be room for more tutors — if you have thought about being a tutor before but didn ' t have time, think again.

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heads, j the mass of churning bodies. The Through the nine dragging months ot confinement several attempts were made at spicing up the year with dances. At- tendance was spotty and mainly the black kids made the dance anything close to a success. But the outlet was there for those who wanted it . . . from the Sophomore sock hop to the swanky

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TBS 1 Sorting |ars of gooey globs is one facet of Jean Ottensmier ' s |ob as biology assistant. 2 Feeding her wormies their crunchy breakfast of Kellogg ' s corn Flakes, Gall Doster smiles a good morning smile. 3 All sorts of odd jobs were conjured up for art assistants— like creating giant boxes out of cardboard and taping your fingers to the box. Last year when the schedules were being made, stu- dents who were left with a free period, often found them- selves bearing the dubious title of Teaching Assistant (usually endowed regardless of experience). The chores of these chosen few varied from feeding squishy meal- worms their frosty flakes to squeezing glue into bottles until you turned blue in the face. Biology and chemistry TAs actually did find things to do; test tubes to wash, turtles and fishies to feed, bottles and jars to dust, papers to grade, advice to give and then there were the frustrated artists of room 119. Theirs was an easy life— from time to time they were called upon to wash a stack of paint trays or tack up the efforts of art I in the library. But the time wasn ' t wasted— their own art projects got finished on time for once, new jokes were learned, homework was finished and there was always someone to talk to about your latest problem. When all else failed you could always scout around play- ing Dodge the Dean or the Snack Shack Sneak. But these kids did have a chance to work in the shoes of a teacher and come to appreciate the real meaning of patience. teaching assistants 3