Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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L. Cokcr, Mr: SECRETARIES AND CLERKS— Top row: Ex W ' ihon, secretary to superintendent; Virgin Stone, secretary to deputy superintendent. Thir row: Thelma Mattison, secretary to junior collcj d.-an; Lawrence Rittcr, office clerk; Mrs. Edit M. L ane, junior college librarian. Cheerful, cooperative, .ind .imbitious well characterize the em- ployees of the Taft Union Hii;h School District. All these employees who are engaged in office work, gardening, bus driving, building main- tenance, cooking and building supervision are intimately connected with the school, its welfare and activities. Many workers in the cafeteria, such as Mrs. Helen Ritenour, super- visor of the cafeteria, have been successfully serving Taft Union High School for many years. Mrs. Ritenour ' s splendid reputation causes a stampede to the domestic science building at 12:05 on each and every school day. Here the cafeteria staff has quantities of delicious food. During this 1958-39 school year cafeteria prices have been reduced and students enjoy filling the benches at unusually low prices. An important unit in any establishment is the bookkeeping staff. Headed by T. C. Sutliff, assisted by Miss Zella Vaughan and Miss Annie Brown, this group has in its hands the pecuniary affairs of the Taft High District. Not the least of their problems is receiving the numerous students who come to the basement room to buy bus tickets for out-of-town athletic events, and to pay breakage and supply bills. Perhaps the staff ' s most trying days are check-out days, when all the students must pay all debts with this department before being granted clear- The secretaries of the schools ad- ministrators are confronted not only with doing their prescribed office work JFEICIALS AND ASSISTANTS —Second row: H. O. Elliott, but also with answermg the numerous uper.ntcndent of buildings and questions of information seekers. The secretaries are greatly appreciated by the students for the thousands of cheer- grounds; Mrs. Vivian C. t ' a- thcn, attendance clerk. From row: Agatha Wildharber, sec- retary to Dean Berry; M.irv ful services rendered them in the course of the school ear. Priest, secretary to Mr. jolin- ston; MoruK- llulse, secretary to Mr. Arlelt.

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In Government THH ADMIN ' iSTRATIVI BOARD of Taft Union High School, advocating a finer school spirit, this year en- deavored to develop among the students an attitude of good sportsmanship. The Board ' s success was due large- ly to the members ' entliusi- . ' stic support of the Rally Club and Color Week. The leaders of thes; receive due credit for impressing on the student body the true mean- ing; of school lovaltv. HIGH SCHOOL AD BOARD— First Semester — Back row: Simnis, Faull, Johnston, Williams, Hanl(ins, Shelton. Reed. ik, Ga HIGH SCHOOL AD BOARD— Second Semes- ter — Back row: Shore, Foust, Simmons, Wright, McCurdy, Mr, Johnston. Front row: Baker, Lester, Dykes, H.irder. Osborne. Patricia President, t% COORDINATING COUNCIL— Second Se- mester — Top row: Mr. Howes. Miss Desscry, Dr. Berry, Mr. Johnston. Second row: Thorn- tipn. Harder. Cook, Montgomery, Stewart. H.rst row: Simmcms, Murray, Smith. Osborne. THE COORDINATING COUNCIL of the Taf t Union High School and Junior College has duties which directly affect the institution ' s students. In the Coordinating Council ' s power are arrangement of matters relating to policies, finances, and activities of the two student bodies. All dates requested by organizations for their varied activities and the budget of clubs whose finances are dependent on the school must be validated by this council composed of high school and junior college student body officers, presidents of the Girls ' League and Boys ' Federation, administrators, and (acuity members. Presidents of the Girls ' League and Boys ' Federation were admitted this year by a constitutional amendment to the council. Advisors include Eugene M. Johnston, director of student ac- tivities, and Betty T. Berry, dean of tzirls.

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Mm DUSINF.SS OFI-ICI ? U-ft to riglit: Annie- Bi sistant bookkeeper; Vaughn, cashier; L. G bookkeeper; June Lee, s Mrs. Ellen J. La Mars book clerk; Fay Curti clerk. Well Done A fortunate school is one which h.is in its employ workers who are capable ' .ili.i of effectively carrying out the rcspon- itliff, sible duties assigned them. Skill and training are required before an indi- upply vidual is fitted to undertake the work of a school employee, and a person who can successfully hold his position is one of high ability. Taft Union High School bus dri- vers probably have the dutx- requiring the most clear thinking, skill, and cau- y school employee, for in their care is the task of bnngmg to ly about 5 00 students of the Taft High School and Junior Early in the morning the busses pick up boys and girls near ous homes, and, manned by skillful drivers, these vehicles safely deposit their loads at the Music Building in time for students to reach classes. Again at night the bus driver convevs his charges to their dwellings. Well kept grounds and buildings add greatly to the dignity of any school and Taft can be justly proud of its custodian staff which is re- sponsible for creating a favorable impression of our school and its cam- pus. In spite of the fact that there was a considerable amount of con- struction work at Taft High this year, the gardeners have succeeded in planting lawns, shrubberv, and flowers all of which are flourishing and idding beauty to our campus. Taft High has often been called an oasis in the desert, and it is to the gardeners that the credit goes for attracting such comments. People are prone in these days to emphasize greatly the interde- pendence of one unit with another. In school systems this interdepend- ence is well illustrated b) ' the dependence of the faculty on the adminis- trators, the students on the faculty and the dependence of all on the district ' s employees. tion of ai school da College, their var