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

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is QE? guicbng Agkffi I toolc a young tresirman to tile Counseling room yesterday to meet lviiss Harris, Dean ot Girls, anct to tallc to tier Coun- selor, lVliss Eloise Srnitll. The girl was a tgit nervous about the interview witli tier counselor and time clean, taut their gracious manner made tier feel quite at ease. Miss Smitti helped tier arrange tier program tor lwer entire course. and sime left room 7 teeling very muctl at liome in tligil svtiool. No matter what lie your pligtlt. your counselor always seems alole ancl Willing to iielp you. Ttiey always know exactly what tlie correct tiling is to clo, anel ttiey tielp you do it. Our Counseling system txere in Taft has been greatty improved since you were a student luere, Pat. Remember trow all ot tlie boys tract only one counselor? Now ttlere are counselors tor eacim class, and using tiris method gives the students a ctiance to tall: over more prolalems. This sys- tem also lielps time counselors and students to become better acquainted. Our counselors are always understanding and sympatlwetic and seem to see time problem wilicii is confronted from tlie slucientts point of view. Our Counselors are tile following this year: Gorcton Arlett. Gartyn Baslwam, Her- man Buclmer. Eugene Nt. Jotmston, Geoffrey Noalqeg, Larry Pool, Nlonty Reeciy, lwtiss Elizalnetti Bedford, ivlrs. ixfiiriam Dyer-Bennet, lVtrs. Jean Hardv. Miss Grace Harris, Mrs. Ntagcialene Neilson, ancl lvliss Eloise Smith. FOI YNSIQLORS ARF S'I'UlJtiN'l'S' VRIENIJS, Atmve: Frvsllmen girls wait to tif- rounsc-lent: Alexanrts-r, .lf'itf'ry, Vantossen, Gatdriel, Straw, Butlin, Smitti, Spittler. Le-tt: iviiss Grave Harris, Clean ot girls. Below left: lvtonty Reedy acijusts Eugene Blalwnyis program. Below riglltz Tim counselors arrange SUICIPDISY programs: Top row. Cvortton N, Arlett, Larry pool, Eugene lvl. .iolinstom Garlvn Basliam, Geottrey Noalir-sz First row, lxirs. ivlagcialrnc- ixlrilson. txtiss firarc tlarris, txirs. ixiiriam D3'f'F't30l1lIC't, Bliss Etizatwtli Becltorrt, Ftrs. .la-an ttarcly.

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'QQ Q - Q5 .7Aeg :serve uri la A very important school statl in our high school is the hooldceeping stall. It is composed ol three memlmers namely: L. C. Sutlitt. Annie Brown. and Nlary Priest. The three lmudgetters worlc in ol'- tices under the lilnrary which are well lighted and well ventilated. Their duty is to maintain the responsilmility ol man- aging student hody and district funds, They have the accounts ol some lilly- six student hody organizations. They maintain the student lund. and also the money lrom the sale ol season liclcets. meal ticlaets, and jaysee student ticlcets. lop pilture: S4'creiul'ies: .lune ire, l.llcille Dirlailll, .Xgatlm Xvilclharlrer, Virginia Stone. Second micturez liusiness stu : Sutlill, Priest, llrown. lhixlarslia 1 V- I V 1 furtis, Below: Bus drivers: Second row, Sllllgftlft, xxillllilllll ljlalzeli, Nloolt-gal, Barnes, lernan Clinton: ljirst row, lohnson, Collin, hlontegal. Ritter, Snyder. BK HS s Another ol the essential cogs in our wheel ol education is the cog containing the lnus drivers. l.ots ol our students come lrom remote dis- tricts which would he dillticult to reach lrom school il it werenit lor good lmusses and competent luus drivers. l canit envy those who tra- verse the roads to places such as lielridge and Vliupman lour times daily. l.ots ol organizations talie trips on which they use the school luusses and hus drivers. All ol them malce quite a lot ol noise on such trips. flur lnusses are in good condi- tion. luut even so. l would need more quiet than they require if l were driving onel Although our lwusses transport a good percentage ol our students to and l-rom school daily. and talce many more on trips and educational tours. the safety record ol this de- partment is outstanding. hecause ol the ellicient supervision ol Russell Johnson. transportation head. High School Page T'

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2 earning fo bye l woncler wlmelller live ever lolcl you alzoul llle swell social seience cieparlmenl we liaye. To anyone xylmo lilies llislory as l clo. il eerlainly seems wonclerlul lo liave sueln a variely ol eourses lo Clioose from. Xve oller a lour-year pro- gram: social living lor llie lreslimen. worlfl liislory lor llme sopliomores, American liislory lor llle juniors. ancl soeial anti eeonomie prolfnlems lor llle seniors. ln our junior college we oller economies. sociology. liislory. psycliology. geograplmy, polilical llieory. anti American inslilulions in lransler Courses ancl orienlalion. soeial inslilulions ancl xxmeriean govern- llSli?l' COUTSCS. menl in non-tra lop lell: Sneiul seieru 1' lm ully lilies up lor llme eamerag lima I llna, Bliss l':liZallelll liefllinrll, losl-pl, liierlie, llenry lines, uli TOYV, l'lfllI'Sl xIl'lllllK'S, ixIlSSAllQ'l' iIUllllSUll, Nlllllfll' Bumlay, X ineenl lle llilfry' Sfllllllli l'4l'OIll NNY, ,lne Blfhrruw, I.y-I.- lgfl!XXH, cvklrlyll lgklxlhllll, .lnllll fr. lluyyes, ,lolln llnwe. up riglll: lielly Alulloll examines llle map nl lner rounlry. Riglilz Belly Dean Below: Vl1llf'f4f' llislory sllulenls seem I ansl Dieli ljylies sluily llne linilerl Slales Conslilulion. rn lu' inlereslell. leeling lilie a guicle lmoolc. cliseussions. fjnee in a yylmile we gel inlo llol wi one lrip neyer lorgel. fiinger is laliing Alneriean llislory lllis year, slle carries on argulnenls ancl cliseussions yyilli lie a lwig llilllll. H X rms:-mu l l'0Illl'IlllJPl' Hllill lun il was lasl year XYllf'II we slufliecl yocalions. lfaeli sluclenl macle slumlies ol lour clillerenl oeeupalions: so l am sure llnal lie liarl a mueli clearer iclea ol wllal lie yyanlerl lo lie. Xve loolc up a slucly ol llle llislory ol lyern Counly ancl Tall. l was surprisecl llial l lyneyy so lillle as l flifl almul our loyyn. lllll l linisllecl llme year Xveire riglll in llie lniclclle ol yyorlcl llislory now. So many llis- lorie evenls are lalxing plaee llial we ran generally llaye some super ller lmul il s all lun anyway. Vlqllf' yyorlcl llislory sllulenls looli a lrip lo llle l.a lirea Tar lnils anrl llme lxluseum ol NHllITill llislory llmis year. rll1al's eerlainly ancl lrom llle way r l suppose lllal slle yyrole llme liislory lmoli liersell. liigllliglll Ol I'l0llflS. Ollf' XY0lllCl lliese elasses was reaellerl yylien an American liislory quiz eonlesl was earriecl on in an assemlmly. llue eonleslanls eerlainly cleserye iglr Sellool Page 9