West Phoenix High School - Westerner Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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HOME-ECDNOMIC Our Home Economics department offers a tour year pro- gram to all students, though generally the first three years are of interest to girls only. Both first and second year Home Economics basically include one semester of cooking and one semester of sewing First year, also offers students a course in groom- ing, an introduction to fabrics and color and second year an authorized Red Cross course in home nursing is covered. During the th'ird year, the course is divided into two sections: Child Development and Home Management. The Child Development course offers students an opportunity to observe human nature in children. The second portion of this course covers all the phases involved in the tricky operation of home management including budgeting time and money. Fourth year within this department comes under the title Human Relations. Because human relations are of interest to everyone, boys are drawn as equally as girls to this course. Human Relations covers just that - the ioys and complications of one human relating with another. Q2 1 . i wifi' Ns . N Mrs. Dolores Adkins Department Head Human Relations Home Economics 4 Miss Anita Dugger Home Economics Home Management Miss Wilola Follett Human Relations Child Development Mrs. Margery Short Home Economics 1,3 '11 ,,,. 65 ,, V, ml I U 3 f' ' 5 5 A F TH ,,,,,,W.W-0-WW W f 'T7ff1,: l ' FE., ' 'koi l 4 ' 4 . A . f . V A 1 f ,, ii me s . -- A-i f q Lynette Johnson the needle. performs the most basic of sewing skills-threading INDUSTRIAL ART Among the courses offered by this department are metal shop, graphic arts, drafting, auto mechanics, electronics, and wood working. As cars always hold a particular inter- est for boys, auto shop is the most popular of these COLIFSGS. A new course, Graphic Communications, was offered second semester. This course made it possible for stu- dents to become acquainted with machinery and situations they are likely to encounter in their chosen occupations. Industrial Commerce Education, tl.C.E.J, is a program which helps train students for jobs. During their Senior year many students leave campus for the last half of the day and work on jobs found for them by l.C.E. Although industrial Arts enrollment consisted largely of boys, a few girls participated in the program. Individ- ual help is stressed in learning the techniques of each separate art. Mr. Everett Byron Auto Mechanics General Shop Mr. Ralph Frantz Metal Work 1,3 Arthur Holmes wears a puzzled expression while trying to General 5h0P figure out another one of those tough drafting problems. x Mr. Carl Jepsen Electronics 1,3 Mr. Clarence Johnson Graphic Arts 1,3 General Shop Drafting Mr. A. L. Liubicich Department Head Drafting 1,3 General Shop Mr. B. H. Robinson Woodwork 1,3 General Shop Mr. Larry Smith l.C.E. General Shop FACU LTY 19

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The Foreign Language department carries on an extensive program offering four years of Spanish, French, Latin, and German. ln all the courses, from the first year through the fourth, the culture and literature involved are stressed as well as grammar and vocabulary. The instructors are reinforced in their teaching through the use of the lab and the resource center where materials are available for extra credit work. Although unofficial, third and fourth year are actually advanced courses because of the detail they go into. The grading scale used, since learning a foreign lan- guage is difficult, is not as high as in other departments but this should not be misleading. These courses take work. By second semester students are expected to con- verse and understand almost entirely in their language, and since these courses are unrequired students take K, them by choice. , Spanish seems to be very popular because of our lo- ,, cation: Latin runs second since many feel that it is the base of all other languages. Foreign language, in addition to being rewarding, makes an excellent major or minor in college and is an asset in any field of work. ifwljf, Michelle Hayt listens attentively as Mr. Barragon explains some of her duties as student assistant. Miss Durnin makes use of the Foreign Language lab to give individual instruction to her first year stu- dents. Mr. Joe Barragon Department head Spanish 1,3 Mrs. Lucille Bridgewater Spanish 1 Miss Phyllis Durnin French 1,3,7 LANGUAGE Miss Julia Homer German 1,3,7 Miss Cornelia Ledyard Latin 1,7 French 1 Mr. Alfred Romo Spanish 3,5 18 FACULTY

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Geometry can be a real ball, especially around 7th hour, when you've had it up to here with proofs and co-ordinates. MATHEMATICS Twelve math teachers headed by lVlr. Weldon Zimmer- man make up the Math department. They offer a wide variety of courses from General Math to lntroductry Analysis, while striving to explain the why and how of a problem instead of just getting the correct answer. Many advanced classes are offered to better pre- pare the Math student for college, such as accelerated Geometry, Trigonometry, and Introductory Analysis. Computer Programming is taught to recommended students by Nlr. Lowery. They learn how to program computers and they also go to P.C. to process them. The State Math Contest was held at West on April lst. Prizes relating to math were given to West students, who as usual, took many top honors, with Nlr. Weldon Zimmerman organizing the contest. Miss Gollong and Danzelle Lewis smile as if they've got a joke go ing. Maybe Geometry isn't such a grind after all. Mt' Mrs. Annie Buehman Algebra 1 ' Q 1 ' A lntro. Algebra 6 - s' ..,' Miss Margaret Doyle g i Algebra3 tm . ci lu- - Geometry 1 at I 'ZZ' Mr. Robert Fitzgerald if ' lntro Algebra 3 1, W y h ' Geometry 1 . M . 'r Mr. James Fossum Algebra 1 Intro. Algebra 1 ' - Miss Gladys Gollong iw ' X M ,. . Geometry 1 5 Q General Math at ' is Mr. Russell Jacobs A . . Intro. Algebra 1 A A Q at G ,Q Mr. Robert Lowery A fi ' Algebra 1 t fi -fi 5? i' g umm Analysis 1-2A Q if Q . '-iiffl. Miss Wilma Sain General Math Algebra Geometry Mr. Dale Torrence General Math Intro. Algebra 3 Mrs. Emma Wheeler Geometry 1 Intro Algebra 3 Mr. Weldon Zimmerman Department Head lntro. Analysis Algebra 3-3A 20 FACULTY - .usa sn..