Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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Advisers With a full schedule of duties to perform as assistant principal, Mr. Douglas Clark, M.Ed., stated that Astoria High ' s primary objective is to try to mold a program, both academic and athletic, to meet the needs of the students within the school. ,n his sixth year as assistant principal, Mr. Clark ' s duties have included directing both the athletic and intramural programs, dis¬ tributing textbooks, and handling problems of discipline. Out of school, Mr. Clark enjoys playing golf and doing handyman jobs at home for r elaxation. Mr. Clark, assistant principal and athletic director, checks a basketball schedule in Sport ' s Hall. Director of counseling, Anna Marie Fried¬ rich, is always busy. Students come to her for information on colleges and jobs, for advice about college applications and college board tests, and for schedule changes. With each student she stresses the impor¬ tance of studying the various choices for colleges or jobs and then making the best decisions based on the study. Beside helping students with college and vocational decisions. Miss Friedrich has charge of giving aptitude tests, keeping students ' records, and giving scholarship information. At home. Miss Friedrich enjoys sewing and knitting and playing bridge. In the summer she likes traveling and taking pictures. Helping a new student work out her schedule is one of Miss Anno Marie Friedrich ' s duties as director of coun¬ seling. 12

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Educational Policies In his first year at Astoria High School, Principal Daniel R. Clifford has noticed vari¬ ous major differences between a small high school like Astoria and a larger school like Clackamas, where he was vice-principal. Astoria’s student body is much more closely united within the school and the community, according to AAr. Clifford. Mr. Clifford describes his main duty as prin¬ cipal as, being responsible for the total educational program within Astoria High.” He has studied at Minot State College in North Dakota and University of Oregon, where he received his master ' s degree in education. Principol Daniel Clifford appears before the AHS student body for the first time at the initial pep assembly. While intently watching the pepsters’ routine, the admin¬ istrators are caught by the camera. Amused by the antics of their dog are Mr. Clifford and his family, Anne, ten; Mrs. Clifford, Lorrie, sixteen; and Dan, thirteen.

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Show Interest in Students’ Problems In his eleventh year at Astoria High, Mr. Ted Marshall, band director, has served as stu¬ dent council, rally, and pep band adviser as well as handling his usual job of student counselor. Mr. Marshall ' s duties as counselor are to discuss with students their college choices, vocation plans, and personal problems. My goal in counseling, he said, it to help young people learn to help themselves. Away from school, Mr. Marshall enjoys read¬ ing books and working on his stereo set-up. He often finds time to water-ski in the sum¬ mer. Although her main responsibility is counseling girls, Mrs. Schafer works with boys os well. Shown with her here is Bud Conger, Student Body President. The problems of the student ore the foremost concern of Mr. Ted Marshall, student counselor. An atmosphere of friendliness, understand¬ ing, and genuine concern about each girl ' s problems prevails in the office of Mrs. Louann Schafer, Dean of Girls, drama instruc¬ tor, and adviser of Girls ' League. Mrs. Schafer says that her main job is to give every girl a chance to make educational, vocational or personal decisions on her own. Counselors don ' t tell students what to do— they provide an opportunity for students to look at a variety of choices and choose that which is nearest right at that particular moment. Mrs. Schafer is enthusiastic about skiing, tennis, swimming, music and art. 13