Beaverton High School - Beaver Yearbook (Beaverton, OR)

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Program Valuable Junior counselors, Mrs. Malcolm and Mr. Acheson, hunt for tips on planning an educafion. Mr. Arus Bird, vocational counselor for for the student body, spent much time this year guiding students as they searched for answers to questions per- tinent to their careers. The freshman, sophomore, and junior counselors used most of their daily coun- seling hour helping students vvith sched- uling problems, as well as making avail- able to them information on colleges ancl vocations. Students soon felt free to dis- cuss any personal problems with the six available counselors. H1506 lil Mr. Bird goes over some vocational information before filing it for future reference. Miss Fessenden, Mr, Perry, Mr. Logan, and Miss Conoly, fresh- man and sophomore counselors go over material in prepara- tion for student conferences.

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Mrs. Wippel relaxes from organizing the calendar of coming events. One of the busiest men around BUH5 was Mr. George E. Russell, Dean of Boys, who was respon- sible tor the school guidance program. Counseling with senior boys commanded much of his time as did handling student problems and making schedule adiustments. Seniors in particular sought his advice in regard to colleges, scholarships, and vocations. Career day, outlined by Mr. Russell, enabled stu- dents to personally obtain information from men and women actively engaged in the various fields ot interest. Students who were interested in higher education had an opportunity to talk with representatives from both the state and independent colleges. Coaching the freshman basketball team and heading the mathematics department completed Mr. Russell's day. I8 Expanded Counseling Mrs. Dorothy Wippel, Dean of Girls, was me cen- ter of pupil activities as she calendared and directed all school events. Counseling senior girls and guid- ing them in finding scholarships to girls' colleges and nursing schools occupied a great deal of her time. As student council advisor Mrs. Wippel helped to revise the student body constitution and reorganize the student council. ln addition to this she spent at least halt an hour each day with the president re- viewing student body business and helping plan assemblies Mrs. Wippel represented BUHS by serving on sev- eral community committees during the year. Mr. Russell helps Mike Colley find scholarship opportunities in his vocational area.

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Once more the extremely active high school PTA conducted a year's meetings of interesting programs. In October they sponsored a United Nations Day ob- servance followed with a dinner in the cafeteria. To raise money for the foreign exchange program the Magical Fooler- ies of l955 was presented to all pros- pective tricksters. Parents enioyed the annual Back to School night by following their students' schedules and partaking in their classes. Also included on the agenda of the meet- ings were representatives of the school organizations who explained the pur- poses, functions, and activities of their respective clubs. PTA officers Ray Keefer, vice-president, Mrs. Don Davis, recording secretary, Mrs. Doren Woodward, corresponding secretary, Mrs. Norton Peck, president, and Mrs. Scott Horney, historian examine a reflex condenser in a science proiect made by chemistry student Lee Grunden. Not pictured are William Logan, vice- president, and Jack Boden, treasurer. Pcirent-Teacher Association Parents attending classes of their boys and girls get a taste of the modern schooling system.