Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Mr. Oren Piper Mr. Philip St. Martin Students get Broad Training in Industrial Arts Skills Mr. Roy Lindstedt Mr, Herbert Sehlaekman Mr. Douglas Weir • — Photo by Chris Hum Mrs. Molly Larson, Home Economics Department Chairman, helps two students with their sewing. The classes operate in rooms fully equipped with sewing machines, kitchens and other equipment. Says Mrs. Larson, Our courses are designed to prepare students for personal and family living, and the respon- sibility of running a house. The Department offers courses in interior design, clothing, cooking, and child development. Homemaking Prepares Students for Future The purpose of the homemaking department is to help the student determine the course her life will take so that it will be full and satisfying, said Mrs. Molly Larson, Department Curriculum Associate of Homemaking. The courses are de- signed to prepare the student for personal and family living and the responsibility of running a home in the best possible manner. Some of the courses offered to prepare the student for running a home are interior design, clothing, cooking, family, and child development. West Campus students helped run a nursery-school the past year. There was not a nursery-school at the east campus, so the students used Washington School occasionally. The other courses offered by this department explore various careers that are connected with homemaking and children. The students took classes such as nursing, teaching, and food service for one semester. Then jobs were found for them and they would receive work experience credits. One of the jobs the food service class performed was running the coffee bar for the faculty. Mrs. Larsons is also responsible for all the Berke- ley Public Schools ' homemaking courses. Mrs. Hildreth Headrick Mrs. Anita Christie Miss Greba Jackson Miss Caroline Rone Mrs. Gertrude Tenney — Photo by Chris Hum Two Home Economics students, Rosemary Middleton, left, and Patricia Fields, practice cooking in one of the fully equipped kitchens of the Home Economics Department. 21

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The presentation and explanation of the language is still done in the classroom Mr. Francisco Ibarra Mrs. Rheta Jogo Mr. Henry Lorenzo Mrs. Ericka Pillars M iss Beatrice Roost M iss Margaret Rowland Mr. Don Schrump Mrs. Mary Small M iss Arlene Repetto ' General education in Ind. Arts is goal of department says Rajander — Photo by Chris Hum Mr. Robert Rajander, Chairman of the Industrial Arts Department, is observing a General Metals Shop Class. The student in the foreground is John Green. He is repairing a milling machine vise. Victor Thomas is the student on John ' s right. The milling machine vise is for McKinley High School. Berkeley High shop students make teaching aids for other schools. The Industrial Arts Department has a new program, according to Mr. Robert Rajander, Department Chair- man. Last year it was teaching aids for elementary schools, as well as other projects. Mr. Rajander tells about one time when he took a student to an elementary school with such a teaching aid, a beam balance. The student was greeted by the principal and asked to give a demonstration of the balance for a first grade class. The boy was extremely impressed with the reception he received and when he went back to his class he encouraged other students to attempt similar projects. The Industrial Arts Department does not always train for vocations, says Mr. Rajander. We try to give a general education in the industrial arts. We have a cooperative education process which is good for everyone concerned . . . teachers and students alike. Mr. Rajander says that the department is attempting to make its program wide-range and flexible. We try to weed out the obsolete-things which don ' t meet the needs of today. The department tries to offer new courses if enough students ask for them. Our courses are open to everyone, says Mr. Rajander. They are non-compulsory and non-required but good experience, and students, especially boys, should get such experience.

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— Photo by Robert Chow M iss Virginia Thickens, History Department Head (left), dis- cusses some principles of American History with Mrs. Nancy Spaeth (right). ' Courses contemplated to enhance Program for History Majors says Thickens According to department head, Miss Virginia Thickens, Berkeley High ' s History Department offers a wide variety of electives as well as the state required courses. Although we are on a yearly basis, we have preserved the semester course and this enables the student to be exposed to a wider variety of teachers and teaching techniques, she said. Courses of study are constantly being reexamined for possible revision. Greater use of supplementary materials such as paper- backs and the Amherst study materials have enriched course offerings and enabled students to use primary sources. Some experimental study was done in seminar and inde- pendent type study classes. The introduction of some new courses has been contemplated to enrich the program of the History major and other interested students. Miss Thickens feels that she has one of the most dynamic staffs in the entire school. Mr. Eric Anderson Mrs. Susan Bement Mr. Thomas Boyden M iss Stacy Burke Mr. William Fiedler Mr. Clarence Hampton Mrs. Sara Harrington Mr. Hugh Houck Mrs. Samantha Lee Miss Jane Miller Mrs. Joe Mohrbach Miss Janet Nutzman Mr. Glenn Pape Mrs. Marion Peterson Mr. John Schuermann Mrs. Nancy Spaeth Mr. Jeff Tudisco M iss Thomasine Wilson M iss Hannah Schwartz 22