Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Organizations, Events Directed By BIOWH Mrs. Myrtle Brown, previous to being the dean of girls at Catalina, taught his- tory in junior high school and was a counselor at Tucson High School. She is in charge of student loanstand welfare, class organizations and activities. She helps many girls with their various problems during the school year. Mrs. Brown has charge of the school calendar, and all activities must have her approval before they can go into effect. All trans- portation for athletic teams, the band, and out-of-town games is handled by Dean Brown. In order to help girls with their various problems, she works closely with counselors, administration, and parents. She supervises school social functions, and sponsors Girls League and Junior Red Cross. Dean Egbert Aids Discipline Problems Handling both the jobs of dean of boys and assistant principal, Mr. Henry Egbert is kept busy at all times. As assistant principal for pupil activities, Mr. Egbert schedules and makes arrangements for all athletic events. Indirect supervision of clubs and extra- curricular activities are also a part of his job. Throughout the year, boys with disciplinary problems are given help by Dean Egbert. A graduate of Tucson High School and the University of Arizona, Mr. Egbert devoted live years to the armed services. After the war, he was a physical educa- tion teacher and football coach at Tucson High. Later, he became dean of boys at T. H. S. C. Quenelle Guides Records, Counseling Conrad Quenelle, assistant principal in charge of pupil personnel and records, heads the attendance ollice, the counseling staff, and the office of its registrar. Under his guidance the attendance office keeps an accurate record of the student attendance at Catalina. In the counselor's ohice all student records are kept. Under his direction, Catalina's seven counselors provide educational, vocation- al, and personal counseling. I Mgr. Quenelle joined the Tucson school district fourteen years ago. Before coming to Catalina he taught science at Safford Junior High and Tucson High and then taught English and was a counselor at Pueblo. f x 1 1 inn-nu hdrs omce Look saggy vsyzv si . ec X N t i N if . X t X Mvf s ld

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nis- Clk D. the Dr. rd, of O0 ion the 100 ear, 15 very will Stu- nor high elve am. nirty we r e edu- for the cide znts, Deen the ates, ner- and- tern as a Mr. Rollin Gridley Responsible For Smoothly Running School As observed by Mr. Rollin T. Gridley, A year has passed too rapidly for most of us and in its wake is left only the memories. Our Torch recounts best these events and incidents of the past year. We are indebted to devoted staff and able sponsors for this wonderful book. Your Torch will become more valued with the passing years. We wish for our graduating class the fulfillment of their ambitions and dreams. We pray that all our students will experi- ence the good fortune which results from the application of their effort to duty and work, and from the courage to confront all discouragementsf' Principal Rollin T. Gridley has been a teacher of American History, Civics, World History, and he was a coach of basketball and the assistant coach of foot- ball at Tucson High School. In 1932, he became a teacher of economics which is now known as American Problems. Three years later he became the head football coach, and then in 1948 he became the assistant principal of T. H. S. In 1953 he was given the tentative job of the principal of Catalina, and this became an actuality in 1956. Mr. Gridley is responsible for the em- ployment, direction, and supervision of all personnel, pupils, facilities, plant and the educational program of the school. He also has the job of preparing the budget and controlling all requisitions. He is in charge of the school journals and public relations which entails the student paper, the school annual, and the publicity releases. He also has to make reports to his superiors and the state. 5- . :- ers f ff f 5

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r -ral as as . -wg as its .. ....... f- -wif. r' 'ffl s sm ,.... , , - W X y ---nl i S Mrs Betty Warner inquires about the absence of a student while Miss Helen Clark records it in the permanent file kept in the attendance Registration, Attendance Announcements, Discipline Vital to Catalinais Welfare Handled in Deanas Office Scheduling classes is the responsibility of the registrar's oflice. A permanent aca- demic record of each student is kept. Mrs. Betty Warner is the assistant regis- trarg Mrs. Helen Hack, Mrs. Winnifred Sims, and Mrs. Gene Merchant also work in this office. An accurate and careful attendance record of Catalinals students is kept by Miss Helen Clark and her assistants, Mrs. Helen Markes, and Mrs. Meta Moore. This job is particularly important because the school district receives money from the State Department of Education based on student attendance. Looking over the schedule and the appointments for the Besides the usual work done in an office, the student announcements along with the routing of discipline cases were handled by Mrs. Nellie Groenert and Mrs. Mary Dyer this past year. They also worked with the coaches on inter- scholastic n eligibility. Parents' permission, a physical exam- ination, and a birth certificate were turned into the dean's oliice by every boy and girl going out for interscholastic sports. Mrs. Groenert served as Mr. Egbert's secretary. Acting as secretary to the Dean of Girls was Mrs. Dyer. day are the Deans' secretaries, Mrs. Nellie Groenert and Mrs. Mary Dyer 'h.... 'Wh-of.. . z Kggx,