Central High School - El Centro Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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Physical education instructors: Mrs. Rena Durbahn, Mr. Robert Porter and Mrs. Dorothy Tubbesing. Missing was Coach Suge Carter, ill at the time of the photo, and Mr. Frank Warren. Physical Education: Fun and Fitness MAN is a creature of both mind and body. While the classroom teachers worked to help mold the students' minds, the teachers in the physical education department helped them keep physically fit. In the boys' depart- ment, Coach Suge Carter and Coach Bob Porter worked their charges toward achieving fitness. They encouraged the boys to develop skill at football, basketball, boxing, baseball, track and soccer. Mrs. Durbahn and Mrs. Tubbesing handl- ed the distatt side, since P.E. is required tor girls, also. To make their courses enioyable, they included a wide variety, including vol- leyball and basketball, dancing and social games. The entire program was devoted to the development ot sound, well-rounded and happy Centralites. ln most cases, it succeeded. -25- Mrs. Durbahn spins a record and the girls spin about in o modern dance.

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Shop teachers shown here: Mr. Taro Asami, Mr. Ray Marxmiller and Mr. Lazaro Luna. Absent from the photo is Mr. Frank Warren. Shops Developed Vocational Interests, Skills l l l WE CFTEN think of school as a brain factory . This doesnt mean that the molding ot an educated person includes only book work. ln the shops, for example, boys work at various proiects requiring the skillful use ot hand as well as head. For many boys, these skills would be used in their lite's work. It is the job ot the shop teacher to help the student develop an interest and aptitude tor mechanics and to teach him safe, effi- cient use ofthe various machines. This iob was capably performed by Mr. Marxmiller, Mr. Asami, Mr. Luna and Mr. Warren. Lett: Mr. Marxmiller watches as a student shapes a proiect. -24-

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Business Many worth-while business courses were offered to Central's office-minded students. The courses were varied and instructors taught the courses thoroughly. Typing l is open to all interested students. Typing ll is available for only those who have finished first year typing. Miss Jantzen and Mr. Weatherby were in charge of the typing classes. In the paper-work division, there appear- ed shorthand, bookkeeping, and secretarial procedures. Each has its own place in the bus- iness world. Central offers these subiects as a basic training for vocations. Many students com- plete a major by having four years of busi- ness subiects. Miss Raley helps Barbara Pizzio with one of her typing problems. Miss Jantzen, Miss Raley, Mr. Weatherby -25-