Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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'I I s A is 1 I is iisl sf, That life is not always a bowl of cherries is a lesson many learn too late. Some people always feel that Santa Claus takes care of those who wish hard enough, some hope for the best while doing little to prepare for the worst. l-lence, it's a good thing we have teach- ers of such increasingly practical courses as Central's business education and home making! SO, IT HAS FINALLY come to thisl Apparently absorbed in cutting paper dolls are Business Education teachers. Actually they are helping to prepare a bulletin board display for the typing room. From left are Marvin J. Sordahl, who sponsors Fellowship Club, Betty McCubbin, x .. ,ctw ,.v , -.. , sifffff By Practice THIS ONE looks good! Wilhelmina Satina takes a Christmas cookie from Bernice Kennedy while Margaret Christian approves. All are teachers of home economics and the occasion was the faculty Yuletide Tea. Home- making students prepared the goodies. Mrs. Christian sponsors FHA. Mrs. i Kennedy is sophomore class adviser. Whether you finally wind up as a home maker or in a business office pursuing a career, the training offered at Central stresses the need to think one's problems out . . . ail the way. Budgets can be planned and careers carved out if you learn the ropes. Central's faculty members have long-since learned from experience one must work at a job to learn. Y-Teens, Edna Davis, Senior Class sponsor, John B. Cace- letto, Business Education Department chairman and co- sponsor of Future Business Leaders: Virginia Hepburn, Pep Club co-sponsor, Benjamin W. Feiler, Key Club sponsor, Mancelyn Boykin, sponsor of Future Teachers of America. V Can Learn I22

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Four Years Df Good Advice 2 JUST LIKE home is the Library at Christmas time! Here adding the gay touch to a Yule display are Leta Weaver, head librarian, Helen Lane, Barbara Swincher, and Sharon Womack, assistants. Four years of friendly guidance is offered every Bobcat on his enrollment at Central High. The school counselor assigned to him will take a personal interest in his welfare, problems will arise, but the student can count on help to solve those worries. Perhaps the first year is the most difficult, but once launched, the willing student finds smooth sailing as he nears graduation. Finally, his MORE SCHOLARSHIPS? Could be, announces Head Coun- selor John Kendall to, from left, Eleanor Wallingford, counselor will help him toward vocational and scholastic success in selecting after-graduation paths for which he is best suited. No modern high schooler has had superior opportunities for a place of quiet and comfort to search for reference material than is offered at Central. Designed for utility and beauty, the well-arranged Library is a popular place for those who seek knowledge from books. Vera Swanger, Paul Hatch, and Merle Lange, These well- informed teachers seek and find answers to our worries. ix

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2 SAAAYY WHAT gives? Busy Helen Thomas has enough Registration Office work to do without added burdens offered by fellow clerks Dor- othy Schwarting, Eleanor Watts, and Patricia Robbins. Audio-Visual, Goodl We're having a movie! During one semester Audio-Visual presented 802 films for 506 showings on subject matter that would fill a catalog. For example, Aeronautics ordered 'l5 films, l5 showings- Business Ed, 34 films and l l7 showings covering bookkeeping, cler- ical training, salesmanship, and typing tips. WANT TO BE A WHEEL? A-V Director Elmer Felton explains film-rolling techniques to Gladys Wilke, A-V assistant, Marge Mertens, English and Journalism, Jean W Love You Citizenship classes saw 56 films for 5l5 showings, Drivers Ed 29 showings, English, 335 showings, Foreign Language l38, Home- making, l36, Music, 5, Physical Ed, 36, Public Speaking, 79, Reading Center 203, Social Studies, 330, Science 603 showings. A-V is the only department busy the full nine periods. Brooks, Library, Harold Lind, English, and Josephine Rhodes, Health Center director. Audio-Visual picture was last chance for faculty photo in annual. 3l