Chula Vista High School - Scroll Yearbook (Chula Vista, CA)

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FINE ARTS MR, FLEMING San Diego STaTe Band lowa STaTe MR. JAMES C. MERRILL Fine arTs classes aT Chula VisTa were a consTanT melee of acTiviTy. ArT was characTerized by The pounding and chipping of i'creaTive aTmosphere and music classes vibraTed wiTh chords and discords. ArT, one of Chula VisTa's fin- esT programs, underwenT sev- eral changes This year, Mr, Flem- ing Took over mosT of The be- ainning arT classes while Mr. Robinson concenTraTed on ad- vanced classes and arTs and craTTs, The advanced design class worked on a mosaic made oT Mexican glass which will be insTalled in The Toyer of The new gymnasium. AnoTher highlighT of The year was a Tield Trip To Los Angeles To view The Tamed Van Gogh exhibiT. FormaTion of a dance band was The maior evenT in insTru- nnenTal music, Mr. Merrill was direcTor of This as well as our snappy Blue and Whife march- ing band and The oTher insTru- menfal groups on campus. ParTicipaTion in The vocal music program was noT as greaT as in The pasT. buT lack oT num- bers was balanced bv increased aualiTv. Many Tield Trips, con- cerTs, and sinaina on The radio helped manv sTudenTs To realize The poTenTial of Their TalenTs. One of The sTrong poinTs of our school, as poinTed ouT by The accrediaTion board, was The aT- TenTion given To The non-scholas- Tic sTudenT and his preparaTion Tor work aTTer compleTing school. This preparaTion was Taken care of by classes in Typing, shorT- hand, bookkeeping, shop work, and drafTing. lnTegraTed wiTh business edu- caTion was The work experience program which proved beneficial To boTh sTudenTs and employees. This program permiTTed sTudenTs To drop Two aTTernoon classes To work aT various iobs and receive The valuable on-The-iob Training needed Tor work aTTer gradua- Tion. Flying chips of aluminum, The glare of a spuTTering welding Torch, and The banging of ham- mers againsT raw meTal were all added To The reverberaTions of The indusTrial arTs deparTmenT as The new meTal shop was added To The curriculum, Boys learned To work wiTh varied meTals on a varieTy of Tools: laThes, brakes, and hand Tools. The roar of The ieT engine and The rasp of The carpenTer's saw were familiar To sTudenTs en- rolled in The new Third year draTTing course which offered aircraft and archiTecTural draTT- ing. This course supplemenTed The Two years of mechanical drawing given To boys and also a number of girls. MR RICHARD ROBINSON MR. JOSEPH WAGNER JR. ff Vocal Music S-Su San Diego Sfafe Obe in Z Qs- XX The splinrering of glass and a sTeady hum of ocTiviTy invade The arf roam when sTudenTs hurry To finish The SparTon culture mosaic.

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MR. GEORGE H. LIVERMORE MR. ROBERT H. LOVE MR. DALE E. NELSON MR. WILLIAM R, NICHOLS Mathematics Mathematics Boston University San Diego State Bowling Green St, Univ. Mr. Nichols supewises the conducting of one of his notorious open-ended experiments. Mathematics Chemistry U.S. Naval Academy MR. VANE OLINGER Mathematics San Diego State MR. ROBERT S. RHOADES Biology Huntingdon MR. CLARENCE SANDERS World Science USC ll .xii A gf -'gn' rise- . The preparation of cherry pies for the annual county contest is just one of the interesting projects engaged in by home management classes.

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MR. WAYNE L. ALLEN S.B. Financial Advisor Son Diego State BROWNIE NOWACKI Auto Shop Son Diego State R MR, GENE CLARKE MR, RONALD W. LAWSON Bookkeeping Mechanical Drawing Son Diego State San Diego State MR. MORRIS A. ROSS MR. MERWIN H. SCHWARZ Typing Woodshop San Diego Sfme Arizona State APPLIED MRS. LORRAINE F. LOWERISON Typing San Diego State MR. RONALD L. STEWART Metal Shop Son Diego State MRS, JANET THOMAS Shorthand San Diego State ARTS i t-7 Although the sonic boom of their iet will never actually be heard, drafting students continue to L5 ready the plans of their experimental aircraft.