Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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lliuudiua Ruiz, A' James McCollum, Adviser, Goldie Hull, Daryl Drummond, .Julie Berman, lou Ki1'kpai.rick, .loo i'owet's, Iiuogeue Cook, June Crum, Robert Conn, Claudia Cordell, Betty Newhold, Joyce Johnson. JOURN ALISM During this last year members of the high school journalism class have experienc- ed a new type of thrill-that type which comes only to every newspaper man or wom- an at his or her interest in this exciting profession. Not until this year have the high school's budding journalists taken full bloom in efficiency, and have assumed the character of true news-glumming reporters. Under the skillful instruction of Mr. A. James McCollum, members of the jour- nalism class were first taught the fundamentals of news-Writing, then through the courtesy of the Cmllingn Daily Record, they have been able to work at the Recorzl, Office every Monday night preparing their Tuesday issue of The Drrric'k,. XVhile the course of journalism offers fully as much value to the students as any other subject, it is unlike an ordinary course in that each person in this class discards the classroom formality as a student and assumes an air of a business man. Such a course takes the drudgery away from school work and puts in its place a lively interest in every current event. Every Friday during the second semester, the students turned in their weekly paper of a minimum of S00 Words on some interesting topic, either assigned or self- chosen. A month out of this ycar's course was devoted to the study of the interesting rise of the English novel which proved to be a worthwhile course in itself. Five of Coalinga's journalism students mixed business with pleasure when they attended an all-day program of events at Fresno State College, Saturday, April 25, which was the sixth annual Journalism Day held by that institution. The Held of journalism is an open one, especially to women, and whether as a course in school or as a profession in life, it keeps a person on his toesv or on his nose , or on something.

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il PETROLIA STAFF Editor .5.,. .,,,-,,-,,,,, -,--v.----June Crum Assistant Editor ..,,,,, .......,.... B ill Ayers Business Manager ..,..,,. ......, C harles Collins Art Editor ..............,....... ,..,,,...,.... ' Yvonne Hay Assistant Art Editor, ,,,.,,., ...... . Evelyn Carmichael SPONIS Editor ..........,.... .................,........,.................,.,... Robert Conn SC1'1i0r Reporters .......... ,...,.. . Elladean Hays, Bob Sumpf, Julius Snyder, ' Vida Devine, Bill Douglas ,lU1liOr Reporters .,-....., ..,...... E rundina Ruiz, Selma Berman, Allen Smith, Richard Chedester S0ph0more Reporters ,...., .......,,.,..... ,Mary Lou Abshier, Gertrude Snyder, A9 Margaret Gregory Junior High Reporter .... . ....s..... ..... ............,.. ..--sMerle Douglas Typist ........................... Q .,.,......,., ., .,,...,,., . ....,,.. Louise Holloway Adviser ........ .......... R uth Abele

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TYP IN G Thirteen seems to bring luck, not misfortune, at .least so to Coalinga typists. And the explanation is this: that although thirteen typewriters were loaded on the bus and thirteen zealous students rode along to manipulate them, eleven took honored places in the Fresno County Typing Contest, held in Fresno, May 13. This victory took a big slice of the prize cake and netted Coalinga the cup for the largest number of points. The Winners were as follows: In firxt year or novice typing: Second-Betty Norris, fifty words per minute. Third-Theresa Serrano, forty-six words per minute. Fifth-Elia Motte, forty-five Words per minute. Ninth-Leslie McKissick, forty-one words per minute. In second year or lHlIllfC1H' typing: First-Evelyn Glenchur, seventy-seven words per minute. Third-June Berman, sixty-five Words per minute. Fourth-Madalyn Heard, sixty-four words per minute. Fifth--Selma Berman, sixty-one words per minute. In fbirzl yawn' or open fyping: 1 First-Myrtle Honsal, sixty-eight words per minute. Second-Louise Kummins, sixty-three Words per minute. Third-Zella Maxon, fifty-eight words per minute. The spotlight was held by hlizabeth Lcndholm who won the state championship in the world-wide contest. This contest, however, considered accuracy with speed, and many would-be champions gave way to the more accurate State Champion. Miss Lend- holm's achievement has won much merit and praise for dear old C. U. H. S. There is a sad fact that makes this record incomplete. The state contest will be held too late this year to enable the printing of the names of the winners. W'e hope, how- CVCY, that Coalinga will do justice to her past records and take a big heap of the state laurels, also.