Corcoran High School - Harvester Yearbook (Corcoran, CA)

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.yi yr , .. ,pg ygvff W dl7lgdf0 if Ml? E They did an excelleni iob oi navigaiin in The deep seas and ihrough 'fhe ihreaiening shoals of adolesceni educalion -noi always an easy iaslc, eiiher, when you consider ihai They were working wilh as bloody and desperale a bunch of landlulobers ihai ever scullled a classroom. Bui, Tried and irue, 'rhese maslers of educalional seamanship sluclc il' oul 'rhrough a whole year of lempesis and hurri- canes. A hearly bunch, and always willing 'ro lend a helping hand. The sludenis were proud oi iheir well-irained and hard-ioiling iaculiy. TOP ROW, lefl fo righl: Ruben Amerkhanian: Science, social science, assislanf varsily foolball coach, C baskel- ball coach, assislanf frack coach, Hi-Y adviser. Euqene Barney: Malhemalics, iunior class adviser. Irving Bobb: Social sfudies deparlmenl head, senior class adviser. SECOND ROW: John Bodqer: Hislory, senior class adviser. Phyllis Briggs: Home economics, Home Economics Club adviser, senior class adviser. John Brimhallz Vocal music deparfmenl head, English, boys cooking, sophomore class a'dviser, co-chairman assembly commilfee. THIRD ROW: Nellie Lu Eafon: Commercial deparlmenf head, sophomore class adviser. Phil K. Erickson: Journal- ism, Enqlish, Panlher Tales adviser, Harvesler adviser, Quill an'd Scroll adviser, iunior class adviser. William Gearharl: Induslrial arfs, freshman class adviser. FOURTH ROW: Roberl Hines: English, varsily baskelball coach, fennis coach. Pauline Jackson: School nurse. Bunny Marsee: Serqeanelles. BOTTOM ROW: A. James Marsee: Music deparlmenf head, inslrumenfal music, hand direclor, junior class adviser. Paul Plalz: Geography, driver frainlng, varsify foolball coach, varsiiy baseball coach. Charles Reneau: Science deparlmenf head, CSF adviser, freshman class adviser. ,r is if if MEI? N r

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l ilelnwmen Here are lhe five school board members who qave freely of lheir lime in lhe inferesfs of good secondary oducalion in Corcoran Leff lo righl Roscoe Bessey Frank Doan, Owen lsenhower, John Marool, and Gerald Schwenk. E. CLAYPOOL, new superinfendenl, worked hard 'ro . make rhe school year a success. l-lere's his sialemeni 'ro sl'uden+s and gracluales: Educa'rion is a form of growlh, and, like olher forms of human growih, is a slow and gradual process. The normal young person is unaware of physical growlhg lhere is no pain or oiher sensarion io cause aware- ness. Accuralre measuremenis may be made and recorded of successive heighls and weighls, and by reference +0 Jrhem, physical growrh over a period of lime becomes Tangible and evident So wiih educalion or menral growfhy il cannol be fell' as il occurs, and many are led 'lo believe no progress is faking place. Even rhough accurare inlellec- 'rual measuremenrs are nel so easily made, each individual can deierrnine wheiher over a period of lime he has increased his undersianding of himself, his environmeni, and The relalion and responsibiliry of one 'lo 'lhe oiher. Such an increase is langible evidence of his becoming educaied. -si X EANS Probably no one worked harder ai Corcoran Union high school l'his pasl' year lhan Lowell Yeager, dean of boys, and Mrs. Lillian Adney, dean of girls. Their lasks and problems seemed endless, and lo+s of fimes assumed proporiions of big and liirle head- aches-ihanks 'ro 'rhoughlless sludenls who violaled school rules, goi ro classes iaie, skipped, or iusr didn'+ behave Jrhemselves. The Two deans, always sympaiheiic and palienf, consianrly were ready +0 help deserving pupils wi'rh l'heir regisiraiion, grades, sludy problems, personal difiiculfies, and fuiure plans. And lheir kind efforrs were apprecialed, +oo! LILLIAN ADNEY Dun of Girls A 'Wf

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if a-.W .f , '7 .B 4 - f. f ,ze N- is V 5, A was TOP ROW, left to right: Clarence Robinson: English, physical education, track coach, B basketball coach. Edith Robinson: Librarian, English, mathematics, senior class adviser. William Rowe: Social science, general science, B football coach. Sal Sanfilippo: Language department head, Spanish, typing, rally committee adviser, senior class adviser. Arch Steel: Physical education department head. BOTTOM ROW: Stanley Stivers: General science, mathematics, freshman class adviser. Kay Sullivan: Physical educa- tion, GAA adviser, iunior class adviser. Al Walker: English department head, play director, co-chairman assembly committee. Charles Williamson: Art department head, iunior class adviser. Billy Woodward: Agriculture, FFA adviser, sophomore class adviser. ABOVE: Beverly Oakley ltop leftl, high school secretary, Ronnie Payne, front office secretary, first semester, Adele Garcia flower lettl, trout office secretary, second semester, John Tiflin, maintenance director. LEFT: Shots ot faculty. TOP LEFT, Supt. Claypool and secretary, Miss Garcia, check recorids. TOP RIGHT, Fred Gresham, co-captain, hands present from foot- ball team to Coaches Platz and Mendiola, with Mr. Meeks, Lions club president, lower right. MIDDLE LEFT, Ray Austin, Jose Cortel, Charles Wright, Dick Short check grades with Mr. Amerlrhanian. MIDDLE RIGHT, The faculty have coffee, BOTTOM LEFT, Lance Weber, Perry Warner, Lucia Gonzales discuss muscle! with Mr. Rowe, BOTTOM RIGHT, Mrs. Arch Steel, daughter Jan, Mr. Steel, and Charles Chambers say goodbye at faculty party. nmraamr .s . vu as