Coronado High School - El Viajero Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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A E LEFT Audio visual assistants Kirk Vanden- burg, Steve Holland and John Fritz prepare visual aids for classroom use. TOP RIGHT Theodora Phea handles incoming calls in the attendance office. BOTTOM RIGHT One of more than 35 volunteers giving up study halls to work in the library, JoAnn Gerbig prepares to file some clippings. My t , ilfn fffiinu E' 14 Pencils and stencils Students volunteer services in offices during study hulls To help the school run smoothly, more than 125 students sacrificed their study hall periods to help in one of the offices, with 62 working in the attendance office, running errands, collecting absentee slips and operating the switchboard. The counselors' office employed 34 students, with 13 others assisting the school nurse, lVlrs. Nell Arledge. The activities office, with lVlr. Quentin Hancock in charge, involved 18 stu- dents handling more than 375,000 worth of audio-visual equipment, including several new overheads and cassette players. is, is AK as as 'K is if I .E1,,s,ss..1-fs 4.9-. uf.:- '- s 1 - I YE Y ,, 9 ' - 'iiigiff -' f ' ls

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if 4 9,1 ati .g .gk -H ,,-KS' fag , , , ,filt- .-. , ig. 454' k-.. 1113113 Librarians capture district recognition Sweeping the election results at the district convention of the Teenage Library Association, Coronado's library club adopted a new image which included gold T-shirts declaring the group's official name, Terra Legenda, land of books. For the first time, librarians locked the north doors in an attempt to halt the unprecedented theft which cost the library some 34,000 Encouraging students to order books they felt would be helpful, Mrs. Mildred Lusk emphasized that all book requests were considered in making the library a completely adequate source for research material and personal enrichment. Mrs. Lusk planned to add 3,000 new offerings to reach the minimum standards of 10 books per student. Projects included collecting toys for needy children and selling cards and Christmas wrappings to help replace stolen materials. A Christmas vi i' J? ,lv- I l ,gt 'ttillha .,.4 'i luncheon honored all assistants. TOP Checking a book, Bobby Scruggs is aided by Tom Lara and Curtis Portwood, chosen Mr. TALA at the district convention. BOTTOM LEFT Climbing the ladder to success, Janette Miller, president of the dis- trict Teenage Library Association, demon- strates shelving to Donna Rich, district secre- tary: Kathy McDowell, Miss TALAp and JoAnn Gerbig, historian. BOTTOM RIGHT Miss Barbara Addicks instructs sophomores Robin Green and David Bacon in use of library facilities. Library 15