Cubberley High School - Totem Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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sw Sewing students cut out a pattern under the scrutinizing eye of Mrs, LaMetre. Mmm! Fresh cookies! Home and Famil In foods, girls gain experience in cooking, menufplanning, and serving meals and teas. In sewing classes, girls learned to make clothes using patterns and laasic stitches. Tailoring this year was offered to advanced seamstresses and clothiers, and some of their creations were modeled in a fashion show. Home furnishing and child care courses were also offered to prospective homemakers. .-f .. Mrs. Frances Birkenheul and Mrs. Marian I.aMetre. ' Industrial Arts In metal shop, lwoys learned how to machine a piece of raw metal, using lathes, grinders, milling machines, and shapers. The graphic arts class printed the Catamount, admit cards, and programs with the new lithographic press. Drafting classes studied mechanical drawing, the language of industry. Auto shop students learned what comprises a car and gained experience in repairing automohiles. In wood shop, hoys made headhoards, chests of drawers, exquisite trays, and salad utensils under Mr. Merkeley's tutelage. Mr. Clarence Markeley, Mr. ,lames Smartt, Mr. Harold Meinl Manuevers Riddle, Mr. William Burnes.

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Mrs, Paula Olinger, Mr. Robert Starkey, Mrs Alexandra Forsythe Mrs Sally Htrriot Mr Roy Hurst, Mr. Robert Stone. Not shown Miss Adene Hurst ath Boolean algebra, rubbersheet geometry, googols, i's and pi'sf Mrs. l'Ierriot's juniors did weekly individual library research and uncovered intriguing mathematical facts. Although the usual basic math was covered, the subject was presented differently than in previous years. Textbooks devised by the School Mathematics Study Group were used, The new approach treated math as a dynamic, expanding field and gave students insight into mathematical concepts while developing fundamental skills. Math students had the chance to work with the school's twenty Monroe calculators and found much of their problemfsolving eased. Many students attended a mathematical assembly in which a lecture on Transfinite Ordinalsv was given by Professor Finn of Stanford. If X equals the number of homework papers passed in . . .

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i 5 I i 3 Pete the Potter. Mrs. johnson, Mr. Carlson, and student inspecting the Totem mosaic. H., Art Our art teachers, Mrs. Margaret johnson, Mr. Del Carlson, and Mr. Robert Gronend ke, shared the teachinf of art classes, each contrihutin to courses in 4 4 y , . E . . . painting and sketching, HIOSIHCS, crafts, ceramics, color and design, art history, and commercial art, The Totem mosaic, showing the evolution of the junior and senior high schools of Palo Alto, was completed this spring and mounted on a lwrick column at the far end of the amphitheater, A husload of students journeyed to art shows in San Francisco. A new ceramics course was tau rht h the ,rizewinf 3 Y P - N nin 1 scul dtor, Mr. bronend ke. E I Y C ' l The secretarial, selling, and legal aspects of lwusiness are presented to students hy the Commercial Arts department. Students of clerical practice are introduced Mft Gf011CndYkC Cffllfilltl H to ofhce machines for adding, calculating, transcription, and duplication. Prospecf metal Stulptufc' tive secretaries can study shorthand, typing, and hookkeeping. General Business courses introduce the hasic principles of the world of commerce. Mr. Edwin Medeiros, Miss Frances Abhott, Mr. Jerome Hathaway, Mr. Phillip Collins. Mastering machines.