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

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,.r Mr. Pete Ida, Mrs. Carol Graham, Miss Shirley Ann Currie, Miss Emily Girault, Mrs, Mary Paulsen, Mr, joseph Cronin. Testing reflexes and reaction time. ocial tudies The ranks of the history department swelled this year, and some old courses were revitalized. Miss Girault, five years a teacher in Germany, Mr. Roherts, and Mrs. Paulsen, oneftime researcher for Time magazine, joined the department. Ten dozen sophomores took a comhination European History and Sophomore Goals course in a unique seven period schedule -- in six hours. An advanced standing American History was offered to some sophomores. Senior problems classes studied contemporary American his- tory, psychology and family relations, communism, and sociology. Among the teachers for this course were European travelers Miss Currie and Miss Scholtz. Speaker Peter Grothe, Russian traveler, and the excellent Twentieth Century film series on current U.S. and World history enlivened the curriculum. Meanwhile, tenth graders explored the mysteries of the rnotorcar through films and visits to the auto shop. As spring wore on, students worried about the Democratic aspirants for the july nomination and debated the merits of their favorite candidates. Mr. john Lewis, Miss Gretchen Scholtz, Mr. Hamlin Smith, Mr. Harold Roberts.

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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.

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Miss Phyllis Leveen, Miss Lora Lee Dockstader, Miss Darlene Strange, and Mrs. Mary Ann Boyd, Girls' Physical Education The girls' recreational leadership class learned how to ofliciate sports, make paperfbag puppets, create cloth pictures, and tell stories. At elemenf tary schools they taught games and folk dancing. To plan a noon recreation program for next year, they conducted studies and observed other schools. In gym classes girls participated in hockey, body mechanics, basketball, tennis, archery, badminton, golf, volleyball, and softball. junior girls had a unit on modern dance, and presented their more interesting creations in an allfgirl assembly. Modern dance students prepare their presentation for the allfgirl assembly Mr. Robert jones, Mr. Bud Presley, Mr. Robert Bow, and Mr. George Hurley. Boys' Physical Education The boys' recreational leadership class, taught by Mr. Bow, supervised games at St. Ignatius School and also assisted in teach' ing the block sophomore gym classes. Boys' physical education classes had their usual seasons of football, tennis, basketball, track, and baseball. Wrurk has begun on the elbow' shaped pool which next year's classes will use. i 85