Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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BUSINESS Jobs Unlimited With Christmas vacation came Miss Marsha Anderson’s last day at DHS, for she received a teaching opportunity in Europe. Miss Sally Hunt was hired to take over her classes in typing and office machines. The dictaphone, duplicating machine, calculator and ten-key adding machines all provided challenges as well as frustrations for students in the Office Machines class. Mr. Shawn Mosley taught typing, the most popular business class, and bookkeeping. Typing II and Stenography classes were instructed by Mrs. Nancy Warner. Future Business Leaders of America participated with Dallas businesses and members learned the function of various firms. In her office machines class Sherri Baker completes her assignment on the full ten key adding machine. 1 Bookkeeping students Carol Kahler and Vicki Rosenbalm tally their balance sheets prior to closing of accounts, while Royce Halford catches up on some typing using the electric typewriter. 16

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Aspiring chemist Libby Allgood invites the photographer to join her in a newly discovered, spring tonic, an unexpected byproduct of her experiment. Carl Wiens, Mr. Stan G. Church, Charlie Chaffin, Eric Larson and Jim Nichol read the oscilloscope in physics class. Geometry student Ken Schellenberg diligently tries to prove the hypotenuse-leg theorem MATH New Staff Different procedures were practiced in place of the usual math routine; an example of this was, equations,” a game dealing with throwing blocks and formulating equations from the information printed on the side face up. Mr. Galen Harms, new head of the department and also a graduate of Dallas High, worked next to Mr. Paul Oliff combining efforts toward better math education. Algebra and Geometry courses were designed to teach difficult concepts and formulas to the college-bound, and others, such as consumer math had more practical applications to life. 15

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Margie Hockett waits patiently as Mrs. Cook demonstrates to the Drama class correct procedure for applying stage makeup, in preparation for the fall play, Up the Down Staircase”. Pam Chandler and Adell Michaels try to reach an agreement on a point in CATCH 22 during first term Inhumanities class. Explaining the art of cleaning sliver. Steve Anderson completes his demonstration speech. LANGUAGE ARTS Group Involvement Stressed Specialized was the word to describe the courses offered each semester at DHS. In Vocabulary and Spelling, Scrabble tournaments were frequently held; and Science Fiction and Fantasy, a very popular course, allowed students to read and analyze books such as 2001; A Space Odyssey, do projects, watch Star Trek, and discuss the late, late show. Sports reading and writing students conducted dart, chess and checker contests to give them report-able subjects. Fundamentals of Acting, emphasized poise and a make-up unit allowed students to practice “making faces” on each other. In Group Processes students drafted a constitution and used parliamentary procedure to function as a problemsolving group. A record of “War of the Worlds” and a tape of the Ku Klux Klan were enjoyed by students in Language Usage. Mr. James Fairchild remained department head for his second year and room thirteen became a more efficient research center for students and an audio-visual center, as well. Macbeth and Lonliness of a Long Distance Runner were general interest movies shown to all English classes, a pleasant break from regular subject matter. Mr. Tony Cuda, intern, Mrs. Linda Worley and Mrs. Pat Cook brought new ideas for a growing dept. 17