Downey High School - Shield Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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SOCIAL STUDIES Requirements for gradua- tion include one year of American History and a course in Local and State Government. Some of the other courses offered are Geography In The News. World History, Current Affairs. Senior Problems, and Government In Ac- tion. Front row: Elizabeth Angelinoff, Gladys Johnson, Kenneth Baldridge. Back row: Ed Maurice, Dick Ralph, Eugene Kraft, Dorothy Cummins. Above: Pauline Woodward, School Nurse, looks after the health problems of the students. SCIENCE One year of General Science. Biol- ogy, Chemistry. Applied Science, or Physics is required for gradu- ation from Downey. Advanced Biology is open to senior students. Left: Harry Talbert, Rudy Serrano, Mar- ion Quessenberry, Richard Carpenter.

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Front row: Eileen Pickens, Anne Green, Muriel Mickelson, Kay Conwcll. Back row: Donald Lundbcrg, Jean Hannah, Irene Staffield, Bernadette McEl- hern, Albert Jones. ENGLISH The three years of required English consists of a combi- nation of literature, gram- mar, composition, and oral activities. This department also offers courses in journal- ism, dramatics, public speak- ing, and. on the senior level. English Literature. Pacific Literature, and remedial com- position. Above: Peggy Jerrick, Foreign Language Department Head; Dorothy Shuler, English De- partment Head. Left: Alberta Keller, Journa- lism I, II, III, IV. and Knights' Herald. Ruth Parker, English 1 and Journalism V, VI, The Shield. Above: Richard Wcatherington, Speech; Edna Spelts, Speech; Peter Klain, dramatics. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Spanish, Latin. French, and German are taught at Downey. P'.mphasis is placed on the speaking of the lang- uage as well as the grammatical con- struction. Right: Dorothy Whitney, Spanish; Leslie Warner, Latin; Isabel deFir- mian, French.

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AGRICULTURE The Agriculture Department is de- signed to train boys to be farmers or to work at farm occupations. To do this, regular class study is supplemented by the activities of the Future Farmers of America and home-supervised farming pro- grams. Harold Stanley—Department Head, Wal- ter Hanson, Stanley Diekman. ART All art classes try to give broad, varied experiences using as many media as possible, so they may provide opportunities for creative expression and discover and en- courage the development of talent. This is true of all art, applied art, and commercial art classes. Leslie Larson, Ida Gross—Department Head. Carlington Kuglin, Graphic Arts. BUSINESS The Business Educa- tion Department pro- vides opportunities for students to major in the fields of mer- chandising, book- keeping, secretarial, and clerical occupa- tions. Front row: Harold Hub- bard, Dorothy Brown, Adelaide Chu bbuck— Department Head, Zala Clark, Leone Moseley, Helen Monteith, Henry Hovanasian. 12