Downey High School - Shield Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

Page 18 text:

Marilynn Ballinger, Jean Halletc, Genevieve Kul- ina—Department Head, Barbara Steele. Inez Lemmon—Department Head, Shirley Han- sen, Helen Allison, Madelyn Williams. GIRLS’ PHYSICAL EDUCATION HOMEMAKING The freshman and sophomore classes par- ticipate in team and individual sports, rhythms, tumbling, and apparatus. Junior and senior classes elect, as far as facilities, space, and class size allow, the activity they prefer.' A co-educational program of rhythms, volleyball, softball, and games is included. Specialized courses in this department in- clude Clothing I, II, III; Tailoring; Foods I, II, III; Cafeteria Foods; Home Manage- ment; Home Nursing; Home Decoration; and Child Care. General homcmaking courses are Homcmaking I, II, III. and IV. There are also many possibilities for elec- tives. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION This department provides in- struction in Auto Body, Elec- tricity, Auto Mechanics, Ma- chine Shop, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Wood- work, and General Shop. In General Shop, instruction is given in Woodwork, Metal- work, Arts and Crafts, and Plastics. Front row: John Ingram, Lloyd Raymond. Insert: Rich- ard Knox. Back row: Louis Schwark — Department Head, Loyal Smith, Robert Hawkins.

Page 17 text:

MUSIC The instrumental music depart- ment offers beginning and ad- vanced courses in hand and or- chestra as well as theory and mus- ic appreciation. The advanced or- chestra plays in concert, for d r a in a presentations, and for choral groups. The advanced hand performs during all home football games and many away games. The choral department presents classes in Chorus, Beginning Girls’ Glee, and Men’s Glee. Right: Kenneth Farrell—Department Head, Gladys Crane, Leigh Kimball. MATHEMATICS Some of the courses offered in this de- partment are Alge- bra I, II; Trigonome- try; Plane and Solid Geometry; and Prac- tical Mathematics. Front row: Dorwin Lueth —Department Head, Mel- born Simmons, Stella Gio- vanetti. Second row: Henry Proctor, Richard DeWolf, Leila Prothero. 13 AUTO BODY AND PRINTING Courses in Auto Body and Print- ing are offered at MJC. C. C. At- wood teaches Auto Body and Sam Price teaches Printing. HOME TEACHER If a student is physically unable to attend school, hut is able to study, he may have a home teach- er. Florence Holden (right) works with students at home so that when they return to school they are up to date with their class work.

Page 19 text:

BOYS PHYSICAL EDUCATION Four years of physical educa- tion is required for graduation from Downey. The program in the regular physical education classes consists of the Downey Decathlon, football, basket- ball, softball, volleyball, tum- bling, track, and individual activities. The intramural pro- gram is held after school and offers competition for boys who are not out for after- school athletics. Front row: Keever Jankovich, Tom Domitrovich, Lyle Iver- son, Charles Johnson. Back row: Joe Myers, Charles Hughes, Robert Ijams — Department Head, Robert Taylor. SECRETARIES Letha Cronan acts as switchboard operator and general office receptionist. Ruth Doerk- sen is secretary to the vice principal but her main job is to maintain student records. Lorena Lind holm is the secretary to the principal and office supervisor. Vera Wing- er is the bookkeeper. Front row: Ruth Doerksen, Vera Winger. Back row: Lorena Lindholm, Letha Cronan. As counseling secretary, Barbara Potts reg- isters new students, acts as secretary to the counselors and receptionist for students see- ing the counselors, keeps files and personal records. Imogene Peck and Stella Lawrence assist the attendance officer in keeping records, filling out student slips and clas- sifying data. Stella Lawrence, Imogene Peck, Barbara Potts.