Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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Office secretary, assistants aid school life. “May I make an announcement?” reminds students and teachers of the presence and activities of the office staff. Also, it can remind anyone at Duncan High that he can thank Mrs. Loma McEuen and her well- trained staff of girls for the smooth running of the machinery of the school. From the sale of lunch tokens each Monday morning to the last-minute announcements of Friday afternoons, these people keep busy with typ- ing, operating the ditto machine, and running errands for both administration and teachers. Office girls this year worked in the following periods: Sherrill Mortensen, first; Juanita Bailey, second; Ruby Stephens, third; Cheryl Stephens, fifth; Willie Chapman, sixth. Assisting Guidance Counselor Charles Hicks were Lorenza Lopez and Gayle Stevens. Sec- retary to Mr. H.T. Clothier in the commerce department was Irene Barney. MRS. LOMA McEUEN is secretary to Principal Chapman and Superintendent Brubaker. 22 STUDENT SECRET ARIES- -SEATED: Willie Chap- man. STANDING: Ruby Stephens, Irene Barney, Juanita Bailey, Sherrill Mortensen, Cheryl Stephens, Gayle Stevens, Lorenza Lopez.

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Faculty Mrs. Boyett returns and four others join staff for teaching, coaching. T.M. PACE, B.S., New Mexico State University, has taught for nine years at Duncan High School. His subject is voca- tional agriculture, and he has taught classes in general science also. He is sponsor of the Future Farmers of America. IVAN RICHARDSON, B.S., Brigham Young University,came to Duncan in 1964 to teach mathematics and physics. He has studied also at Eastern Arizona Junior College and at Wes- tern New Mexico University. He commuted daily this year from Lordsburg, N.M., where he is engaged in busi- ness. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson are the parents of eight children. The three youngest attend Lordsburg schools. SHIRLEY RIDENHOUR, B.S., Utah State University, Logan, is a Duncan High graduate, with the class of 1952. Her teaching field is homemaking, and she is sponsor of the Future Homemakers of America and of the Sophomore Class. Her family includes her husband, Dale, and two children, Loren, four, and Karen, three. J. W. SANTEE, B.S., Bethany College, has completed 35 years of service at Duncan High. His major field is music, and he is director of the band and of all choral activities in the high school. He is Sophomore Class sponsor. NATHALIE VAN GUNDY, B.A., Monmouth College, M.S., University of Illinois, teaches sophomore English and jour- nalism, and is librarian. She is a sponsor of the Senior Class. The three gentlemen in these pictures represent the fun that teachers can have, and the hard work they perform. LEFT: Mr. Hill and Mr. Honsinger enjoy a joke at a faculty party. RIGHT: Mr. Richardson carefully types one of his many tests--algebra, geometry, physics? Who knows? 21

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Busy office offers guidance to students The counseling of students, which is vital in helping them choose the stations they wish to fill in life, is provided by Mr, Charles Hicks. Among Mr. Hicks’s duties are giving various tests to students; helping set up class schedules; counseling seniors Mr. Charles Hicks, counselor, and adviser to student council. in their choice of colleges or jobs. Examinations administered by Coun- selor Hicks include IQ tests; the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test for senior girls; and aptitude and ITEDs (achievement). Then scores must be recorded and the results must be analyzed. Numerous questions are asked of librarians. With the high school teachers requiring numerous research themes and book re- ports, the librarians are kept busy looking up the answers to many questions; this is in addition to the usual business of checking books in and out, mending worn ones, and hunting for lost ones. “What’s a good book to read?’’ becomes a familiar question. LIBRARIANS: Marie Quinones, Charlotte Pugmire, Sheila Wood, Wayne Gardner, Darlene Gardner, Josie Cervantes (seated), Terry Campbell. 23