Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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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

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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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Bus Drivers pick up, deposit students daily. BUS DRIVERS—John Smith, Duff Chap- man, James Sanders, Dean Chapman, New custodians come After nine years as a high school cus- todian, Dean Chapman became a bus driver this year for Duncan schools, taking the route to Three-Way and Guthrie. Taking over as assistants to the head custodian, Floyd (Topper) Johnson, were Mary Jane Arrington and Harvey Hartley in the classrooms, and Carlos Martinez in the gym. About three o’clock every afternoon the Antone Thygerson, Hubert Bowman, Jay Pierce, Archie Stephens, J. W. Santee. in to assist Topper. bus drivers gather on the front lawn, waiting for the 3:15 bell; soon the teacher-bus drivers come panting, and off they all go, with a Virden bus in the lead. Meanwhile, the custodians move in, and the chairs are lined up in neat rows while the dirt, the chewing gum wrap- pers, and the pinon shells are swept into the trash. CUSTODIANS—Floyd (Topper) Johnson, Carlos Martinez, Mary Jane Arrington, Micky Ferrell (cafeteria), Harvey Hartley. 24