Durant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Durant, IA)

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Teachers Guide Students Robert Dreher Music and guidance are two luxuries that are given at Durant High. Both band and chorus are given a period every other day for practicing as a group plus music lessons are given for those stu- dents to ftuther their education of music. These two courses are taught by Mr. Dreher and Mrs. Land- rum. Mr. Borchardt was the guidance counselor this past year. Among his varied activities was to help the students decide their future plans upon graduation from high school. Mr. Borchardt also taught American Government and a new course, Psychology. Armond Borchardt 1 K A new faculty member was added this year, that N of study hall supervisor. This position was taken by Mrs. Paul. , p as , ': . , , I .sf H if ff: . A -- ..' . ' -aff H fm A .Q --V . V 9 My A : K if - - :lf lk.: -A, 5,3 , as p .ttl a , at a s n f to at Pamela Landrum Betty paul Study halls means something different to U - each student. Some sleep, some day dream, some talk tif they can get away with itj, some write notes, and if there is nothing else to do, some may even study. Shown on the left is a session in vocal music. Notice the varied expressions of the faces. pi-

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Skills, Talents Typing I, and general business. if Spanish is a two year course which deals with that language and how to CLUV write and speak it. Commercial courses, industrial arts, and home economics are provided for students interested in obtaining a job in a specific field. Business courses are electives which include Typing I and II, secretarial training, bookkeeping, business arithmetic, and shorthand. Home Economics II and III are provided for high school girls. Housing, sewing, foods, and family relations are covered. Industrial arts covers many areas. Freshmen are taught mechanical drawing. The sophomores learn to use hand tools and machines in the shop. Juniors are taught metal working and welding and seniors have advanced welding and cabinet making. Mrs. Supple, standing, helps repair a broken typewriter in Typing II class. She also teaches business arithmetic, bookkeeping, shorthand, and secretarial training. l7 Mrs. Brown, standing, teaches Spanish, Claudine Brown Florence Supple Wvms .W W- A Yi l Y 2'55'Qm-:T , W .. , W W fas- axrl :'-1: .... f ...... F . ,,.. . -P ,fy ,- 32 7V . Q3,llf- ' L9 Q, fa, , . if is S' sie dk . as R- 'fm li! 2 fr F' as Q M fs if ini -ii is is K ,, ifiggixgp 'SSS ww . . ,, isis, , r is ,sd .4 , wil, Ffa' ' ,G 1 , . if W if s 1 W Eiiggfggmnj, wp . Q A . .. mf , Q A H' we Rebecca Timberlake 55, l , .ew .hal , Richard Sundich ' FII fjlifin . L A-s'iJ f-.ffiflif '-aigiifzl - f .gs has , l -if' ' -5 .45- .7,11.4'V' ' . , ,V if gi has r Y ' i as fe F' l 5 it 3 S 2 t , H is 2 5' , if i W 3 , gn ilu fs .

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A secretary's life is never dull can be best il- lustrated by the two school secretaries, Mrs. Lora Long fleftj and Mrs. Curtis Frick Qrighty, high school and superintendent secretaries. Secretaries, Cooks, and Custodians Serve the School 1 x 9 . Q si . 73 5 'Q The cooks and custodians of Durant School are S if Q 4 perhaps some of the busiest people in school. f The custodians Elmer Kroening, Harlan Schult, W mowing lawn to painting the school doors. The cooks QSTANDINGQ Mrs. Arthur Siems and Mrs. Liz Hain and QSITTINGQ Mrs. Gertrude Kook and Mrs. Florence Johnson prepare approximately and Don Schell can be seen doing anything from X 500 meals a day. ri L fi I9 ff