Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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Clyde (Jrancir mlils n sii(i if l mii to the ni noil iirr mint lnillilin as Mrs. Harriet heiyley ami Mrs. Maria Viinu-roii tout; oil. Student Counselors Clyde Granere, assistant principal and boys ' adviser, effi- ciently managed the numerous facets of student association finances and other administrative problems. Many times he could be found spending extra time helping to plan and carry out student activities, confided Nitsi to Wit. The girls ' adviser, Mrs. G. Maria Cameron, stepped into her new posi- tion with ease and assurance. Her friendly, understanding attitude made her a favorite with students and faculty alike, admiringly confided Nitsi. The job of office secretary isn ' t easy, mused Nitsi, but charming Mrs. Harriet Keigley handled it with finesse. Along with her regular office and secretarial duties, she supervised the office girls and acted as school registrar. Voice of the People As they crawled out from the folds of a memo that Supt. I. K. Boltz had picked up at high school, Nitsi and Wit found themselves surrounded by an important looking group dis- cussing the business affairs of School District 51. Know- ingly, Wit satisfied Nitsi ' s womanly curiosity by revealing that the men were the members of the Board of Education. As they heard mention of plans for a new high school, the eager bookworms perked up and learned that the long range building program is only one of the numerous aspects of business connected with the reorganized district. Hiring staff personnel, handling school finances, determining poli- cies, and considering all the varied facets of education are the concern of these elected representatives of the people who work in close coojieration with school administrators. Pausing a moment from their discussion of plans for the 7iew Dr. Warren Shelled) . Oliver Reed, I. K. Boltz. George high school are the Board of Education members James S. Gormley. Bunte, Joe Chamberlain, and Harold Zimmerman, secretary. Page 9

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li ' tii JIiliiii. I. h . Iloll:. mill Miss M iiiijuiiI In iii r look orir pliiiis for the niir svliiiiil. School Administrators Robert Jniiies, hifjii school principal, reads a letter of ailmiiiistra- tii ' C importani ' c. Do you realize what an enormous job the Grand Junction school administration personnel have done in only one year in working out school district reorganization problems? Nitsi earnestly demanded of Wit. There have been myriad problems in ironing out reorganization details to assure a smooth running program in School District 51. A great deal of this load has fallen to I. K. Boltz, superintendent of District 51, who has used his inexhaustible patience and ad- ministrative ability to good advantage. Let me tell you something about his equally efficient secre- tary, Miss Margaret Benge, Wit interrupted. Miss Benge is really much more than a secretary. She ' s drawn on her vast wealth of experience to keep the administration office a smoothly functioning organization. Miss Benge has been able to accept a lot of extra responsi- bilitv because of her background, Nitsi agreed. Another member of the administration staff is Ray C. Hume, whose official title is assistant superintendent of School District 51. Mr. I lunie ' s duties include taking charge of the building of new schools plus the maintenance of the old. He also pur- chases school supplies for the whole district, which takes in most of Mesa County, she continued. For eight years Robert C. J.inies has been piiiicipal ot Grand Junction high school, Wit offered. During that time he has taken time to council students about career and per- sonal problems with a fairness and inierest winch show his desire to make (iJHS successful in Iniikling giH)d citi ens in a democracy. Page 8

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Jills h ' iiihl nilrre t iny Z(I(jIu(J! rliiss. Miss (In in Delmff Ihirn. mil III Kii Wliitlli u (iiul Dabblers In Science Biology students get a good chance to learn the fundamentals of plant and animal life under Miss Gwen Mallory, who teaches three first year and one advanced class, and Delmer Born, director of the audio-visual program, revealed Wit. Students use drawings, specimens, workbooks, and even make dissections along with their regular textbook work. Mr. Born cleared a lot of everyday questions pertaining to gravity, light, sound, electricity, and numerous other aspects of physics by demonstrations and explanations in his classes. The first semester he kept the students busy as a bookworm in a best seller writing reports and doing experiments, but he eased up later when field trips to places like Martin ' s Mortuary, City Water Works, and the Oxygen Plant diversified routine class work, com mented Nitsi. Under the instruction of Ed Whalley, students learned chem- ical formulas and the fundamental laws of chemistry. This knowledge was put to use when they mixed their own solu- tions on the two lab days a week. Wit addeil. Ron fjiihmis the procedure of a iifn sics rrjicrimi ' iit to Joe. ■■ sure hope I ' m iloimj this riyht! (.rrlaiin.i Kay to yancy and Pat iliirinii II ihimistni liili session. Page 10