Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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-1 6? 1 - H lijfl eo M ilk 1 ' ur fl f umpty Dumptysn Two new teachers have been added to our list of Humpty Dumptys during the term. When Dale Ginn took over his new position of county su- perintendent, George Erickson, assistant football and basketball coach and head baseball coach was shifted to the position of teaching Mr. Ginn's history-civics classes, and Herbert Lewis, from the Rogue River high school replaced Mr. Erickson as teacher of ninth grade social science. Miss Anne Barton from Crane high school, Crane, Oregon, replaced Miss Doreen Boice as in- structor of English III and adviser of the Charm club. At Christmas Miss Boice married Harold Shogren, former trades instructor here. She has taught at Grants Pass for five and one-half years, and has taken a large part in activities. Miss Barton is a graduate of Oregon University, where she majored in English and music. Popular among the girls is Miss Lynnetta Quin- lan, dean of girls. Under her guidance, a successful program of activities has been worked out by the Girls' League. The Boys' Federation has been under the guidance this year of W. S. Carpenter, dean of boys, agriculture teacher, and adviser of the F. F. A. When teachers put across the required subjects such as English and social science as well as our faculty does, it is evident that text material is well augmented by the personal interest of the teacher. Senior journalists and essay writers have their be- ginning in Miss Kelly's English I classes. Miss Kel- ly advises the Etiquette club and teaches one class of social science. English III and one class of Eng- lish VI are taught by Miss Faye Thompson. She is adviser of the Drama club, with Miss Nina johnson, who teaches English IV and mathematics III. Miss Sarah Parr also teaches English IV plus two classes of English V, and advises the Camera club. Other English V classes are instructed by Miss Daphne Matthews, TOKA adviser. English VI classes re- ceive instruction from Vernon Trimble, popular ad- viser of journalism and Career club. Languages are taught by Mrs. Edna Hartin, also one English III class, Social sciences are under Miss Bertha Calhoun, social science Ig james Keith, social science II, Ar- nold Bernard, social science III, Robert Yeo, social economics and history-civicsg and Ward Walker, social economics. Mr. Ward is also athletics coach for the lower division. Mr. Walker replaced Howard Barrett this year in debate and public speaking. Mr. Bernard has one class of world history and coaches athletics at the East Lincoln school Mathematic classes begin under Vernon Ludwig, mathematic I Calso Puppet club adviserj, and con- tinue under Miss Myrtle Birchet, mathematics II, and A. B. Collett, mathematics III-adviser of Radio club. Algebra, geometry, and advanced mathematics are taught by Miss Claire Dunn, Torch Honor adviser. Miss Birchet advises the lower division honor society. Otis Wilson, junior varsity coach, has the science classes in the lower division along with Miss jean Anunsen, also lower division athletics and health teacher. Instruction of general science, biology and one class of social science III comes under Richard Chambers. Other biology classes are taught by Frank Beer, adviser of Cavemen Patrol. Lenn Pier- son, Ski club, Science club, and Back Numbers ad- viser, teaches chemistry, physics, and consumers' education. Commercial courses include such subjects as bookkeeping, shorthand, and typing. Gilbert Wiley teaches bookkeeping I and II, Miss Dorothea Wil- kens, F. B. P. W. adviser, has charge of classes in shorthand and transcription, and typing classes are under George Hibbard. Hib is the head basket- ball coach for Grants Pass high school. Office management is offered to senior girls taking a commercial course. Ruth Rubins, secretary for upper division, and Mildred Jensen lower divi- sion secretary comprise the official office staff. Contrasting to the commercial courses are the homemaking classes instructed by the Misses Princess Egbert. Helen Busenbark, and Mary Woodward, our youngest faculty member and teacher of homemaking eighth, I, and II. Miss Egbert teaches homemaking II, one class of homemaking, and advises the Home- making club. Miss Busenbark teaches homemaking I and III. Instrumental music in the high school is under the direction of Martin Trepte, band and orchestra leader. R. Cloyd Riffe teaches vocal music in upper and lower division Glee clubs. The athletics department is under the super- vision of Miss Louise Pursley and Loren Tuttle. Miss Pursley teaches girls' athletics, physical education, and health, advises the Girls' Letter club, the Pep club, and modern dance. Tut coaches varsity foot- ball and acts as adviser to Varsity G. He also teaches health and physical education. Trades have been taken over by John Ludvig- son, replacing Harold Shogren. Mr. Ludvigson also teaches mechanical drawing and industrial relations. Robert Nichol, adviser of the Archery club, teaches shop to lower and upper division boys. Darrell Nichol instructs two periods of shop for seventh grade boys and other classes at the East Lincoln school. The art department this year is in charge of Miss Alice Mueller, also adviser of the Art Service club, which helped the TOKA on the required art work.

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cfzoo! OOP At right are members of the school board: Sam Stinebaugh, IC. Gohrke, Emil Gebers, H. F. Ha.l'r1S. Miss Lilian Fosbery, clerk! and Morris Milbank, who replaced the Reverend H. H. Mitchell at the time of his tleath. ln insert is City School Superintendent M. B. VVinslow. The school board is one of the most vital parts of the school administration. The board is made up of Ed Gohrke, chairman, Robert F. Harris, the Rev- erend H. H. Mitchellg Sam Stinebaughg Emil Gebersg and Lilian Fosbery, clerk. The duties of the school board are to elect the city superintendent of schools, the principals, the teachers, and all other employees of the schools. The main article under the budget, which they make is the paying of the teachers' and employees' salaries. They also appropriate money for other things. The school board gives freely of its time and effort to promote the welfare of the schools, which requires a large measure of unselfish interest. ff i I f N rznczpcz s essczge PRINCIPAL HENRY FI. TETZ A mirrored reflection of a year's activity re- veals an ever-meaningful panorama of pleasant ex- periences and enjoyable friends, and we join with the staff in hoping that you will find many hours of pleasant enjoyment in these pages of the TOKA. It presents the greatest problem and the greatest trea- sure-yourselves. Within you are hidden the na- tion's greatest resources, those sleeping giants, the physical, the mental, the social, and the spiritual as- pects of life. You have not one, but four lives to live-a four-fold opportunity to grow, A body, a brain, a heart, and a soul-these are your living tools. To use them is not a task but a golden opportunity to bring new treasures into every waking hour. This TOKA captures the eagerness and the fresh- ness of youth. When youth goes, much goes with it. When adulthood comes, much comes with it. We exchange a world of delightful sensations and impres- sions for a world of duties, work, and meditations. Youth enjoy what man tries to understand. To find new capacities within you is not robbing you of any pleasure. It is helping you to touch life at all angles, absorb strength from all contacts, pour out power on all fronts. If you dare to use your talents, you find yourself growing stronger physically, mentally, soc- ially, spiritually, ancl you multiply them a hundred- fold by sharing their fruit. You give your life away and behold, a richer life comes back to you. I

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JEAN ANUNSEN ANNE BARTON FRANK M. BEER HERBERT LEWIS MYRTLE L. BIRTCHET DOREEN SHOGREN HELEN BUSENBARK BERTHA CALHOUN W. S. CARPENTER RICHARD CHAMBERS A. B. COLLETT A. CLAIRE DUNN PRINCESS L. EGBERT GEORGE E. ERICKSON EDNA D. HARTIN GEORGE H. HIBEARD NINA A. JOHNSON JAMES H. KEITH RUTH H. KELLY JOHN LUDVIGSON WILLIAM LUDWIG