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

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R. Cloyd Riffe and Miss Mabel Scheel are seen In their habitat of the VOCAL MUSIC room, while at right. Martin Trepte Instructs INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. Walter S. Carpenter's AGRICULTURE class is busy under his supervision, while below. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Coaches Thomas. Glines. Keith. Ruef, and Gettmann are checking schedules. SHOP Teachers W. R. Harper and Robert J. Wilms examine a piece of student work, while below. Miss Dorothy Hutchason checks up on over-due books, which is part of her Job as LIBRARIAN. I ' [ H 1

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ENGLISH Instructors in front row are Miss Matthews. Mrs. Ginn, and Mrs. Thornberry; In hack are Miss Sanders. Miss Smith, and Miss Parr A ncw-comcr to Grants Pass high school this year was Robert Wilms, who was employed as a mechanic by the Northrup Aircraft Corporation during the vacation. Miss Esther Fox, another new member of the faculty, has been a blood donor. Working in a survey crew for the state highway kept A. B. Collett busy last summer. This year Mr. Collett was adviser for the freshman class. Radio club, and Ticket squad. LANGUAGE Teachers Mrs. Rose Hayward. Spanish, and Miss Alvera Brookman. Latin, •‘look at the birdie. ’ Among those who spent the summer vacation helping to relieve the labor shortage was Miss Marion Sanders, who worked in an office at the Jantzen knitting mills in Portland, Oregon. Miss Sanders was adviser for the SCROLL. J. P. Miller, who substituted for Nelson Van Matre part of the year, was attached to the Army signal corps and instructed the radio classes. Mr. Van Matre was ill at the time pictures were taken, so it was impossible to include his photo. Warren Bailey instructed aeronautics and advised the Forestry club, which had charge of the school forest. Space permits only the mention of a few faculty members, but this story is presented to show a cross-section of the entire group and is meant as a tribute to them all. MATHEMATICS Instructor is the official title of Mr. Collett, Mrs. Beals. Miss Birtchet. Miss Rogers, and Miss Dunn. Teachers ..f the COMMERCIAL subjects are Mrs. M. B. Winslow. J. T. Miller, and Miss Esther Fox. [ 13 ]

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Democracy in Practice WALLY MARTIN, president. Sometimes it is called voting —sometimes it goes by the name of election. But whatever the official title might be the selection of our student body officers by ballot amounts to nothing more or less than the practice of democracy. In exercising this constitutional right last spring, we chose Wally Martin to wield the APPOINTED officers. FRONT: Parsons. ticket manager: Fowler. TOKA editor: Williams. SCROLL, editor: Wettereau. advertising manager. BACK. Roy Nelson, publicity manager; Albert Pratt, stage manager. gavel this year, supported by Bill Farr, vice-president; John Cain, second vice-president; Lucille Edwards, secretary, and Roberta Bestul, treasurer. BELOW, left to right: Bill Farr, vlce- Sresident; Lucille Edwards, secretary; .oberta Bestul. treasurer; John Cain, second vice-president. The various managers and the editors of the publications were selected by the executive board upon the recommendation of the advisers of these activities. [ 15 ]