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

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ully Battle Computer Bugs Elsa Koski Senior Guidance Counselor. Maxine Jones arranges a schedule change for senior. Debbie Heinlein. Due to overcrowded classes, changes quite often were seemingly Virginia Olsen Dean J. Schultz During an educational Home Nursing class Junior Judy Trettin gives Resusci-Ann a professional heart massage.

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H. Glen DeShazo A Isobel Holt Bedeviled Troubleshooters Success Mrs. Olson, head librarian and her assistant. Mrs. Rhodes run a routine check on overdue books. Gale A. Jones Maxine Jones Performing a practiced duty. Junior counselor Dean Schultz completes a permission slip so that Bob Miller may return to class. With each passing year the schedule overload became more acute. Bedeviled by computer bugs the counseling staff was besieged by hordes of students. Through calm perserverance the situation was well in hand within a week. The counseling staff was headed by Glen De Shazo. Two recent additions were Mrs. Holt, sophomore and junior girls counselor and Mrs. Shultz, who worked with junior boys. Mrs. Jones took on the responsibilites of senior girls and college counseling, while Mr. Schweinfurt guided the sophomore boys. Battling crowds as well as weather conditions, sports photographer Gale Jones captured fleeting memories of the moment's activities. When he wasn't focusing on a subject he was busy ordering film and accounting for audio visual equipment as director of the Visual Aids Department. Mrs. Olson, school librarian, was custodian of approximately 17.000 books and acting supervisor over 25 library assistants. Her efforts made the GPHS library a center of learning and one of the school's greatest assets. Giving students an understanding of various disease symptoms, proper treatment of simple injuries and ailments, care and feeding of the sick, as well as the study of nutrition were some of the areas taught by Mrs. Koski, home nursing instructor. This was the second year this interesting and practical course was offered.

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New Engli Norman Anderson James H. Cornett JoAnne Gross sh Curriculum Blows Students’ Minds” Bonnie Bunch Francis J. Finneran David R. Haag Innovating a system by which juniors and seniors had a choice of varied fields including Creative Writing. English Literature. Drama. 20th Century Literature, and Tragedy, the English department provided a challenge to the creativity of each student. This system was used on a trial basis last year, and all were excited to see it adopted permanently this year. James Cornett, the new English department head, and his able staff not only challenged the student, but also demanded more than mere class attendance. The student was not expected to accept each explanation blindly, but to offer his own opinion and question others. New this year was a special class in debate. This course offered interested students an opportunity to endure the fire of competitive speaking. Throughout the year, the new English Resource Center provided a chance for students to expand their knowledge. This center contained collections of short stories. American and English literature books, theatrical works and books on grammar. Various reference material such as dictionaries, encyclopedias. and atlases were included. This was the first year for the operation of the English Resource Center and it has proven to be a very worthwhile and essential part of the school’s overall library system. Senior Scott Bridges views a quartet of students seeking knowledge in the new English Resource Center. Vicki Heath 26