Grass Valley High School - Stray Leaves Yearbook (Grass Valley, CA)

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Driunatics Department Jiiss Verna Greeley, P. E. instructor Ln charge of the local school's dra- :tics work which consists. of' an nual play sponsored by the Senior iss and scores of short one-act plays skits presented for school as- blies and local club and lodge iups. lllost of the work is accomplished rough the medium of a one semester nrse in drarnatics in which Senior idents are permitted to enroll. ln ' course they are taught the funda- ntals of stage craft, character por- yal 'and production of simple one- t comedies. fl'he annual play is en to all students on the basis oi V-outs. ' Miss Greeley holds both her hach- ors and masters degrees from Mills allege where she majored in physi- l education and dramatics. Although eatly handicapped by lack of stage, operties and equipment, the depart- ent has performed most ciiditably. In the Grass Valley High School a splendid example of a self made in the person of Harold J. Mr. George has practically up with music. Although he not receive a formal education in usic at college, his practical exper- ence in leading prize winning bands nd directing numerous vocal groups as 'brought him' the acclaim of all usicians who know his excellent ork. ' . - Since becoming a teacher in. the ocal schools he spent every moment 1 his spare time ingpuiidmg upihif department afithezschool. The 1-Ioincnjfalcing I girls study tliii problexnsfoil-time consanmer- and do simple designing while the Honia- l making II class make more complex-g clothing and write reportson sorts ing and related subjects.. . ,According to Miss Dillinger an tin-- usual amount of Red Cross work has been done and the renovation ppc--I jects she has found most inter'-rating. Among the outstanding problirzzz are: .chic jaclaelfi, gor-ed skirts :ini dresses made from old-fasltozieil coats and dresses. With the finishing of the n:-xi' building, there will be an-compl-tc reorganization of the-home economic.: division. In addition to sewing it will no doubt nzcan ilzzit the subject Homemaking will be broadened with the teaching of foods, honn: nursing, home management, nn: child care. - r Miss Dillinger was graduated from lhe lo-cal high school with the class of 1911 and later from the Santa Dm-- lv:ira's State Teacher's. C:-Pi--ge. MechaniEal'Trainirsg-Dept. ' c. A. Rush is in .charge of'.the-ae- partment which is housed in a large- cement structure at the southwest corner of the high school grounds. Mr. Rush, a graduate of the Upiversityf of Indiana, has 'taught in the local schools for 18 years. The fundamental 'course is Man-. ual Training 1 which takes up thel making of different type .of furni- ture from soft and hard woods. The class at present is making end tables and cedar chests while the advanced class makes whatever is to the in- dividual student's liking. ' ' There are three classes of mech- anical drawing: two beginning groups and one advanced. The beginners take up the fundamentals of drawing, while the advanced students work on architectural and machinery drawings. In the afternoon classes, auto mech- anics is studied. This explains to the student' auto 'iengineering and the repair of his own- car. - -:an Commercial Department V , The' teachers who are in this de- partment are Dorothy Robertson and P. D.,Man1-oss. Miss Robertson in-K structs the students in salesmanshipg typing I, and business training. She -is also the hi-gh school treasurer. Miss :Robertson -:graduated from Berkeley High Sclicol and then attended the University of California. She. ma- jored in history -and economics. She then taught in high schools for sev- feral years after which she attended Q nta Cruz Business College. While t California she obtained her Circle 'C award and also Big C sweater. She has 'attended summer school at Uni- versity of Southern california 'and University of Washington. From her classes .in typing,.bookkeeping, many students have gone into jobs and are doing very well. Her subjects are ones which can be used very extens- ively after leaving high school. , Mr. Manross, our other commercial teacher, teaches bookkeeping II, typ- ing II and salesmanship. He has taught school for 32 years after at- tending the Farris Institute in which he majored in commerce. He has taught in five high schools in Wis- consin, Montana and California. Mr: Manross is a good supporter of our school activities and also town social affairs. He is a member -of the Methodist fellowship. He has a sou attending the University of Califor- ma. Mathematics Department Mrs. Ida, Huffer is head of the mathematics department of the Grass Valley High School. She teaches al- gebra, the science of equation and geometry which serves to develop the idea of space relation. 0 Mrs. Huffer, who has taught for 13 years, was reared in Iowa but was graduated from -the University of California. Before coming to Grass Valley she taught in Northfolk and in a private school in Berkeley. In addition to the teaching of aca- demic mathematics, she teaches short hand, and is considered one of the most .capable instructors- of-this subjest.

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