Hale High School - Patriot Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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we . Q Pictured from top to bottom: Joe Dunham, Vice Principal, Ethel Mackay, Dean of Girls, Thomas Hurst, Dean of Boys. Hale's counseling program has two general aims in counsel- ing the student: Educationally and personally. Educationzilly, the counselor presents to the students informa- tion he has gathered that will be of assistance to the student in de- termining his vocational choice. The counselor begins by going over a student's high school schedule for his sophomore, junior, and senior years. He determines from the student's testing records his capacity for learning. Then the student is called in for a conference. During this meeting between the student and his counselor, the counselor can determine whether the student has a desire to go on to college or whether he wants, upon high school graduation, to pursue a vocation. Then the counselor presents the pros and cons and other information about vocations to the stu- dent and tries to help him decide what future profession would best suit him. The choice of a college will vary according to the student's desires and the' 'intelligence and abilities of the applicant. Some colleges will accept only the top two or three per cent, while others will accept the top ten per cent, of students' scores on their entrance examinations. Some universities cater to certain types of students known as the cream of the crop,', while others aren't as strict. There are exclusive colleges for girls in the East and.one in the Northeast are for boys. There are co-ed colleges throughout the country. The counselor's duty is to point out specific information and guide the student in the right direction.

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7761, Jw! 624010614 2140277 ' Fresh from his first year of teaching in Winfield, Kansas, Mr. Richmond came to Tulsa in 1930. His first stop in his long career in guiding Tulsa's youth was at Roosevelt, where he served as athletic coach. From there he went to Will Rogers, when it first opened, as Director of Athletics, and in 1949 he went to Central as Assistant Principal. Be- fore coming to Nathan Hale, Mr. Richmond was Principal of Roosevelt. The history of our country is one of a pioneering people who transformed the vast prairies and forests into habitable areas that eventually sustained the great multitudes that followed. The complete story will probablynever be known but the abiding faith, the lasting hope and de- termined persistence created a rewarding symbol. In the temporal space of a few short years our community has been changed from an open prairie to the Nathan Hale School Community. In a small way students and faculty have experienced the dif- ficulties of pioneering those things which must be done for the first time. Again the venturesome spirit of our people conspired to break the educational sod and to create a complete program of activities for our students. Only the generations that follow will know the real impact of this humble beginning. It is inevit- able that the years pass but we trust that THE PATRIOT will serve to bring back golden memories of student life in the opening year of Nathan Hale High School. 5

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wal Pictured from top to bottom: Doris Brown, Seventh Grade Counselor: Denny Kelliher, Eighth Grade Counselorg Marjorie Young, Tenth Grade Counselor: Joe XY l1itsett, Eleventh Grade Counselor. Personally, the counselors discuss any problems confronting the student and give him individual guidance. These problems are always kept confidential by the counselor. Also, personal attention from a counselor is provided when a student desires ad- ditional information pertaining to his future. This not only applies to students, but to parents as well. The counselors want the parents to feel welcome to call upon them for advice concerning their children. The major purpose of Hales counseling program is to help the students get the maximum benefit from their three high school years and to help them to plan for their futures. ai -,,,.- ,,-v