Huntington Beach High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Huntington Beach, CA)

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OUR PRINCIPAL The imporTance aTTached To The use oT moTion picTures in The public schools is evidenced by The TacT ThaT all Teachers are now required To Take a college course in Audio-Visual insTrucTion before The STaTe DeparTmenT oT EducaTion wiII issue a credenTial To Teach. OT course, iT has noT been necessary To puT such pressure upon Teachers in The more progressive schools where The use oT visual aids has long been The usual pracTice. BuT noT all communiTies are as progressive as They should be in This scienTiTic age and The children who aTTend backward schools are being cheaTed oT The bes+ Thaf They could have in educaTion. You have heard The expression, aTTribuTed To a Chinese sage cenTuries ago, A picTure is worTh a Thousand words. IT ThaT was True in anTiquiTy, whaT would a modern sage say oT The moTion picTure and iTs accompanying sound Track? PicTures wiTh sound are Talcen Tor granTed Today, buT They have become possible only wiThin The IiTeTime oT some ol: our older sTudenTs. Their educaTional possibiIiTies are iusT coming To be realized. By means oT The moving picTure we are inTroduced To The greaT world oT science. AToms dance IoeTore our eyes and mounTains are moved. The secreTs oT NaTure are revealed Through microscopic aTTachmenTs, and The whirling wonders oT The heavens above become neighbors Through The Telescopic proiecTors. We Travel To all corners oT The earTh, see sTrange peoples and hear Their words. We descend To The depThs OT The seas and climb The highesT mounTains while seaTed comTorTabIy wiTh our classmaTes. The opporTuniTies we have To exTend our Icnowledge oT our world and iTs many peoples are aImosT limiTless. We can, if we will, become Truly world ciTizens. WheTher we grow Through These opporTuni- Ties, or merely seelc enTerTainmenT Tor The momenT, is up To us. RAYMOND M. ELLIOTT

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Mr. Frances F. Penhall, Mrs. RuTh RecTor, Mr. Frank Bray, Mr. R. M. EllioTT, Mr. DanTe Siracusa, Mr. A. F. l.ockeTT, Mr. PeTer MacPherson. BOARD OF EDUCATION All major acTiviTies in The Tields oT indusTry and business have a group aT The Top ThaT musT Take The responsibiliTy Tor personnel appoinTmenTs, expansion, and The necessary Tinancial ouTlays. So, Too. in The viTally imporTanT Tield oT educaTion we musT have a group charged wiTh The responsibiliTy of deTermining The necessary school TaciliTies, choosing our Teaching sTaTTs, making plans Tor TuTure expan- sion, and safeguarding The sTudenTs Trom The subTle iniecTion oT un-American principles Through The medium oT TexTbooks or oTherwise. This group is commonly known as The Board oT EducaTion. Members oT The Board musT be people oT inTegriTy, vision, good iudgmenT, and alerT To The consTanTly changing Trends in educaTion. These qualiTicaTions are parTicularly emphasized by The budgeT oT flS783,l47.00 Tor The T-lunTingTon Beach High School Tor The lasT Tiscal year oT June 30. I949. While This appropriaTion seems a very subsTanTial sum, iT is only abouT 5.03 '73 OT The Orange CounTy ToTal school appropriaTion oT SI5,578.609.00 Tor The same period. We know Trom personal experience ThaT our Board has ably and conscienTiously execuTed The TrusT imposed upon Them. Their reward Tor The personal sacriTices involved are mainly The saTisTacTion OT a civic duTy eTTicienTly and capably perTormed. l-low easily and quickly we uTTer criTicism, deserv- edly or noT, oT our public oTTicials, buT how Tew of us have The consideraTion Tor a iob well done To say Thanks, Such an aTTirmaTive gesTure oT approval is The leasT The Board deserves and may encour- age The members To conTinue in service and To aTTack Their ever-pressing problems wiTh renewed zeal because oT our demonsTraTed TaiTh in Them.

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Through moTion picTures we almosT liTerally bring The world inTo The school. The preparaTion OT a local Film always arouses widespread inTeresT and provides many signiTicanT learning experiences and Training Tor The producing group. Preparing The scripT, planning The scenes, placing The people or obiecTs in each scene, preparing The TiTles, acTing The parTs, shooTing The picTuies all provide rich and viTal experiences. Emphasis cenTers on school com- n'iuniTy relaTionshipsg The Tilm now in The process in This school is To inTerpreT The school program To The presenT sTudenTs, To The TuTure sTudenTs, and To The communiTy residenTs. Movies have played a parT in changing our enTire way oT living, as has radio and Television. WiTh movies on Television, iT will have a greaT in- Tluence on our TuTure. Movies are powerTul. They may be used To whip a counTry inTo a war Trenzy or develop aTTiTudes favorable To law enTorcemenT or Tavorable To crime. BoTh Those who produce Tilms and Those who waTch movies need To consider The power oT The movies in developing social aTTi- Tudes and preiudices. CHARLES MAS'-'BURN- Mr. Charles Mashburn Miss Wilma l-lughell T MF- Gerald Lance COUNSELORS Helping The sTudenT To choose a suiTable vocaTion is a maior responsibiliTy oT .The counselor. A sTudenT's occupaTional choice deTermines The role he will playin The greaT drama oT living. An acTor cOnTribuTes To The success oT a moTion picTure only whenihe is adapTed by TalenT and inTeresT To The parT he plays. In lilce manner, The sTudenT will make his greaTesT conTribuTion only when he chooses an occupaiion Tor which he is TiTTed by apTiTude, Temperament and inTeresT. The aim of The counselor. is To help sTudenTs undersTands Themselves well enough TO make WIS6 Cl'1OICGS-