John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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HBOMHHHBflHBHflHOIIQ mOU — S pecial Areas ROTC, Library, Special Education, Driver Education Finish Curriculum ROTC . . . Besides promoting a high sense of duty and leadership, the Reserved Officers Training Corps teaches cadets basic military drills and customs. The cadets participate in honor guards, flag raising ceremonies and honor courts, and they also perform volunteer work for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Their studies include aerospace technology, the scien- tific exploration of space, and the complicated bio- logical and physiological aspects of space travel. First year cadets went to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, second year cadets traveled to Bergstrom Medical Center, and third year cadets visited NASA, the huge space center in Houston, in a special trip planned by the groups. LIBRARY . . . Reagan ' s library, which contains approximately 10,000 books, is under the direction of Mrs. Jessie Bennett. It is used by students as a place to study or to acquire more information for their themes and special reports. The librarians spon- sor an orientation for freshmen in early September to acquaint them with the library ' s system of opera- tion. The library is now forming a collection of films and records which will be available to all teachers. SPECIAL EDUCATION . . . Reagan has special classes for slow learners and students with hearing defects. In these classes, the students receive help in subject areas as well as help needed because of birth deficiencies. These students may transfer from any high school in Austin if they wish this help. DRIVERS EDUCATION . . . Courses in theory and behind-the-wheel training are required by the state in order for a student to get a driver ' s license before his eighteenth birthday. For six weeks driver ' s theory is taught to a student so that he can obtain a driver ' s permit. At the minimum age of sixteen, behind-the-wheel training can enable a student to get his license early. ONE ROTC FUNCTION is the presentation of colors at a football game. LIBRARIANS MRS. FERN DELAHOUSSAYE and Mrs. Jessie Bennett consider the requests for books submitted by teachers. 222 — Administration mti '

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a , ' ■ PE CLASSES MAY be fenced in, but they seem to enjoy touch football. ONE OF THE boy ' s PE classes enters the gym to get ready for the next class. COME ON LINE, give me some blocking! yells James Dayton. INSTANT FIRST AID for the football players rests in the competent hands of Randall Day. Administration — 221

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Mrs. Wilda Allen— M.A. University of Texas Special Education Mrs. Jessie Bennett — M.L.S. University of Texas Head Librarian Mrs. Mary Bess Chastain — B.B.A. Howard Payne College Library Clerk Mrs. Jean Christian — B.S. University of Texas Speech Therapist Master Sergeant Ernest Cline — B.A. Central Washington Slate College ROTC Mrs. Fern Delahoussaye — B.A. North Texas State Assistant Librarian Willie Glass— B.A. Southwest Texas Stale Driver ' s Education Robert Jones— B.F.A. Texas Christian University Driver ' s Education Mrs. Aurelia Shiflet— M.Ed. University of Texas Special Education Major Garland Virden — B.S. Southwest Texas Stale ROTC TEACHING ONE OF the Special Education classes is Mrs. Aurelia Shiflet. Students such as Delia Garza receive the attention they need. Administration — 223