Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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l OOTl3ALl., TICAMS lll'lff0Ml'i M0lll'1llN. The l9l3 lootliall team hears slight resemblance to today's Pels. Non' a greater amount of lictter safety equipment and stricter rules keep the injury Pels Show HELMETS INCREASE SAFETY. The headgear dis- played here hy lim Johnson vividly shows the pro- gress made in safety equipment. Next year teams may have advancements in equipment and procedures. ramatie Skill ll' anyone thinks that KL? has not progressed in athletics, there are 20 who would disagree. The athletic department's progress has not heen vivid until this year. The forward movement has never slacked or ceased. An ever constant search for greater safety is carried on. Not only do the various teams benefit hy these measures, but also every student in physical education classes. It seems as if a completely unknowing stranger opened a large bow marked 'CKU Pelsf' Much to his surprise, an energetic. skilled and safety-minded hurst forth. The Pelicans wrote history at several high schools this season. Klamath broke Medfordls seven year winning streak on the gridiron in the annual Homecoming game on lVlodoc held. Grants Pass went to state, but only alter a drawing to hrcak the Caveman-Pelican-Tornado tie for first place.

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K Rt MODERN TEACHING AIDS ENHANCE EDUCATION. and electrical operated mechanisms for the instructional With teaching aids a student can grasp the lesson better. material's department. These aids include plastic models, charts, stuffed animals Develop Learning Process One 15-year-old motion picture camera and two war-surplus projectors constituted the small begin- ning of the instructional materials department. Local businessmen loaned the only films shown to the school. From this start in 1947 the department has grown to contain over 27,000 individual teaching aids. Today the instructional materials department owns 4000 slides, 2000 records, 750 film strips, 150 objects and 130 models. All of the animals in the hall showcases belong to the department. When a teacher schedules a film, a long process is started. The film is previewed, approved, and confirmed. A student operator is given the equip- ment for the film. After the film has been shown. it is returned for cleaning and repair, if necessary, and mailing to a rental library or storing in its proper place. RELICS GIVE APPRECIATION OF PROGRESS. This phonograph is the Father of the modern stereo set.

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NEWICST SCHOOL SERVES MANY. The Lucille O'Neill Elementary School is the newest school in Klamath County. Opened for the fall term of 1961, the school is the latest step in present education. and the first step in the future. as Klamath Grows Again Klamath Falls education started with a one- room structure in Linkville in l878. The ensuing 33 years are history now. A history that each resi- dent of Klamath County may think of with pride. In the life time of a KU student many advance- ments mark his memory. United and West Coast airplanes started regular flights, six new elementary schools have opened, a shopping center was estab- lished, a branch of the armed services created installations and four medical and dental clinics constructed. When one begins an organized study of Klamath Falls progress, he finds overwhelming facts about the basin and city. There are 30 schools in the county today, many economically advantageous industries and equally important elements for a modern thriving city. The latest progress in Klamath County includes completion and dedication of the Lucille O'Neill Elementary School, plans for a proposed junior high school, and increased efforts in solving the problems of an excessive student body at Klamath Union High School. What does the future hold for Klamath County? To answer this important question very simply, Klamath's future, be it good or bad, is the right, the inheritance and the responsibility of every young person from the several high schools of the basin. All high schools in Klamath County graduate students who will have an active role in the future of the basin. All youth may take advantage of the past experience of its elders.