Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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BUSINESS Business Education is designed to assist students to develop skills adequate for full-time employment, part-time employment, and personal use. Courses are available to students to prepare themselves to be general office clerks, file clerks, receptionists, typists, stenographers, secretaries, salesmen, and bookkeepers. A business education provides a business background for every adult—the fam- ily man, the businessman, the housewife, the social and civic-organization mem- ber—wherever finances or economics are involved. To as great a degree as possible, the different courses in business education are geared for pre-training for automation requisites. Different courses are offered as the need arises, and each course is periodically evaluated and adjusted to meet the ever-changing techniques in our business world. Mr. Haugen Mrs. Brooks Mr. Gustin Mr. Rosseth PROGRESS R ADVANCED Mr. Shriner Miss Soker Mrs. Tucker

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t) APPLIED ARTS at The objectives of study in our Industrial Arts diy} Department is to establish firm foundations in | the specific industrial fields and to provide our future communities with the needed specialists. itp Courses offered are Auto Mechanics I, FY, It; Di Mechanical Drawing I and IT; Basic Electricity ; , Electronics; General Metal; and Wood Work- NG ts ia ing I and II. a America’s future homemakers find expert and WeeG AE Wi eael 8b specialized instruction in our Home Economics ™) Department. In a girl’s freshman year she has the option to take a general homemaking course — after which she may specialize in Clothing, it Foods, or both. Training in Home Economics helps the individual to become a better family member now and later in life. Mr. Kirk Mr. Alejo Mr. Cozby Mr. Hobbs Mr. Zimmerman Mr. Lowry Mr. Muller Mr. McNett ee. Mrs. Kelly Mrs. Kaylor

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ENGLISH The ability to communicate is man’s greatest asset. Attempting to perfect his ability and to stimulate his individuality is the chief goals of the Madera High English Department. All freshmen, sophomores, tee Ai ae ‘y juniors, and college-bound seniors are required to take English. Each year is geared at completing certain phases of the English program. The first two years are devoted primarily to the advanced study of grammar and the awakening of the creative spirit in writ- ing. The junior year is dedicated to American Literature, its influ- ences, and contributions. Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet are always S favorite undertakings in the senior year where English Literature as is the mainstay of study. l(a ‘ “au © 1 perio IN Our bug Miss Estes Mrs. Keeble Miss Kloster Mr. Lyon Mr. Merriman Mrs. Parkes Mr. Potter Mr. Weddle Mrs. Wensrich Mrs, Wilkins Miss Wilson Mrs. Wogaman Tucker