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

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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

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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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Mr. Harkins Mr. Griffith Mr. Kusel Mrs. Worthington FINE ARTS Art is; to use red, blue, yellow, dark, light, volumes, shapes, straight lines, curves; with surfaces smooth, rough, shiny, dull, hot, cold, hard, soft, brittle, firm, strong, weak, sandy, buttery, sharp, silky; working clay, paper, cloth, leather, metal, wood, cement, plaster, plastic, glue, paint, glass, stone, plants; with your hands, your heart, your need, pen- cil, pen, file; by printing, carving, scratching, pulling, press- ing, rubbing, pasting, welding, molding. Our Fine Arts Department seeks to enrich the minds and increase the cultural scope of the individual. Many new talents are found and developed at MUHS. These prove to be assets and blessings in the years to come. Our music Department, headed by Mr. Harkins and Mrs. Worthing- ton, has won valley acclaim and each year adds to its list of honors.