Madras High School - Hi Sage Yearbook (Madras, OR)

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Charlene Bruno Miss Bruno is a very happy-go-lucky person, and her classroom radiated this striking feature of her personality. At MHS as an intern, she taught American History and Freshman English. Miss Bruno is getting her teaching degree from Oregon State University. In March, Miss Bruno moved to Salem to teach at North High School to complete her internship. Student at OSU; U.S. History, Freshman English. Pete Carlson Mr. Carlson sets his classroom atmosphere afire with sparks of ideas and thoughts. “I really got turned on to ideas and books in college. I decided to do something that would keep me in touch with both, so I became a teacher.” Mr. Carlson felt that the school-community relationship is “as good as the best, probably better than most.” B.A., M.A. Eastern Washington State College; Elective English. Darlene Cook As the German Club and Thespian adviser, Mrs. Cook revolves around her busy schedule and its activities. On summer vacations, Mrs. Cook likes to travel, sometimes to Germany with advanced German students. She is also very involved in producing the school plays and musicals, and devotes much more time than students realized to them. B.A. Linficld College; German I, II. Ill,Team English. Don Cosgrove Mr. Cosgrove spends his day sitting next to some new, reckless driver, pen and notebook in hand, and ready to pounce on his brake. “I am generally a calm and patient person I guess that is why I teach Driver’s Ed. I believe if everyone would approach their problems calmly and patiently, we would have a better world to live in.” B.A., M.A.. Washington State University; Driver’s Education. Mary Ann Crocker Summer vacations are Filled with a lot of hard, but rewarding work for Mrs. Crocker. She spends most of them cooking, running a mint still, and moving irrigation pipes on their farm. Snowmobiling is a winter hobby of the Crockers. The whole family often spends a weekend on the mountain, or snowmobiling around Madras when possible. B.S. Oregon State University; Home Ec. I, II, III, Boys Home Ec. John Curnutt Why did Mr. Curnatt choose Madras? ”1 chose Madras because Madras chose me. It grew on me. I dig it.” Mr.Curnutt is from Garibaldi, Oregon, “nestled in the foothills of the coastal mountains.” He feels that there is something in all of us that seeks new horizons, fresh victories. “I still wonder what I’m going to be when I grow up.” B.A. in English, Walla Walla College, M.A. in Special Ed., University of Oregon; Elective English, Special Education. Robert Duke Presiding over room 11 are Mr. Duke, his mascot George, and other ants who creep through the walls to eavesdrop on American History. George and the others seem to enjoy reliving the past, along with Mr. Duke’s students. Mr. Duke is very involved with activities at MHS, as well as at Central Oregon Community College. B.A., M.A. University of New Mexico; World History, Western Civ., Eastern Civ. Marge Entriken Mrs. Entriken grew up on a farm near Smith Rock State Park near what is now Terrebonne, and has many fond childhood memories. “When I was nine years old, I was a small country urchin with torn clothes and skinned knees. My mother made my play-clothes from dad’s old work clothes, I hated them! But I guess today I would have been right in style!” B.A., M.S. Oregon State University; Business I,ab, Business Machines, Typing.

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FACULTY MIRROR Schools Of Today Reflect Images Of The Past One of the greatest ways to illustrate the changes brought to America in the last 200 years is by comparing the schools of yesterday and today. Religion was the main educational system of early America. Children learned to read from the prayers and proverbs printed in the Bible. Lessons of moral beliefs and values were imprinted in the minds of the young, and life circled around the philosophies of the Bible. Schoolmarms, as they were called, were very restricted in their actions. They were forbidden to marry, keep company, or ride in the same vehicle with any man other than their father or brother. They could not wear less than two petticoats, smoke cigarettes, dye their hair, or loiter in ice cream parlors. The “Dunce-cap” was one of the earliest means of punishment for children. Another way was by the whispering stick. A stick was put in the naughty students mouth, so that he looked like a horse with a bit between his teeth. Sometimes children had yokes put over their heads and were forced to stand in front of the class. College students were punished by fines, whipping. boxing the ears, and exile (forcing a student to live with the minister for a period of time). Before steel pens became common about 1850, a first step in penmanship was making the pen by sharpening a quill with a pen knife. Students made their own ink from powders, dyes, berries, or from the steeped bark of the swamp maple. Sometimes recipes included salt as a mold-retardant and drops of brandy as an anti-freeze. In 1913 the first high school in Madras was built. This was a one-room building located where the boiler room at the grade school now stands. The school colors were black and gold, and there was no mascot. In 1920 a two-room high school was built where the junior high now stands, but a fire in 1936 destroyed the structure. The school that is now the junior high was built to replace it, and today only the steps in front remain from the original building. The high school that is used now was built in 1965. Teachers and teaching have changed with the times. Students have changed also, but time has not changed their deep appreciation for their friends, the teachers. Charles Alexander “The staff and the majority of the students are strong points of MHS. The bleachers turned out to be a weak spot. Another weak spot is communications. It seems universally difficult to communicate what you intend and have it interpreted the way you intended. This goes for all directions, not just the governing body or establishment.” B.S. Oregon College of Education; Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Math Analysis. Janice Alexander The girls locker room is not going to be the same without Mrs. Alexander’s cheerful voice calling “Line-up for roll call” to her not so cheerful students. “I have enjoyed my years as a teacher, but 1 am looking forward to becoming a mother and housewife.” Mrs. Alexander made many friends and will be missed by all. B.S. Oregon College of Education; Girls P.E. and Advanced Girls P.E. Mert Barth A very on the go and busy man, Mr. Barth likes to take life as it is handed to him and live it to the fullest. “The first 18 years of my life were spent on the farm in Iowa. I have two brothers and three sisters. We milked cows at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. come hell or high water 12 months a year. That influenced me to leave the farm.” B.S. Winona State University in Minnesota. M.E. University of Idaho; Personal Finance, Boys P.E. Alicia Bauer As a part-time nurse and teacher, and full-time wife and mother, Mrs. Bauer has little time to relax. “I spend vacations assuming the roles of wife and mother. I ride horses a lot; it gives me time to be close to my family and be outdoors.” Mrs. Bauer teaches Health Occupations in the morning, and is a junior high nurse afternoons. B.S. in Nursing University of Portland; Health Occupations, School Nurse.

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Jack Gallagher “The students here? They are well behaved, very intelligent, and very nice to know.” Mr. Gallagher feels that one change he’d make at MHS is to add a computer. “It is a machine of the present and future that all college students will be exposed to. Many other schools already have access to computers, putting our students behind theirs.” B.S. Northern Montana College. M.A. in Mathematics Washington State University; Math 5. Programmed Math. Algebra 1, II, Applied Math. Robin Gerke “I had a normal school experience of friends, sports, and education. Like many others, I found that school interfered with why I was there, social child U.S.A.” Mr. Gerke has “enjoyed the community, students, and education program. I will stay here as long as these remain important, and if they dim, I will then do what becomes important.” B.S. Oregon College of Education; Art 1, Advanced Art, Photography 1. Advanced Photography. Lowell Gilliland Mr. Gilliland feels that one of the weak points of MHS is the lack of school spirit and togetherness. MHS is one of the poorest he has seen. “It bothers me to see so many students not taking part in “anything.” It also bothers me to see the public contact the school only on negative matters. What we need is more positive contact. B.A., M.Ed. Nebraska State University; Drafting I, II. HI. Design Wood, Wood 2. Lee Gran tier Mr. Grantier seems to live in a maze of test tubes. Einstein, and formulas, though his out-of-school life is very different than you'd think. “Most of my community involvement is with church activities. I teach an Adult Sunday School Class and a Bible Class during the week. It is a good variety along with working with young people at school.” B.A. in Education, Cascade College in Portland. M.S. University of Wyoming,Chemistry. Physics, Electronics, Science. Mary Halousek Due to the large number of first place awards, the juniors are famous for their Homecoming floats. A lot of the credit goes to Mrs. Halousek, who has been their adviser as long as first place awards have been coming in. Mrs. Halousek enjoys many sports and the outdoors, “especially working in my garden and with my house plants.” B.S. Pacific University; Health, Advanced Girls P.E., 9 Girls P.E. Neil Halousek Mr. Halousek spends most of his spare time hunting, raising cattle, and shooting pool, just because he enjoys doing those things. He also enjoys working and learning with young people, which is why he became a teacher. “Madras is a fine community to live in and the students on the whole are worth working with.” B.S., M.Ed. Pacific University; Boys P.E. Rob Hastings Mr. Hastings was very sure about one change for MHS. “I would like to see more freedom for students to use ‘free’ time. I would like to see a place for students to go when they finish labs, tests, etc., and the students were responsible enough to move about unsupervised for a period of time, but still be ‘at task when needed’.” B.S. LinfieldCollege. M.S. University of Oregon, Science. Steve Heydon Montanians must grow with big, easy, never-ending smiles, for Mr. Heydon seems to have one on his face at all times. Mr. Heydon is a native of Havre, Montana and graduated from the University of Montana. “I was interested in working with youth, so I became a teacher. I think the students at MHS are very friendly.” B.S. Northern Montana College, M.Ed. University of Montana; Geometry. Pre-Algebra.