Medford High School - Crater Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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Complex School District Mr. Lee Ragsdale is Director of Phys- ical Education, Health, Recreation and Safety for the Medford Public Schools. He is responsible for all educational pro- grams relating to health and physical education. His introduction of such sports as bowling, archery, and swimming to the high school program has added to The success of the physical education pro- gram..Mr. Ragsdale is also credited with numerous innovations in his depart- ment including physical development tests administered throughout the district. MR. l. A. MIRICK Mr. Lindsay Vinsel directs the Adult and Vocational Education Program, and is in charge of arranging schedules and staffing the adult courses with instruct- ors. The program includes business edu- cation, general classes, homemaking classes, college extension classes, trade preparatory classes, auto mechanics, and many hobby craft classes. Mr. Vinsel also directs the Southern Oregon Practical Nursing School, which is a ioint project of the school district with the Rogue Valley Memorial Hos- pital. MR. LEE RAGSDALE Mr. Mirick, instrumental music supervisor of the Medford School District, strives to increase the excellence of the band and orchestra pro- grams of the schools. He also directs the Med- ford High School Band. Year after year his leadership and guidance has made the band more skilled and increasingly popular. Mr. Mirick's personal interest in each individual has combined with his infectious and pleasing per- sonality To make the total Medford instrumental program an outstanding one. MR. LINDSAY VINSEL

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Supervisors Solve Riddle Of Is There a docTor in The house? A doc- Tor of music educafion, Dr. JusTin Dyrud supervises The vocal music deparTmenTs in The sevenTeen schools in disTricT 549c. He mainTains harmony and coordinaTion in These vocal music deparTmenTs. His knowledge of acousfical engineering has been valuable To The success of many seasonal music presenTaTions. Dr. Dyrud has wriTTen numerous arTicles for sTaTe and naTional periodicals. Medford is Truly Thankful for ifs exTensive and ex- ceIIenT vocal music program. DR. JUSTIN DYRUD II eTiaT un bon menu! Thanks To Mrs. Vir- ginia WaiT. Mrs. Waif, a former homemaking Teacher, selecfs The ingredienTs for The hoT lunches prepared aT Medford Senior High. Among her duTies are The selecfion and Training of cafeTeria employees. She supervises all aspecfs of The cafeTeria program including personnel, menus, foodsTuffs, and eauipmenf uTilizaTion. This pasT school year approximaTely 800,000 hoT lunches will have been served in The schools of Medford under her supervisory direcfion. MR. HENRY DeVOSS MRS. VIRGINIA WAIT Mr. Henry DeVoss is Direcfor of Special Edu- caTion and TesTing for The school disTricT. His duTies include arranging for The adminisfering of psychomeTric and oTher TesTs in all Medford schools. He is responsible for Those educaTionaI provisions for The physically and academically handicapped. Home Teachers for Those confined aT home for exfended periods are provided Through his deparfmenf. Speech correcTionisTs and reading clinicians also work under his supervision. I0

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Large Administration Staff Makes Sure Carroll Seoley is a clerk-TypisT, anol Virginia Morgan operaTes The mulTiliTh machine. Besides being Office Manager, Lillian Dorrell is secreTary To Mr. Becken. Helen Poore ancl Shirley Rollins help To form The office sTaff in The aclrninisTraTion builcling. Shirley Rol- lins wriTes checks and runs The book- keeping machine in her iob as a bookkeeper ancl clerk's assisTanT. Helen Poore is ci clerk-TypisT who assisfs in The bookkeeping anol clerk's oIeparTmenT. MargareT M o r g a n conTribuTes highly To The office siaff as The sec- retary To The special eolucaTion super- visor. As such, she checks TesTs ancl recorols scores. I2 I