Mesa High School - Superstition Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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Y ,' J X Don ' , 1 ywhlte teaches chemistr ysics and spon- so the l:ience Service Club. I it Dorothy L. Turner teaches biology and is co-sponsor of the newly organized Coordi- nating Club Council and as- sists I-I, R. Weisburg as club advisor. Jack Harrington teaches bi- ology, radio, and is sponsor of the Mesa Squadron of Civil Air Patrol. Leroy C. Miller teaches geometry, algebra, advanced algebra and sponsors the Sportsman Club. 6561. if 86lC 8l i5 The students at Mesa High are very fortunate in having such an experienced and capable faculty this year. The teaching staff consists of thirty-three men and eleven women, making a total of forty-four. Science is required to be taken by all students for at least one year before graduation. Don Lillywhite teaches chemistry, physics and general science. The biology depart- ment has a completely changed staff this year. Dorothy Turner teaches five classes of biology, while .lack Harrington teaches four. Mr. Harrington teaches the new course of radio. Mr. Lillywhite is sponsor of the Science Service club. Miss Turner acts asco-advisor with Mr. Wiesburg to all the clubs at Mesa High. Mathematics is also required of all students for at least one year. George Bond, who has been here for one and a half years, teaches applied mathematics. Ella Frazier, sponsor of the Songsters, teaches applied mathematics and algebra. Leroy Miller teaches algebra, geometry, solid geometry, advanced algebra and trigonometry. He is the new sponsor of the Rifle Club this year. For the students who take more than one year of math- ematics college will be a great deal easier. Mathematics is used by every one in every line of business. These teachers really have to know their subjects to teach them for mathematics is one of the most complicated of subiects. Marjorie Hewett, Florence Harper and Nancy Rhuart have done a fine iob fitting in with. the new schedule of homemaking this year. Mrs. Hewett has been teaching at Mesa High for three years, she teaches clothing l and foods. This is Mrs. Harper's first year here and she took over a big iob acting as Girls' League sponsor. She teaches clothing I and foods. Miss Rhuart, teacher of clothing, child guidance and home decoration, has been teaching at Mesa High for sixteen years. One year of homemaking is required Ella F. Frazier teaches ap- George A. Bond teaches busia Florence Harper t e a c h e s plied mathematics, algebra ness and applied mathe- foods, and is in charge of and is sponsor of the Song- matics and is one of the school banquets. She is also sters Club. freshman class sponsors. the Girls' League advisor. Twenty-FOUI'

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WJ KOW Qdglfle An active Boys' League, under the leadership of Delwyn Gardner, has helped make the past year a great success. Money to finance the Christmas Formal was obtained by sell- ing various refreshments at all home football games. The annual Christmas dance, the first formal of the year, with the theme Rhapsody in Blue was attended by approximately one hundred seventy couples, the largest crowd ever to attend a school formal. The skating doll that pirouetted on the cake of ice that formed part of the original centerpiece will long be remembered. February 20 was the time appointed for the sons to play hosts to their fathers. All enjoyed a program in the audito- Dlrk Wnrthvn, Sponsorg llc-lwyn Gurdnvr, Presldentg Dick Bulls-y, Secretary: Thurln-rt Dndge-, Vice-President. rium and then they retired to the gymnasium for refreshments and entertainment by Mr. Worthen's boxing and wrestling clubs. One of the high-lights of the evening was the honoring of the oldest Dad present. He was W. E. Jones, Lamar Jones' father. Beyond a doubt these father and son's get-togethers are among the finest and most satisfying affairs of the school year as shown by the enthusiasm of both the boys and the fathers. The Boys' League also exchanged programs with Phoe- nix Union to foster friendship between the two schools. Back row: Dick Bailey. Richard Ledbetter. Alfred Heywood, Clyde Tucker, June Webb, Don Quigley. Front row: Jerry Human, Zen Richens. John Jarvis, Delwyn Gardner. Nolan Peterson, Thurbert Dodge, Don Hunt. ff' M- Twenty-Three

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-Are pafienf to be taken by all girls before they can graduate. This one year is made up of one semester of clothing and one of foods, both of which are interesting and essential to every girl. The homemaking classes have a different type of study from most classes in the school. Tours, movies, and lectures are some of the ways in which the girls are taught. Ban- quets, plays, assemblies, and marching squad are a few of the ways in which the girls contribute to the school. There are six different English subjects available this year. Freshman and sophomore English is required, but during the junior and senior years the student may choose his English course. The six subjects besides English are speech, dramatics, journalism, grammar, and American and English literature. Jethro Hathcock, who is sponsor of the Latin American Club, teaches Spanish. He also teaches Latin to those who cannot take Spanish. Eugenie Brandon, who has taught many a student the basic rules of English, is teaching Englith III and IV to the sophomores. She sponsors the very active Scrapbook Club. Dick Worthen, another teacher here for his first year, teaches English V and VI to the juniors and He is the advisor of the creative magazine, El Conejo, and Boys' League. Esther Calloway teaches English I, ll, Ill and IV to the freshmen and sophomores. She is seniors. always smiling and ready to help in anything whenever needed. Another of the new teachers this year is Frank C. Juleff, who is teaching speech and dramatics. He directed the very successful play, Arsenic and Old Lace, as well as the third long play of the year presented late in April. He also coached the boys who took part in the oratorical contest. Margaret Heywood, teaches English I and II. She is doing a fine job as freshman class sponsor. G. T. Young, who teaches journalism and grammar, is doing a wonderful Marjorie Hewt-It t c a c h e s Nancy D. Rlnmrl teaches hamemaking and is sponsor homemaking and child guid- of the Future Homemakers ance. of America Club. Miss Nancy Rhuart explains one of the many complicated technicalities of dress making in the third year clothing class. Dick Bailey explains the whys and wherefores of il triangle in Mr. Leroy Miller's geometry class. job sponsoring the students in publishing the school paper and annual. He is also the sponsor of Quill and Scroll, the honorary society for outstanding students in journalism. This is Mr. Young's eleventh year at Mesa High. Another reliable teacher is F. H. Bradshaw who teaches American and English literature, dramatics, and grammar. He is sponsor of the National Honor Society. Mr. Bradshaw is always a help when things go wrong. Floyd Denton is the only instructor of vocal music at Mesa High. Not only does he teach, but he directs the A Capella and was general director of the Pirates of Penzance. Besides all this he takes time for the Vesper service during the Christmas holidays and is on the assembly committee. G. S. Sievenson, talented art teacher and sponsor of the Brush and Palette Club, is very cooperative in helping with all school dances and parties. Head of the famous Jackrabbit band is Linwood Noble, teacher of in- strumental music. His cooperation with Marjorie Entz pro- duced fine performances given to the whole state. M. L. Fairbanks, manual arts teacher, has done a lot in the two years he has been here to rebuild the wood working department. He is also trying to bring back the courses of leather tooling and other handicrafts. Kenneth Shumway is the capable teacher of mechanical drawing. He is also chairman of the stadium committee. Carl Eaves and Emmett Twenty-Five