Mesa High School - Superstition Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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I , Mr. Linwood Noble iatiently directs the licginning I strings class. i Brandon, F. ll. Brailsliaw teaches lit- l'l'Zl ll irc and dramatics. He produced Captain Apple- iacli. assis thc Penz sors ll three-act play, and ted in the direction of operetta. Pirates of ance. He also spon- National Honor Society. Aiding students to get ahead through a better understanding of English is the favorite occupation of Eugenie Floyd D. Ili-nton teaches A Cappella and vocal music. He directed the Vesper Serv- ice and was general director of the operetta, Pirates of Penzance. trict championship. Kenneth Heywood coaches the varsity track team, and the Bunnie football and basketball teams. Hilbert Brady coaches the varsity baseball team, is line coach on the varsity football, and coaches the Cottontail football team. In addition to this he teaches one class of Spanish. Mr. Ford, head coach, coaches varsity football and basketball. He also sponsors the M Club. Miss Entz teaches health education, directs Mesa High's famous marching squad, and sponsors G. A. A. Katherine Weber, here for her first year, is dance director and advisor of the Dance Club. She is the assistant director of the marching squad. Mesa High is one of the few schools in the state that requires four years of social studies for graduation. The curriculum consists of two years social studies, and one of American history and one of American problems. Griffin S. Stn-plwnsmi teaches art and is the sponsor of the Brush and Palette Club. He helps with the art work for formal dances, plays, oper- etta and annual. Twenty-Seven Linwood Noble teaches in- strumental music and en- semble, sponsors the Swim: Club and was in charge of the music for the operetta. He lead the Jackrahbit band at all the football games.

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Jethro M. l-luthcock teaches Spanish and is the director of the Latin American Club which sponsors the colorful Spanish Fiesta. Eugenie Brandon t e a c h e s sophomore English and is the director of the Scrapbook Club which makes books for the Crippled Childrens home and orphanages. Dick Worthc-n teaches Eng- lish and is the sponsor of El Conejo, a creative magazine. He is sponsor of Boxers and Wrestlers and advisor of Boys League. Esther Calloway t e a c h c s freshmen English and assists Margaret Heywood in spon- soring the largest freshman class ever enrolled. ondiclera fe, cjvlegofuf Merkley are the very competent teachers of auto mechanics. Mr. Eaves is the only one who is allowed to drive the .lack- rabbit bus. H. B. Gray and Kimball Nelson, sponsors of F. F. A., teach agriculture. Working together as they have been doing is making F. F. A. one ot the most active clubs at Mesa High. The health education department consists ot six instruc- tors with Edgar C. Ford, head of the boys, and Marjorie Entz, head of the girls. Clarence Cox has the big iob of coaching tennis, but he also coaches some football and basketball. He is sponsor ot the popular Racket Club. He coached the Cottontail basketball team which won the dis- Frullk C. Jnlr-ff t e a c h es dramatics and speech, is the sponsor of the Masque and Dagger Club and produced the plays Arsenic and Old Lace and The Bat . Twenty-Six lblill LZ'ill't-'f Heywood teaches sophomore and freshman English and is advisor oi the freshmen class. G. 'I'. Young teaches journal- ism, grammar, publications laboratory and is in charge of the publication of' the school paper and the year book. He is also sponsor of the Quill and Scroll Club.

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M. L. Fairbanks t e a c h e s shop and has for the last two years been building up 8. wood working department. sponsor of the Tumblers Club. Kenneth S. Shumway teaches Emmett. L. Merkley teaches L xrl haves t e a c h e s me mechanical drawing and ad- auto mechanics. He is a chamcs and is chauffeur of vanced draft. He is the graduate of Mesa High. the Jackrabblt Bus .Jqaralwoliing ana! Yjfwlemfanakng The driver training course, just beginning this year, is taught by Arland Branch. This course has been very success- ful this year, in that about 200 students have taken the course, which is two weeks long. More than an average num- ber of students who have taken the course passed the drivers test with 961, or above. One of the most popular teachers is freshman social studies teacher, J. M. Mason. He is in charge of all ticket selling done at the school. The junior class advisor this year is Forrest Cockrell, teacher of Ameri- can problems and American history. He is also sponsor of the Wrestlers and Tumblers Club. Don C. Sparks, another new teacher, is advisor of the senior class and teaches American problems. He also sponsors the Goh Tso Club. Advisor of the newly organized safety council is Lee Kramer who teaches American history. The council has done a lot in keeping the school safe. Teaching audio-visual and several classes of social studies is Francis Feeney. He has brought many films that otherwise would have not been seen by the students. Warren Wells is the sponsor of the sophomore class and teacher of social studies. He is the Les Amis Club sponsor. Hyman Weisburg, another new teacher, is a teacher of social studies. He also assists with the Wrestlers and Tumblers Club. Social studies is one of the important subjects, for in these classes the students learn student government. They take charge of classes in discussion, and even in giving tests sometimes. These teachers have a harder job than most people think. Francelle Johnson, librarian, is always willing to help a student -looking up information in the library. She has the job of taking care and checking on all of the school books. Owen T. Porter teaches typing I, ll, lll and lV. He is always willing to help other teachers and students who need work done. Teachincg shorthand and typing lll and lV is Margaret Thomas. She is considered one of the best Twenty-eight Carl Eaves and Emmett L. Merkley give how to keep it going instruction to auto mechanics students. Exercise develops grace and poise in the beginning dance class.