Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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overhaul a car in auto mechanics. Mr. Boyce Ashford Mr. Chalmer Atwood Mr Bull Boyd Training received at Modesto High School has given students excellent opportunities in the field of industry. Classes are offered in wood, metal, machine shop, electricity, printing, and auto shop. Classes in auto mechanics and printing are given in concentrated blocks. This en- ables the students to do more extensive projects than would be possible if only one period were offered. In the auto mechanics class the students are allowed to bring their own cars into the shops. ln this way students gain practical mechanical experience. Equipment in machine shop enables students to operate some of the complex machinery which they may operate after they graduate from school. Students also learn the basic principles of wood and metal construction. Through this program, the Trades and lndustry students are trained for occupations which they plan to enter after the completion of their education. Department head is Mr. Lester Peterson. Industrial Education Trains Students Dick Merenda, Vaughn Morton, and John Bullock learn to Mr. O. L. Cliburn Mr. Gilbert Cook Mr. Robert Huber +2 Mr. Harry LaMothe Mr. Lester Peterson Mr. Sam Price Mr. Charles Vaughan Mr. Edward Work Page I8 WR!!!

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! ' Foreign Languages Offer Interest Mrs. Evelyn Coleman Miss Catherine Doherty Students practice writing sentences on the board in Mrs. Coleman's Spanish class. For the students in Modesto High who have the interest and the ability, the language depart- ment offers courses in Spanish, Latin, French, and German. The head of the Language Department is Miss Marian Spaan. Miss Spaan and Mrs. Coleman teach classes in conversational, first, second, third and fourth year Spanish to a fair percantage of our student body. Because of the Spanish influence in this area, this language can be put to a great deal of practical use. Latin is supposed to be a dead language, but to the students of Miss Mary Gamble, it is not only alive but hard to tame. Latin is the basic romance language from which comes Spanish, Italian, Portu- guese, and French. Miss Gamble teaches first, second, and third year classes. Although Latin is not used in conversation in the world today, it is truly a scholars, language because of the ancient documents that were written in Latin. Up in Room 102 you you will find a few students who spend a portion of their morning hours learning the culture of France. French is taught at Modesto High by Miss Katherine Doherty, who previous to her arrival at Modesto, spent two years as a Fulbright exchange student in France. Miss Doherty teaches classes in first, second, third, and fourth year French. For a few senior students in the Independent Study Program, German is offered under the direction of Dr. Will C. Jumper. The primary reason this language is taught is because many of these students will go on to college and will encounter the use of German in research work. Miss Dorothy Fernandez Miss Mary Gamble Miss Marian Spaan Page i7

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Study ls Essential To Learning Mr. Daniel Farrell Mr. Jim Price Larry Wi'ng checks books out to Mary Reese, David Kidd and Douglas Gant in the library during their indepen- dent study class. Study hall and library are two places in Modesto High School where study is of prime importance. Study hall is an elective class which is designed to meet the needs ot students who are in need of extra study time. Approximately 200 students can be seated in the study hall, which is often used for testing. Teachingthe study hall classes are Mr. Daniel Farrell and Mr. Jim Price. Students are free to use the library before school, after school, and during class periods when checked out of their class. Research work for tests and term papers is carried on in the library, where the magazine room is usually full of students making use of the magazines and periodicals which are available. Sections of fiction and non-fiction books as well as reference books are displayed in the library. Miss Helen Hartwick and Mrs. Maxine Benton are the librarians. Mrs. Maxine Benton Miss Helen Hartwick Page I9 1'