Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Practical Classes Stress Safety ! e ' Roberta Peterson is shown giving artificial respiration to Richard Beck K in first aid. A Mr. Charles Beaty Mr. David Casper ' ' ' 'jf Mr. Carl Phoenix ei1,Q' , 'I Subiects which must be taken the sophomore year are drivers education, first aid, and vocations. These subjects offer practical experience and training. Drivers education is a subject required of all students by the State of California. It teaches students current traffic laws and good driving practices. This subiect is taught by Mr. David Casper. Drivers training applies many of the principles learned in drivers education. This class, taught by Mr. Carl Phoenix and Mr. Charles Beaty, gives students actual operation of an automobile. Another state course requirement, first aid, is taught by Mr. Jim Price. lt is realized that in case of an emergency that the students should be able to meet the situation by having an adequate know- ledge of first aid. Mr. Orville Underwood teaches vocations. This course gives students pn opportunity to decide which job is best suited for them, A '-bus' MY- Jim Price Frank Cole is shown testing the reaction time of Nancy ' Anderson in Mr. Casper's drivers education class. Mr. Orville Underwood Page 21 ff

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CLASSES One night in June, 1886, a small group of people assembled in old Roger's Hall to honor the first graduating class of Modesto High School, which is pictured here. Starting with this class of ten, Modesto High School has graduated approximately 15,000 stu- dents. Some of this number have given their lives for their country in four wars, some have distinguished themselves in the pro- fessions, in the arts, in business, and in agriculture, and some have made the Mo- desto area their home and advanced the community through other useful occupations. Since its birth in l883, Modesto High School has witnessed many local and uni- versal changes. ln those early years it was not uncommon to see horses hitched in front of-the school, while today the curbs are lined with horseless carriages. lt took only one room and one teacher to meet the edu- cational needs of the forty students who were enrolled in Modesto High during its first year. Today it takes about one hundred teachers and as many rooms to educate the enrollment of over 2,000 students. Despite these changes, however, the high moral and academic standards have remained constant through the years. Page 23