Mount Vernon High School - Skagina Yearbook (Mount Vernon, WA)

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GW .X ff' IVA M. DERRICK - Kansas STC B.S., library. JESSE H. JAMESON - U of Utah B.S.. M.A., English, iournalism, library, Bull- dog advisor. RUTH TORRELL - U of W B.A., text- book librarian, audio-visual director. What's this? The library has wheels. With an ever-growing student body, more literary ma- terial must be available taster and this is why the card catalog and general-career information trucks have been mobilized. The library with its near 6,500 books plus a tremendous number of ref- erence materials is the center of our high school's educational system. There is hardly a period when the library is not in near- capacity use as teachers from all departments assign more and more research work. Mrs. Der- rick and Mr. Jameson, librarians, prove almost every day that they are among the more cheerfully helpful people in the school. RICHARD FITE - U of W B.A., English, asst. dramatics. JAMES A. FRAME - U of W B.A., English. PATRICK T. HAYDEN - U of W BA., English, dept. head. JOAN LeMlEUX - EW State College B.A., speech. A. W. VIVIAN - WW State College B.A., English, asst. football and basket- ball coach. WILBUR F. WIGNER - U of W B.A.. English.

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f5fofi5Poimtsf0vNeeolf6ofu 'wwmgmge My l JOE DAY - Northwestern SC B.S., U of Oklahoma M.A., world history, American history, golf. RICHARD L. DIXON - WW State College B.A., geography and earth science, tennis. BEN G. EDLUND - WW State College B.A., American and Northwest history, asst. swimming. LEO G. HAKE - CW State College B.A., and M Ed, orientation, counselor, toot- ball, asst. basketball. BOB LeBEAU - WW State orientation, world history. WILLIAM E. LEE - CW State American history, basketball. JOSEPH J. MURPHY N U American government, world problems, cross country, College B.A., College B.A., of W B.A., contemporary track, This isn't a dungeon, left. It's just Mr. Ed- lund's classroom where he Northwest history. is teaching new What good is history? Who needs it? Why not forget the past? These common questions are answered in the history and social science classes of our school. Starting with a se- mester at orientation in their fresh- man year, students at MVHS are required to take tour years in this field, which includes American his- tory, Washington state resources, civics and either world history or world geography. Our living stand- ards or way ot lite today stem from the very beginning of our nation and the simplest form of govern- ment. That's why we study history and the other social sciences.