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

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RODA INMAN - WSU B.A., home economics. LEILA STECKELBERG- U of W B.S., home econom- ics, dept. head, FHA. WL. COPNER - WSU B.A., business law, typing, ASB financial advisor. WALTER KEMMERER - TANGLED LEGS may result from this attempt to kick thc hall. rzghl. during st sophomore boys' soccer game, Fingers lly. lmlfmz, as Greg Hughes and Ron Martin concentrate on a typing job, W ffftiigigirasil it UofW B.A., bookkeeping, typing. MARJORIE THOMAS - WWSC B.A., shorthand, transcription, adv. typing, Girls, Club. Preparing for Future Life Is Aim of Home Economics and Agriculture Classes Q55 The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 is the basis for a four year training program in which many ofthe boys at Mount Vernon High School are active. These boys learn modern methods in farming and numerous related areas. Home projects and home visitations are current, and many of the boys own and exhibit their own animals. The department is inseparably linked with the Future Farmers of America club, also a part of the Smith-Hughes Act which provides funds for the training of young people through age twenty-one in the general field of livestock. Mrs. Leila Steckelberg, head of the home- economics department, says, C'Homemaking is the many things that make a healthy, happy, well- adjusted group of peoplef' Cooking, sewing, and home furnishings classes help students achieve a rea- sonable understanding of basic principals in all areas of homemaking, including time budgeting, financial management, social needs, and care of the ill. HNKRSMX

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K , 'fs .L1'il. 'L L D . syn. vt V ,K ISI img WN i --,-,,..x' NJ 1:1 -Us X ur i r- . :- ll: 0. il. . 9.' -iz Ill' -.hun 1 .t if . ,sy gi-M, Q eds .N tft i '. :Wir-V 3 . y --f-Q.. Sys One might well wonder how approximately twelve hundred students and sixty faculty members can trav- el in and out ofseven buildings all day long, live days a week, and still maintain the degree of organization necessary for effective fulfillment of their educational purpose. llllicient administration is the only answer to this problem. Superintendent of schools, Mr. Wendell T. Phipps, almzw, is assisted in his administrative duties by the school board, left, which is under the chair- manship of Dr. Harry Worley. Also essential to effective organization is Principal W'illiam E. Gurney, zzbozta, whose quiet cheerfulness, interest and ability to coordinate the more detailed operation of his administrative divisions requires great skill. ln his second year as Vice Principal Mr. Patrick Hayden, top, jkzr Itjft, provides counseling as well as administrative services. Mr. Dave li. DuVall, mp ltjfl, also vice principal, is district director of health, physical education, and athletics. Mrs. Alma Murray, lop right, is of special aid to college-bound seniors, while Mr. Leo G. Hake, nm!- flfc right, counsels all -juniors and sophomore boys. Mrs. Connie M. Otjen, bottom rzlght, is new on the counseling staff, working primarily with freshman and sophomore girls. 11

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Combined Work,Play Make Good Citizens One, two, one, two . . . Familiar sounds echo from the gymnasium as physical education students warm up with calisthenics. Soccer, field hockey, arch- ery, volleyball, basketball, and swimming are among the activities which help students to develop recrea- tional skills useful throughout life. New studies in- clude an individual exercise analysis for freshman girls, and an advanced class for both boys and girls. Classroom instruction in driving is a regular part of the sophomore curriculum. An outlet for tension, physical education classes also stimulate growth of intellectual, social, and emotional, as well as physical capacities. Business education teachers have an opportunity to emphasize the elements of character and personality practical to all businesses. The latest in IBM machin- ery aids preparation in either the general clerical and accounting course or the secretarial-stenographic study. Among the new equipment is an IBM tran- scriber and dictator, equipped with tape-recordings and adjustable headsets to provide practice in dicta- tion. Twenty new typewriters and Eve new IBM se- lectrics also prepare business students for work in modern ofhces. PERRY BROWN - WSU B.S., phys. ed., asst. football, swimming. MARIORIE CLEAVE - U. of Portland B.A., phys. ed., Pep Club, cheerleaders. DARRELL PEARSON - WWSC BA., phys. ed., cross country, asst. track. JUDITH RUSSELL -WWSC BA., phys. ed., GAA. GEORGE MOWRER - WSU B.S., agriculture, welding, FFA, concessions. HILDING NELSON - WSU B.S., ag- riculture, FFA.