North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Making NC Fun Is Job of Offic Money for football tickets, basketball and wrestling tickets, money for dance tickets, money for concert tickets, and yes, even money for lees will be pleasantly received by the personnel of the business office. The efficient staff workers keep ac- curate and detailed accounts of fees and records of school clubs. The public office is the center of school busi- ness and receives visitors. Here each teacher must check in and out every day. They also collect their mail and attend to other necessary business. Every student, at some time or another during his high school years, enters the student office. Some arc tardy, some return from absences, others are seeking guidance and counselling. Students who require disciplinary action are usually in the stu- dent office more than once. The secretaries and student helpers here keep a daily attendance rec- ord, too. Need to study? North Central has a very ade- quate and up-to-date library. Students can find many kinds of magazines, a variety of vocational information, and of course, many, many books. Checking roll of absentees are the Student Office secretaries, Mrs. Backenstoe and Mrs. Jennings. 20

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Nona Halvorson Elizabeth Peck Dramatic Productions Vox Puellarum Thespians Mr. Maltcrncr hopefully hammers the art of diagr English class. into the heads of his sophomore Russell Meyer Spelling Contests Lorraine McNew College Coordinator is Life Preparation In the English Department we strive to pre- sent to the students something fresh and new in the study ol language, composition, and literature. In each area we try to bring into the classroom the ideas and methods that have been developed from the extensive and intensive study of language dur- ing the past thirty years. All students must take the first six semesters of English. In addition, students who have com- pleted six semesters ol English may enroll in Sen- ior Composition and Senior Literature. These courses are practically musts for students who will attend college. The department also offers two English classes on the senior level for those stu- dents who are not interested in going to college, hut who feel the need of additional practice in communication skills and who enjoy reading. Journalism, a one-semester subject, provides rich opportunities lor a practical application of the training learned. Students soon recognize the re- sponsibilities of staff positions, as well as the seri- ousness of meeting deadlines. Speech and Drama offer both pleasure and practical training. Speech covers the general field of public speaking and prepares the student to meet the requirements of public appearance. Drama I members study stage technique, acting, and make-up. In addition to public presentations, second semester drama students make an in depth study of the history of drama. Marilyn Klawunder Vivian Hager NC News Future Nurses Quill and Scroll Guy Griswold Honor Student List Jim Bowell, junior, gives one of several required book reports as Mrs. Peck listci intently. 19

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on Smoothly nd Service Staffs Preparing and serving nourishing, attractive, yet low cost hot lunches is one task assigned to the cafeteria personnel. The meals are well-balanced to give growing teenagers the nutrition they need to be active each day, all day. The snack bar is a supplement to the hot lunch program and is used frequently by those who bring a lunch from home. The hot sandwich line, just recently created, offers a slightly different main course, but is still a hot lunch. The staff works continually, and the cafeteria is bustling almost any time of day. Shortly after school ends for the day, the cus- todians can be seen restoring order to the halls and classrooms of North Central. Pushing large trash containers, cleaning blackboards, dusting and sweeping keep them busy. They are also responsible for the heating in the main building, in band and choir rooms, and the boys ' gym. All necessary repairs are made prompt- ly and many burnt out lights are replaced. Main- taining the exterior also takes many hours of work. Left to right: first row: Dick Muzatko, night foreman, Mrs. Zada Wend- ler, Hugh Leppell, head custodian, engineer; second row: Bob Ness, Tom Young, Cliff Ward, Robert Cochran, and Blaine Gill. Left to right: Edith Johnson, Marjorie Waid, Viola Santora, Marie Johnson, Alice Gillespie, manager, June Covey, Corrine Hirst, Alice Kruger, Lela D ' Andre.