North High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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mprove the Present: Ian the Future morrow's historians, economists, iticians, and psychologists were d at work studying in the Social Sci- e courses, preparing for their future, probably ours. keeping with the idea, shooting for stars , today's students will be to- rrow's business leaders, presidents economic forecasters. Not only will be reading about them, but we will listening to what they say and doing at they suggest. By studying what has happened and what is happening, these students will form and be a big part of what is about to happen. The future is theirs and most of them realize this very important fact. The Social Science courses offered in- cluded government, geography, eco- nomics, U.S. history, and psychology. The majority of students in each subject felt that it was most helpful to them in taking the essential decisive steps for the future years. ,i-Wm ,, H. QE,',mfz,E . i Sailiiusni Q 'l'.i1Q-,snllivi They will be our law-makers, and the people who write about them. They will be the brokers and economists who will bring us out of economic disaster. Then their psychologist counterparts will counsel them when they don't succeed. It is all a type of 'checks and balance' system. Although' these students will grow to be men and women in different fields, they will grow to work together to form our future. Social Studit,sfl23

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1' :sw Ss 1 A , A CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Marsha Keeney starts on her government assignment for the day. Listening intently in psychology class, Ann Chau prepares to take notes, while Carol En- gel appears distracted. Taking notes from Mr. McQuin's lecture, Mary Ann Gregory seems to enjoy her psy- chology class. Concentrating on the class discussion in psy- chology class are Dana Smith and Gary Flam- ing. Deep in study, Mr. Heber's U.S. Government class reviews for a test. Sharing their knowledge and the day's assign- ments arc Tina Calvillo and l.ori Matney. I 22fS0cial Studies S wwf WMV S is E

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P.E Dr ED Er Business Something for Everyone The four R's-Readin', Ritin', Rithma- tic, Responsibility, answered one driv- er education teacher as he emphasized Responsibility, This was what Mr. Walter Grainger felt drivers education students should learn from the course. There were also other classes, however, which included this valuable quality of responsibility as one of the assets to be learned. In the P.E. department, freshmen were very fortunate to have the opportunity to take a variety of units not only in team and individual sports but also in self-defense. ln reference to gymnas- tics, Miss Kathy Lund stated that she felt body awareness in space and ap- preciation and knowledge of a new sport were most important for the stu- dents to learn. In the business department, accounting class played a good role in educating students in the areas of organization and balancing records. Students had the opportunity to hear workers from various professions speak about career planning. According to one accounting student, Leeann Martinex, the benefits which would be gained by taking the class were a better understanding of how business and people operate and fi- nance their busincss . . .and how to or- ganize financial records. l24fP E Dr. Ed., 84 Business