Oroville Union High School - Nugget Yearbook (Oroville, CA)

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edmhtedctdl 9293 ILA 'MWF' glue' MISS Belk M1ss Holland At the end of the flrst semester there were over three hundred mem bers 1n he so called commerclal classes F1rst year typlng wh1ch IS open to three upper classes had 166 en rolled Th1s seemlngly large group lS qulte normal as most students be heve that a year of typlng w11l be a deflnlte asset 1n whatever the1r fu ture work may be College and un1 verslty preparatory students more and more are reguardlng typmg abll 1ty as a must General BUSIHGSS 1S the Sopho more commerclal class and lt em phaslzes common buslness practlces appl1cable to everyone Shorthand and Advanced Typ mg are more techn1cal subjects Wh1Ch glV9 speclal tra1n1ng to those who llltefld. to use them after gradu atlon Bookkeepmg IS taken mostly by senlors sometlmes just to f1ll out a requ1red program but more often because they are mterested 1n lt V0 catlonally The two ma1n mterests are as a stepplng stone to accountmg and ln order to galn knowledge of how to keep records for ones own buslness Bookkeepmg students th1s year have enjoyed and apprec1ated then new ofhce type desks wh1ch they haxe used for home room desks as well as for class

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40-'LBLQIL .gdfiffdafe QW There are three forelgn langul ges taught at the hlgh school two years of Latln two years of French and three of Spamsh Spanlsh IS pop ular because of Cal1fOI'I113S back ground 1tS numerous place names the proxlmlty of MEXICO and the Lood nelghbor pollcy What do we do m our fore gn language classes We read 1n the AW' warm 'Q 61,197 Mrs McGowan Mrs Chandler nat1ve tongue about the hlstory cus toms and folflore of the people whose language we are studymg We enjoy learnmg and Slllglflg the1r songs We learn why and how they celebrate certam holldays Chrlstmas for ex ample Of course It IS always pleasant to learn about people who do not rush through hfe and take t1me to l1ve ff-2'

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Sauna! Sc My-f i QQ WPNIW 42 fdsfii NW' Ref ad sg fr Q' 559 Wg M Fylhng Mr Lattln Mr McAul1ffe Mr Bloom l Mr Campbell The Soclal Sc1ence Department of Orov1lle UHIOH Hlgh School has SIX mstructors all mena s1tuat1on wh1ch certalnly must be umque among the larger hlgh schools of the state Two of the members of th1s group have travelled around the world one IS an expeuenced athletlc coach ID three separate fleld th other three have had w1de experlence 1n teachlng and handlmg students The result IS that these men are bflflglllg to th1s f1eld of 1nstruct1on a varled background and a r1ch fund of lnformatlon that IS makmg th1s department one of the strongest IH the school SOCIHI studles teachers 1n Oro v1lle Hlgh School are lntent on de velopmg the 1nd1v1dual Knowledge they reallze IS 1mportant But more 1mportant IS the development of the type of student who can f1nd the m formatlon he needs who can th1nk 1ndependently and clearly and who IS anxlous to hear all S1d6S of a ques t1on before he makes up h1s m1nd on a problem These mstructors empha SIZE current event and geography as well as economlcs and SOC10lOgy be cause they feel the modern Amer1 can c1t1zen must know the 20th cen tury world and what IS golng on a round h1m To develop well lntegrates per sonalltles IS the a1m of the mstru ctors 1n the Soclal Sclence Depart men 'glam TL ik