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

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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

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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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fmfudfual Nah in A f ww 'Wm YW Educatlon IS a preparatlon for l1v1ng 1n the sense that It develops certaln ab1l1t1es whlch help the stu dent to make adjustments to meet the cond1t1ons of h1s envlronment L1v1ng 1nvo1ves an enjoyment oi l1v mg through an ab1l1ty to earn a l1v mg and to be of serv1ce to others The Industrlal Arts Program m our school IS set up to help the stud ent develop a better understandmg of the 1ndustr1al age and prepare the 1nd1v1dual for a place 1n an lndustr 1al SOC1ety Th1s IS attempted thro ugh courses 1n Woodshop Autoshop Mechamcal Drawlng and Pr1nt1ng Durlng the past tew decades Agrlculture has developed 1nto a serxes ot hlghly mechan1zed and hlgh ly compet1t1ve buslnesses To face th1s compet1t1on the tarmer must comb1ne t1me tested and newly de velop d methods Reallzlng the need for agr1cul tural educatlon 1n an area wlth such a hlgh percentage of rural popu latlon an agucultural curr1culum was establlshed here Students enrolled ln classes 1n Vocatlonal Agrlculture have the op portunlty to use latest lnformatlon as an a1d 1n becomlng establ1shed m farmlng or any of the other numerous Agrlcultural occupat1ons O yvlwagg , Q E 1 g k 'mg A 'i . V A J , , fx N M: ' . 1 3' . 'fr L- i W I . Mr. . . , A . 7 . . v v . . . . V . V