Ponca City High School - Cat Tale Yearbook (Ponca City, OK)

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In the morning the shop building came alive. Boys in Mechanical Draw- ing, Print Shop, Machine Shop, Auto Mechanics, and Woodwork were busily at work. Classes were organized for beginning, intermediate, and advanced workers in each field, Each student learned his trade under the direction ofa well qualified instruc- tor. These courses help a student to se- lect his vocation. Busilv assisting a student working on ll motor is Mr. Elmer Simmons. who teaches Trade Auto Mechanics. Shops Provide Training for Sl-fills of Tomorrow MR. AARON GAWHEGA: Trade Printing MR. LARRY I-IIME: Auto Mechanics , Ig Driver's Education MR. GORDON MacDONNELL: Wloodworking I and IIQ Trade Wfoodworkg Department Chairman MR. DON MCELMURRY: Machine Shop Ig Trade Machine Shop 5. MRJOI-IN HANKS: Mechanical Drawing I and II MR. ELMER SIMMONS: Trade Auto Mechanics MR. E. W. DeXVI-IITT: Vocational Agriculture 9, 1O,11, 12 aqua, l I isni

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-is I refuse to get my hair cut, Mr. Ford, says Mr. Lloyd Gelmers, I donlt care ifyou do take me off the volleyball team. The Mathematics Department offers ll wide variety of study ranging from mathematics needed by the average con- sumer in everyday life to calculus for those planning for college. The courses include High School Math, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, SMSG Algebra II, Trigonometry. SMSG Trigonometry, Math Analysis, SMSG Math Analysis, Matrix Algebra, and Computer Math. The Mathematics Department, under the direction of Mr. Gelmers, also spon- sors the Math Club and the Slide Rule Club. Math Department Offers Math for Every Student MRS. MARTHA CHRISTENSEN: W W219' Algebra I and II MR. A. LLOYD GELMERS: Trigonometry: SMSG Trigonometry, Matrix Algebra: SMSG Algebra IIQ Department Chairman MRJIM NICHOLS: Algebra Ig Assistant Basketball Coachg Assistant Baseball Coach MR. FRANCIS NINE: Algebra I1 Geometry MRS. MARY SCI-IOENXWALD: Geometry MR. WILLIAM SCHWENKER: Algebra Ilg Trigonometry MRJAMES FARRELL: Physicsg Algebra I MY , MR. BILL CURRENS: Football Coachg Nu-...,..,. Q Vocational Math 25

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Students Encounter Choice of Business Courses E 7 - MRS. NORMA AUSTELL: Machine Math MRS. BETTY BOYER: Shorthand I and IIg Typing I MR. BILL LEMING: Typing I and II, Business Law, Business Mathg Baseball Coachg Assistant Football Coach MRS. JEAN MacDONNELI.: Typing I and II MR. T. I. MONTGOMERY: Bookkeeping I and II MR. GORDON STANGELAND: Consumer Economicsg Bookkeeping Ig Cross Country Coach MR. RICHARD MCNEIL: Distributive Education I and II MRSJOYCE THOMAS: Special Education MISS ADDIE TINSLEY: Office Practice: Personal Typing: Typing I Thinking up a topic for a lecture, Mr. Richard McNeil pauses for it picture. Many students at Po-Hi chose the field of business. To aid them in their choice of future professions, many busi- ness courses were offered. Students wishing to follow a career in business might select one of these cours- es: Typing, Business Typing, Short- hand, Machine Math, Bookkeeping, Consumer Economics, Applied Busi- ness Law, or Office Practice. To get on the job training and expe- rience, sixty-five students were enrolled in the distributive education class. T