Puyallup High School - Viking Yearbook (Puyallup, WA)

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Gurls Lecurn To Care For Future Homes Teachung clothung constructuon to pupuls sux peruods a day was lust part of the task that faced Duane Ross graduate of Washungton State Unuversuty durung her furst year as a Puyallup home economucs teacher Besides clothung Muss Ross taught home furnushungs textules and consumer educatuon to her classes Her full schedule was un creased as she fulfulled her dutues Us advuser to Vukung Ladies Future Homemakers of Ameruca Grant TruHuY and Costume Club A Costume Club advuser she helped with the costumes for the plays and Vukung Varuetues Muss Ross played a malor part again as advuser un the annual style show which chose Around the World un Fufty Fashions as uts theme ln thus style show th gurls modeled the clothes they made un class for both fun and the pruze money awarded by the Sears foundatuon B Janice Arndt rv in fi: ulflllllf -ICQ KIIIIT3 Duane Ross center guves a few pounters on making 'lu' EEF nu-fs dress to Erruelua Judd rght In the b ckground us Under the supervsuon of Helen Alexander begunnung home economics sudents prepared simple breakfasts of toast and cocoa and then progressed to more elaborate meals Basuc fundamentals of proper grooming were also uncluded un thus course rangung from proper table mann rs to correct posture Students un ad vanced classes were taught home nursing the care of small chuldren and watched th preparation of dufferent and detailed meals as demonstrated by Muss Alexander Some of the other thungs covered were how to make a balanced duet as well as a balanced budget Muss Alexander also taught a course ln famuly luvung un whuch senuors were acquainted wuth many of the problems that they mught encounter un a home such as home planning money management and chuld care Thus years Future Home makers of Ameruca Club was advused by Muss Alexander 'lm-s Explaining the dutferent cuts of beet to her home economucs class us Helen Alexander Vusutors to the home economucs department were Eu Lan Oh e of Malaya and Pervus F Jasvala rught of Zanzubar Muss Eu Lan Oh from the Methodust Gurls school un Penang Malaya was one of two for eugn teachers to vusut Puyallup Hugh School thus year on an unternatuonal program sponsored by the State Department Muss Oh who teaches home economics was one of sux hundred edu cators from throughout the world who are takung part un thus program She was accompanued by others from Turkey and Zanabar Durung her speech to the home economuc classes Mss Oh told of her travels and precon ceived ideas about the United States. She also stat-ed the differences in customs food and edu- cation between the two countries. 'il 19

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Freshman health classes alternated every two weeks Classes Stress Physucal Futness Students partucupatung un advanced health class and pre nursung were unstructed by Adah Sands The course specual uzed un the study of nursung duseases physuology hereduty chuld development and mental health The students were guven an opportunuty to work wuth school nurses and local doctors un helpung to put on local ummunuzatuon programs Muss Sands was also the health coordunator for the Puyallup publuc schools Always wullung to help students who become ull at school was Odny Wuse school nurse She was also advusor to Future Nurses Club pq 1 From left to rught Dean Nucholson Janet Wetterhus and Bob Ryan get together un front of the new trophy case un the gymnasuum wuth physucal educatuon classes Health classes uncluded studues on physucal mental socual and emotuonal health Sports gymnastucs and stunts were all a part of thus course Sophomore and advanced health classes specualuzed un unduvudual sports uncludung t nnus badmunton and archery Many grup sports were also partucupated un such as basket ball and baseball Instructors for these courses Included Barbara Arnot who unstructed freshmen and advanced health classes and was also advuser to Gurls Athletuc Assocuatuon Carl Wasmund taught freshmen boys gym classes and mechanucal drawung whule Judy Laughary taught freshmen and sophomore classes and served as co advuser to G A A 'na Q il. Odny Wuse left and Adah Sands rught duscuss a meducal sub uect whuch us umportant to all Physucal educatuon provuded the opportunuty for the boys and gurls of Puyallup Hugh School to act un sutuatuons that are physically and mentally stumulatung and wholesome as well as socually sound Induvudual as well as team sports were stressed, along wuth calusthenucs stunts and other skulls Fuve classes of advanced physucal educatuon kept Janet Wetterhus busy guudung energetuc gurls durung her furst year at PHS Dean Nucholson taught sux classes of advanced physucal educatuon and ducl an excellent uob coachung the basketball team durung the wunter months and actung as chuef mentor of the baseball team durung the sprung Bob Ryan taught four classes of advanced physucal educatuon rode herd on furst peruod study hall and also gave pounters and planned strategy for football ers un chalk talk From left to rught Barbara Arnot Carl Wasmund and Judy Laughary demonstrate a puece of apparatus used un Swedush gymnastucs John Amene demonstrates the propertues of statuc electrucuty Mr Amene a cadet from Pacutuc Lutheran Unuvrsuty assusted un physucs and geometry classes durung the second semester

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Students Construct Prolect For Homes Mechamcal drawmg I featured three vrew drawrngs frrst In pencrl then ID mk Second year students studred prolectrons and sectronal vlews A com plete set of house plans was drawn traced and blue prmted In the thrrd year Sheet metal patterns were also developed Carl Sparks the Instructor, was athletrc director and an assrstant rn the gurdance department Auto accidents and therr causes were studred by drrvers tralnrng students ln the course taught by Karl Decker Varrous parts of a car mechanical movements and racmg were also dr cussed Drrvers tramlng was drvuded In two parts classroom work and actual drlvnng The class met three trmes a week for textbook study Every thrrd day the students practrced drrvmg rn a car wrth dual controls The purpose of the course was to teach the funda mentals of drrvrng and safety both as a drrver and as a pedestrlan M Decker presented Ron Husted lunror and Vrrgrnra Newman semor wrth the best drrvers award for the flrst semester with the Puyallup Safety Award sponsored by the Rotary Club Begmmng machine and hand wood work was an thus years mnth grade woodshop taught by Andrew Hellrng Thus was desrgned to grve all boys a basrc knowledge of hand and srmple machrne woodworkmg It rs based on the Idea that all men should have an opportunrty durmg theur schooling to develop manual skulls whrch can enrrch therr lersure hours or even lead them BC INTO VOCOTIOFIS l .l Andy Helhng rrght shows certam characterrstucs of a boat made In one of has woodshop classes to Carl Sparks. Ron Wagner practlces hrs goll under the watchful eye of Mnke Mowrer Duane Karser takes a moment to survey hrs class Karl Decker presents the best drrvers award of the hrst semester to Ron Husted yunuor and Vrrgrnra Newman semor The oblects of metal shop were to learn fundamental and advanced metal workmg techmques This course rncluded study and practice on electrrc arc weldmg oxyacetylene welding and cut tlng and the operatron of the steel lathe Metal work umts were covered mcludmg hot metal work sheet metal work and bench metal work and the upkeep of the metal working tools and equip ment Agrrculture protects and studying varrous farm ammals were lust a part of the agrrculture course They learn the basrc steps rn constructnng and reparrrng machinery and studred feeds weeds grasses feedmg and marketrng steers sheep and hogs The bays also abtarned a basrc knowledge of rnsects drseases and fertrlrzers Students were grven an opportumty to garn a better understandlng of how to operate and fmance a farm how to buy and sell plan farm burldungs landscaprng and surveymg for drarnage or build Ing and studved cooperatrves Make Mowrer and Duane Kauser the rnstructors were the ad vrsers of Future Farmers of America Mr Kaiser also rnstructed the class In metal shop Mr Mowrer also coached the golf team Q ' I I A A . . . . . . . - xg. . . . Qv I 1 ' . . , . . . . , . . . . . - r . .Q , . , . . . . . , .. . ' ' 1 ' , . T. 1 I 1 I . , . . . . ' . . . , . . . , , r v . - I - 1 - - A 1 1 4 a a 1 1 Q EL . get -f . .. . . o -Jw - . L 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 r - I 1 1 . 1 1 ' , . 1 1 ' I - - el