Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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MISS SIDNEY PRICE Department Chairman Home Management, Foods CURRICULUM The Home Economics teachers firmly believe the most important career for a woman is that of a homemaker, a wife, and mother. She molds the future citizens of our country. Homemaking is an introductory course for Sopho- mores and teaches basic meal planning and cook- ing, clothing construction, consumer education, health, and related subjects. Home Management | is a course designed for Juniors and teaches man- agement and care of the home and child develop- ment. A highlight of this class each spring is nursery school. Home Management Il is a Senior Class where the art of self improvement is followed by the art of home planning and decorat- ing. Home Management; Mrs. Barbara R. Smith, Foods; and Mrs. Etta Low Hawkins, Clothing. Foods and Clothing classes teach the special techniques required to be a good cook or seamstress, as well as consumer education. Advanced Clothing courses teach tailoring techniques. In the Advanced Foods girls learn about the customs and life in foreign countries. The spring fashion show and tea for the Parent-Teachers As- sociation is presented by these girls. These delicious looking berry pies are just a sample of the work done in the Cooking Classes. The girls are Roberta Lindsley, Barbara Matthews, Evelyn King, Yolanda Duras, and Betty King. New dresses seem in order for these fu- ture homemakers: Nancy McDaniels, Shar- on Foust, and Mary Ann Lewis. HOMEMAKING DEPARTMENT MEMBERS—Seated: Mrs. Ruth Studarus, Clothing; Miss Beverly Belanger, Clothing, Foods, Home Management. Standing: Mrs. Margaret Iwai, Homemaking II,

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MR. MERLE RANDALL Department Chairman CURRICULUM More new mathematics has been dis- covered since World War II than in all prior history. Computers and auto- mation have changed and will con- tinue to change the occupational and educational needs for all types of stu- dents. Our mathematics courses have been modernized to fit into the present needs of our society. College preparatory students take all or part of a five-year sequence of courses which includes algebra 1, ge- ometry, algebra 2, trigonometry, math analysis, and analytic geometry. Trade and industrial students take industrial mathematics and parts of the college- prep sequence. Others take courses in practical and general mathematics to DEPARTMENT MEMBERS—Seated: Mr. Merie Randall, Trig-Math, Algebra 2, Industrial Math. First Row: satisfy their individual needs. Mr. Al Roeder, General Math 1, General Math 2, and Record Keeping; Mrs. Leslie Dickinson, Business Math, Geometry, and Algebra 1; Miss Ester Tremaine, General Math 1 and 2, Practical Math; and Mr. Kenneth Wiley, Analytics, Geometry, and Algebra 1. Second Row: Mr. Vernon Youngquist, Industrial Math, and Geometry; Mr. Jonathan Tweedie, Basic Math, Industrial Math, and General Math; and Miss Barbara Willis, Algebra 2, Geometry, and General Math 2. In addition to class work, students participate in problem solving pro- grams and a national mathematics contest. ng: Mr. th; Mrs. ish; and 2, Con- onsumer Miss Barbara Willis shows Pat Rawlins and David Strand the correct way to work a geometry problem. Terry Sadler finds the answer to a square root problem 27 It takes two, Lois Lade and Leonard Forfang, to find an for Miss Esther Tremaine. answer to Mr. Kenneth Wiley’s analytic problem.

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT MEMBERS—Mr. Kenneth Peurifoy, General Shop, Mechanical Drawing 1 and 2; Mr. Robert Finn, Mechanical Drawing 2, Auto Shop; Mr. Loren Wilbur, Mechanical Drawing 1 and 2, Wood Shop; Mr. Earl Gillham, Auto Shop; Mr. Richard Nori, Wood Shop, Mechanical Draw- ing 1 and 2; and Mr. Gordon Barnes, Metal Shop. Auto shop students, Jack Pate and Don Williams, examine the dual pat of the 48 Merc. Other instructors include: Mr. Floyd Schwarz, Vocational Ma- chine Shop and Metal Shop; Mr. J. J. McMillan, Print Shop; Mr. Cesare Angella, Electronics; Mr. Wilbur Henchey, Auto Shop; Mr. Fred Oberg, Wood- shop, and Mr. Monroe Smither, Mechanical Drawing. MR. WILBUR HENCHEY Department Chairman Auto Shop CURRICULUM The Industrial Arts Department en- compasses a large variety of shops and mechanical drawing. Some of the shops are auto, where in the vocational course the boys do actu- al repair work on cars; printing, where the students not only print the Hi-Nus each week, but also do job printing as well; and vocation- al mill cabinet, where boys design and build furniture. Machine shops offer an opportunity to learn to operate many types of machines and build various metal projects. The boy who chooses electronics will develop a basic knowledge of radio, television and the field of electronics. In each field, after an introduc- tory class, there is a vocational course where each student devel- ops constructive attitudes and tech- nical knowledge that will greatly assist him in acquiring a job. Mechanical Drawing courses serve to teach drafting terminology and techniques, development of various types of drawings, printing, mak- ing and reading blueprints. Ad- vanced students develop a high de- gree of skill which enables them to enter state competition with success,