Riverside Polytechnic High School - Koala Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Long View This year Mr. Milfon Tew did an ouisianding iob as our Dean of Guidance, iuggling sfudenis and classes fo give us ihe leasf painful and mosi beneficial educa- 'tion possible. 'ii When Miss Bernice Korfendiclc wasn r frying +o figure oui her own filing sys+em, she was helping hordes of confused sophomores find fheir way 'rhrough 'rheir firsi' year ai Poly. As sophomore counselor, she gave ihem ihe individual aid and undersianding ihey needed. ,.!,,,,...-..., Mrs. Ru'I'h Wheeler, senior class counselor, consulis one of her many references coniaining college informaiion. Wiih Mrs. Wheeler's experienced guidance, 'the class of '68 found oui where i+ was going and how if could gel ihere. Junior Counselor Mrs. Pauline Whi+field added service wifh a smile 'ro fhe long lisi' of advaniages she offered +o Poly's busy Zifs. Experi counseling wifh a personal iouch is her specially, so, fhanlcs +0 her, mosi' of 'rhe Ziis had a happy and producfive iunior year. I5

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Mr. B. F. Thorson, our vice-principal, has been an irreplaceable leader in making Poly a school wi'lh a winning spiril, and we have fhe irophies +o show for i+. Warm ye'r decisive, flexible yef proud of Poly's long-slanding repufafion, he has guided us wilh a firm hand on +he presenr and wi+h a hopeful eye on 'lhe fulure. Wifh his help Poly will confinue +o be a winner among schools. I I4 i They Took the For ihe pasi' Two years Mrs. Anne Rush, our Dean of Girls, has been a warm friend and able consuliani for The girls al' Poly, Guiding +he girls lhrough changing moods and hemlines, Mrs. Rush has confinually dem- onsfraled her concern for +he individual s+uden+. She has been invaluable also io 'rhe seniors--bofh boys and girls-in disfribuiing vi+al scholarship informafion. Wi+hou+ her supporf, fhe I968 sfudenl' body could noi' have been +he fine one lhai il' is. ln addilion fo coaching +he Bears in foo+ball and base- ball, Mr. Ben Hammerschmid+ has manned ihe long desk in Counseling Office No.l, where he has passed oul volumes of pinlc, yellow, while, and green slips and cards. As direclor of aflendance, he has handled 'rhe large laslc of challcing up affendance records for 'rhe l,6I3 s+uden+s al oPly. His capable managemenl' has been an ndispensable par+ of our school's efficienl adminisfrafion.

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'N km ,kg Z'- Halloa, 'I'har! Bring ups a jug of whiskey insianfan- eously, or expecl' fo be ieefofally chawed up! Lif- era'rure and composifion feacher Alice Brekke lhinks fhal' she has found a quoie fha? will inferesf her s+uden+s in American lirerafure. ,ll E ' iliii 5 I. i S H -dw. 1-'Us Miss May Henry, head of 'rhe English deparimenf, pauses airer a refreshing break in ihe smoke-filled room where Poly English feachers 'foriify fhemselves for upcoming boufs wi+h Kinesics or Keafs or kifsch. Nor only do our English 'leachers have 'ihe difficull' rask of 'reaching us lo speak correclly, buf fhey also do Their besi +o make us paragons of cuH'ure. Affer felling us +hal' a foolish consis+ency is ihe hobgoblin of liHle minds, 'rhey say 'lhal' com- ma blunders, and dang. mods. and preps., are fhings up wi+h which 'rhey will noi pu+. Which only proves rhai Emerson was righf. Special educa'I'ion 'reacher Mrs. Elinore Saske and reading reacher Mrs. Murlene Bigelow are aboul' ready fo send up an S.O.S. 'ro fhe audio-visual deparlmenf. E Whaf do all English leachers have in common wirh rhe Hemingway code hero? Mrs. Roberfa Adams, leacher of English, has found 'rhe an swer. I6