San Jose High School - Bell Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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'FQ fi -eifeijjifm fgffi- G W 'gm JUB PLHCEHIEHT Through fhe work of our employmenf coordinaf- ing service many sfudenfs have succeeded in fheir search for jobs despife fhe demand of busi- ness firms for experience. l s 5 l E i 16 Encouraged in his sophomore year fo make his high school program wifh some parficular field in mind, each sfudenf is furfher prepared in his senior year, fhrough fhe vocafional conferences and fhrough a vocafional unif in his civics class, fo enfer fhe occupafion of his choice upon graduafion, if he so desires. Neverfheless, if is unforfunafely frue fhaf fhere are many people posifions: and so, as a culminafion of all fheself vocafional courses given fo sfudenfs, San Jose High School has organized a Job Placemenf Bureau conducfed by fhe employmenf coordina- for, Miss Jewell Godfrey. lf is fo Miss Godfrey fhaf sfudenfs come wifh fheir porffolio of recommendafions and qualifi- cafions, and if is fhrough her fhaf confacfs are made wifh employers fhroughouf fhe Sanfa Clara valley. Offen working in cooperafion wifh fhe Sfafe Employmenf Bureau, Miss Godfrey un- covers fhe special needs and abilifies of each sfudenf. There has long been a need for some service which mighf bridge fhe gap befween high school and a iob, and if is in fhis capacify fhaf Miss Godfrey has been rendering such oufsfanding service. foday who are prepared buf are unable fo find?

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HEH Enfrusfed 'lo fhe counseling s+aff is nof only +he men+al healfh bui' also +he physical heal+h of our sfuden+s, and, 'Through a fhorough sys+em of 'rests and checlxups. 'lhe counselors keep close wafch upon each s+uden+, for 'lhey know +ha'I' no s+uden+ can ge+ 'lhe mosf ou+ of high school life if he is hamper- ed by ill heal+h or remedial de'Fec+s. Aiding in fhe figh+ againsi iuberculosis is probably one of fhe mosf impor+an'r funclions of our heallh deparimenf. Wi+h 'I'he paron+s' permission, a fesi' for +he presence of fubcrculosfs is adminis+ered lo every s+uden'f enfering high sclzool. If a posi+ive reaclion is obfained, ihc siudcni is X-rayed in Hue frailer provided fhe schools of flue coun+y by lhe Sanfa Clara Coun+y Tuberculosis Associaiion. IF Ihe X-ray reveals fhe aciual presence of +uberculosis, appropriafe sfeps are 'ralcen for +he s+uden+'s con- finemeni' and cure. Under +he direcfion of fhe school nurse, Miss Mary Newbold, Audiomefer 'I'es+s and eye 'I'es'rs are also aclminisiered +o sfudenis if fhere is indica+ion of ear or eye defecfs, and siudenls are referred +o fhe proper physicial or clinic if any de'fec+s are found. Taping a scraich or aiding an undernourished s+u- denf, bofh are wifhin fhe scope of fhe heallh de- parfmenf, and bolh are efficienily freafed. --uv- is YP t t HH ' ,,,,..L...- I-IN DPN Prxz x. ,IG Test: X-ray Trailer: Audiometer Test: Recording height Taping a warriorg T. B. Test.

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'I' FIIIHHCIHL HID FROM MISS ROOSE: N. Y. A. siuclenls-All 'lime repor'I's for lasl monlh are due lomorrow. This no'l'ice in 'lhe bulle'I'in is apparenlly lhe closesl' con+ac'l which mosf of us have wi+h 'lhe work carried on by 'lhose sfudenfs working un- der fhe Nafional Youfh Adminisrralion. Bul, as one mighl suppose, lhere is much more 'lo +he N. Y. A. program 'lhan +his. ln 'lhe midsl of lhe depression, faced wi'I'h 'lhe facl' fhal many boys and girls of high school age were going 'lo be unable +o finish +heir high school educalion if They were unable for help supporl' fhemselves by parl'-lime work, fha Uniled Sfales governmenl underlook lo help +hese slu- den+s finish +heir educalion and al 'the same iims enable 'I'he school which fhey were a'H'ending lo gel' needed work done. The Nalional Youlh Adminisfralion was organized 'lo do 'lhis iob. Wilh fhe money assigned lo our school by lhe Nalional Youlh Adminisfralion in Washingfon, fhe counseling sfaff seeks oul fhe worlhy slu- denfs and offers 'lo lhem fhe opporiunily 'lo do various parl-lime iobs. Sweeping halls and class- rooms, copying records, lyping reporis and slen- cils, sewing, mowing lawns, lending alhlelic fields, helping in innumerable ways, N. Y. A. sfudenls have become a vilal parl in ihe main- 'lenance of our school. Everywhere presenl' buf li'l'+le recognized is lhe work of sludenls aided by fhe Nalional You'l'h Adminisfrarion lo find parl'-lime employmenl' aboul school. 17