San Marcos High School - Crown and Sceptre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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)U It takes more than fast fingers to win the numbers game figures (Michelle Sorhondo). With a little assistance, Joy Pelton masters the calculator. Bus iness Education Learning Today ' s Skills For Tomorrow ' s Jobs The Business Education Department is primarily geared toward £;reater service to those students whose next step is directly into the business world. Not forgotten, however are the students who do go on in school, constantly benefiting from the personal t)-ping and college notehand courses. The efforts of this department are spent on becoming more complete through expansion and improvement. This year their scopes have been widened to include more facets of sales work. Evidence of this is the new course in which the student store employers are enrolled and for which they receive scholastic units. Through the Vocational Act federal funds made possible the addition of a fourth teacher. Miss Pokrywka, to this staff and provided new data processing computers. Terri Sosa mans SM Switchboard under Mrs. Carpel ' s direction Mrs. Bern ice Jacobson B.A. UCLA Miss Betty Pokrywka M. Ed. UCLA Mr. Sam Starfas B.S. use Mr. George Roolsey M.A. UCSB 133

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Work Education Learning Caters To The Practical Side Of Life The Work Education Department is acting upon the realiza- tion that in order to seek out an existance in today ' s world one needs not only a good education, but also a job. The 300 students enrolled in this prograni receive job training and experience, five units of scholastic credit per semester, and in some cases a salary. The role of Work Experience is rapidly increasing. This con- dition is largely due to the February 5th School Board ruling elimi- nating most mandatory courses from the graduating requirements. More energy will now be channelled toward courses directly bene- ficial to future plans. The exploratory facet is actually the backbone of the Work Experience Program. Students can sample a field without com- mitting themselves permanently to it. They are a ' so able and en- couraged to keep changing fields until they find one to which they personally are suited. This year the exploratory program has both an increased selection of vocational fields. Some of these areas are photography, psychiatry, architecture, law enforcement, forestry, and banking. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Stansbury and their assistant Mrs. Cox deserve much credit for this extremely successful program. Tony Van Orsdel maneuvers a blueprint into a reproducing machine. Mr. Leonard Rogers B.A. Westmont Mr. Robert Stansbury M.S. use )i TftiiSo A smile across a wire: Ruth Mills speaks with a business caller. Amid the squeaks and the smell of leather. Steve Priester cleans a saddle. 132

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Art New Murals Display The Hidden Artistic Talent The Art Department this year is blessed with an unusual amount of talent and is doing all it can to cultivate it. Mr. Mace, a new asset to the staff, brings with him technical knowl- edge and talent, especially in the field of commercial art. Also new are three larger-than-life murals lining the library patio. Two of the three are the work of Senior Don Christiansen. The other was done by Junior Pat Angus. Also new first semester was a block ceramics class but it was short-lived because a 100 minute class pro ' ed to be too long. However, this year has seen more student involvement in art programs. Though a limited enrollment policy has been maintained, more Sophomores ha e been absorbed into the program, to help build up advanced courses in the future. A pug mill, a time, effort, and money saving device, has been purchased for the ceramics classes. This machine mixes pow- dered clay and works it so that not so much wedging is needed. Ntw depths of skill attained in advanced Mud Pie-making. Mr. Robert Eyeman M.A. Columbia Teachers College Mr. Merrill Remick B.A. UCSB Ceasar ' s wipeout accomplished by Don Christensen. 134