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

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Fred Eissler English Robert Eyman Art Richard Fairchild Mathematics John Frair Soc'al St dies 1 u f Allen Gaines Social Studies Jim Gemmell Performing Arts Jeanne Gemmell Physical Education Diana Geuss Physical Education Ron Godar Mathematics Maury Halleck Physical Education Ilse Hance Foreign Language Patricia Hartzell Library Scholar- Athlete Seeks Challenge A man who seeks out challenges of life is Rick Mohun. One of the places his challenges are met is in the air. He is a licensed pilot and hopes to try parachuting and plane gliding. On the ground he has many thrilling experiences also. Two years ago Mr. Mohun set out on an expedition in Alaska and spent twenty five days on the North Slope mountaineering. He was a volunteer mountain rescuer for seven years with the Santa Barbara Los Padres rescue team. Furthermore, he likes to cycle and a secret ambition of his is to cross the United States on a bike. Mr. Mohun also accepts challenging academic situations readily. This year he switched to San Marcos' science department teaching ecology.

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Roberta Janowiak , Learning Handicap Wh! Wayne Jurgensen Mathematics ,, , Harri Kallio ' English A , 7 Hal Kilminster p ' ,, t Science I 1 I ' ' r WA Teacher Is Like A Salesman - alcido Teachers, says Mr. Salcido, have to be permanently excited, but history teachers have to be twice as excited as other teachers. The reason for this is that there are fewer students who are really interested in history than there are in such areas as science or math. Why then did he decide to be a history teacher? Well, he wanted to be a teacher because he loves kids. But the main reason he decided on history was because he was impressed by his history teachers while he was going to school. His explanation, A teacher is like a salesman. He is selling a product to the students. If the teacher is not impressed by the product, then the student won't be interested either. Mr. Salcido attended U.C.S.B. where he got his B.A. and his M.A. He started teaching at San Marcos in 1960, and is proud of the fact that he has been teaching in the same room, D-8, since he started here. Teachers, he says, Hmust have pride. The reason I wear a coat and tie is because I have pride in myself and in my teaching. New this year for Mr. Salcido is the job of coaching girls' basketball and softball. Although he has many years of coaching experience-he has coached football, basketball, and baseball-he had never before coached girls. When asked if there were differences, he said that there were. Boys play in every kind of league you can imagine from the time they are old enough to pick up a ball. By the time they are in high school, they are all mini pros. They know all the plays and strategies by heart. The main thing you have to worry about with boys is enthusiasm. To some of tbem, tbey have been playing so long that it is almost like a job. Girls, on the 194 FACU LTY other hand, are super enthusiastic. They bave the talent, but they are inexperienced. He feels that if they bad had the opportunities to play in the kind of leagues tbat the boys did, they would be as good and as polished. Does he like coaching? 'gl love it! When asked about some of the problems currently facing the school system, his outlook was, as always, optimistic. Grade inflation, he feels, started in the late 1960s and early '70s. It came with the electives and the student who said, Take himg he's an easy graderf' In his opinion it is still definitely present, but it is getting better with the toughening of graduation requirements. San Marcos, according to Mr. Salcido, has gone through a number of changes in the years he has been here. There are fewer young teachers because they have been laid off with declining enrollment. As for his particular department, the plusses are that it is the best in the state and most of the teachers were recruited by himself. All in all, it is a good department. The minuses are that the staff is getting old. However, he says, Age is in the mind-you're as young as you feel and all that stuff? Mr. Salcido has no sympathy for teachers who are rusted out. He says that if there is ever a teacher who is bored, disgusted with teaching, or thinks that teaching is dull and routine, he will personally tell that teacher to shove off. In general, e thinks that the current state of education at San Marcos is good. Whether or not it stays good, Mr. Salcido plans to remain a good teacher. He is always going to be enthusiastic, and as soon as he becomes bored, he will quit teaching. It has been the best twenty years of my life, and I hope the next twenty are as good. E y, ,,f , 7 ' at ak-gg.,