Scottsbluff High School - Bluff Yearbook (Scottsbluff, NE)

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eneficial to Students Girls who are interested may take Home- making. The course now consists of three years. Basic cooking and sewing is taught the first two years. In order to take the third year, students must get permission from the instructor. Family Living , a semester course, is offered to interested seniors. Permission from the instructor also must be obtained in order to take this course. Beginning Journalism may be taken by students in their junior year. This course introduces students to both newspaper and yearbook work. During the year each class published a newspaper. Later students do a project concerning yearbook work. At the end of the junior year, students may sign up for work the following year on either the school paper or the yearbook. Hnunmf. JA r f sum axmuvzu ammo MRS. PATRICIA BUTLER teaches Homemaking and Family Living. She has attended Colorado State Uni- versity and Colorado State College and holds a B.A. degree. Mrs. Butler has done refresher work at the Uni- versity of Nebraska. Her hobbies are painting and sewing. X t MRS. EVALYN BOWDEN is full-time librarian for the Senior High. Included in her duties are keeping the books in their proper places, keeping track of the various periodicals and teaching a library orien- tation course to sophomores. Mrs. Bowden holds an A.B. degree. :mn W-f...........g.......t 4.4 -W ---- W TEACHING BEGINNING JOURNALISM and American Government is Mr. Bruce Minteer. He is Echoes and Bluff adviser and is presently Nebraska Director for the Journalism Education Association. Mr. Minteer holds a B.S. and M.A. degree from the University of Nebraska. His hobbies are photography and bowling. 25

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INSTRUCTING STUDENTS IN Merchandising and Distributive Edu- cation is Mr. Art Nelson. He has attended Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney and Colorado State College. He did refresher work at the latter. Mr. Nelson has taught at the Senior High for nine years. GIRLS IN THE Advanced Homemaking class are learning how to sew. Students obtain valuable experience by participating in Optional Courses Prove TEACHING BEGINNING TYPING, Bookkeeping and Clerical Practice is Miss Barbara Sieck. She has attended the University of Nebraska and holds a B.S. degree. This is Miss Sieck's first year with the Scottsbluff system. Reading, music and sports are Miss Sieck's outside interests. this course, and many girls make a career of home economics. A semester of Family Living is offered to senior girls. A ,nr--1,

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MR. RONALD BECKER is Band Director and Senior counselor. He has attended the Universities of Nebraska and Wyoming and did refresher work at the latter. He holds a B.M.E. and M.M. degree. Mr. Becker has been with the Scottsbluff school system for six years. KENNETH LARIMER APPLIES the finishing touches to his art proiect. Several types of art are taught, including the basic fundamentals of drawing. Students Develop Music The Fine Arts are an important part of the students' curriculum. In Art one may learn how to do water color and Tempera paint- ings. Students also construct collages and do charcoal drawings. There are four choirs this year. ln addi- tion to these there is the Senior and Junior select choirs which consist of select members of the A Cappella choir. The band spends much time in prepar- ing for half-time performances during the football season. The band also gives con- certs during the year. Orchestra partic- ipates in the mass band concert in the latter part of the school year in addition to playing for the musical in the spring. DURING THE SCHOOL year students enter contests and some have won awards. sf 1 I if sf' D' it , ,ss C-,1 ' Q Seem 4 I 4- , X.-x 1+ -'T 'ff ff M gags gk . ., M 'F 'i f -.N .