Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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,gn cleknde 0 goo wor mano ila tt isntt attogether that T Witt want a joh some day that matces me want to tearn a usetut occupation. tt's more the conviction that tttt toe just as out ot ptace in society Without a productive joh as t woutd he in schoot it T coutdntt find some ctass which woutd tit my needs. Many ot my friends in schoot are tatcing courses which tead to vvortc in detense industries-courses in machine shop or wetcting or mechanicat drawing or aeronautics. Others are tatcing tundamentat worti in science. mathematics, toot manipulation and simitar groundwork sutajects. You witt find these in our Htitticient wortceru section. tvty instructor tetts me that it is a dangerous procedure to get a quictc and su- perticiat tcnowtedge ot how to hanctte one machine, STUDENTS LEARN SKILLS IMPORTANT TODAY. Top It-ti: fuit tmys take to the tietdg Ntr. Bartow, Ntr. Case, Hintctv, Cauttinan, Cotston, Gr:-eson, Ktinge, Cook, Patmcr. Top right: Steven Byers hecause machines go out ot date and modern indus- try does a good deat ot shitting ot personnet to meet emergencies. So our vocationat training tries to he hroad enough to permit students a degree ot ttexi- hitity in their job. Choosing a vocation is not easy. hut att protes- sionat and trade curricuta otter a good deat ot ex- ptoratory wortc so a student can tind himself. The shops otlter etementary wood wort: or auto mechanics: 'fou may tearn how to forge or worta with metat or how to handte wiring in a home. You may interpret tatue prints or tintcer with radio equipment. T tind mysett interested in the commerciat end ot things and even though T canyt pound out a consistent 40 words per minute on the typewriter. T stitt titce it. teams the art ot wvtding. Bottom tett: They tr-urn ilu- tvusinz-ss sictc, too. Bottom right: Ctlartes Stratton, a young man with zu great twig dritt.

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9'I'ltIDIiN'l'S l'l'RSl'lf C'l'I.'l'l'RAl. AC IlVI'liIlfS. 'lop picture: Virginia Stott examines tlir- rililmons on tlris map in tlre lilxrary. Seconrl xicture: Virginia Dana anrl Dorint-ite fiamlxy linrl vocational material in tlre vertical files in tlre lilmrary. lfirst picture: Dc-rriclz picture clay lincls lwlaurice liejaclr, plmtngraplrer, on llue scallolml wlnlf- Vivian Howes, Derricle erlilor, lrolmls rlrf- sclrr-rlule. Tlrose ol us yvlro liave liacl any lristory at all realize tlrat leisure is a lairly new experi- ence in manis clevelopment. Not so very 2 long ago it was tlie fortunate ancl wealtlry leyv yvlro louncl tliat leisure time was a prolr lem. Certainly people lilce you ancl l, Pat, xvoulrl never lrave lneen concernecl almout it. liut toclay. yvitlr tlie expanclecl use of pow- er maclrinery ancl tlie reduction ol working lrours. tlre uprolitalmleu use ol leisure time is important to all ol us. Eventually it may even lrecome tlre most important aspect ol our lives. Xvlren vou stop to tlrinlc aliout it. a stuclent xvitlr a real l1olJlJy is tlie result ol a pretty complicatecl clevelopment. His lrolwlw may lie pilotograplry- lilce mine-or weaving, lyloclc printing, literature, music or any ol tire leisure arts in tire uEnj0ving lileu section ol tlris lmoolc. But somewliere along the line an experience at liome. in sclrool, in his Cliurclr or in tile community stirnulatecl liis intia- tive ancl curiosity. and ire lxegan to grow mentally ancl emotionally. ixflalcing ancl collecting plrotograplrs, lor instance, requires you to organize inlormation receivecl from many sources. You lrave to fliscriminate. com- pare and evaluate plrotograplrs, accept ancl reject information. You get a ulciclc' out ol goocl worlc, ancl in lmeing responsive to tlre acliievements of otlsners. you learn sometlring almout tolerance and respect for lruman values. ltis lunny lioyv a satislierl emotional experience. especially if tliere's sometlring creative about it lilie proclucing a goocl picture. clevelops your taste ancl raises tire quality ol claily living. Attitucles ancl lrallits ol curiosity-intellectual curiosity-mean tliat you will alyvays grow. l sup- pose lill not lie almle to say lim eclucatecl until l lionestly leel my eclucalion will never cease. ,gn cleknfie 0 Liziure Page 5

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,gn 6124050 of AeakA!uf gain? Vve lilce to play: the proot ol this is that we lilce to play even when we're told tot Our physical education and health program-that outlined in our section, Rules ol the game -does not, however, as popularly sup- posed, emphasize the spectator type of interscholastic sports, Sure. itys lun to watch a football game, and such an event does much to build school, even com- munity, morale. But most of us who do not participate, hut simply watch and cheer, can hardly call this a part ol our physical education. even it we do develop our lungsl l have found that the aims ol physical education are not to huilct a good athlete or a good soldierg in tact they seem to he pretty much the aims ot general edu- cation. tt seems hard to realize it now, hut i lcnow l won't he dashing down a hoclcey field hanging up my shins when i reach the veneralole old age of thirty-tive. But right now i get more fun. and learn more about my friends, hoth hoys and girls. and get along with them .ir 1. - in a freer, easier way when we have a good hastcethall game than l do in any other way. And our instructors won't let us get sloppy playing hahitsg we reallyhave to learn the rules ot the games, and develop a pretty decent proticiency in all our competitive team sports. The older students who have derived satisfaction from successful team competition. who are hetter co- ordinated physically and less lilcely to fall over their own feet than l am, develop themselves under careful instruction in individual recreational sports'-tennis, golf, howling, and the lilce. This means forming hahits ot natural participation in play and sport which will remain through adult tile. Rules are part of all games. hy mutual consent. We gripe about authoritv and discipline in a classroom, hut there's plenty of it here-try common agreement. The hest lessons are those learned under emotional pressure, and it is here that we learn that democratic conduct is enjoyahle while anti-social conduct is not. ln Amer- ican school sports it's awfully hard to llind a dictator. At lirst sight it may appear strange to say that the physical education program is concerned with my intellectual development. Yet my gym instructor convinces me that l must lcnow how to live a healthful lite to talce my part in school and society, anct that sound physical condition is necessary to malce academic progress. To this end. the school equipment and supplies, playgrounds and recreational facilities. and conditions in the school contrihute to the health ol each student. Ultimately, my health and recreation halmits mean my capacity lor activity and service to mysell and my community. Alter talcing a good deal ol physical education and tallcing to instructors. all ot whom were seriously interested in their worli. l tound that the program is pretty much the same thing as my mother meant when she said, ulfeep healthy in mind and hodyf' That may sound a hit old-fashioned for a modern program, hut lilce much that is old-fashioned. it talces some ot us who are young quite a while laetore we realize how sensihle it is. tY Top picture: lxliss Denton talics ilu- roll in a girls' physical education class. Bottom picture: The lightwcights practice alter school, SR