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

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SAE AIU! Alle of JQAFLZIQ Going to school today is Iuoth harder and easier than it used to he. Vve stiII have to Iearn how to read and write and speII: those of us who need it-and I guess Iym one oi them-may stiII talce geometry or algehra or Spanish: ii you were here. Pat. yousd proiaahly talce coolcing or typewriting or even mechanical drawing. But teachers are Iearning too, Iearning that they are not teaching subjects hut students-students Iilce Gin- ger and me who must use what we Iearn at school in our homes and churches and community groups, and Iaring to school what we have Iearned elsewhere. Our teachers are Iinding out, and we are finding out with them, that we indeed Hlive what we Iearnu and Ulearn what we Iivef' It is reaIIy a thrill,-da distinctly modern thrill-to sit down in a comfortable chair with your counselor and plan your school program from the point oi View of what you're interested in now and what you hope to he in the future. To you, Pat, a project in mechanical drawing may he a real experience, a personal acquaint- ance with reality. To me it would Ioe a chore to he memorized, meaningless, and soon Iorgotten. And to Ginger, Iearning a Latin conjugation would not only Ioe a waste ol' time-it would he an impossiI3iIityI In terms oi what a student does and reaIIy Iearns. not what he memorizes. I am Iinding that my major school experiences may he divided into four fields. OI course, since all activity is continuous, these Ilields overlap. You wiII Find no division hetween curricular and extra-curricular activities in this Inoolc Ioecause in my educational experiences there is no such division. And the Iour major areas of experience I have found are, one, my place in school and society-my civic re- sponsihilities in a democracyg two, my use oi Ieisure time: three, my place as a producer, as an economically elilzicienl worlierg tour, my health and recreation inter- ests. Ixlany suhjects, many Iriends-you. Pat, and Gin- ger, and the others-many teachers have contributed. You will Iind them all in our Iioolc. It is in the devotion which it Iiiuilds to democracy that the school finds its place in the national defense program. True, our institution trains sIciIIed mechanics and machinists. welders, mechanical drawing crafts- men, oil technologists, oiiers aeronautics coursesg it presents courses in mathematics. sciences, electricity, tool manipulation fundamental to sIciIIed trades. But in Iouilding youth sound in spirit, mind, and hody, re- spectful ol: democratic procedures, its services cannot Iightly he dismissed. This, the Iirst section oi our Iooolc, uActive citizensf! tries to show. And from it you may come to Ioelieve with us that the schools are our Iiirst Iine oi defense. Vve thinIc, Pat, that you will Iilce this hoolc and that you wiII understand what we are trying to say, if you will talce the trouhle to Iisten to us. We have Ioeen thinking ahout this a good deal recently, and we he- Iieve that we are Iout speaking Ior many students who have had the same experiences in our modern school at Tait as we have had. STUDENTS MAKE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF POLITI- CAL ORGANIZATION. Top picture: Publications party gives away halloons in election campaign. Second picture: Students go to the polls to vote for their Iavoritc candidate. Ifirst picture: Betty Smith and Jack NXIGOCIS explain government to American institutions class. Page 4

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,. Q' K a H I its .' 1 0 ' I ' S i ' 4 JZ' 'Q' -' 13, in ul' F I ' ' ' , , f 'V - K g' A I , 1- 0 i 2 -1 , J S v ' nj i ,I .- , 1' 'tl it i , 1 'i 1 Va, X ix X 'I fr, I i. ' sag t , X 'n I 5 G r. f . f - . N . it 4 , nj! I -' N , Q and-' AVP ' A 1 A: In ,. ' ' e if ,',f' ,fi 'U Y' -' ff fi .' fl- ' , t A,-' 5' 1 3 1 u ,. - f ' ' l I ' l' s ' f , , 5 I J, 1 2 lg, '- I ALR fl i' 'ii 4 Dear Friend. J ' 'Z 'U W! , 4 ji Ll' Y' This is your copy oi our 1941 yearbook . . . Y G ' ' X. , ' ' f ff ' ' I' ' f 'K ,, ,, N I I x. A X V1 - ' n. . X N ' E.. Ns xt f ,Y As you probably remember. it is published by the student body ol Tait Unirprm High School and Junior College, Tait, ' Qalilornia. Vivian Howes is our high school editor and art ' editor. and ixiarye Alice ixiontgomery is our junior college editor. KN- i This is a true story. Pat-a story about Ciinger and me. a X story about our school. As a former student, and a loyal one at w maffff -f , 1 that. you have always been interested in our school and its student body. As an alumnus. too. you have been loyal because you have ielt a debt ol gratitude lor the opportunities which were made available to you here. like many true stories, this one is a bit astonishing: the educational facilities. the teaching personnel oi our institution would be dilzliicult to duplicate any- where in the country. That is why. of course. you always say Why ,M lrfh tddrllU Hhblld , , iff you were uc 'y o aye a ten e ia t nion ig ic loo an H i Junior College: but we believe. and so does the administration. X D f , 1, that the educational eliort is well expended which produces A ' ' American citizens like yourself. Since you havenit had time to visit the school lately, we thought it might be a good idea to send the school to you. You may iind it somewhat changed'-its students, some ol' its teachers ,' Q. and administrators, but more particularly the courses and cur- riculum and its approach to education. Naturallyf, we think itys fy A a change lor the better. Vvill you read our book and tell us - A E' what you think? i , f Q j A J t f . I A , ,. ,ij ff f' ,1 Q9 . . Q' J . - J' fri fl! i 'Y ff f a K ,311 fl J' 2 ' wffj tr t ' M , 1 L I j ,.o , I , j y , f 1 .flip fl A f - 7, . k,,.j W X j e V ,K . J Q . A j , J , J jf' rf ,J X jf f f if r, 1 ,J x , , J J I J' JJ ' I ' , I l fl J . 'n .J 1J x .- J ,J I 1 . ff if 6 '. .ff V A J ' I J l 1 I

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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