Woodrow Wilson High School - Campanile Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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fi Foreign Lornguoge ln a world of increased Tension, greaT sTress is placed on human communicaTion. Wilson's langu- age deparTmenT, under The di- recTion of Miss WesTon, sTrives To Teach undersTanding, The essence oT communicaTion, by a sTudy of language and peo- ple. German, LaTin, French, and Spanish are TaughT in This de- parTmenT by Teachers Miss WesTon, Mr. Karlik, Mrs. Davis. Mr. Lewis, Miss Cobb, Miss DougherTy, r. ConTreras, and Mr. Erie 6 Business Educortion Business courses are open To Those sTu- denTs who desire To learn business prin- ciples and leadership Training. Such courses combine vocaTional planning wiTh acTual preparaTion Tor a career in The business Tield. STudenTs insTruicTed in bookkeeping, business law, and busi- ness ariThmeTic receive educaTion which will be helpiul in The business vocaTions. The Thanks Tor This special educaTional privilege is given To Mr. l-laun, head oi The deparTmenT, and To his co-workers Mrs. Allgood, Mr. Baldwin, Mrs. Bay- less, Mr. Bilyeu, Miss Brown, Mrs. Jack- son, and Mr. Rossi. Mothemortics From The TundamenTals oT ariThmeTic Tc The complexiTies of TrigonomeTry, sTu- denTs Tind The answers To quesTions oT everyday liTe in Their maTh classes. Such classes Teach noT only The principles oT maThmaTics and The solving oT TexTbook problems, buT a logical or mechanica' applicaTion ol: These principles To The problems oT living. This is viTally im- porTanT: Tor, in our civilizaTion, all walks of liTe employ maThemaTics. Under The leadership oi Mr. Bakken, Teachers ir This deparTmenT are Mr. Chiuka, Dr. Har- Ter, Mr. l'luTTman, Mr. Lorenzen, Mrs. McBurnie, Mr. PeTers and Mr. Bilyeu.

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Art Department The ArT DeparTmenT aT Wilson OTTers endless oppOrTuni- Ties Tor sTudenTs inTeresTed in creaTive expression. The diversiTied program OT The ArT deparTmenT includes classes dealing wiTh all phases OT arT in bOTh The classic and commercial Tield. One OT The mosT popular courses oTTered is craTTs, where sTudenTs produce inTeresTing and oTTen eye-caTching resulTs wiTh many diTTerenT maTerials. Beginning painTing and drawing deals wiTh The basic TundamenTals OT 'arT such as color, use, and cOmpOsiTiOn. For Juniors and Seniors an advanced painTing and draw- ing course is oTTered in which bOTh These subiecTs are sTudied exTensively. The preparaTion Tor all dramaTic prOducTions is The respOnsibiliTy OT The ArT deparTmenT. Some oT The deparTmenT's biggesT proiecTs This year were The producTiOn OT The Ch.risTmas Play, The School Play, and The OpereTTa. Our Thanks go OuT To Mr. ValenTinO and Mrs. ROUTT Tor making This one OT The mosT produc- Tive deparTmenTs on campus. I-Iomemoking A subiecT viTally inTeresTing To all senior girls is home- making, Tor iT covers The Tull range OT sTudy involved in The managemenT OT The home. FuTure homemakers are TaughiT The imporTance OT budgeTing, The value OT suiT- able home decoraTion, The principles OT child guidance. The psychology OT a successTul marriage, and The skills OT sewing, cooking, and grooming. In addiTion, The course OTTers a varieTy oT experiences which bring The problems OT making a home inTo vivid Tocus. The Teachers in This deparTmenT are Mrs. Drummond and Mrs. Wieland. Librcrry and will develop an enThusiasm Tor reading. The sTudenTs who use The Wilson Library seek inTorma Tion or enTerTainmenT Trorn over 25,000 books The spe- cial services perTormed by The librarians, Miss T-lolTy and Mrs. Boorkman, are invaluable. Special displays such as book covers, picTures, and OTher illusTraTive maTeri1ls are seT ouT in The library and classrooms. Book lisTs and b bl Ographies are prepared, lisTing relaTed books in i course OT sTudy or in Types Tor recreaTional reading Periodic announcemenTs are made OT new maTerial available T-Tow ever, The library never overlooks iTs main gowl To pro vide maTerials which will enrich learning and Tewching

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Girls' P. E. Girls' Physical EducaTion, required all Three years aT Wilson, sTrives To develop poise, sporTsmanship, and coordinaTion. This deparTmenT, under The able direc- Tion oT Miss Thomas, is sTaTTed by Mrs. AcTerman, Miss Belcher, Miss Govas. Miss Thomas, Mrs. SmarT,' and Mrs. Scheman. Upon recommendaTion, one may enTer Miss Govas' advanced Tennis class. Miss Govas also sponsors GAA. The second largesT girls' organizaTion on campus. This group oT almosT Tive hun' dred girls provided an excellenT oppor- TuniTy Tor Tellowship and Tun. B F TO Lf-in Y' FLC I2 Boys' P. E. All boys aT Wilson Talce eiTher physical educaTion or miliTary science. ln Their classes, emphasis is placed upon physi- cal slcills and developmenT. Regular classes are scheduled ThroughouT The day: during sevenTh period and aTTer school boys may parTicipaTe in Team acTiviTies. Headed by Mr. R. Davis, oTher Teachers in The boys' physical edu- caTion deparTmenT are Mr. Allen, Mr. Archer, Mr. Chulca, Mr. Fraser, Mr. T-lendriclcs, Mr. Robbins, Mr. Meyer and Mr. Rowland. of-iiljggfj Nurse The school nurse is unquesTionably an essenTial parT oT Wilson's healTh and happiness. Her goal is To help The individual enioy his good healTh, and by doing so, To become a beTTer adiusTed ciTizen. As a member oT The sTaTT aT our school, Mrs. Sullivan worlcs wiTh The ad- minisTraTion, buT is direcTly responsible To The direcTor oT healTh service in ,carrying ouT her duTies. The mosT imporTanT oT These duTies are The prevenTion and conTrol oT disease and emergency care OT siclc and iniured. She appraises The healTh sTaTus oT sTudenTs and school personnel, counsels pupils and parenTs concerning hier Tind- ings, encourages The correcTion oT remedial deTecTs, and helps To plan Tor The care and educaTion oT The handicapped. ln her eTTorTs To TurTher inTeresT in medicine, she sponsors The Medical l-lealTh Club.