Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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Heinrich Walerholter, German exchange student, observes the ups and downs of the stockmarket with senior Carol Davis. Two students pause to honor the nation ' s flag. It ' s exciting to study our own country. In both World and U.S. History, students increase their learning by written reports and special projects. Civics, a required subject of all seniors, teaches youth the basic structure of our own country. Geography gives students a look at how the world is formed. Vocational Education shows students the many different fields of work available in today ' s world. Students at CCJHS learn about economics by plung- ing into the stock market with imaginary money, thus acquiring knowledge about investments, profits, and losses. Youths learn about themselves and others by studying sociology.

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civics sludenis discuss U.S. government in small groups. Social Studies alerts students to world affairs Larry Maxwell discovers more about the relations of countries by ob- serving the globe. Students at CCJHS prepare for the future by studying the past and gaining an understanding of the world they live in today. The social studies courses offered at CCJHS are World History, U.S. History, civics, geog- raphy, economics and sociology, and vocational informa- tion. Through these subjects, the social studies depart- ment aims to give students the insight and knowledge necessary for the years ahead of them. In World History, which is usually taught in the soph- omore year, students through studying the past, as lead- ers will be more able to meet arising crises with better perception, U.S. History is a required subject for juniors.

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Foreign Language Study for world understanding The department of foreign language study continues to be a popular field at CCJHS. With world communica- tions and human understanding so very necessary, lan- guage subjects take on greater importance. The school follows this trend by offering to its students French, Spanish, and Latin. Classes in French and Spanish make use of the lan- guage laboratory to improve their speaking fluency. This year Spanish students welcome a new teacher. Miss Mary Ann Baumgarnter, and the French classes study with Mrs. Dorothy Vatter, also new to CCJHS. First and second year study of the language has been con- cerned primarily with vocabulary building and gram- matical construction, while the advanced classes have enjoyed more of the literature and history of the country. Always important is the study of Latin with Miss Lois Walter. Although Latin is not a speaking language, the benefits for learning English derivation, grammar and vocabulary meaning make this study of immeasur- able value as it broadens the general knowledge of the English language. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, Miss Waller points to the map as second year students Dave Strader, Kathy Heidenreich, and Susie Hively watch.