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

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The world of science opens new doors of learning Physics students Steve Slater and Doug Douglas are engrossed in their work with an enlareer. Utilizing a geiger counter to acquaint himself with the fundamentals of radio-activity, senior Denny Culbertson faces new challenges. The world of science is getting larger each year, thus the study of biology, chemistry, and physics is an impor- tant part of our high school curriculum. Although biology is offered during the regular school year, many freshman take advantage of summer school. At this time of year, they can study plant and animal life first-hand, supplementing their textbooks with field trips and dissection labs. Weird odors in the halls of CCJHS can usually be traced to room 10. Here, students gain a clearer under- standing of chemistry as they scientifically perform ex- periments with many difTerent chemicals. Those students who have a great interest in science can go even further in this field by taking physics. Learning how to use the slide rule and many different formulas prepares these scientists for future college work. To discover more about physical separation. Kevin Brennan sets up a distillation svstem.

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Many students seek a promising future in business Mrs. Sommers demonstrates use of new copier to Jan Hazen. For any form of society to function efficiently, exten- sive records have to be kept. Ways of keeping these rec- ords are many and varied. The business department of CCJHS otTers a great number of these ways. The broad scope of business courses offered here includes such mechanical abilities as shorthand and typing. No student can escape the noise of clicking typewriters coming from the upper hall. Also offered are general business and business mathematics. Many of the business students will become part of the vast number of secretaries, stenographers, clerks, and other clerical workers, who will meet the demands of modern day society. Adding machines are often used in business classes.

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It ' s a race as Mike Copp, Ed Hiss, and Sally Waller work advanced algebra problems under Mr. Grogg ' s watchful evel Creative and able students find math intriguing Math is essential in a computerized society such as ours today. In the future, it will become even more im- portant to people in all walks of life. Thus, our mathe- matics department works to give its students the best courses possible. All freshmen are offered algebra, either in an acceler- ated or modified program. Geometry explores the ideas of sets, planes, polygons, and many other geometric con- cepts. Junior algebra is an extension of the course offered to freshmen, which helps to prepare students for trigo- nometry and college work. In trig., students grasp the concepts of sines, cosines, and many other advanced mathematical terms. Mr. Gunn instructs sophomore geometry student, Mike Henderson on a homework problem.