Danville High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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Benson makes government and sociology class as enjoyable as possible. HISTORY PREPARES US FOR THE FUTURE The history program at DHS includes courses in citizenship, world history, United States history, government, sociology, and eighth grade history. Pupils are taught about their country and the world by Mr. Burns Becht, Mr. Calvin Benson, Mr. Robert Leedy, and Miss Wanda Keck. This training is essential not only for graduation but for good citizenship in the future. The fundamentals of World History are explained to the sophomores by Mr. Becht X '

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jflqx Mr. Kassis, Latin teacher, watches as Betty Jordan and Susan Ellis coniugate Latin verbs. The Language Department, which includes Latin, headed by Mrs. Hoge and Mr. Kassis, Spanish, headed by Miss Keck strives to create an active interest in foreign languages. Language is important to students who wish to continue their education in colleges or universities. Howard Conley, under the supervision of Miss Keck, Spanish teacher, shows the class how to conjugate a Spanish verb.

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING OFFERED AT D. H. S. 'xilfanvi' The industrial arts program, headed by Mr. David Jones, is one of the favorites of the boys at DHS. These shop courses provide training for a future occupation or more knowledge of an interesting hobby. The freshmen study industriously in mechanical drawing class. All eighth grade boys ' participate in the activities of the eighth grade shop class, which is a preliminary course to the advanced high school training. Two years of shop and one year of mechanical drawing are offered to the high school boys. This year a printing press was added to the shop equipment. Mr. Jones supervises the advanced shop class in its work. Among the projects of Miss Stayner's home economics department were nutrition and foreign foods. The advanced class prepared dishes from Italy, France, Mexico, and Germany. The effects of poor diet were studied by the beginning class. ln the experiment, six white mice were fed three differ- ent types of meals. At the end of the study, the two which had been fed the grade A meals had stayed healthy, while the other two pairs became under- nourished. At left, Miss Stayner advises the eighth grade girls in their sewing projects.