Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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A iittiv lliQll'lJVl'SSllI'C cooizing foitows a program tittect espe- ciaity to imis own capaimiiities and amiditions. it timese amimitions imappen to toe in time iieict ot science, tme may ine in one ot time pimysics ciasses during tmis junior year. Perimaps time student is a giri, iottowing one ot ttme I0 Home EC courses wtmicim attract T75 ot time giris in tligim scimoot. it ttmis is time case. sime may ine tearn- ing to operate a pressure cooker in a iioocts ctass or to sew a French seam in a ciotiming ciass. Timese courses are tceyect to moctern iiving, witim acivice on tmuctgets. quaiity purcimasingf. anct 1E generat tmints on imow to keep a tmappy tmome. Dietetics. tmome nurs- ing and ctomestic proiaiems ati a part oi' time Home EC curricuium. Time science department is one of severai EHS departments ttxat is run on two ieveis. academic anct gfenerai. in pimysics, for exampie, time stuctents stucty time imasic timeories ot pimysics, and itiustrate timem Wittm experiments. wtmite time HCT stuctents stucty time practical apptications ot timese timeories anct tmow ttmey appiy in time iiie of average citizen. ixfiociernty-equippect iaims and study rooms are avaitaiote to ati time stucients in time science

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A r t ltluus colin' lmrtl in Xxvritillg Int, Ulll' l-ll'Sl F'L'DUl'l FEIFCIS. Vlqltf' t'lt1SS6S Clllfl 0l1lliCCl'S. lllt' ClLIlJS Elrtllltlil school get husy. and wc-'re oll to a good start . . . and spealting ol lessons, here's a place where ltw assignments really pile up, in Nliss Kc-lly's Xvriting liah classes. Uescriptions yignettes. punctuation drills. those sentence structure headaches autolJi0,graphies. source themes . . . tht- assignments seein never- ending. lths a tough course. hut itqll come in mighty handy next year at college when we have lreshnian comp at college. So we dig in. This course in college-prep composition is only one ol the thirty-lour English classes which meet daily at EHS. like the rest ol the courses. our English classes are titled to our special needs. ln the junior year, lor instance live different divisions permit us to choose just the course we want. The-se English courses are widely varied. including everything lrom an in- tensive study ol classics to newly-initiated speech courses. and this streamlined course in writing. which we call tlit- Xvriting 11 Lah.

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annum-P 31' in u iluyis routine courses. XX'llClll0l' or HGH Films fnncl extensive clemonstrative zippflrutlls are also availulmle ancl constitute an important part ol llme teaeluing plan. At some time cluringj tlie clay, every student ut EHS limls llimsell in one ol tlme two lvig stucly lmlls. xvliere lie Cuts clown tlmt ul10ll1ClJ0lll1Clu time nncl eatclmes lasteminule cletails lor impencling tests. As tlie year luegins. tlme ligllts in tliese slucly lmlls are ineanclesvent ancl yielcl il maximum ol lour loot-vanclles ot liglml near tl1e xvincloxvs nncl only one loot cunclle in tlle Cen- ter ol llue room. Tlie lfoarcl ol Scllool Trustees lias tulcen action on tlmis very acute prolnlem, lroyvever. ancl ln-lore time lirst semes- ter is over. tlle stucly lmalls will lme equippecl witlw lluoreseent llixtures yielding tllirly-live loot ranclles ol solt. clittusecl urtiticial clayliglut. Alter all. say xve. no point in risliing Neye strain., xvllile getting ulJl'illll-Stfiitlllu. 13