George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Over 675 students file into the library every day to use its valuable supply of books or to study in its quiet atmosphere.

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Scenes Around School by Sherry Gurevitz Located at 1921 Davis Avenue, in Whiting, George Rogers Clark High School has an enrollment of 800 students, 409 girls and 391 boys. In the grade school and junior high there are 618 pupils. On the three floors of Clark school are a variety of courses taught by 19 women and 21 men instructors. An “early room” has been established this year for students who arrive at school before the doors open at 8:10. In this newly organized room students can study or talk quietly. School begins at 8:30 with a ten minute homeroom period in which announce¬ ments for the day are read. Homeroom period is fol¬ lowed by seven 55 minute periods. In order to accommodate the large number of students who must eat their lunch at school, the practice of staggering the lunch hours is employed. The first lunch hour is at 11:30 and the other at 12:30. On Wednesday of each week the first, second, and third periods are shortened fifteen minutes to pro¬ vide extra time for an activity or club period held between first and second periods. Located two blocks south of school is the athletic field which is used for football and baseball games and track meets. Because the school gymnasium is not large enough to accommodate the huge crowd of Clark boosters, basketball games are played at the Whiting Memorial Gymnasium. Preparing for an afternoon test, Denise Singer and Gretchen Duerr do some diligent last-minute cramming. Diane Dufallo, Cathy Sabol, and Judy Zweig look over their newly acquired POWDER HORNS and exchange autographs. 7

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During biology class, Pam Stewart, Ronald Kurek, Andy Barlo, and Diane Wozniak examine and identify the intricate systems contained in the cross section of a tree trunk. “Mixing a magic potion.” Barb Falaschetti and Ron Beitler perform a typical chemistry experiment. This one is con¬ cerned with combining sodium chloride with sulfuric acid. Science Stressed in Curriculum by Ann Marie Chrustowski Science, a growing concern throughout the nation, received extra emphasis at Clark this year as ex¬ pressed by the increase in the enrollment in science classes. Biology, a course required for graduation, boasted a total of 246 students enrolled, while 83 Clarkites learned the laws of physics, and 49 students devoted their time to the study of the chemical com¬ position of matter. In the biology classes students are introduced to the world of one-cell plants and animals and are able to view specimens under the miscroscope. Physics classes study important facts concerning motion, heat, sound, electricity, and related topics. Chemistry students give seven hours a week to the study of matter, chemical equations, and experimen¬ tation. Two extra hours, beside the regular class period, are used for laboratory work by chemistry students. Ed Bojda describes and indicates the important, but minute, parts of a complicated automobile motor to Bob Zato in Mr. Edwin Martin’s physics class. In other science classes students utilize all avail¬ able equipment and information to expand their knowledge. For practical application of scientific principles, students display products of hard and tedious work—science projects. High ranking proj¬ ects compete in local and district contests.