Jasper High School - J Yearbook (Jasper, IN)

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Jasper, the wood office furniture capital of the world, turns out many young craftsmen each year. The vocational shop classes are very busy each year making tables, desks, and other furniture articles. Each spring the shop classes have a display to which visitors may come to see the projects the students have made. Today the woodworking ' hobby is very popular with the young men. With the training given at JHS in this field, the student can further his interest at home in his spare time or even at the factory where he begins his career as a wood craftsman. ' 9 ' .J 1 X1 2 0 t it if if Larry Mehringer and Silas Metz work on their proiects to be displayed in the annual show held each spring. Virginia Buechlein and Joyce Bockelman try a new recipe during cooking class in the home economics kitchen. c-xii. il Teaching students to become better homemakers is the ultimate purpose of the Home Economics depart ment. Measuring the ingredients, reading between the lines of a cookbook, watching the cake fall, and tasting the results are the experiences of students as they learn the art of cooking. Modern equipment and refrigerated foods make housekeeping easier than when Grandma was a girl. It seems that everything edible comes from either a tin can or a box. Turn on the switch, pop the package contents in a pan, and, presto, your meal is complete. It all sounds more simple than it really is. Much hard work goes into preparing a meal. Our Home Economics students can testify to this.

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Baritones booming out on the low notes with sopranoes blending the higher ones are the ingredients for some enjoyable listening for the J. H. S. student. The music depart- ment at Jasper High School pro- , vides a balanced music curriculum for musically inclined students. The vocal pupils won many blue ribbons at various contests during the school ' year. They also performed for many Civic Club meetings. num Mr. Embry, J. H. S. vocal instructor, runs over a musical score with some of his pupils. Bill Thornbury, Bill Birge, Don Schneider, Hugh Mattingly, and Bill Gehlhausen. fa K' V1 lt makes one feel close to the great scientists of the past to see chemistry pupils don plastic aprons, set up bunsen burners, and prepare the impressive array of equipment in preparation to their work. Following the directions of important looking manuals and giving serious attention to the instructions of the tea- cher, these potential young scientists, while digesting old theories, add a few of their own. Chemistry lab- work leaves many vivid memories the dazzling colors of a reaction, the pungent, undescribable odors, the mysterious bubbling, and the laughter or despair at the results of some inadvertant mistake . . . all of these remain as well as the resultant grades. Preparing lab equipment for a chemistry experiment are Mary Ruth Breluge, Mary Jane Burger, Bill Kaiser, and Wes Roeder.

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5-4 IW J' ,...f Adding the final touches to thelr hnstory prolects are Llnda Lorey Carol Thyen Judy Eckstem Ruth Merder and Rose Ann Schuler students tn Mr Fuerst s class S1501 it Student lnbranan Joan Fischer operates the new dntto machme un the llbrary to run off some tests to be used an Mr Renneusen's ltterature classes this term 18 Bunldmg castles and readung the US const: tutxon are the assngnments of the JHS Hlstory students World Hlstary US History US Geography and Socuolagy are required for graduatnon Pupils learn about the Mrddle Ages and the tame of golden maidens and kmghts nn shnnmg armor Another area taught IH the .IHS classes IS how the US Constntutnon adgusts to the 2Oth century although st was drafted nn the 18th century when stagecoaches pack ammals and steamshups were the chuef methods of trans portatlon Besides readxng of the history of the world Mr Flerst s classes made models of the thmgs they were studyung for example soap castles Learnmg to become more efhclent secre tarres are the goals of the office practnce students Uslng the typewriter the most widely used busmess machme and one of the school s duplncators are some of the tasks of these gzrls Other skulls taught In the JHS commercnal department are shorthand and bookkeepmg To gaun experuence of an oftlce secretarys lab some gurls work under the supervrslon of one of the faculty mem bers or rn the Athletnc Office The flner points of business are learned The world of busmess wall surely profit from the educatnon of these secretarnes of tomorrow