Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Numbers Unfold New Meaning to Pupils A GIANT SLIDE RULE and three miniature mathematicians, Jim Hiatt, Pam Fraker, and Bill Hicks, work a division problem. NEW ASPECTS of advanced algebra are being taught by Mr. Conkling via a projector. x i Z S s ? 1 1 QR I DAQ: 1 JeiT's math department is constantly revising its curriculum to keep up with the latest devel- opments. Every Jeff pupil can choose a math course to suit his future plans. Plane geometry, X1 a study of two dimensional figuresg advanced y' and college algebra, used to discover the value of an unknown number, and trigonometry, the study of triangles and related figures, are offered to the college bound pupil. . i This year analytical geometry, a course which 4 may be taken after the pupil has mastered i trigonometry, was introduced. H General math is offered to pupils who feel N they need more basic mathematics while all 4 seniors who fail the senior math test as juniors , must take senior math. GEOMETRY STUDENT Marilyn Warren constructs a perpendicular bisector in Mr. Leverenz's class. , 1 i 1 r

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Nucleus of Study Sociology, covering the beginning and the growth of civilized society, and economics, the study of the production of wealth, are necessary for complete understanding of our complex society. The pupils in the world problems classes study current events which make tomorrow's history and the problems in the growth of countries. IN ELLIS HOPKINS, CLASS, Richard Seeger uses magazines and newspapers to learn about the world situation. THE PRos AND CONS of being a secretary are explained by Marilyn Osterling to her sociology classmates. Tl?iiZK.13E2S22iM Rifii f H L' EG1zwXii2ilsi'lVi,s iii? N. Ve, V 'X's-ALJ ' K W fZalY ' ,,qeS'i'.3i,x2 YB 'Hi

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LIBRARY ASSISTANTS Pat Sawyer and Susie Miley assure Mrs. Lewis that the reading hint is a helpful one. Library Arranged for Study and Reading Whatever one's taste in books, he can find fiction and non-fiction books in Jeff's library. For those who like simply to sit and read a magazine, the library subscribes to over one hundred periodicals. To keep everyone informed of the latest news, six newspapers arrive in the library daily. Because an early choice of an occupation is important, those who have no future plans can find help in the library's occupational Hle. This file contains information concerning over five hundred jobs-everything from embalrning to being a cartoonist. As almost every senior knows, Jef'f's library is the best place to start hunting material for a research paper. Several sets of encyclopedias are on the shelves while dictionaries, alrnanacs, atlases, and other reference books are waiting to be used. Y --wig if EAGER READERS Janice Vandermay and J. W. Ramsey wait for Mary Murdaugh to stamp a due date on their books. Page 23