Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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CRAIG MCCONAllAY, senior Indiana life history student, demon- strates how to ops-rule tlle Indiana election II1llC'lllIll' correctly. ations' U. . Policy As KATIII KISER concludes her description of the inaugural parade, ,lim Abhinc-It prepares to report on ,IolInson's address. LITTLE LINDA HUMPHREY does her daily calisthenics in trying to pull down a map in Mr. Skibinski's third hour history class. Page 27

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FINISHING A TALK they began in civics. Barb Boohcr discards her beloved Cold- water lokt-ns lo llcnny Cahill's delight. Social tudies Classes Probe into Foreign Wonrn l'll0BLl-llVlS smzm small when compared to the problems these pupils are having finding information to make reports. Page 26 How will Krushchev's ouster affect Russian-Ameri- can relationships? Will the Labor Partyls victory in England change that country's U. S. policy? Should the Federal government aid education? lntriguing ques- tions of this nature challenged ,leflls social studies pupils and prepared them to be competent voters. The deaths of Sir Winston Churchill and former President l'lerbert Hoover stimulated discussions on world leaders' policies in the World History and United States History classes. The United States History classes also kept up-to-date on the progress of the American troops in Viet Nam. l.earning the structure of the local and national government was the civics pupils' job. During the elections the pupils in World Problems and Civics held mock campaigns for Democrat and Republican candidates. The floods which raged through Washington, ldaho, and Oregon presented senior sociology pupils with a problem to solve. and Indiana Life pupils tried to alleviate lndiana's social and economic burdens. The pros and cons of the proposed tax cut were dis- cussed by the pupils in the economics classes. These pupils learned the intricacies of the stock market by Minvestingl' and watching their stocks' progress.

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.Ieff's Lan uage Department Expands as Bt: cfuu-:ruLgtlon't drop Julius! warns John McKee as he hands Cindy Hall a bust of Cac-sar to admire for Latin class. Page 28 4QQCuantos anos tiene usted? Tengo diez y seis anosf' Graduates of ,lefffs first year Spanish classes could readily tell a person what this dialogue means. Basic, everyday conversations such as this were learned in first year Spanish, French, and German classes. 'llo stimulate the pupils' interest in the foreign lan- guages, audio and visual aids were employed. German pupils used records for home practiceg Spanish, French, and German classes listened to taped dia- loguesg and films spoken in the native languages taught the pupils about the people and their countries. At Christmas time the French classes learned French Christmas carols, and German pupils had a dinner of sauerbraten and sauerkraut cooked for them by a German chef. Reading Spanish comic strips occupied the Spanish pupils' extra class time during the year. The Latin pupils, course of study varied from that of the modern languages' course. Roman culture, writ- ings of Caesar, and ancient legends formed the basis for their work. To extend lefffs complete language program, a third year of French and Spanish was offered. READING Die Zeit, a weekly German newspaper, ,lim Barton and Diane Berryman review current events as well as vocabulary.