Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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tjxcellence in rlcacfemics Excellence is perhaps most evident in the academic life of a school. Classroom activity at Jeff was very much improved in 1967. The advanced courses, such as SMSG Math, PSSC Physics, and Honors English, gave qualified pupils an excellent opportunity to apply their skills. The new textbooks, however, added to the excellence which Jeff is constantly trying to achieve. In Art classes and Home Economics classes, equipment was the main concern. This year these departments received much equip- ment which improved the courses. One area in which pupils spent much of their time while preparing for class was the library. In the summer before school began, the cramp- ed library was transferred to a different place. Therefore, in 1967 pupils enjoyed a better equipped library with much more space. As a result of the new library, Jeff also gained a new study hall. These things contributed greatly to the excellence of Jefferson High School.

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Shop Classes Teach Useful Skills Printing students, Earl Idle and Earl Glick, busily pile and package newly-made attendance slips for the o ffice. Diversified opportunities for vocational training were offered to pupils of Jefferson through the schools fine Manual Arts Depart- ment. Woodworking classes constructed many practical and interesting projects, testing the pupils ' skill and ingenuity. Auto mechanics classes learned a great deal about the nature of motors and engine repair, and electronics pupils studied electrical phases. Print shop pupils applied the skills they had learned by actually printing dance programs, identification cards, school forms and station- ery, and the Booster. Machine shop pupils learned operational pro- cesses for many complicated power tools and were eventually able to manufacture vices and hammers. Mechanical drawing acquainted pupils with drafting techniques and machine fundamen- tals. Architectural drawing, as well as many other facets of drafting, was also touched upon. Auto shop students, Mike Haupt and Keith Runkle, combine efforts in figuring out their machines in class. In his junior year Joe Bell is learning the basic funda- mentals of constructing and finishing wooden objects.