Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Choral director Richard Jaeger explains the proper way to denote sharps, flats, and count various beats to Kirk Elliot while other members of the fifth hour music theory class observe and take notes. Art — Music Theory Implant Culture Students learned to appreciate the cultures of the world by enrolling in classes in art and music theory. Richard Jaeger instructed the music theory pupils in the many facets of music. Students discovered the method of entwining melody with harmony to produce song. Also, they learned about the history of music and musi- cal instruments, the terms of music, and the elements of constructing a chord and the uses and effects of the chords. In her art classes, Miss Georgianna Kienly emphasized the many different media in which one may choose to work. Assignments varied from modeling clay and carving blocks to painting still life and drawing in pencil. Each six weeks, a committee chose four subjects to be interpreted by each student. These required drawings and were submitted in a sketchbook. In addition to their actual experiences with the art materials, students learned about some of the great artists, their styles, and their out- standing works. Putting her clay figurine the final step for senior

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Replacing books is a common task for library assistants Charlotte Henson and Rita Simpson. Students Find New Library Helpful The new Jefferson High School library hap- pened to be a facility for which Jeff students could be proud. The transformation took place last summer to replace the old, overcrowded library, and the addition of new novels and other literature increased its popularity. In- formation contained in current periodicals, both educational and entertaining, provided interesting topics for speeches, themes, and special reports. In addition to being a source of reference material, the library was often a student ' s favorite place of study. It was open to pupils during lunch periods, before and after school, and during study halls. Student assistants, under the direction of Mrs. Erma Gene McVicker and Mr. Stephen Wheeler, aided these librarians in their many duties. They checked books in and out of the library, sent notices for overdue books, and collected fees for the late books. Teachers were permitted to take their classes there for re- search projects and term papers. For sophomore Scott Spence, homework a cinch with the AV sight and sound

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Health Teaches Us Body Functions Health, a one-semester course required for graduation, enables students to learn how the body functions, and what we would do to keep it operating properly. This year our Health and Safety classes were taught by Mrs. Emily Price and Mr. Or- val Martin. New textbooks and a Medical Self Help Program, a course in first aid, were acquired this year which gave the health students knowl- edge of the latest discoveries in the field of drugs and synthetic devices. Sadie, the perfect model of the human body, made it easier for the girls in Mrs. Price ' s class to remember the different organs and their functions. At the same time, the required notebooks helped them to remember the different kinds of vitamins, the gland functions, the bones, and other topics. Films, filmstrips, and magazines, also helped to make health more interesting by keeping the students more informed about the advan- ces and discoveries of medical science in this modern world. Pointing to Sadie, Vicky Anderson explains, And this is the left lung, as Dee Dee Hartnett goes on reading. Sophomores Bob Frey and Charles Christy demonstrate the correct procedure for taking pulse rate.