Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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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.

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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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Gym Students Found Lost Muscles A one and two and three and four . . . halt. Thus, the frantic year began for the sophomores. Pupils in the first half of the al- phabet were required to take Physical Educa- tion the first semester, and the latter part took it the second semester. Under the supervision of Mr. Norm Willey and Mr. Jack Schult, the boys ' gym classes in the fall and spring learned the tactics of track, football, and softball. They were blessed with only a few pair of ripped trousers. Throughout the winter, the boys developed their basket- ball and gymnastic skills. The girls ' P.E. classes were headed again by Mrs. Eleanor Beard. All year the girls en- joyed playing kick soccer and hockey on the big gym floor. On testing days the girls visited the cafeteria for a more relaxed and redolent atmosphere. To reduce the size of gym classes during the regular school year, summer physical educa- tion classes were offered. Mrs. Emily Price took over the duties of instructing the girls during this time. Then sit up and touch your knees, says Coach Schult as he instructs his boys ' gym class how to do sit-ups. It ' s a topsy-turvy world for the sophomore girls as they do their best to do a headstand for ten seconds.