John Tyler High School - Alcalde Yearbook (Tyler, TX)

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jlenn Duncan, Steve Bussell, Glen Sparkman, Carl Shine, and Douglas Rosaschi combine efforts and work hard on a phase of electronics in heir class. Mr. Kenneth Pruitt Mrs. Jane Mayfield Mr. Harold Cole Mrs. Ruth Gwatney Chemistry Biology Biology Electronics, Physics Senior Sponsor Junior Sponsor Junior Sponsor Senior Sponsor 25

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Science Mysteries Unlocked by Experiments Four areas of study are covered in the science department. Students are offered biology, chemistry, physics, and research science. In biology, the students are given an opportunity to learn about growth, habits and characteristics of plant and animal life. Chemistry students study the basis for chemical changes in composition of substances. Being accurate in scientific experiments in the chemistry lab is a large part of this course. Physics, a laboratory course, deals with matter and its relationship to work. In this course, students study the universe, electricity, mechanics, and a large number of other units. In the area of research science, the student is allowed to do research on a subject, of his choice. Clifford McKay and Don Johnson prepare oxygen by heating potassium chlorate in chemistry Eddie Prather looks at germs on a slide. Kay Hendley hesitates to disect the frog. Suzanne Steifer prepares a special slide. 24

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Business Courses Training Students for a Successful Training students for a successful business career is the main objective of the business courses at John Tyler. Although it is an age of technology, the students still must learn to apply themselves especially in competitive fields. Some of the business courses offered include typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, business machines, business law and clerical practice. Charles Howes, Marcello Flores, and Kenneth Hopper study business law. Mrs. Mary Helen Gaiser, Shorthand, Business communica-J tions, typing, junior sponsor; Mrs. Sondra Bethune, typings clerical practice, business math, senior sponsor; Mrs. Dale 1 Hamman, related math II, typing, business law, sophomore ' 1 sponsor; Mrs. Mary Helen Terry, Bookkeeping, typing,. senior sponsor; and Mrs. Joan Brooks, typing, book- keeping, sophomore sponsor are the business course ' teachers. Seniors Miriam Black and Debbie Gray listen intently to the dictating machines and transcribe what is said on the electric typewriters.