Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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SCIENCE Don'T blame The chemisTs Tor all The peculiar odors permeaTing The halls Trom The chemisTry lab. I puTTered in chemicals Too. Much Tun, buT ugh-The smell! The Science DeparTmenT oTTers physics, chemisTry, biol- ogy, and aeronauTics. In a well-organized laboraTory, Those seeking a knowledge oT physics sTudy The laws and principals which govern The universe. Answers To many ThoughT-provoking queries can be Tound in The chemisTry laboraTory, Tor in This room sTudenTs sTudy elemenTs and The reacTions which occur when They uniTe. Beginning wiTh The simple cell and ending wiTh The sTudy oT complex animal and planT liTe, sTudenT biologisTs, day by day, learn oT The wonders oT liTe. The laTesT addiTion To This deparTmenT is an aeronauTics class. l-Tere TuTure aviaTors sTudy The airplane and whaT makes iT Tly. LEFT: Mr. Barclay D. Morris, Mr. Olin MeriTT, Mr. LesTer McCarTy, Mr. Haven Jones, and Mr. Wal- Ter Cross waTch The Teopler HolTz sTaTic machine ringing an elecTrosTaTic bell. UPPER RIGHT: ln biology pupils look inside a frog. LOWER RIGHT: STudenTs in The aeronauTics class sTudy The piTch of The propeller.

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LANGUAGE I puzzled ai modern EngIish buf mighiy asionished when I wenf by rooms and heard, In cisierna esr agua and Si, Senor. I soon discov- ered Ihis Foreign Language Deparrmenr where pupils +oiI over Larin and Spanish. I.a'rin srudenis Iearn The cusfoms of The ancieni Romans and Jrhe oraiions of Cicero. They siudy Caesar's miIi+ary campaigns in 'rhe GaIIic War and since Larin is a basis of EngIish, 'rhese s+uden'rs increase Iheir EngIish vocabuIary. Spanish is an up-and-coming subiecr in high schools in Norrh Amer- ica. This language gives a berrer undersranding oi our neighbors in Sourh America - Iheir couniry, Iheir way of Iiice. Four Teachers are in 'rhe deparimeni wiih Miss I-IeIen RaiIsbacIc in charge of Larin and Miss Ruih CampbeII in charge oi Spanish. Through Iheir guidance iIuen+ Iinguisrs are deveIoped. LEFT: Miss Ruih Campbell, Miss HeIen Railsback. Miss Joy Geyer, and Miss Emma Hill siudy a Iisf of foreign moffoes used by members of our Armed Forces. RIGHT: Spanish sfudenfs siudy cusioms, dress, and food as well as fhe Ianguege of our Soufhern neighbors.

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age 28 HDME ECONCMICS Smells good! Maidens la n d bravesl make fa n c y dishes. Humphl Maize and fish good enough for Chief Kokomoko. l-lere foo maidens learn how fo be squaws and fake care of papooses. Nof only are fhey learning fhe essenfials of fine cooking, buf also fhe buying. preparafion, and serv- ing of food. This year addifional classes for fufure chefs and hogan-loving husbands were of- fered. Every good homemaker should know fhe fundamenfals of sewing. Those who wanf fo become more skillful seamsfresses fake advan- fage of fhe clofhing course. K. l-l. Sfs pleasanf sewing room has modern machines, appliances and gadgefs. Color harmony and good fasfe in choosing fabrics are sfressed. Red Cross cerfificafes are giv- en girls who pass a course in l-lome Nursing or Child Care. Miss Chesfina Williams, super- visor, and fhree ofher insfrucfors comprise fhe high school l-lome Economics Deparfmenf. TOP: Miss Helen Marley, Miss Bernice Doody, Miss Chesfina Williams, and Mrs. Pauline Orem plan lhe year's homemaking course. MIDDLE: Sfory-felling hour fo children from fhe child care cenfer proves a highlight of fhe course for advanced sfudenfs. BOTTOM: Senior boys proved fhemselves corn pefenl chefs. wg, ' cwx