Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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athematics Under the supervision of Mr. Fred Moss, head of the mathematics de- partment, and the six other teachers of the department, most of us spent part of our time during the past year Hnding unknown quantities and proving geo- metric theorems. Mathematics is one subject that is hard to adapt to visual education: but during the year when opportunities arose for the use of films or slides, they were used in classroom work, Revisions in the math department are constantly being made to keep up with modern trends. With the end of the war came a reduction in the number of required se- mesters of mathematics before one could take the higher courses oifered in KHS. During the war great stress was put on both mathematics and science, so three and a half years of math were required for students graduating in the academic course: but now it has been reduced to the pre-war three-years requirement. Many students, however, took advantage of the advanced courses offered. In algebra class we learned how to solve complex equationsg in geometry we learned that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line: and in trigonometry we learned about sines and co-sines, all of which will help us to be better qualified in any Held we choose. Our teachers realized that a good knowledge of mathematics will be essential in this postwar world, and so they helped us to use our time wisely in class, Left: Simple equations like the one on the board beside Mr. J. Paul Jones are taught first in algebra Upper center: Mr. Fred Moss: right: Mr. Robert Barngrover and Mr. Lee Dixon. Lower center: Mr. Cebren Joyner, Mr. Edson Van Dorn: right: Mr. Lloyd Keisling. ' , rw' - e as af- f in , .i fvsfuazifnv M 1 .--v4i I

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Commercial The future lawyers, bookkeepers, and secretaries who will some day make headlines in the commercial field, received a Hrm foundation in the Commercial courses under the leadership of Mr. Russell Bratton, who heads the department. Students learned to use both their hands and minds skillfully by practical use of the many oflice machines, such as the comptometer, calculator, and the edi- phone, which can be found in room 119. While the bookkeeping students traced lost pennies, the shorthand classes transcribed typical business letters from dictation: and the business law classes became familiar with the many laws of business. The office practice classes, es- pecially, learned the routine of an oiiice by actual doing. Students saved teachers time by serving as secretaries and running off many stencils, all of Which was a practical application of what they had learned throughout their commercial course. . Get your papers ready for a timed Writing, was a familiar phrase to all students taking typing. These Writings, which were from one to ten minutes in length, were given to increase the skill and accuracy of student typists. The students couldn't afford to Waste any time on these, and so they made each second count. A glance in room l lO after school found many students hurrying to finish their Weekly budgets. Fluorescent lighting and soundproof ceilings were a great help. I The commercial students, in both the bookkeeping and stenographic divisions, received suflicient background to take their places in a rapidly grow- ing field in a better, peacetime business World. Upper lofi: Miss Vcdah Covalt, Mrs. Isabella Legg, Miss Ruth Wagner. Upper right: ZA bookkeeping classes learn to prepare work sheets and financial statements. Lower left: Mr. J. Earl James, Mr. Russell Bratton, Mr. Kenneth Warthen. Lower right: Advanced typing students practice letter writing.

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Language Many years have elapsed since man first began to utter speech. Since that time the different tongues have grown to great importance. This is true of both of the languages taught by KHS, Latin and Spanish. Though Latin is now considered a dead lan- guage in that it isn't spoken by any race of people, it is still the basis of many more modern tongues. Proof of this is the fact that the English language itself is made up of words of which sixty per-cent are of Latin derivation. In the study of Spanish, we learned that time had also devel- oped this language until it has be- come of great importance. ln the post-war years it will continue to grow in importance also, for there are Spanish-speaking people in both hemispheres with whom we must be on the best of terms. Under the supervision of Miss Ruth Campbell and Miss Helen Railsback, heads of the Spanish and Latin departments respectively, much of the time in the study of these lan- guages has been devoted to customs. dress, interests, and lives of the peo- ple of ancient Rome and of the peo- ole of Spanish-speaking countries. This study was combined with many visual and other-type aids such as maps, models, costumes, playlets, and recordings. Our study of Caesar's campaigns in Europe and of Spanish customs gave us a well-rounded knowledge of the Romans and of the South Americans. This knowledge gained from min- utes spent in the study of foreign language proved that our time was not wasted in learning declensions and conjugations. Top left: Miss Joy Goyer: right: Miss Ruth Campbell. Lower left: Miss Helen Railsback: right: Mrs. Mary Lee Goyert. Center: A translation of the day's assign- ment about the Punic Wars provokes a discussion in Miss Goyer's 2B Latin Class. Bottom: Spanish students learn to speak the language by acting out, sometimes in cos- tume. scenes of everyday life as these 2B students of Miss Ruth Campbell's are.