Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Science Left: Mr. Barclay D. Morris: center: Mr, Haven Jones and Mr. Lester McCarty: right: Mr. Walter Cross and Mr. Olin Merritt. Science is defined as the Hsystematized knowl- edge of the conditions and relations of mind and matter. In KHS students enroll in phy- sics, chemistry, biology, or aeronautics classes for credit in science. These students in Mr. Lester McCarty's 3A chemistry class are making carbon dioxide. The peculiar odors that often iilled the cor- ridors generally came from the chemistry lab- oratory, which was furnished with new equip- ment this year. Here students carried on experiments with the help of their teachers. In the chemistry classes, Mr. Lester McCarty and Mr. Haven Jones taught facts and Hgures about the ninety-two elements and what happens when they combine or separate. ln the physics lab, which contains much valuable equipment-some of which was used by the government in pre-flight schools-Mr. Barclay Morris taught many students the phy- sical laws that govern the universe. Mr. Walter Cross and Mr. Olin Merritt taught students taking biology about animal life from the lowest form, the protozoa, to the highest form, the human being. Aeronautics students, taught by Mr. Merritt, learned how to use an altimeter as well as studied the principles of meterology, wind ve- locity, and navigation. I Page 23

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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.

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Vocational Often while sitting peacefully in a class our quiet minutes of study were broken by noise coming from the vicinity of the Hrst floor. We wondered if the World were coming to an end, but upon inquiring later, we found that the noise had been created by the boys who were industriously spending their time learning to run the woodshop machinery. Upon further investigation, We found that the woodshop is not, as We had previously thought, a department in itself, but is a part of the extensive vocational department under the able leadership of Mr. Virgil Pleenor, Here a competent staff of teachers instruct in machine shop, auto mechanics, general shop, Woodworking, radio, printing, related math, and drafting. These various courses teach the student how to operate machines correctly and efliciently, how to weld, how to make radios, how to make plans correctly and to scale, how to read blueprints, how to print with a printing machine, how to set type, and how to repair and paint automobiles. The various vocational classes are not only using their time teaching students trades but also do many services for the school and the public. The Top: Mr. Virgil Fleenor, Mr. Rex Clingenpeel. Bottom: Mr. John Meinzer, Mr. Ray Newlon, Mr. Alfred Himelick. Right: Students in drafting study architectural and machine drawing as Well as airplane designing ,Wg