Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Top: left to right: Miss Gertrude Colescott, Mrs. Mildred Kern, Mr. E. W. Phillips, Mr. Fred Mustard Bottom: left to right: Mr. Joseph S. Powell, Mr. J. Warren Muncie, Mr. Earl Utterback. Mr. Earl Wilson and Page 26 Mr. Charles Lester, Social tudies What would the social studies department be without time? The study of history is so related to time that without the latter, there would be no his- tory, Every year that has passed since the beginning of time has been full of historical dates. Though many of these dates have been blotted out by time it- self, the ones that have been recorded make up what we know as history, The termination of the war brought relief to us all, but with it came a new series of dates and historical events that in years to come will perplex many future KI-IS students. However, these students, like the present ones, will take the additional dates and events in their stride. The war's end also brought back two teachers who were in the service and so eased our teacher shortage this year, By the second semester Mr. C, H. Laymon had returned from service in India with the Army Air Eorce and Mr. Charles C. Lester was back from the Navy. Mrs, Mildred Kern also helped in this respect, She substituted for Miss Elizabeth McIntosh the second semester. I-ler work was greatly appreciated both by the members of the social studies department and the students them- selves. The social studies department offered many subjects of interest and im- portance this year. Besides teaching their usual studies of world history, United

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ocational drafting classes helped save time in planning the layout of our school publica- tions and also helped plan our future gymnasium. The printing classes printed our slips and report blanks, The auto mechanics shop and the radio classes also spent time in doing service for the school in the repairing of radios and automobiles. The equipment of the printing shop, radio shop, Woodshop, related math, and drafting room is located in the high school building, while the remaining vocational equipment such as auto mechanics, Welding, general shop, and ma- chine shop equipment is located in the basement of Haworth gymnasium, After a student has graduated from the vocational course, he is qualified to take a job in the profession for which he was trained. The Kokomo High School student Who graduates from the vocational course Will have a big part to play in the rebuilding of our war-shattered World. For by planning, drafting, and making the articles which are so greatly in de- mand today, he will help lessen the post-war problems which We now face. His high school training will help him a great deal in accomplishing this. Left: In the machine shop boys work on engine lathes. Top: Mr. Everett Mason, Mr. Chester Thompson. Bottom: Mr. George Hartmann, Mr. Lawrence Rumbaugh.

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States history, and government, the department offered new courses such as geography and sociology. Mr. Laymon taught the course of geography and Mr. Utterback instructed the students in sociology. As the year of instruction in social studies classes flew by, we students learned to appreciate our country, its principles, its geography, its customs, and its laws. We also learned how our government is run, and with this new knowledge we looked forward to the future when we will find ourselves re- sponsible for the complex task of governing the United States. Our studies were not limited to history and government, however, for we also spent much time keeping up on current events and their meaning. We studied the strike problems, the inter-racial differences, the United Nations plans: and each of us emerged from our study with opinions concerning these problems. We participated in two clubs that studied current events and their effect on future occurrences. One of these, the Franklin club, studied current happenings in general, while the other, the Pan-American club, studied the customs of our neighboring American countries and tried to promote a better feeling for our fellow Americans. As a result of the work provided by the social studies department under the leadership of Miss Gertrude Colescott, we students emerged from KHS better equipped to take our places in the world, In government classes seniors study the three branches of our government, the Constitution. and some of our state and na- tional laws. Here in Mr. Earl Wilson's class they are learning the federal and state system of courts. All social studies classes spend time on current events so that the students may become fa- miliar with the problems of their country and the world. In this 2B class of Mr. Fred Mus- tard's, two pupils lead the dis- cussion. Page