Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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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

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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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Upper left: Miss Chestina Williams: center: Miss Winifred Wall. Lower left: Mrs. Pauline Orem: center: Miss Berniece Doody. Right? Girls studying advanced foods prepare a meal. 45 lu 9 I 41 ks! ge 5- 4 : 54.41 3 na 4 vvl 9, L- Ye:-E o n . Q02 - 555 Home Economics Through practical experience, students in the home economics department, under the capable heading of Miss Chestina Williams and the other teachers of the department, worked to be- come skillful in the art of home-making. A really successful home is hard to achieve, and so the home ec department strived to teach us how to produce beautiful and well-organized homes. Girls received timely tips from their teachers, from magazines, books, and other sources. The sewing machines and stoves were kept busy as future housewives learned to produce ideas and products. ln clothing and home man- agement, the study of color charts, designs, fabrics, and arrangements was stressed to im- prove both the home and personal appearance. Girls learned to emphasize their good qualities and conceal their poor ones. They also learned that patience and practical experience were two things necessary to produce good results. Page 28 Buying classes learned how to budget their time and money during rationing and then learned how to enlarge and improve their buy- ing when wartime restrictions were removed. ln foods classes the principle of time was essential, Students learned to prepare meals on time: they learned to prepare meals that were nourishing as well as attractive, they learned to save time and money by purchasing food in advance: they also learned the rules of good etiquette, Interesting films on foods, buying, clothing, home management, and etiquette were shown in the classes and were greatly approved by the students. The alert minds of the home economics stu- dents, with menus and needles as their chief tools, learned the fundamentals of good home- making.