Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Boer War, and maTTers historical. Mr. E. W. Phillips, Miss Elizabelh Mc- lnfosh, and Mr. Earl Wilson. Mr. CurTis Lesier, Mr. Earl UTTerback, and Mr. Fred Muslard. did much To make us realize our sTakes . . and possible misTakes . . . in The TuTure. ln order To obTain a workable know-how oT The naTional, sTaTe, and local governmenT, The hisToryclasses sponsored a mock elecTion which was held ThroughouT The school This year. Sample balloTs were used, voTing booThs esTablished, compleTely equipped wiTh elecTion boards and all The regular poli- Tical paraphernalia. In co-operaTion wiTh The Visual EducaTion DeparTmenT. many inTeresTing Tilms were shown To The various hisTory classes This year To enable hisTory sTudenTs To learn The TacTs by seeing Them insTead oT iusT reading Them as was done beTore This deparTmenT was es- fablished. A special course included in Social STud- ies was Sociology which has been a parT oT our curricula since I943. Being The sTudy oT human relaTions, problems oT marriage, Ti- nance, personaliTy, and sTraighT Thinking were discussed. OTher problems such as ju- venile delinguenTs, alcoholics, and Teeble- minded people were also discussed. We realize how imporTanT The sTudy oT humaniTy and governmenT is in preparing us To sTep inTo our posiTions in The world as successiul, law-abiding ciTizens. Pug 7

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wc VVIGHTI cc w1Tl1 The NDELITQ Ages,n l While I947 was a greaT year Tor us, iT was also a rnomenTous year Tor The enTire world. AT- Ter several years oT war, The TighTing counTries had Tinally ceased To Tire Their guns. This was broughT home To use more clearly by The Social STudies DeparTmenT, which was supervised by Miss Gerlrrude ColescoTT. While deeply engrossed in pasT world aT- Tairs, we did noT allow up-To-daTe happenings To pass by unnoTiced. We lcepT accuraTe Track oT presenT Times by our sTudies in currenT evenTs. Our excursions inTo AncienT, World, and UniT- ed STaTes l-lisTory, Government and Sociology Top: Mr. Joseph Powell and Miss GerTrude ColescoTT. Middle: Mr. J. Warren Muncie and Mr. ForresT Roe. BoTTom: Hisfory sTudenTs learn aboul' The STaTe LegIslaTure.

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ge 28 Learning To minr our business, Under The supervision oT Mr. Russell BraTTon, and six oTher Teachers, sTudenTs were Trained Tor TuTure posiTions in The bookkeeping and secreTarial Tields. Mr. George C. Dunbar reTurned Trom- The service This year To resume his work in The Commercial DeparTmenT. Each sTudenT in This course musT Take aT leasT one year oT bookkeeping and one- halT year oT Typing. l-le Then chooses one oT Two branches . . . The bookkeeping or The sTenographic. While shorThand sTudenTs Try To mem- orize Their brieT Torms and Take dicTaTion, The bookkeeping sTudenTs sTruggle To make Their accounTs balance. STudenTs who Took oTTice pracTice obTained a knowledge oT The oTTice machines: The adding machine, compTomeTer, calcula- Tor, and The ediphone. There were several addiTional sub- iecTs oTTered: such as Salesmanship, Busi- ness Law, Business English, and Business MaTh. An ouTsTanding proiecT, con- ducTed by The Commercial DeparTmenT, was an occupaTional survey oT Kokomo. The purpose oT The survey was To Tind ouT where The demand Tor parTicualr posiTions was, and To see if Kl-IS was Teaching sTu- denTs The subiecTs They would need in laTer liTe. ATTer The indusTrious sTudenTs com- pleTe Their Training, They are ready To Take Their posiTions in The business world oT Tomorrow. Top: Typisfs learn correcT form Tor business leTTers. Middle: Mr. Earl James, Mrs. Isabella Legg, and Mr. Ken- neTh WarThen. BoTTom: Mr. George C. Dunbar, Miss Vedah Covalf, and Mr. Russell BraTTon.