Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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Library Facilities Aid Students and Faculty Mrs. Rees, librorian, teaches Potty Morris to utilize the Reader ' s Guide. As term paper time rolled around, we joined the steadily growing stream of humanity which flowed endlessly into room 217, the library. Here we were often able to find the desired in- formation amid the groans of similarly oppressed beings. This shelf-lined rectangular room is the resting place of about eleven thousand books and magazines. Each individual book is cataloged and marked in accordance with the Dewey Decimal System. There ore specially marked sections for various types of literature, music, art, science, speech, fiction, and quite a few others. A section which has proved of invaluable assistance to both students and teachers is the reserve section. On these shelves teachers may put aside books related to their subject for stu- dent research. Supervising this wordy domain were the school librarians, Mrs. Rees and Mrs. Gosma. These women regulated the flow of books in and out of the library, cataloged, and purchased new additions for the shelves. Acting as apprentice librarians were thirty-two girls who spent one period a da y working in the library. The nature of their work was much akin to that of Mrs. Rees and Mrs. Gosma. They checked books, kept the shelves in order, sent out over-due book slips, ran errands for the regular librarians, and generally kept the room in order. John Shirley finds the library a source of occurate informotic papers, special projects, general information, and 2 peace and quietness ore prerequisites. rips to the library

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KHS Welcomes Journalism to Curriculum lewly formed Journalism class takes notes newspaper. They also learn to write yearboi and editorials for the Visiting the KHS print shop. Making its first appearance at KHS this year was the Jour- nalism class. Under the leadership of Mr. John Bond, the students learned to express their own ideas and to write in such form as to be understood by the average reader. This one-semester course was offered to juniors and seniors, especially to those interested in the school ' s publications or in journalism as a career. Centered around the school newspaper and yearbook work, newspaper critiques end stories for the Sargasso were written. Other activities included a visit to the KHS print shop, a scrapbook containing examples of types of newspaper stories, and a visit from an editor of the local news- paper. Under the direction of Mrs. Mildred Kern, the Speech classes studied many aspects of public speaking. In this course, fluency is acquired both in everyday conversation and formal speaking. Reports, speeches, reviews, and memory work were presented to the class by all students. Through experience students devel- oped their speaking skills by learning what to soy and how to say it. They learned to put emphasis on important words and to develop a pleasing, smooth-running tone of voice. These classes help students to overcome stuttering and stage fright. Students gain both confidence and poise. ed speech for Speech doss is Mary Newlir

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The Challenging Field of Science ed by Steve Ervington and Gary Waddle Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, Physics: oil of these subjects ore classified as the sciences, and they are all in- cluded in the Science Department of KHS. This department is a newly created one this year. Before, these classes have al- ways been under the supervision of the Mathematics Depart- ment. The new department is headed by Mr. Douglas North and includes all the teachers who instruct one or more of the courses. Although all of these classes are placed in the same general curriculum, they are very different. Probably the most elemen- tary of the science courses is Physical Science. In this course the students learned about science in general, but did not make a detailed study of any one of its many branches. For instance, a Physical Science student is introduced to elements, compounds, and mixtures, but does not study them as extens- ively as the Chemistry student. Biology, the study of life, is another and probably more elevated course under the heading of science. This course is generally taken during the sophomore year and is divided into two semesters. The first semester is botany, the detailed study Biology students Vicki Peel and Sonny Hobbs look for in isects and leaves.