Ligonier High School - Lance Yearbook (Ligonier, IN)

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Health and Safety Go Hand in Hand Physical education is a two-year require- ment for all high school students. Its pri- mary purpose is to develop physical skills as well as physical fitness. Health and safety, which is required for all sophomores, emphasizes learning how the body functions as well as the essentials of the healthy life. Due to the expanded na- tional interests in total physical fitness, these courses have a growing importance in our high school curriculum. Driver education strives to tighten the loose nut behind the wheel or to loosen the tight nut from behind the wheel. It is offered to develop the attitude, judgment, and fundamental skills necessary to pre- vent traffic accidents with their tragic sacrifice of human lives. Up — down, Up--down! All wrapped up in their work. You can ' t measure the gym that way! Where ' s the motor?

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Facts and Figures Fly Thru a Busy World Eyes on your copy ! The first year of mathematics includes algebra or general math which teaches the fundamental ideas later applied in advanced courses. Lines and angles, circles and squares, theorems and as- sumptions, are all part of sophomore geometry. The junior year is filled with trigonometry and solid geometry. To terminate the four years, advanced al- gebra is taught as a senior subject. Commerce requires accuracy and ef- ficiency which are the basic principles in office work. Students are instructed in general business, bookkeeping. Typing I and II, Shorthand I and II, and office practice. Future secretaries learn to take dictation, to type correct letter forms, and to master business arith- metic. Graduates find that business education is helpful in securing a good position. Ready-Set--Go! The perpendicular plane is parallel to the adjacent obtuse angle. Are you a Knucklehead or a Knothead? 10

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Vocational Studies Aid Our Future Lives The home economics curriculum con- sists of the following subject matter: Home Nursing, Housing, Home Furn- ishings, and Home Management; Family Relations and Child Development; Foods and Nutrition; Consumer Education; and Clothing and Textiles. Several phases of the subject materials are taught at each grade level . Vocational agriculture begins with the basic study of livestock and crop pro- duction. As the boys advance in the vo- cational agriculture curriculum, they learn the managerial aspects of farming in the classroom (with projects) and on the farm. Judging livestock, crops, and soil adds to their experience. Learning farm mechanics rounds out their final year of studying agriculture. Working with wood, the freshmen shop boys learn to use hand tools. Advancing to power tools the next year, they con- struct projects from metal, wood, and plastic. Juniors and seniors study drawingand blueprints in drafting. They finish with a floor plan of a house. Watch those Pinkies, Leroy ! Crumbs, in my slide rule? Mother ' s little helpers. I ' d rather do it myself, Mr. Sponhauer!