Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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Business Courses’ Motto Is Practice!” Mr. Postma checks a teacher's test run off by Patti Pontious. Shorthand girls are reminded that practice makes perfect as Mr. Carter dictates one of many business letters. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is a familiar phrase to Typing I student Gcnck Popowzak. Many students who plan to work or attend business school after graduation major in commerce. Sopho- mores in general business study the basic principles of commerce and acquire a business vocabulary. Typing I students, usually juniors, learn to type letters, and to assemble small booklets, manuscripts, and book reports. Junior girls may take shorthand. They learn to take dictation, working for speed and accuracy, and to transcribe their notes. Two business courses are offered for seniors. Bookkeeping students learn the techniques of keep- ing books through projects and problems. They learn how to file income tax returns, a necessity for everyone. In advanced typing and office practice, girls become apprentice secretaries. They in- crease their typing speed by typing for the D'BULLDOG and teachers; operating office ma- chines and learning an office worker's duties, such as indexing cards and filing arc also included in this course. STATE BANK OF NAPPANEE Member of F.D.I.C.

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Science Students Discover Whys and Hows To graduate from Nappanee High School a stu- dent must take one year of science. For the student who wants to gain a knowledge of general science and deal lightly in fundamentals of chemistry- and physics, physical science is offered. Biology is the science of all forms of life. This course, strongly recommended for college bound students, is taken by sophomores. Chemistry, which is alternated annually with physics, was offered this past year. Many experiments and labs were performed, applying newly learned principles. Outside reading in science was encouraged. A large number of juniors and seniors took chemistry, indicating how important advanced science has be- come in our modern world. Mike Stump measures out NaCl for his chemistry lab experiment on the distillation of water. Members of the physical science class study the effects of pressure on a balloon. Mr. Hazelrigg and biology students Sam Brumbaugh, Sharon Blosser, and Kim Hunsberger search for signs of the presence of Thyridop- teryx Ephe merae - formis. JOHNSON'S WALGREEN AGENCY DRUCS 7 J. R. ARNOTT SON

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Students Widen Their Scope of the World Learning how to fill out a U.S. Individual Income Tax Return is one of the topics of study in the economics classes. Here Sharon Artley helps Randy Best fill out his tax return. No history course is required for sophomores, although world history is an elective and is strongly recommended for college preparatory students. As juniors, students study U.S. history, in which they learn about the building of our nation and the basis of our government, the Constitution. U.S. govern- ment and economics are required courses which seniors find helpful after they graduate. In these courses students study the various levels of govern- ment, legislative procedure, and principles of earn- ing a living. Two courses included in the social studies cur- riculum which help students understand themselves and other people better are psychology and sociology. Psychology is studied the first semester and sociology the second. In each of these courses, students not only study past events, but also current happenings which arc building and shaping our world. Mr. Riley uses a map to illustrate his lecture in U.S. history class. Mr. Gunderman, world history teacher, helps Jim Stillson, LaMar Hochstetler, Susie Pontious, and Linda Harman locate important cities of the world on the globe. 9 STATE BANK OF NAPPANEE Member of F.D.I.C.