Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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Art Artistic Students Show Imagination. The Art I and Art II students spent time doing various types of art work. Some of the types of work included pen and ink sketches, oil painting, and acrylics. With the instructor, Mr. Larry Preston, the Art III students attended some art classes at Bethel College where they worked in conjunction with Mr. Paul Friesen, Mr. Mike Almanza, and Mr. Bob Regier, art in- structors at the college. Each student learned how to make pot- tery and to do various types of printmaking. One kind of pot- tery the Art III students learned to make was raku. Art III students visited the Stone Chimney, a shop where they could view other artists, work. Each student during the year also had his choice of the media of art he wished to work in, along with a few required projects. All three art classes participated in the La Vella Art Contest in February. Each student also displayed all his art work on his own special wall section in the art room. Many students partic- ipated in art contests during the year. A Concentrating on their work, Art III students Gary Steinkerchner and Ric Courtright prepare to add the finishing touches to their projects. 24 Art students Roxanne Helmer, joan Kirkpatrick, and Sharon Bryan work diligentlyon pen and ink sketches and water color paintings. ART DEPARTMENT: Larry Preston. Art III student, Mary Voth, carefully paints one of the many required projects of the year. -lg,-, W-

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Science Credit to ides As a biology aide for Mr. Esau, Sara Penner's responsibilities include care ofthe white rats. In addition to the standard science courses of bi- ology, chemistry, physics, and physiology, a new system was added to the curriculum so that student aides can now receive credit for their work. These students are able to continue in a field of interest through individual study and experimentation. A group of students from several classes partici- pated in an ecology seminar sponsored by the Kan- sas State Teachers College at Emporia. Students conducted experiments pertaining to sulfur dioxide pollution, phosphate levels and pollution particle size. The afternoon was spent in a game, pitting man against his environment. Science students were provided an opportunity to hear several guest speakers during the year. Includ- ed were Drs. Benton and Yoder who discussed birth and population control, and Mr. W. Meyer who spoke on the storage of radioactive wastes in Kansas. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: Melvin Akin, Charles Engel, Phillip Esau, Mrs. joy Moore and Ivan Schirer. 1 In fulfilling the requirements in their biology course, Mike Duncan and Greg Bartel conduct an experiment. The students work at their own rate. Displaying their strength, Cary Steinkirchner, Mark Hutton, Larry Koehn and Francis Balzer try to separate a Magdeburg Hemisphere during their physics class. In a pre-lab demonstration, Mr. Engel emphasises a point while explaining the proper procedure for distillation to his sixth hour chemistry class.

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Manual Arts Students Develop Creative Skills Classes offered in Manual Arts were Mechanical Drawing I, II, and III, Transportation, Light Construction, Woods I, II, and III, and Woods and Crafts. These classes taught students how to work with their hands and to be creative. Mechanical Drawing I and II dealt with machine drawing, whereas Mechanical Drawing III students learned how to make architectural drawings. Mr. Maurice Benninga was the instructor. The many fields of transportation were dealt with in the Transportation class taught by Mr. Kenneth Franz. Mr. Frances Funk taught Light Construction and Woods I, II, and III. Light Construction allowed students to do complete lighting layouts in small buildings, Woods I and II students made woodworking projects while those in Woods III worked with cabinet type construction. Woods and Crafts with Mr. Darwin Berry as instructor taught students how to make craft-type materials dealing with the areas of manufacturing and construction. Mechanical Drawing III student Cary Johnson works on his house plans, while Ken Tilson and Brad Koehn give helpful suggestions. ,QMMWM Hdivdhwm- h fe-'feirzf -:fee He- M :fi -aeczflfiteefemvfvxee M 25 MANUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT: Darwin Berry, Francis Funk, Maurice Benninga, Kenneth Franz. Woodworking student David Smalley works hard on his project in order to finish in time. Transportation instructor Mr. Franz lectures to his students as they lis- ten attentively.