Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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LIBRARY-ART Two new faces—two old programs. Mrs. Pat Montgomery, the librarian, was the first new face. Her goal this year was to reorganize the books in order to make them more accessible to the students. Another addition to the library was a Xerox copying machine. It was installed for pupils to copy magazine or newspaper articles for research papers. The second new face was the art teacher, Miss Charlene Crawford. She taught grades eight through twelve. Students took part in making photo posters, printing, drawing, making collages, ceramics, and glazing. This was the first year that the kiln was put in operation. The potters wheel turned out to be quite an aid for the ceramics class. In the spring she held an Art Fair and displayed items made by the students. No no Marcia, you’ve got it all wrong!’

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS Drafting was Mr. Dale Carlbom’s subject. In the classroom the students were taught the techniques of designing and drawing blueprints for houses and other buildings of the con- struction industry. Mr. Cecil McKnight was instructor of beginning woods, machine woods, and a general shop class. Boys were given the opportunity to select an item to make, purchase the wood for that item, and construct it. In the beginning woods class, a majority of the hoys made bird- houses. In machine woods and general shop, these items varied from salt and pepper sets to much larger items such as cedar chests. yde steady, Eddie.” “Come on Johnson! Can’t you draw a straight line?” “Mr. McKnight-corporal punishment is against the law.

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Mr. Don Freeburg was instructor of the Blue Biology, Human Anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and zoology classes. Along with him was Mr. Roy Reirncr instructing Green Biology, patterns and processes (Yellow Biology), human development, and field biology. Mr. Theodore Witt taught physics, chem- istry, and IPS (Introductory Physical Science). Under all three teachers, students participated in daily experiments, weekly labs, and wrote lab reports. In field biology, the students did actual field studies on ponds, marsh areas, forests, and the like. Several students participated in the University of Texas' Marine Biology Trip to Puerto Aransas, Texas. This week was filled with studies and collections of firm »ra st)rcim ‘n . SCIENCE “The eggs are almost ready. How’s the toast coming?” ‘Well, not everyone can be an Einstein.” 17 “According to my calculations, the amount of krypton needed to destroy Superman should be...”