Adams Central High School - Cen Trails Yearbook (Monroe, IN)

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Languages and Social Studies A large per cent of Centralites were enrolled in languages this year. English, Latin I, and Central ' s first year of Latin II made up the language department. Latin students, under the instruction of Mrs. Stucky, enjoyed many interesting discussions on ancient Rome and its customs. Learning new words and the sources of many English words held new interests for each member of the classes. Translating Latin into English occupied most of the class period; however, each Friday a report about a Latin god or goddess was given by a different pupil. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors were en¬ rolled in English with Mrs. Stucky, Mr. Shoup, Miss Beavers, and Mr. Sprunger, respectively, as teachers. They studied sentence structure, types of sentences, read books, gave speeches, and expressed themselves by writing. WRITING ABILITIES are important for communication in a modern world. Delora Mishler, Ted Helmerich, Dick Stiener, and Carol Hamilton compare their English themes. FOREIGN LANGUAGE is gaining re¬ cognition on A.C. ' s curriculum. Sandy Strickler puts Latin words on the board for Lana McBride and Twila Arnold to translate. 12

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- Students for a World of Sputniks” The ' Rithmetic of the three R ' s in high school brings important changes by helping some freshmen learn to work equations in algebra, while others study general mathematics. A greater challenge of proving theroms and angles is the elective choice of many sophomores. The math majors in junior and senior classes are busy learning the basic fundamentals of trigonometry in preparation for further mathematics study or for their careers. Miss Lucile Beavers is guiding the efforts of all math classes except general mathematics, which is under the direction of Mr. Miller. SLIDE RULES help solve a trig problem for Larry Foreman, Roy Mazelin, Leon Gerber, Larry Decker, and Regie Welch. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS being compared, challenged the creative ability of students in the sophomore geometry class. FRESHMAN ALGEBRA problem on the blackboard was explained to Sylvia Miller and Karen Shoaf by Gary Workinger. ft '

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Produce Better Americans A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT needs in¬ formed citizens. Doris Myers, Jim Brown, and Phil McBride study how our government is operated. History is the narration of facts and events of the past. It is a survey of man ' s life, as revealed by documents and archeological relics. History is divided into two groups, World history taught by Mr. Haggard and studied by sophomores, and Ameri¬ can history taught by Mr. Haggard and Mr. Sprunger, studied by juniors. One day a week the history classes have a newspaper which they study for that day, namely The American Ob¬ server. This weekly paper has news and issues with pros and cons on world affairs. Government and sociology, the administration of public affairs which is an established state of legal authority, is taught by Mr. Shoup and studied by the seniors. AMERICAN HISTORY is the topic of Karen Cauble, Max Moser, Kenny Reed and Gyneth Schnepp. 13