Belvidere High School - Belvi Yearbook (Belvidere, IL)

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dfriuing fo per ecf larefienf clay mefAocl.4 When is the left turn signal used? What does a flashing yellow light mean? What are the Illinois speed laws? These questions could by answered by the students in Mr. Swan's safe driving class. Since September, I958, all sophomores have been required by state law to take a nine-week drivers education course consisting of the basic fundamentals necessary to safe and sane driving. A planned schedule of study is provided with the help of textbooks dealing with every phase of driving. The students become acquainted with the mechanisms of the vehicle as well as the rules of the road. After these preliminaries are all over, the behind the wheel driving begins. Parallel parking, U-turns, turnabouts, and many other skills are mastered. When the day arrives on which the students drive for the state inspector, many a proud face is seen as one by one they receive their licenses. In Industrial Arts and Vocational Education classes, the students develop skills in the handling and understanding of the tools, materials, and the processes of manufacturing, which lead them into the field of industry. Their interest in woodworking, mechanical drawing, electricity, and working with metals is a contributing factor to good personal traits, objective thinking, problem solving and the choosing of a vocation. fvs MR. JOHN WAGLEY, B.S. Ind. and Voc. Arts Dept. Headg Industrial Arts I, II Machine Shop Industrial Arts Club Adviser -nys MR. HAROLD EWALD, B.S. Industrial Arts I. II, Drawing Woodworking HARD AT WORK? - Dave Strandberg and Lorrell Cooper fashion a table leg at the lathe. 23 . 'ffx ,- .Nm Q. 'FL ' f i is , .QM MR. KENNETH SWAN, B.S. Driver's Education Tennis, Cross Country Assistant Basketball Coach

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0 defying fkroug fifuclg an exlaerimenfafion Today's science plays a very important role in everyone 's life since it may bring about peace or destruction in a few short years. Science has been developing for many centuries, therefore, it is impossible to learn all there is to know about it in high school courses. However, through the help of the instructors, the students obtain a very essential part of this knowledge. Four years of science are offered at Belvidere High School of which two courses are required for graduation. ln the fresh- man year general science is required. lt includes a general study of scientific principles and the summary of past scientific learning. In the next three years there is a choice of biology, chemistry, and physics, the latter two are usually offered only to upperclassmen. Biology is the study of various plants and animals, their structure, and how they live. Chemistry deals with the composition of matter and the changes it undergoes. Physics is the study of matter and energy and of physical changes in matter. Biology, chemistry, and physics have laboratory periods in which the students themselves delve into each subject more carefully through experimentation. The a-im of the science department is to further the stu- dents' understanding of the scientific world. I sr t MR. WILBUR MONG, B.A. Science Department Head Chemistry, Physics Student Activity Business Mgr. MR, WILLIAM CARSON, B.S. General Science, Chemistry Projectionist Club Adviser rx 1v--- F' MRS. JOHN HOVE, B.A. MRS. ALWILDA SELLERS, B.S. MR. WAYNE STURM, M.S. Biology Biology Student Council Adviser Student Council Adviser 25 General Science