Benjamin Bosse High School - Legacy / Spirit Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Bake, Burng Stitch, Snarl WHETHER WE iike to cook, sew, or plan a family budget, Bosses Home Economics Depart- ment presented an opportunity to prepare for these later occupations. Our first glimpse of the home economics field was the homemakers course, taught by Miss Carolyn Wi'l1s, offered in our freshman year. We studied foods and personality de- velopment the first semester and interior decorating, child care and clothing the second semester. Boys invaded the once sacred kitchen of the girls and it was' not an unfamiliar sight to see them apron-clad, dish in hand, stirring up some new recipe. Flops and successes were all a part of the foods courses ably taught by Mrs. Helen Emerson and Miss Virginia Bronnenkant. In Foods I we learned nutrition, how to set the table, table manners and how to prepare cinnamon rolls and cream of wheat for breakfast. MARKETING, kitchen planning and the preparation of luncheon foods were studied in 1 Foods Il and We learned how to bake pies and cakes. Foods III presented problems of food preservatin and the preparation of foods for children and the sick. We planned dinners with an accent on meat cooking and yeast bread. As sophomores many of us entered the clothing classes. Miss Carolyn Wils, instructor, taught us the fundamentals of clothing such as tailor tacks and pattern laying. Then, as our work improved, we tried our hand at making blouses, dreses, suits and formals. Along with our ripping and basting of garments we studied fabric texture, budgeting a wardrobe, and how to select and buy clothes. We even made over some of our old clothes for the new look. Clothing classes were fun, even those tiring moments of standing on a chair while a friend pinned the hem in your skirt. ln our junior and senior years home nursing, family living and housing courses were offered us. With the use of the Red Cross Handbook and demonstrations by the school nurse, Mrs. Georgia Nordhaus, we practiced sick room procedure and received child care and development hints. Miss Wills was-the instructor. The subjects of family relationships, budgeting, home management, and personality development made up the agenda for our family living course taught by Mrs. Emerson. Those who wished to learn how to plan, furnish, W- and operate a house took the housing course, also instructed by Mrs. Emerson. f i s we gm 7m TRULY DIFFERENT BAKED GOODS Mme-,Zami A affwzf I7-B S. E.THlRD ST. OVER WALDEN'S Fancy Ca keg PHONE 4-9134 - I and fllfflllffllffi fl Milli NffUS... Pastries . . . Sport Coats . . . Ties . . . Dress Shirts . . . ' Jackets . . . Gabardine Slacks . . . Sweaters . . ' Rain Coats . . . Luggage, Etc. ' SI EG E L'S Fourth at Locust Phone 2-0133 Telephone 58837 1006 S. Kentucky Avenue 3. 1 i -.Eu

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F- 5- AFTER FOUR YEARS of X plus y, A.S.A., sines and cosines, We'll never forget our mathematics classes. When we entered high school and chose our first mathematics class some of us decided upon algebra while others took general math. That algebra was some course with its x's and y's but most of us were able to pass and go on to the second year's courses. In our second year We took plane geometry. Remember those theorems and corollaries, especially the ones we couldn't understand? Of course there were our steady standby's A.S.A. and S.A.S. Algebra lll was offered in the first halt of our junior year to the fortunate passers of Geometry l and ll. Again we studied the x's and y's. GEOMETRY Ill or solid geometry was our next step up the mathematics ladder. ln this course we studied the volume of cones, spears and other solid figures. lt was then that the senior review math test was staring us in the face, Some failed it, some passed. For the failures, it meant taking senior review math while the more intelligent students explored the field of trigo- nometry. Trip is the study of sines and cosines. Alter trig came our last semester of figures, advanced math. X Plus Y, Pickled Frogs Atomic Explosions Made Life in Science, Math Classes Fun AFTER STRUGGLING through mathematics and science for four years, we saw how closely the two are related, Mathematics has played a great part in science, especially physics and aeronautics. Math was a great help in solving the physics problems that concern the speed of light and speed of sound. Our first course in science came in our sophomore year when we took either biology or physical science. We'll always remember how we worked on those notebooks in biology for two semesters, or the hours spent in the physical science classes, in which we studied a general and well rounded course of all sciences. During the first semester in biology we probed into the study of plant life while in the second semester we examined animals. In the study of cordates we worked with pre- served specimens, especially the grasshopper and crayfish. Our studies ranged from the simple structure of the one-celled amoeba to the very complicated anatomy of man. PHYSICS came next in our scientific research, following what some of us had studied in physical science. We explored light, speed and sound very thoroughly in our classes. It was by working with such factors that we were able to see how interesting the world really is. To future chemists the courses in chemistry were extremely useful, In the laboratory, filled with test tubes, burners, beakers and crucibles, we were able to experiment with different chemical mixtures in order to see their reactions. We were also able to develop materials which were identical to those made by nature. 2.

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Y. They Sang Our Praises? Our Music Was Noted l THROUGH THE facilities of the Music Department, headed by Larry Iohn- ston, our class tried to say it with music. Nearly every morning during first period there suddenly came a trumpet fanfare, then a drum roll and the sixty-five piece band introduced itself for the day, and continued its daily workout, In snappy red and gray uniforms the band performed diligently at the halves of our football games. Often, to our delight, they made formations in darkness with colored lights attached to their hats. For the Bosse-Central game our band and the Central band combined their talent to present the Story of Thanksgiving in pageant and music. THIS GROUP helped to make all of our pep assemblies peppier and our basketball games livlier. Some of the members formed a dance band which really had a boogie beat. In our senior year, director Larry Iohnston fomed a recording band to experiment with problems of recording and broadcasting. The band played for the Scholarship B, Kiwanis Awards, Army Day and College Week asemblies. At the beginning of second period the fifty-five piece orchestra, also directed by Mr. Iohnston, warmed up with scale practices. The orchestra performed for freshman assembly and played between acts of Thespian productions and the National Honor Society induction. Both the orchestra and band won first place in city high school contests and members of the organizations made up the major portion of the all city orchestra and band. Members won honors at the district, southern and all state solo and ensemble contests. I THE BAND and orchestra presented a combined concert in May. The orchestra, performing in formal attire, pre- sented the first half of the program of modern and classi- cal music done in a futuristic setting. The three blue- jackets of Horace Heidi fame and dancers Margaret Martin and Margaret Hill were featured in the band's part of the program. Charles Horn, vocal instructor, had lU8 song birds in his third period choir, all attempting to breathe at the right places and still concentrate on reaching high A and low F. The choir gave Christmas programs at the Kiwanis, Rotary and Shrine Luncheon Clubs and a vesper service at Bethel Church. At school the small ensemble sang for the yuletide assembly and the choir paraded through the halls sing- ing Adeste Fidelisf' Attired in gray robes, the small ensemble also presented a portion of the Cantata by Clokey for the Easter assembly. 1 Highlighting the vocal departments activities was the trip made by the choir to St. Louis to view the opera Carmen Mr. Horn also taught a music appreciation class. Projects of this group included studies of music, art, habits and customs of various musical periods. . 9 f 3 c Congratulations , -Q, ri- df., E xx X I 7 to the Ng Calling AH Bosse QA Class of '49 5 'ip x Sfudenfgf From I if ' K Bosse Bulldogs Pin Track Shoes 82.00 tax included Charm tax included 33.50 KRUCKEMEYER AND COHN have your Bosse High School Jewelry Pins, Charms, Track Shoes, Basketballs, Footballs and Megaphones all 964 SOUTH KENTUCKY Phone: 30845 in gold color and embossed with the Bosse HB . Priced fiom 31.75 to 33.50 tux included. WHITE STAR 4.