Las Animas High School - Trojan Yearbook (Las Animas, CO)

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Mr. Bird, as the prin- cipal in the spring play, “Accidental Hero : “Look at all those people out there! Mr. Slobko varies his talents from teaching history to teaching typing to coaching basketball. social studies 23 A total of 390 students have taken the many social studies courses offered during the past year. Social studies teachers include Miss Hoben, Mr. Slob- ko, Miss Trogdon and Mr. Byrd. Three social studies credits are re- quired for graduation from LAHS. Freshmen take Civics, sophomores take World History, and juniors take U. S. History. Sociology is an elective for seniors, and World Affairs, which is di- vided into Current Events and World Geography is an elective open to both juniors and seniors. Mr. Byrd, a new history teacher this year, devotes many hours as assistant basketball coach.

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When she isn’t in the Guidance office Miss Jane Trogdon teaches Civics, So- ciology and U. S. History. This is Miss Hoben's third year at our school. She not only teaches by the book, but puts aside at least two days a week for skits and debates to make an interesting class even more so. 390 enrol led in SOME TAKE IT SERIOUS, SOME DON’T

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The main purpose of a business educa- tion is to prepare students for occupations in business. Seven courses are now offered in this field1: Bookkeeping. Clerical Office Practice, General Business, Distributive Edu- cation, Shorthand, Typing I and Typing II. The business department in the new school will have two class rooms connected by a smaller room which will be used for the office machines. This middle room will per- mit students to use the machines during their free hours without interfering with other classes. BUSINESS EDUCATION IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS. Mr. James Roorda, Colorado State College graduate, teaches Bookkeeping, General Business and Distributive Education. Mr. Curt Klemme, a student teacher in the business department, graduated from Colorado State College in May.