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

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Nard Robinette, a graduate from Colorado State University, instructs Vocational Agriculture and Auto Me- chanics. TIME AND PATIENCE: SKILL. James Holmstrom teaches shop and Mechanical Drawing Classes in Home Economics prepare a girl to be a homemaker. In the various classes girls learn to cook and sew. Later they study home furnishings and child care. At the present Miss Franklin is the only homemaking teacher, but in the new school it is hoped that another teacher can be added to the department. 25

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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.

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MATH MAKES THE WORLD CO ROUND. At the present time there are eleven sec- tions of mathematics at LAHS. General Math, Geometry and Algebra I and II are taught by Mr. Sena. Mr. Hale has classes in General Math, Algebra I and II, Trigonometry and Col- lege Algebra. In the present building there is only one room for math. However, in the new building two math rooms are planned. The highlight of the year for the advanced math students is the National Math Test in March. During the last ten years the number of students taking this test has increased from ten to over forty. The average test score has more than doubled in that time, providing that the math department is accomplishing its main objective, to give students a thorough under- standing of mathematics.