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

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Sandy Temple, Linda Carson, Jean Martinez, Barbara Greve, Rita Barreras, Jeanie Dodson, Peggy Gardner, Connie Jones, Crystal Jo Miller, Jo Ann Miles, Susan Darrah. EDUCATION IS THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LIFE.” Mrs. Helen Wade, Latin and Spanish. Mrs. Marguerite Willburn, Librarian.

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Myron Pearson, graduate of Colorado State University, attempts to make classes more interesting by conducting various experi- ments, like raising mice and feeding them to the Biology De- partment's snakes. TEST TUBES TO Lyle Wagner, a student teacher from SCSC, is a former resident of Las Animas. TECHNOLOGY. How many grams of oxygen can be produced by heating 10 grams of mer- cury (II) oxide? How do you make a motor? Which end of a worm do you disect first? What effect does galvano- tropism have on Euglena? The answers to these questions may be found in the science courses offered in our school. This year, for the first time, students may further education in biological sciences by taking Advanced Bio- logy. This class, taught by Mr. Pearson, is offered to stu- dents who have completed the first year of Biology. When the new high school is completed the Science Department will have three class rooms and a laboratory. There will be a class room each for General Science and Biology. Chemistry and Physics classes will share a room. The new school will have a chemical storage room and a teacher preparation room. This year was fairly quiet and dull for the Science Department—no monumental discoveries or explosions Frank Wallace teaches chemistry and biology. Mr. Wallace is a graduate of Bent County High School.

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Melvin Davy, instrumental music in- structor, devotes many hours to im- proving music appreciation in Las Animas students. Band students are involved in concerts, music festivities and contests both in concert and marching bands. “it is in Learning Music That Many Youthfui Hearts Learn To LoveV It has been a busy year for the Trojan Chorus members. Among the activities they participated in were the Christmas concert, the Santa Fe Trail Day program, and the clinic in Lamar for chorus and band. The officers for the coming year were: Presi- dent, Jean Atoman; Vice President, Amelia Cordova; ecretary, Nancy Salas; Reporter, Nancy O’Neill; Li- brarian, Ellen Cunningham.