Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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Typing - Library - Home Economics - Bookkeeping Romola Cooper in Miss Shafer’s typing class seems to have her hands full watching her copy book and keeping her fingers going correctly. Typewriting is a “must” for those planning to enter the business world. By concentrating while in school, students of typing will merit better jobs after graduation. Miss Stanger explains to Jim Ed- ington and Bob Baker that two can not sit at one side of the table; one will just have to move. The library has been improved by the addition of new books, and the students find it a valuable asset for those needed st udy periods as well as reference material. Alberta Schenkel, Miss Raab, Wanda Blair, and Maxine Mertz wash the dishes after one of those delicious meals cooked by the home economics girls. Miss Raab taught the girls to plan, prepare, and serve well-balanced meals and to observe good table manners at all times. Besides cooking, the girls learned good grooming, nutrition, home man¬ agement, interior decorating, and sewing. This course prepares our future homemakers for their import¬ ant duties. We can trust the students of our bookkeeping class to balance our books. Under the guidance of Mr. Bennett these students learn how to use ledgers, journals, and ac¬ count books. While Pat Duff oper¬ ates the adding machine, Mr. Ben¬ nett assists Wendell Oman and Jackie Littlefield in balancing their account books.

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Spanish Physics “Hie in Latine dicunt.” Don’t be bewildered. It simply means, “Here they speak Latin.” Bob Claghorn, Carol Jean Costello, and Betty Fos¬ ter are declining nouns under the watchful eye of Miss Karns. Through a study of Latin these Freshmen will get a foundation for grammar and vocabulary in English. Our industrial arts course offers work with wood, metal, and elec¬ tricity. Dick Byrd and Dean Roof are shown using the variety saw. The knowledge and skill gained here give the boys the necessary qualifications to enter a technical college or work in a factory. “Hurry Nancy! I don’t want to be late for Spanish class.” When Spanish was brought back into our curriculum, only two years ago, the students began to show great interest in it. Under the su¬ pervision of Miss Powers, Jim Fos¬ ter, Carolyn Goldsberry and Phyllis Moser are conjugating verbs. To lend interest to the subject Patt Price and Elaine Culver entertain¬ ed the class at a novel party with a Spanish theme. Max Ulmer, Bob Skiles and Jo Fritz practice the principles that Mr. Park has taught them concern¬ ing the pulley. Physics is one of the most practical and useful sub¬ jects, for physical laws and prin¬ ciples are encountered in everyday life. This subject deals with me¬ chanics, heat, light, sound, and elec¬ tricity. f g| i i jf n if 1 II 1 ■ 1 L

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Agriculture Geometry Health Education Mr. Wentz supervises Kenny Mey¬ er, Francis Jamison, and Edson Ivins as they test milk; they tested ap¬ proximately two hundred samples of milk a month. In addition to milk testing these future farmers studied soil testing, the keeping of farm records, and farm management. On May 3rd a group entered the district crop and livestock judging contest. As a further aid to the neighboring farmers, the boys prun¬ ed grapevines and apple trees. The agricultural course prepares our farm lads for a future with the soil. Sue Smith proves a proposition in geometry to Rex Fishbaugh with the assistance of Mrs. Scott. Such oral explanations as these clarify the problems to those who are in doubt and develop the pupils’ reasoning power. Students of geometry study basic propositions, their proofs and applications for a high degree of mastery. A knowledge of geometry is a necessity for those students who plan to further their education in the fields of engineering or science. Under Mr. Templin the Junior and Senior boys learn to do such breath¬ taking stunts as the one pictured. Since health is of vital interest to everyone and is so necessary for a full life, this course is required for graduation. In addition to playing all sorts of ball, the boys’ health- education classes do mat work and calisthenics. Two days each week are spent in book work. Miss Bridenbaugh tells Suzie Gar¬ rett how to leap from the spring board as Jean Terhune and Joann Christman assist. Girls’ health edu¬ cation combines four days of gym¬ nasium work and one day of class work to build a well-balanced phys¬ ical education course. In the gym¬ nasium the gi rls play basketball, softball, volleyball, and other sports; and in the classroom they study the human body and how to care for it. Twenty Senior girls received certi¬ ficates for successfully completing a course in Red Cross home nursing.