Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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Mr. Van Zuilen, science and mathematics Mr. Van Zui1en's Eighth Graders find a general science lab instructor, shows how to mix water and exciting. These students are experimenting with solvents. acid. He co-sponsors the Senior Class and Hi-Y. Chemicals, Animals, and Mr. X Les Nelson shows Betty Jones how to reas- semble Mr. X after an anatomy lesson in health. This life size dummy is a new fea- ture of the health dc- partmcnt. 17

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s E ABOVE: Mrs. Buenerkemper, illustrates a lesson to her biology class. She also teaches girls phys. ed. and co-sponsors the Freshman class and GAA. ABOVE RIGHT: Mr. Bock waits patiently for one of his driver's training students. He also teaches health, and co-sponsors the Junior class. Butlerites Experiment with Under the able guidance of Mr. Van Zuilen, Mr. Bock, Mrs. Buenerkemper, and Miss Metz, the science department in Butler High School has progressed rapidly. Early emphasis is placed on health in the seventh grade and general science in the eighth. Moving on to high school they encounter biology in their freshman year and the mysteries of plants and Suzie Smith, Freshman, is explaining photosynthesis and plant structure to one of her classmates, Ron Fisher, in Freshman biology. animal life. The sophomores review rules of health and safety, and go on to broader fields, especially stressing mental health. The junior and senior classes plunge into the science of motion, matter, and energy in their physics and chemistry class with all the enthusiasm of a teenager eager for knowledge. Rog Walter and Phil Cinder, Juniors, show off their new skill in weights and measures by working a specific gravity problem for Senior, John Durst.

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FAR RIGHT: Now this is the way we multiply fractions! Mr. Correll teaches arithmetic to the seventh and eighth graders, coaches the Junior High and Fresh- man basketball teams, and sponsors the seventh grade. RIGHT: Demonstrating the use of the mimeo- graph machine is a sim- ple task for Mr. Sutter. He supervises the school hot lunch program, teaches bookkeeping, shorthand, and general business, and sponsors the Booster Block and the Sophomore Class. Math and Business Students Prepare for Is this an example of correct typing posture, Miss Fe1ter? She teaches English, jour - nalism, and typing, sponsors the Drama Club and co-sponsors the Junior Class. Miss Felter, Mr. Sutter, Mr. Correll, Mr. Van Zuilen, Mrs. Schubert, and Mr. Shepherdidirect Butler's business and mathematics departments. Butler- ites take courses in typing, general business, shorthand, bookkeeping, alge- bra, geometry, trigonometry, and gen- eral mathematics. In the mathematics curriculum, students develop skills and abilities in geometry, graphic representation, and scientific thinking. Learning the fundamentals of mathematics is stressed, while at the Not another timed writing! 'Beginning ll typist stumbled over d and e , and h and capital letters. 'I'hey never thought they'd see the day their nimble fingers would fly over the keyboard. ll D same time, assignments are made within the student's potential range of under- standing and interest. General business education provided the basic knowledges, skills, habits, and attitudes for successful living in the business world of today. The vocational program assists capable and interested students in preparing for employment in business occupations and for higher education leading toward professional business occupations.