Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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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.

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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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Wall Street Careers Story problems confuse both begin- ning and advanced math classes. Mr Gorrell is trying to explain this prob- lem to Sidney Meyers, Dick Coy, Anita Robbins, and Judy Washler. Charlotte Miller, high school secretary, makes an important phone call while Jon Jones, a Junior, and Roger Moughler, a Senior, check their bookkeeping totals. ABOVE RIGHT: Solving first degree equations poses quite a problem for Chuck Vose, a Junior. Doris Lee, another Junior, tries to explain how to find the roots, but Chuck just doesn't seem to dig advanced algebra. RIGHT: Mr. Sutter, But1er's shorthand instructor, is tim- ing Karen Vachon on dictation. This is Karen's first year of shorthand. Mr. Sutter emphasizes speed and accuracy of characters to all his first year students. 19