Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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help explain the wonders of science Janet Simko and Dave Christy, tike other physics students, enjoy experimenting. Finding the mechanical ad- vantage of different pulley combinations is more fun than it is a task.

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Everything from onion peels to light rays Tedious work isn ' t it, Richard Frye says to Berna- dette Zenone as they work to together on a chemistry experiment dealing with weights. Studying one of the many specimens provided in the biology classes are Ronnie Hubers and Lynne O ' Shea. Gosh! Who has rotten eggs in their lunch? That ' s not rotten eggs you smell; its just the chemistry class performing one of their many experiments. Students in the chemistry classes obtain the basic concepts of organic and inorganic chemistry. Many of us take for granted the things around us, but the students in physics class go one step further and investigate those things by studying matter and energy the two basic things in life. To prove many of the laws of physics, several different experiments are per- formed . Biology, which is a required subject, is the study of living things. The course is made up of two main parts: the study of plants, and the study of animals. General science, which is an alternative course for biology, is a general study of science .

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Busy fingers and alert minds keep Having learned the funda- mentals, Avon Shepard and Archie Caldwell are now practicing to build up their typing speed. A wide and varied business pro- gram is offered to the students plan- ning to enter the business world. For those students who wish to obtain the assets of a good secretary, two years of typing and shorthand are offered during which fundamen- tals are learned and speed is built up. In addition, a secretarial training course is offered in which students work under actual office conditions. Other courses in the business pro- gram include: business law, which helps students to understand the iaws with which he lives; bookkeeping, which teaches how to maintain neat and accurate financial records; sales- manship, which presents the assets for being good salesmen; business arithmetic, which enables students to better understand the problems of business that face us everyday; and general business, which emphasizes , , , on money and credit problems and the Sharon Braasch, Sherry Warrens, and Martha Hodge are enjoying a u • i • . r .1 i , , , • 1 6 1 1 6 responsibilities ot the salesman. coke break and discussing their jobs with Mr. John McCall, who obtained jobs for them during the Christmas vacation as part of the salesmanship course.