Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Culture To Calumet Elaine Cox compares the French map with the one that she was assigned to draw for her French notebook. Two year courses in French, Latin, and Span¬ ish are offered at Calumet to help the students meet the demands of the world. Because of the ever mounting strides being made in the space pro¬ gram and the continual improvements in transpor¬ tation and communication, the world is seemingly growing smaller. With all the potential social ad¬ vancements ahead of the United States, it would be a terrible misfortune to have them checked, af¬ ter passing all propaganda barriers, by a language barrier. Calumet’s language courses help prepare stu¬ dents for college language and also gives them speaking background and knowledge of the struc¬ ture of the language. For those not continuing through college, a foreign language course strengthens the under¬ standing and use of the English language. Drawing pictures and labeling them in French are Melody Hinkle and Teresa Bennett. Studying their Latin assignment are Handy Stamper and Nan¬ cy Le Roy.

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Language, Arts, And Music Departments Add Putting the newly arrived supplies away are art students: Rog¬ er Williams and Lloyd Gray. Music and art-perhaps the two most cultural subjects at Calumet-are two institutions in which Calumet students take much pride. The many groups included in the music de¬ partment are the A Cappella choir, girl’s chorus, boy’s chorus, and freshman chorus. Two concerts are given annually by the A Cappella and, in addi¬ tion, they sing in hospitals and at area schools for Christmas. From the A Cappella a group called the Madrigals who sing primarily 16th century music are chosen. The art department also tackles many pro¬ jects during the school year including plans for Prom decorations. Students also learn to work in ink, to use a silk screen in stenciling, and various methods of bringing life to paintings and drawings. - 20 -

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Mathematics Courses At Calumet Open New Gateways “Oh these problems,” ex¬ claims algebra students: Clif¬ ton Hill, Ted Ward, and Bob Lewis, as they try to work them out on the board Richard Chandler looks on as Roxie Latham explains their alge¬ bra assignment to him. The seven math courses at Calumet are de¬ signed to provide students with an adequate know¬ ledge of mathematical operations and to prepare students for college. General math or algebra is required for the freshmen. Advanced algebra exposes students to quadratic equations, radicals, and solving for two and three unknowns. Geometry is the study of the basic reasoning concerned with two-dimentional figures. Business math includes a study of math functions which are used in the business world. Trigonometry and solid geometry are one- semester courses offered to seniors. “Trig” prob¬ lems are concerned with finding the size of angles, given the length of the three sides of a triangle, and other advanced math work. Solid geometry students work with three dimentional figures. These courses provide math for college bound students as well as those not intending on college.