Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Are Essentials In Calumet’s Curriculum Jim Valentine, atop a stack of books, en|oys a 7-Up and his transistor radio while doing reference work for his English term paper. All homework is not done at home! Bob Santos confers with a fellow bus rider about an English assignment. (Left) Breaking the day-to-day routine in one of Mrs. Cooke s economics classes, Jim Sanders and Karen Bank entertain students at a Christmas party. World history includes debates and lectures, not only by the teachers but occasionally by the students too.

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Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country. Fundamental English And History Geographical location of historical events is just as im- portant as the dates on which they took place. A history student works drawing her map of the United States to scale. Many English courses require that students memorize thirty or more linen of Shakespeare. Cramming to get hers done on the night before it is due, Connie Mullens finds the work too much for her, and decides to snatch 40 winks. - 10 - The principle purpose of the history course is to give the student a background through which he may better understand the fundamental opera- tion of the government. In U.S. and world history classes, students tour European and Asian contin- ents as well as our own to get a picture of how for- eign governments are related to ours and how they influenced the development and growth of our na- tion. In senior government and economics classes emphasis is placed on the Constitution and the management of the federal government, as well as on production and other components of our free enterprise system. Though most students fail to realize it, English is one subject he cannot do without. Correct gram- mar, spelling, and sentence construction may one day win him a fine job, just as poor English could easily cost him that same position. At Calumet three years of English are required, with a semester of grammar and literature making up each year ' s work.

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Sophomore Literary Club members evaluate literary material from several sources trying to determine which would make appropriate reading for their magazine. Checking on their projects in the kiln art students. Language, Music, And Art Chorus students are tested two by two to see that each stu- dent knows his or her part note perfect. - 12 -