Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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The mysteries of dissecting a frog are being ex- plored by Mr. Cole ' s biology students. Dennis Blink dissects while Belinda Yeager, Alice Cline and Ann Beurgler acquire the answers to their questions. Behind them is a chart showing the stages of development of the frog. General Science and community biology are offered as prep courses to regular biology. Here, our scientific students display different opinions of their work. Murry McCoy --Ho -hum ! Another day, another class. 29

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Frogs — Pride of Science Department As the importance of science is stressed more and more in prep- aration for college and many careers, this department at Calumet has grown in importance. After a year of practicing the sci- entific method on individual ex- periments and projects, the stu- dents have gained an insight and a deep understanding of the com- position of living matter . This enables them to increase their knowledge of the world around them . These courses offer t he students an opportunity to think for him- self and learn about the scientific wonders of the universe. The course in physics provides lab periods for experimentation. Steve Moffit, Jose Rodriquez, and Gary Stamper make a study of light and energy. Science. Mr. Charles Cole, Biology; Mr. Raymond Kirk, Physics, Plain Geometry; Mr. Harry Richard, Chem. I, Adv. Chem.; Mr. Leonard Sajda, Biology, Chem. I; Mr. Ray Ska- may, Biology; Mr. Richard Trcka, Gen. Phy. Science. Learning by doing --Beverly McQueary, Belinda Wigsmoen, Jackie Borom, and Linda Atterbury work an experiment in Ad- vanced Chemistry class. Their second semester work consists of qualitative analysis of an unknown. 28

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Business: Mr. Jerry Cantrell, Intensive Lab, Mr. Tom Dak- ich, Typing, Intensive Lab; Mrs. Fields, Shorthand, Typing; Mrs. Sandra Juratic, Typing; Mr. John McCall, D.E.; Mrs. Francis Meyer, Typing. C.H.S. Is Busy with Business Positions as typists, secretaries, ste- nographers, filing clerks, and book- keepers await those interested in the field of business. Two years of shorthand and typing are offered. Intensive Lab stimulates office conditions in order to give students practical practice. A complete business education also i n- cludes general business and business law. In addition, retailing, bookkeep- ing, and salesmanship are offered for those who wish to extend their knowl- edge in this field. Part of training future businessmen at Calumet is learning how to operate an adding machine. Bill Chancellor works furiously in trying to balance an account in his practice set. Office workers are required to learn how to run the duplicating machines found in the outer office. Janet Schumacher runs off the daily bulletin before distributing it to all teachers. 30