Cambridge High School - Trojan Yearbook (Cambridge, NE)

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Academics . . . and a little Industrial Arts and Art Industrial arts has long been one of the favorite classes to take for those who like to work with their hands. In- dustrial arts, taught by John Witter, is a class that never stays the same: it always is changing. Every year the students taking industrial arts study a different area and once out in the shop an individual can make a choice of anything he or she wishes to make, and since the field of industrial arts is so open the choices are many. This was an outrageous thing about taking the class. In junior high, the seventh graders participate in class for one se- mester and the eighth graders are in- volved for the other semester. In junior high students study the basics, such as hand tools. The freshman class learned safety and how to safety use power tools. The sophomores learned general construction of structures and basic skills that can be used in the shop. This year there was not a junior class of Industrial arts, but next year there will be a junior drafting class of- fered. The seniors worked on total construction of larger things such as Vocational Agriculture The Voc. Ag. classes have always been strong at CHS and this did not change even with the farm economy the way it was the past year. As with every class the students learned differ- ent things every year they enrolled, starting with the basics and growing steadily harder. The students also had an added bonus to taking Voc. Ag. as they were being taught by Francis Jorgensen. He was voted the Voc. Ag. teacher of the year in Nebraska. The freshmen learned basic arc wel- ding, livestock, and basic computer lit- eracy. The sophomores added to their knowledge about welding and learned new things about crops, soil manage- ment and range management. The Above: From left to right Jerry Carba ugh. Todd Witler. Patt Langley, and Gordon Colli- cott work hard on the group project in sopho- more I A class. Right The freshman Voc. Ag more. garages and barns. They learned how to lay foundations, build rafters, wir- ing, and most of all reading of blue prints. Along with industrial arts there were the basic art classes and craft class. These classes were taught by Amy Brown The students in Mrs. Brown's classes did various projects like: watercolor paintings, etching glass mirrors, charcoal drawings and many other creative things. juniors learned about surveying, small engines and elecrticity. The seniors learned important material about farm management using computers. This knowledge consisted of using spread sheets, data base, word processing, and telecommunications. They also worked with specific Ag software that could be used on the farm. class shows that they can do more than just goof around, they can also hold a hammer. From left to right: Darren Mues. Tom Foster. Andy Wier. Brad Palmer, and Mike Harris. 22 Academics

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Math The math classes at Cambridge High were taught with the usual outra- geous style and quality. Denny Wahlmeier taught the Algebra I to the Sophomores. Veronica Schoen- fish was involved with the Pre-Alge- bra class this year, while Larry Maatsch was exceedingly busy teach- ing Algebra I to Freshmen, geometry to Sophomores. Algebra II to juniors, and Advanced Math and consumer math to Seniors. The students taking an Algebra class looked toward to using symbols and numbers. At the same time, peo- ple taking geometry spent many hours learning all the theorems and postu- lates along with the many formulas of that class. The Advanced Math class studied mostly Trigonometry, but they also studied calculus math. When asked about how the year went in Ad- vanced Math Mr. Maatsch said, We survived. ” Lett: The Advanced Math class IKelly Niemeier. David Dragoo, Kris Musil. Sharia Trosper. Flo- nan Bennit. and Brad Lewis) hit the books to pass the final exam Below: The senior Ad- vanced Math class (Kelly Niemeier. David Dra- goo. Kris Musil. Sharia Trosper. Mary Harpst. Florlan Bennit, and Brad Lewis) celebrate the memories. Science Science at C.H.S. was taught with the same class and enthusiasm as in previous years. Larry Maatsch led the students through physics; while Fran Jorgensen instructed the chem- istry class. Del Schoenfish, the main- stay of the science department, was outrageously busy instructing the Physical Science, Biology, and con- sumer science classes. The Biology class spent many hours writing out definitions to the words in the chapter. They also spent many hours studying for tests which seemed to come all too often. The Physical Science class seemed to spend a lot of time studying the ele- ments and what they made when com- bined. The Chemistry students had a lot of fun doing different experiments, but they also had to put in a lot of study time to pass the class. Left: Sharia Trosper hits the books in Physics. Above: Kenny Koerperich. Richard Burke, and Doug Witte work on an experiment in Chemis- try. Academics 21

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Business Weights and Physical Education Along with the academic classes that require the use of the mind, there also were classes which used the body. This year new weight equipment and new record boards were just a few changes which occurred. The Boyd Eply program, which is also used a t the University of Nebraska, proved bene- ficial to the students taking the course. This class also made a big difference in the athletics in all sports. Lifting weights was long thought to be just for boys. However there were four girls taking weights this year. PE class was not all games. The students this year studied each game they played by learning the dimen- sions of the playing courts and the rules. The students were introduced to many different kinds of activities, namely; basketball, baseball and crick- et. The games were played to sharpen skills like balance and hand-eye coordi- nation. The teachers of the PE classes were Jeff Mollring and John John- son Business is one field that has af- fected every student at CHS. Before graduation every student is required to take some form of business class. It may be something as basic as typing or something as advanced as compu- ters. Other business classes were ac- counting. business systems and proce- dures, general business, and business law. Miss Holtze acquired some new teaching methods at a Cortez Peters Typing Workshop. Accuracy was stressed on timings and individuals typed drills to improve their weak- nesses in typing. The beginning typing class students were required to type a book report using AppleWorks on the computer. Since the computer age is upon us the school is making sure that the student is taking advantage of computers in the school. The compu- ters have often been used in coopera- tion with English, Math and Vo Ag. There were two teachers that taught business classes. Margene Holtze taught typing, computer, accounting, and business procedures. John John- son taught general business. Home Economics Top: Pam Cornett and Shauna Banzhaf wait pa tiently while Miss Holtze answers Allison Fet ter 5 question. Middle Vanessa Mehaffie. and Gloria Trosper help the straining Shelley John- Carolyn Borland usually has her hands full and last year was no dif- ferent. Mrs. Borland taught many dif- ferent areas of Home economics. She taught both jr. high and high school classes. Jr. high and freshman stu- dents were taught the comprehensive area of Home Ec. In this they learned sewing, cooking and nutrition. The so- phomores and juniors learned ad- vanced food preparation and housing. son in seventh period weight class. Above: Cindy Harsch and Mary Brown study hard in Home Ec. In studying housing the students learned the different kinds of struc- tures and the different uses and ad- vantages of each kind of house. The students also took a trip around the town to see the wide variation of styles around the community. The seniors took Adult Living, where they studied about personal relationships and fami- ly finance which will come in handy in the senior’s near future. Academic 23