Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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MR. OENZIL NELSON Department Head American Government MR. ROBERT BALLARD Sociology Physical Education Coaching No, the battle of the bulge did not take place here!” jokes Mr. William Freese as his American history students laugh as well as learn. MR. TED CURTIS American History Economics It's all clear to them!” hopes Mr. Don Grensing as he completes his explanation of the social security problem to sociology students. 29

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Don't just sit there, ask some questions! demands Mr. Robert Williams after administering a psychology lecture. Social Studies Show Past and Present MISS VERA EHLERS Ancient History Medieval History World History The three required social studies courses and the many optional ones enable each CHS student to develop a greater understanding of the world around him. By taking American history in the junior year and a semester of American government and one semester of either economics or soci- ology as seniors, students receive an education of the major instruments of their society. History courses acquaint students with the past in order to provide a better understanding of the problems and ideas in the Twentieth Century. Whether through the survey course of world history or in the enrichment courses, ancient, medieval, and modern history; social studies students gain an appre- ciation of each man's part in the panorama of the story of man. The individual is stressed in the one-semester course, psychology. Through a variety of sub- jects the department gives students a broader and deeper education in the study of mankind. MR. WILLIAM FREESE American History Intramurals Coaching MR. DONALO GRENSING American History Sociology Coaching MR. THOMAS WALTERMAN American Government American History MR. ROBERT WILLIAMS Psychology Coaching 28

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Deciding which colors and lines are best for different shapes and sizes are Phyllis Crawford and Doris Heb- ler, both students of Adult Living. One of today's homemakers biggest problems is maintaining a good budget. CHS Foods students, Pat Schaecher and Beth Hutchison, prepare for this problem by comparing foods in the muskrat and mink lines that produce equal servings and equal nutrition, but differ in cost. Homemakers Practice Arts MISS CATHERINE DOWNING Department Head Family Life Home Economics MISS CHARLOTTE CARSON Home Economics Young Adult Living Because approximately 23 per cent of Davenport Central girls marry the first year after high school and 45 per cent are married two years after graduation, CHS’s home economics department assumes an im- portant duty. Interested girls may elect any of the three courses carried through two semesters and offer- ing two credits each, which deal particularly with the art and science of personal, home, and family living, with practical experience in such skills as clothing construction, foods and nutrition, home nursing, money management, child care, and home arts and crafts. For college bound seniors or future business girls, a young adult living course presents information about personal living, consumer education, and marriage in a manner in which girls will be able to utilize it in future situations. Family life education attempts to instill each stu- dent with understanding — of himself, his family, his friends, and his marriage. Designed to improve per- sonality, to develop leadership, to accept future re- sponsibilities, to foster wise shopping, and to improve present and future homes, home economics trains girls for the biggest career in their lives, through the belief that America will be no stronger than her home.