Converse Jackson High School - Borderlite Yearbook (Converse, IN)

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- wirnf MR. MCCARTER supervises the first period study hall while the pupils study earnestly ACADEMIC We face a challenging era 'xg

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Indispensable Although some people do not realize it, the cus- todians, cooks, and bus drivers were a very important part ot our school lite during the past year. All year the custodians kept the schoolhouse, gymnasium, and school grounds clean and in good repair. In addition to these duties, during the spring and summer they kept the baseball diamond and track in good condi- tion, painted both the schoolhouse and the gym- nasium, and varnished all the floors in the school- house. The cooks spent tive days a week in the kitchen planning and cooking meals that would keep us healthy and happy. They not only cooked our meals but they also washed dishes, cleaned the kitchen, and disposed of our garbage. Although the bus drivers did not stay at school with us, we depended on them to bring the country boys and girls to and from school safely and to keep the buses in good repair. In addition to this they transported us back and forth to many basketball games and other extracurricular activities. CUSTODIANS Led Garner and Bill Caldwell take time to smile as they sweep the floor of the biology room after school, BUS DRIVERS Royce Grubb Darl Hodson Dewain Carmack Don PREPARING pans of macaroni are Mrs. Ethel Allen and Mrs. Hunt and John Rivers show off one of the school buses while Gladys Thompson, the full-time cooks at Converse High School.

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JV? 1 F' . '.. it 5 5-'H x, FASCINATED by a lobster, Judy Cain holds it while Mr. Carbaugh, the biology teacher, explains howto dissect it. Science and math challenge The importance ot science has only recently be- gun to be fully realized. We need not only scientists, engineers, and technicians, but all ot us need to have a fuller knowledge of science in order to be vvell-rounded citizens in the modern vvorld. The tirst objective of science courses is to de- velop scientitic attitudes-curiosity, open-mindedness, and the ability to use scientific methods in solving problems. Other goals ot science courses are to de- velop the desire to achieve and to maintain good health tor oneself and tor the community, to pro- mote conservation of natural resources, to develop hobbies, and to help discover vocational interests. The goals ot biology, in addition to these, are to develop understanding ot plants and animals be- longing to the environment and understanding ot lite processes. In biology these aims are achieved by compara- tive study ot plants from microscopic forms to trees. Biology students studied representative animals of a group, learning their habits, body structure, and lite processes. They also studied the basic concepts of heredity. Chemistry students studied elements and com- poundsftheir chemical and physical properties, re- actions vvith other chemicals, and the equations re- lating to the reactions. After this study they per- tormed experiments vvith the element or compound, observed the results, and answered the questions in the Workbook.