Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Art enthusiasts apply imagination; business teaches fundamenta ls of office work Due to the increased number of student artists and their ability to flexibly work with various mediums, the project of hosting the first art show was successfully undertaken. Projects about the elements of composition, Oriental and Renais¬ sance art were emphasized. Bookkeeping classes put the stu¬ dent in the position of a bookkeeper of a small firm, where he was asked to take care of the books as if the situation were authentic. Timed writings and typing to music kept typing students on their toes, while shorthand students learned the Gregg Theory. Commercial law and salesmanship classes chose products and sold them to the class. Above: Advanced art student Karen Pirtle, mixes chalk to get the desired colors for her art as¬ signment. Right: After reading instructions carefully, beginning typist Kelly Teamey types a business letter. Basketweaving, an age old art, is a new unit in art classes. Fascinated by this craft, Val Stahl weaves a fruit basket. Mr. Jerry Caravana, B.S., Ball State Univer¬ sity; Bookkeeping, Typing. Miss Mary Erick¬ son, B.F.A., University of Illinois; Advanced Art, Arts and Crafts. Mr. Jerry Flood, B.S., Indiana University; Business English, Commercial Law, Typing. Miss Irene Jamieson, B.S., Indiana State Uni¬ versity; Shorthand, Typing. Mr. William Naylor, B.A., M.A., Ball State Uni¬ versity; Busin ' ess Machines. Miss Terese Sasso, B.S., Indiana State University; Shorthand, Typing. , 20

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Young drivers strive for safety first; ag students study soil Extensive work and discussion of farm animals and crops occupied agriculture class members. Activities also included crop identification and soil work. To gather more insight in practical application, work with the greenhouse became a major project. Interest in the convenience of operating an automobile caused driver’s education to have one of the highest enrollment figures ever. Thought-provoking movies illus¬ trated defensive driving to the stu¬ dents. Checking motors and chang¬ ing tires were taught outside the classroom. Practice driving was high¬ lighted with a chance for students to drive on the freeways. Land judging, one of the main projects undertaken by agriculture classes, taught the boys to recognize good and bad soil. Showing Alan Dewes crop eroded soil, George Shipley explains the problems of this kind of soil. Calculating how much corn should be planted per acre. Rich Cleveland uses the adding ma¬ chine for precise computations. 22