Deerfield High School - Spartan Yearbook (Deerfield, KS)

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The followrng courses and brref descrrptrons made up the currrculum whrch was offered to students of Deerfreld Hrgh School thrs year ENGLISHI II III The prrmary arms of the Englrsh courses are to help the student rmprove hrs skrlls rn oral and wrrtten COmlT1l1U1C8.IlOf1 to broaden hrs rnterests by readrng rn many frelds and to rncrease hrs apprecratron of hrs cultural herrtage through the study of selectrons by Amerrcan and Englrsh authors MATHEMATICS General Math a course desrgned to relate rts mathematrcal rngredrents more drrectly to rmmedrate use rn everyday 1 e Algebra Study of propertres and relatrons of numbers by means of symbols Includes solutron of lst and 2nd degree equatrons and operatrons wrth polynomrals Plane Geometry Study of the relatrons propertres and measurement of surfaces lrnes and angles SCIENCES Laboratory Scrence Study of the fundamental prrncrples rn varrous frelds of scrence chemrstry physrcs brology etc C-rernrstry Basrc elements of organrc and rnorganrc chemrstry Propertres of the typrcal elements and groups Labora tor f work rn elementary experrmental procedures COMMERCE General Busrness As rts name expresses thrs course grves an over all vrew of the rmportance of busrness and the part rt plays rn our everyday lrfe rn general Typrng I Thrs rs a begrnnrng course rn typrng skrll Its arm rs to grve each studenta helpful ard for hrs last two years of hrah school The course covers personal and busrness letters and styles of busrness papers most commonl used Shorthand A new course thrs ear shorthand rs the other basrc skrll needed by students gorng out of hryzh sC ool to offrce work Hrgh school shorthan wrth a short course of speedburldrng rn collebe wrll help a college student take notes much faster and nearer Secretarral Practrce Thrs course was grven rnstead of Typrng II to gnrve the students an rdea of what to expect when they go out to apply for a posrtron as typrst or stenographer after they have frnrshed hrgh school HOME ECONOMICS Foods The foods class rs a study of the fundamental prrncrples of cookery rn relatrons to all types of food and entertarnrnent Advanced The advanced class rncluded the study of unrts on home nursrng chrld care management of trme energy and resourses rn the home famrly relatrons etrquette and party plannrng INDUSTRIAL ARTS General Shop General Shop I and II consrsts of 4 semesters of woodworkrng leatherworkrng and other assorted crafts Shop I rs 2 semesters of begrnner s shop learnrng to use tools and plan projects properly The last 2 semesters are spent rn Shop II usrng the skrlls learned rn the prevrous year Advanced Shop Advanced shop students have a varrety of courses Weldrng electrrcal wrrrng woodworkrng leathercraft and the opportunrty to do practrcal Jobs around the school are offered AMERICAN HISTORY Amerrcan hrstory rs the study of man s pro ress rn the area that rs now the Unrted States from the trme of the drs cox ery of Amerrca to the present About one ourth of the course rs the study of present day problems such as farm sur pluses race relatrons polrtrcal partres and the comrng electron the Unrted Natrons and U S relatrons wrth forergn countrres HEALTH Health rs desr ned to IVE the students some understandrng of the basrc knowledge of the human body and to garn skrlls rn organrze games or use rn rmmedrate future years Results of the Kansas State Scholarshrp Contest conducted by Kansas State Teacher s College Emporra Kansas Deerfreld Hrgh School ranked second rn Class D drvrsron rn the state Deerfreld Enghsh team ranked thrrd rn Class D drvrsron lndrvrdual Rankrngs FIRST Davrd Brownlee Amerrcan Hrstory Mary Sue Rrgdon Lrterature XI Davrd Brownlee Current Affarrs SECOND Shrrley Mathras Current Affarrs THIRD Nancy DeKeyser, Lrterature XI FOURTH Karen Rae Downrng Englrsh XI Marre Smrth Lrterature XII FIFTH Lours DeKeyser Lrterature X Karen Downrng Chemrstry HONORABLE MENTION Elarne Duncan Englrsh IX Ardrth Ploeger Englrsh IX Charles Cannon Englrsh IX Ralph Swords Englrslr X Nancy Creamer, Englrsh X LeRoyce Hanneman, Englrsh XI Mary Sue Rrgdon Englrsh XI Ann Coates Lrterature XI LeRoyce Hanneman, Typrng I Carol Sue Jones, Typrng I Edward Anderson, Current Affarrs Davrd Brownlee, Chemrstry Shrrley Mathras, Typrng II WALL'S FOODLINER RYAN'S CLOTHING WAYSIDE HOTEL 25 . la . 1 ',. . . . . . Q by ...E il. In y l . . I its 1 .- .. y H

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The new bus garage pictured is located at the west side of the busses, the drivers training car was built at a cost of 51512, OOO by above was finished in the fall of 1955 and High School building, It houses four and ground maintenance equipment, It the Lee and Woolman Construction Company, Howard Blanchard of Garden City was Architect, zaaalbazladaa The picture below shows Mr, Carl Jones of the Jones Motor Company presenting the keys of the automobile used this year to Mr. H, D, Story, Driver Education Instructor, Driver Education was added to the Deerfield High curriculum three years ago. It is designed to train all students in proper highway safety under actual driving conditions, Each year the automobile for use in this course is furnished through the courtesy of the Jones Motor Company, local Chevrolet dealer, All incoming freshmen are required to take this course, Upon successful completion of the course the students are given certificates which grant them the privilege of obtaining state driver licenses without taking the state test, MASSEY HARRIS FERGUSON INC, LAS PA LMAS FANSLER TIRE SERVICE