Delphi High School - Oracle Yearbook (Delphi, IN)

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RIGHT: Not quite through, Russ Garrison knows the end is near, someplace. BELOW: Taking time out, Mr. Wilcox helps untangle a complicated Algebra equation. BELOW RIGHT: Some proofs require a little help from Mr. Tyner.

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. ..- ,W ,..,w.,. Sparks fly, hammers pound, and the smell of freshly cut wood permeates the air. Everywhere, someone is busily involved in a proiect, whether it be creating a wooden bud vase on a lathe, rebuilding a motor, or searching through a row of type for errors before making a final proof!! The Industrial Arts area is a place where students can enioy the sensation of working with their hands while learning a useful skill. Eleven courses are offered at DCHS ranging from Metals to Girl's Home Mechanics, Electricity to Building Trades. Boys and girls alike find them a relief from the tiring routine of sitting ata classroom desk. LEFT: Students in Automechanics worked on various kinds of motors to become acquainted with common engine problems. BELCW: Mr. Lattimer gives careful explanations on the use of the band saw. ENJOY LEARNING MANUAL SKILLS

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AWAKENING OF CURIOSITY Historians make men wise, poets, witty, the mathematics, subtle . . . 75x2-25y2 : 3, z + y + x : 4. These are only a sample of the problems that perplex students taking math. Figures and formulas continue to expand until basic math problems suddenly change into Trigonometry and Calculus problems. Not only do the courses offered vary, but also the teachers. They ranged from John Wilcox, to Bob Collins, to Robert Tyner. The art of teaching math is only the awakening of curiosity of people's minds for the purpose of satisfying it through latter courses. . 'W'! ABOVE LEFT: The impossible plea. LEFT: Always an anxious moment, Mr. Collins hands out some graded test papers. ABOVE RIGHT: Mike Baker makes an interesting remark concerning the problem at hand.