Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Will it explode? Student J. Mark Brubaker and teacher Kenton Brubaker do not think so. COLLEGE Chemistry, the important basis of modern technological progress, calls the inquisitive to explore the elements. But these explorations in the classroom are in the form of carefully controlled experiments, lest some aspiring chemist stumble, in the unknown, upon an explosive combination. Scientific method, not chance, rules the chem- istry laboratory. Strange scents are released here. Flasks, tubes, thistle tubes, Bunsen burners, thermometers, scales and tongs are among the equipment on hand. Chemicals of all kinds are the materials used. Words like density, visco- sity, oxidation-reduction, complex ions, electrolysis, hydrocarbon and biochemistry are common terms of communication. Triple periods give the alert and learning chemists time to assimilate knowledge guided by the accumulated experience of the professor and the textbooks. The information gained by students in these classes will be used in industry, medicine, teaching, and everyday life—as a means to the end of service for God and fellow human beings. Paul Peachey, Ph.D. Hubert R. Pellman, Ph.D. Sanford G. Shetler, M.Ed. Mary Emma Showalter, Associate Professor of Professor of English Assistant Professor of D.Ed. Church History, and So- Psychology Professor of Home ciology Economics (On leave of absence)

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A sewing hint from Miss Mumaw is utilized by Grace Hostetter, Shirley Yoder and Grace Wyse. FACULTY Home economics students live in a world of flat-fell seams, roll collars, buffet dinners and fallen cakes. But their curriculum is not restricted to cooking and sewing. They study child development and the family budget under Miss Mumaw. Miss Showalter's course in house planning results in miniature houses carefully furnished to meet the needs of each girl and h$r imaginary family. While home ec girls study the basic four foods, business education students are hoping to get 100 words per minute in typing class. A few reach 120 words per minute in shorthand with Mrs. Hostetter's encourage- ment. In accounting class they consider ledgers, periodic adjustments, assets, common stock and office routine. These students learn by doing, by practical experience. They gain head and hand knowledge to be used in future jobs. Samuel E. Miller, M.A. Assistant Professor of Spanish Catherine R. Mumaw, M.S. Assistant Professor of Home Economics Homer A. Mumaw, M.S. Associate Professor of Bi- ology, and Industrial Arts Laban Peachey, M.Ed. Dean of Students, Instructor in Psychology (On leave of absence)

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J. Mark Stauffer, M.A. Grant M. Stoltzfus, M.A. Herbert G. Weaver, M.S. Laura H. Weaver, M.A. Assistant Professor of Music Assistant Professor of Assistant Professor of Assistant Professor of Sociology Chemistry English (On leave of absence) Students enrolling in Biology 101-2 or 105-6 can anticipate cutting open a frog to watch its heart beat, examin- ing an amoeba under a microscope, memorizing the life cycle of the pine tree and puzzling over a chart of the dihybrid cross. Geology students prepare for Mr. Hostetter's written reviews and crisp explanations of calcite fissures, di- astrophism and potholes. Their professor leads them to Mole Hill and Blackwater Falls, and finally comes the long- awaited excursion to Jones' Wharf, where they discover and carefully uncover long-buried fulgars, fossil sharks' teeth and fish dental plates. Some take bird study with its 4:00 a.m. hikes, plumage coloration, and routes of migration. Others visit the hill every Monday night, where Mr. Hershey points out the triangulum and the fault on the moon. They absorb his explanation of sidereal time. Science students are shown the intricate beauty of God's world. Teachers fill their minds with practical knowl- edge and their hearts with aesthetic appreciation. FACULTY Student geologists watch Professor Hostetter test a limestone formation with hydrochloric acid.