Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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special interests; while Patience was the lesson most of us learned while taking BOOKKEEPING. We were not allowed to erase so it became very important to think carefully. In beginning the course, we worked for six weeks in our workbook. As the year progressed, we began work- ing on practice sets. These were like the ones used in keeping accounts in actual business. The procedure of simple bookkeeping for a business firm for three months was also studied. Because the knowledge of trig is important in the study of physics, we began our course in ALGEBRA- GEOMETRY with the study of basic trig. We went further into the field of algebra with the study of logarithms, radicals, exponents, the principle of the slide rule, and the field of quadratics. The second semester was spent in the study of solid geometry, learning to visualize the third dimension as we once more began comparing lines, angles, and triangles. We studied the areas and volumes of solids, cubes, cylinders, and pyramids. Bookkeeping students compare notes on practice sets. 4 race ir io can solve the equation first? 25

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Juniors advanced into science, math, and fields of Physics students discover the resistance of objects and ma- terials Because of the increasing interest in science, we ex- panded our study in PHYSICS classes. We spent more time on the study of nuclear physics and electronics; but we studied the sciences of mechanics, heat, sound, light, and electricity as well. This year we didn ' t use the traditional lab books, but did experiments that were made up as we studied the various units. A big help this year were the senior lab assistants, who gave us aid when we needed it. For juniors with a special interest in play production, oral interpretation or stage anil set construction, DRAMATICS (11D) proved to be a very satisfactory choice. Reading and acting plays, both one-act and three-act, designing and building sets, preparing read- ings and programs for churches or clubs, learning more about the interpretative work of great artists in the theatre— all these were a part of this interesting course. As the year progressed 11D students also studied Ameri- can literature, as all juniors do; this included the modern drama Our Town. The dramalict clam h tent to a record play. 24

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Reading parts in a German shit. in languages and history, we GERMAN is the newest language course offered at EHS. We learned to speak and read the language through translating stories and vocabulary study and sentence drills. During the year we participated in a skit and wrote themes in German. A German girl, a member of the class, told us about the people and country, making it more realistic to us. Junior English courses also are built on a diversified pattern: we have our choice of 1 1 [, 1 IS, 11D, 11C, or a general study in English 11. We had a semester ' s study of American literature, correlated with the eleventh year study of American history. For the second semester, we had a choice of study. ENGLISH 1 1 }, for those who wanted a background course in journalism, gave us ex- perience in reading the newspaper, and in writing types of journalistic forms. We learned to see the news- paper as a part of our country ' s living record: democ- racy ' s diary. Disrupting paf p layouts in journalism.