Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Eugene Huslig EAGLE PAYING ATTENTION. Junior Missy Williams works hard to keep her atten- tion on Mr. Vogt during general business class. Eugene Huslig EAGLE KEEPING (JP. Advanced typing student sophomore Shelly Duncan types from dictation.

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FIGURING business classes teach office skills Business. The world revolves around business transactions made everyday. From buying shampoo at Wal-Mart to investing in stocks on Wall Street. Calvin Coolidge once said, The business of America is business. It is up to the youth of America to learn, study, and carry on the practice of commercial trade. Typing, figuring, running a computer, and writing in shor- thand are all skills needed. 1 think everyone should take typing especially if they're going into college, said typing teacher Cindy Hertel,” it's a good course for people leaning towards an of- fice job.” Today, computers have become so much a part of the business world that it is almost vital that people know how to operate one. Along with the excitement of learning to use computers and typewriters, a few chosen studen- ts got to show off their skills at Salina. Several students traveled to Brown Mackie Business College to compete in typing and accoun- ting contests. Students who placed were juniors Laura Strobl, 3rd in typing, and Travis Roth, 2nd in accounting. “It's always a fun time for the kids,” said typing teacher Cindy Hertel. “We've gone for the past four years and this was the first one that more than one student placed in the top three.” Providing students with these office skills will give them a boost for the future. Trina Kinsinger Eugene Huslig EAGLE LECTURE. Explaining an assignment to fifth hour Economics class is Mr. Vogt. Eugene Huslig EAGLE NO MISTAKES. Senior Michelle Schremmer types a letter in advanced typing during sixth hour. 24 BUSINESS

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[CALCULATING Advanced biology makes comebackl For the first time since the 1970’s, an advanced biology class appeared on the schedule. Five students took the course. It hadn’t been offered for such a long time due to a lack of interest and committment. Advanced biology class extended a full year this year but will be broken into semester classes next year so longer field trips can be taken. According to instructor Robert Robins, the group did take several short field trips to Lake Wilson, the golf course, Arkansas River, and the Great Bend Zoo. Students did various ex- periments with a desert com- munity, microbiology, and taxidermy. All these experiments helped students to understand the dif- ference between a wild and con- trolled environment. 7 tried to keep the class (advanced biology) as Informal as much as possible Robert Robins The other biology classes executed many experiments during the course of the year on plants and their cells, tobacco seeds, fruit flies, earthworms, and frogs. On the experiments, students had to name and classify the subject. Students also kept a notebook over questions in their books and various experiments. In general science, a required freshman course, students made hot air balloons for the Big Show. The course introduced them to biology and other earth sciences. The physics class looked at the behavior of nature and tried to see a relation of order to it. The chemistry class explored atomic and molecular theories. They did experiments and used mathematical methods to predict the behavior of gases, liquids, and solids. Heather Christiansen Eugene Huslig EAGLE PROGRAMMING. Watching intently, senior Jeff W. Carr and junior Cory Downing stand behind junior Todd Fertig while he types in data on a computer at the Barton County Community College computer contest. Eugene Huslig EAGLE STUDY PERIOD. During Advanced Math class, seniors Stacy Pike, Jeff W. Carr, Nicole Meyer, Carol Lathrop, and Kent Roberts amuse themselves during a study period. 26 SCIENCE MATH