Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Constitute E.H.S. English Program As students, study high schcjol English, they find they must now rely on the libraries a great deal. They are called upon to put to use the skill of finding the right type of book for various research projects. With the wide span of topics and new material being introduced each year in English, students can be found spending many hours in the Senior Library. Students may utilize the reference section in order to find out what type of literature was produced during the Elizabethan Era. Still others are found searching through The Reader ' s Guide To Periodical Literature looking for an article perhaps, on George Bernard Shaw. Not only do students become proficient in using the card catalogue, but often they refer to the vertical file for various pamphlets, pictures, and leaflets. As freshmen, students are given their first big assignment in English, they now begin to realize the numbers of hours which will be devoted to library work. Milton Hinchman and Louis Miazga browse through shelves of books as they look for material for their term papers.

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Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking Each year as students progress through high school they obtain a knowledge of the fundamentals of English grammar. As freshmen they learn the technique of sentence structure and experience reading such novels as the The Yearling, which takes them to the fertile swamp lands of Florida and reveals the backward life of a boy named Jody. During the sophomore year, students are given a taste of poetry and view William Shakespeare ' s tragedy, Julius Caesar. Silas Warner introduces the sophs to realistic fiction and presents them with their first lesson in the Humanities. Concentrating on character analysis, the juniors dwell on Per Hansa, the rugged Norwegian pioneer of Giants in the Earth, while research work, a bibliography, at least 100 note cards, and term papers round out their junior year. As final preparation for college, students with a teacher ' s recommendation take advanced literature and composition during their senior year. With intense composition drill and the reading of poetry and literature from Sophocles to R. E. Sherwood, stu¬ dents obtain more knowledge as they prepare for the future. 22

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Mr. Tweeten introduces his chemistry class to volume and density problems. Lab Experiments, Homo Sapiens,” and Such puzzling questions as How far does light travel? and What exactly is a cosmic ray? were answered by E.S.H. students taking physics. With the study of energy, heat, sound, electricity, and the energy of moving bodies, physics pupils were able to grasp basic fundamentals in the ever-chang¬ ing world of science. As chemistry students studied organic compounds and the distillation of water, biology pupils were learning the classification of animals. One of the main activities of biology students is their annual insect collection. Students are required to make a display of insects including one from each of the eight orders. Insects were not the only study area for the biology students since many hours were spent reviewing the types of bones in the human body and memorizing their functions. Bio-physics is a combination of biology and physical science in which the two types of sciences are simplifi¬ ed so that students can easily understand the world of science.