Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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The lleurt nt Schnnl Mrs. Marta Huerta visits the Spanish classes. I GEOMETRY Circles, recTangles, Triangles, squares all are casT on The wall by The new opaque proiecTor as sTudenTs learn The fundamenTals of geom- eTry. General maTh, algebra, geomeTry, and TrigonomeTry are a parT of The maThemaTics program which is aimed aT supplying primary needs or more inTense advanced sTudy accord- ing To The inTeresT and abiliTy of The individual. Physics presents its own problems. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE Care of farm animals and farm machinery is puT To use on The experimental farm for boys parTicipaTing in vocaTional agriculiure. lnTen- sive sTudy of seeds and of The principles of crop planTing and roTaTion provide an impor- TanT background for fuTure farmers. Welding, elecTriciTy, and car and radio repair are only a small parT of The essenTials ThaT accompany The rouTine farm schedule. B SPANISH STraighT from Mexico came Senora MarTa Huer- Ta for Two weeks, one of The 50 foreign ex- change Teachers senT To schools in The UniTed STaTes. Through This educaTional program, Mrs. HuerTa was able To observe The way in which American schools are operaTed while The high school Spanish sTudenTs gained firsT hand informaTion from an auThenTic source which made The foreign language They were sTudying seem even more realisTic. Geometry students struggle to draw round circles. SCIENCE Who are These diligenT people who are con- ducTing such indusTrious research? We could be describing any one of The science sTudenTs aT FHS wheTher They be sTudying physics, chemisTry, or biology. Each science course has iTs own way of challenging The sTudenTs' in- Telleciual abiliTy. Through experimenTs and invesTigaTions, one learns To Think for himself. Careful concenTraTion is required as one adds Two milliliTers of HNO3 To five milliliTers of HZO. Sheep, sheep, ancl more sheep.

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uIlI'iEll EllIlEI'iElIIIE5 The school building, which began To show signs of life aT 8:00 A. Nl. when sTudenTs arrive for commiTTee meeTings and rehear- sals, really begins To buzz aT 8:10 when The bell beckons everyone inTo The build- ing. A shouT of laughTer echoes down The hall as one sTudenT makes a sTarTling dis- covery when she opens her locker. A few lockers away a couple is discussing plans for The nexT week-end and aT The end of The hall The cheerleaders are selling TickeTs for a bus To The nexT ouT-of-Town game. A sTudenT, back afTer an absence, sTops in The office To pick up his yellow admiT, or -in some cases-The dreaded green one. In The biology proiecf room a bunny rab- biT happily greeTs his morning visiTor who arrives carrying The daily raTion of carroTs. This is an excellenT Time To caTch up on The laTesT gossip. Groups gaTher in The halls To discuss The game TonighT, or The show They saw This week-end, or who had a daTe wiTh whom lasT nighT and where They wenT. Some sTudenTs use This Time To geT exTra help from a Teacher in an especially diffi- culT subiecf. Ol'l'1Sl'S USG The 'lime To Cl'1eCl4 An empty hall stands ready to welcome all who enier in reserve books in The library or warm up for a firsT period band rehearsal. Take vour pick This half hour before The firsT A.COfTlmlTlee meellng, some lasT minuTe cram errands All Too soon The 8 40 bell rings and ming in The library, or iusT friendly chaTTer school begins in earnesT What a way 'lo begin The clay! Reserve books are checked In before school

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Ilnuntime tapers Susie demonstrates the quick way To the bottom. An embarrassed Woody makes with the dust pan. While some eat, oThers are in classes, so no one is sur- prised when Susie slides by on her way To pick up aTTen- dance slips. The candy counTer is a popular spot during all Three lunch shifTs, as sTudenTs seek a second de-sserT. Thirty minuTes fly by as Though They were Three and The bell rings To call The firsT shifT back To class and The sec- ond shift To lunch. Once more The quieT halls are dis- rupTed, but a few minuTes later The halls are once more deserTed, classes are in session, and The only sound is The low hum of voices in class discussion, The rustle of paper, or The scraTch of a pencil. lT's ll:32. The halls are deserted. Class is in session and The only sound is The low hurn of voices in class discussion, The rusTle of paper, or scraTch of a pencil. One minute passes. lT's Tl:33, and The halls have Taken on a new look. The low hum of voices has risen To a dull roar, and The scurry of feeT, and clang of closing locker doors has replaced The gen- Tle sounds of sTudenTs studying. On The boTTom floor a lunch line appears ouT of nowhere. Somehow, in all The confusion one poor fellow drops his Tray. He scurries away for a rnop and dusT pan and, under Mr. Eland's waTchful eye, soon has The mess clean- ed up. Students satisfy their sweet tooth. 9