Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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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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Each llew Iluv Brings After unloading high school siudenis, The buses iourney To other schools. Seven o'clock and all is chaos. This would be The cry of a modern Town crier if he were paTrolling The sTreeTs of Fairfield on a Typical school morning. Alarm clocks iangle, The ToasT burns, buTTons pop off, school books Turn up missing, and The car won'T sTarT. Finally, wiTh buTTons re- placed, books collecTed, and The car pushed by a helpful friend, iT's full sieam ahead and a day full of new experiences in sighT. Bedlam also embraces rural households as sTudenTs Tumble ouT of bed, fumble inio Their cloThes, and sTumble ouT To do Their chores shorTly afTer dawn. This brisk exercise in The early morning air opens sleepy eyes and clears fuzzy brains. In facT, by The Time The bus arrives, everyone is almosT awake. AfTer The cold waiT for The bus and The ride To Town, The warm school building seems inviTing. A little car carries a big load. 6 Sfuclenis arrive for a day of new experiences.

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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.