Frank B Willis High School - Delhi Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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Many different kinds of iobs are offered in Industrial Arts. Among these are mechanical drawing, graphic arts, woodworking, metal work, electricity, arc welding, and advanced courses in these. The purpose of the different areas of study is to give boys a wide choice of occupations to pursue. Farm Shop includes the building of gates, hog houses, feeders, and many other articles used on the farm. It also includes welding, tool sharpening, soldering, wood turn- ing, rope splicing, and the de- velopment of many other skills that are often useful on or off the farm. Every student at Willis may have an opportunity to become acquainted with various types of machines and their use in business. The students can review the Eng- lish fundamentals and practice composing business correspond- ence. Various courses offered are: Business English, Bookkeeping I, General Business, Office Practice, Shorthand, Typing and Transcrip- tion. These subiects are taught by Miss Benson, Mrs. Klamfoth and Mrs. Dunton.

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MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCES Physics is the science which deals with matter and energy, the physical world and what makes it operate. lt deals with six areas: mechanics, heat, sound, light, magnetism, and electricity. Mr. Slasor, the Texan, taught the class and he ancl the pupils had a great time with their ex- periments. Emphasis in this course is given to the social aspects of biology, especially to such important topics as health, conservation, and rec- reation. The aims of this course are to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of scientific method and to develop scientific attitude. The study of biology under Mr. Cornwell can open the door to a whole new world-a world that you can appreciate and enioy throughout life. Mr. Felts is one of the hardest- working teachers at Willis as he heads one of the most efficient departments at Willis, the math- ematics department. Shown here is a plane geometry class dealing with definitions, hypotheses, ax- ioms and postulates, direct and indirect proof, analytic and syn- thelic proof, inductive and de- ductive proof. The course includes the development of theories and exercises dealing with parallel lines, circles, loci, congruence, similar figures, with many numer- ical applications. Solid Geometry, Algebra I, Al- gebra ll, Algebra lll, General Mathematics, and Plane Trigo- nometry are also offered at Willis.

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The Core is made up of several subjects all taught by the same teacher. The subjects are science, geography, and current events. Mathematics and English are taught separately. In the seventh grade this year there were seven cores. An interesting trip was taken by all seventh grade cores to the Columbus Plant of Current Events. They learned the various steps taken in the manufacturing of a Current Events paper. One core spent some time creating a science workbook. During Christmas va- cation the pupils of another core collected data on the most import- ant people and events of 1955. ln the fall, pupils of the eighth grade spent a day at the WRFD playground. Nature hikes, story telling, athletics, and crafts were supervised by upper classmen and faculty members. A sack lunch was taken by everyone. Pupils of both the seventh and eighth grade scored high in the state tests.