George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Mr. Howard J. Stevenson, Miss Elizabeth Lyle, Miss Veva McAtee. Natural and physical science classes afford the student many oppor- tunities for experimentation and research in various fields, and prepare him for future exploration into unsolved mysteries of chemistry, biology, and physics. Mr. Joe W. Griffin, Miss Frances Cole, Mr. Paul Wilkinson, Miss Leah Booth. The solution of problems of physics, algebra, and geometry in the mathematical science classes paves the way toward the solution of many complex problems of living. I Miss Clellah Griffin, Mr. Joseph W. Little, Miss Emily Johnson, Mr. John E. Shanklin, Miss Ida M. Iverson. If the platitude, History repeats itself, is true, it is well that social science classes inform future citizens concerning past and present problems, so that they may be able to solve those of the future. 77

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»i tlyc Serving in an administrative position and acting as personnel director of both the junior and senior high schools, Mr. Cox aids students in the solution of innumerable problems concerning curriculum, organization activities, and choice of college. MR. RALPH H. COX, Personnel Director WILLIAM FECH, Student MRS. MABEL BROWN MISS MILDRED PAKAN Clark ' s two office girls, possessing enviable skill in each of the numerous tasks assigned to them, exhibit a spirit of willing helpfulness and cheerful cooperation in the performance of their varied duties. 70

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Miss Lenore Silliman, Mr. R. Marvin Robinson, Miss Joan Coughlan. Students who choose a career in the business world develop their skill in typing, shorthand, and book-keeping through practice and study in the various courses offered in the commercial department. Miss Margaret Gleason. Search for broader knowledge in a wide range of subjects leads the inquiring student to the school library, where information is available to him in the guise of encyclopedias, pamphlets, magazines, books, and other reference material. Miss Doris E. Nelson, Miss Evelyn Carlson, Miss Edith Hayes, Miss Laura Schad. Miss Pearl Yocham, Miss Carolyn Lambert, Mrs. Alice Admiral, Miss Helen Day. Mrs. Anne Clippinger (not pictured). Since it broadens the student s outlook as well as his linguistic powers, and aids him in written composition, the study of ancient and modem languages, represented in the curriculum by Latin, French, and English, is an important division of the school program. 12