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

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Academics Are Important at Clark in the aftermath of Sputnik, the administration has tried to create a mighty fine academic standard at Clark. There still are three courses of study geared to preparing each student for his station is life. Included in the College Prep, Commercial, and General courses is the usual wide range of subjects, but there is an incipient New Look. Biology has been transferred from the sophomore to the freshman curriculum in order to give science education a flying start. The advanced mathematics de¬ partment has been upgraded. The practice of exempting from final exams has been discontinued, so that retention of subject matter is demanded of the students. There has been a reshuffling in the social studies depart¬ ment. A long-standing goal of Superintendent Miller has been realized: driver training. At the bottom of the agenda, and expected soon, is a course in Russian. So popular are summer study programs that applica¬ tions to the University of Chicago’s summer Science Foundation reached a high. Summer school attendance also stood at a new record. Thus, under a hail of satellites and amid the din of moon rockets blasting off, the folks at Clark are taking significant steps toward their academic place in the Sun. Good use is made of Clark’s library. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors check out magazines, reference books, and novels. These resources prove invaluable as research material and supplementary study aids. 9