Grand Saline High School - Chief Yearbook (Grand Saline, TX)

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Economy, Drugs ond The Fonz were among the many topics chosen for weekly reports in Mrs. Matthews' English III classes. Students chose topics which interested them and for which information was to be found in magazines and newspapers. Purposes of the projects were to familiarize students with materi- als available in the library, teach them the use of Readers Guide, and give them experience in the use of bibliography and footnotes. AJ A freshman, Dewey Meroney, looks up information in a big Roman mythology book. BJ Mrs. JoAnn Dowdle discusses a story with her freshman literature class. CD Mrs. Tommie Matthews assists Richard Doss in finding information needed for a research paper. 58 English

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NAA Freshman Clclss Get Big Shock while experimenting with a Van de Graff generator in physical science class . Students put their hands close to the dome on the generator and received a mild shock, not enough to hurt them but enough to make them jump a little. Several million volts can be produced by this generator. Another popular experiment is to stand on a rubber mat and touch the globe to make one's hair stand up. Science 57

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:- . 131 s q, 'Legg My if V 'A :jg f wi, '5i Q 'Wm Mogozines on Microfiches were provided in the library for students this year. Magazines were condensed into small card forms called micro- fiches. On these cards are pages of a magazine in little block forms. The microfiche is placed upside down in the machine called the Reader and each page shows up on the screen of the reader one at a time. The Reader enlarges the page and has a knob to focus to the desired position. Only six magazines were on microfiche this year, but plans are to have all magazines on microfiche next year. AJ Mrs. Mary Ward, head librarian, files books on the shelf. BD Mrs. Mary Ward, librarian, and Mrs. Mary Warner, teach- ers aide, discuss how the microfiche is used ' Libra ry 59