Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Future Homemakers Solidly Prepare for Roles in Home with Daily Practice and Experience Gained in Class Home furnishings, designs, and deco- rating were taught to students enrolled in the home problems class. Their meat- shopping knowledge was enhanced by a trip through a butcher shop. Husband-picking and homemakers’ roles in other lands were also topics of interest for the girls. First hand experience prepared the girls to be better homemakers of tomor- row as they helped a bride-to-be re- decorate her home for family-living. In sewing the girls learned wardrobe planning and the architecture of clothes. VARIOUS PROJECTS OCCUPY the girls in sewing class as they work to improve their skills. “THAT’S RIGHT,” says Diane Bolinger as she and Helen Kennedy figure out room sizes in order to plan furniture arrangements. PLANNING AND PREPARING nutritious meals on a budget is an important topic to these future homemakers.

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PAM DURBIN PLACES an unwilling mouse into a testing apparatus. Pam did a research project on the effects of filtered and unfiltered cigarette smoke on mice. IRENE EIDENAS AND Ziggy Siurek do a little maintenance work in the greenhouse. Biology classes grow specimens for study. Explore with Experiments and Research Projects with New Apparatus in Laboratories and Greenhouse Dissecting a frog in biology or prepar- ing oxygen from potassium chlorate in chemistry — these and other lab pro- cedures make vivid explanations or proofs of the principles stated in the textbooks. Science courses are given top priority by those students who plan to go to college, but they also hold a certain fascination for all who wonder about the hows and whys of everyday phenomena. The new science labs, complete with all types of modern apparatus for ex- periments, allow for more elaborate demonstrations and proofs. Individual projects make the learning of science an involving personal experience as it continues to increase in importance. MR. DONALD CASANOVA keeps a watchful eye on his chemistry students as they work with Bunsen burners. “Safety first” becomes doubly important in lab work. 11

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Creative, Artistic Students Discover Scholastic Outlets for Abilities in Music , Art Two courses on the creative side are music and art. They give those students who enjoy working with their hands or their voices a chance to show their merits. Not only sketching and painting are included in the art classes. Sculpture, with the emphasis on the aesthetic val- ues of design and form, and ceramics, in which students work with clay to pro- duce objects both functional and decor- ative, round out the course. Outstanding projects are displayed in the student show each spring. Under the general classification, “mu- sic,” are mixed chorus, A Cappella, and band. The mixed chorus is open to all while band and A Cappella require try- outs. “NON-OBJECTIVE” IS the word Steve Skvara uses to describe his hard-to-describe work of art. MAUREEN MURPHY, DONNA Mattingly, and Judy Teibel practice a number in mixed chorus while keeping their eyes on Director, Richard Metcalf. KYLE SMITH AND Pat Dagley arc absorbed in getting each note right, counting time, and watching Director, Robert Sohn’s baton. 13