Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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— Varied Roles With an increased demand by the army and navy for men equipped with higher mathematical and scientific skill, the limelight was focused on classes of algebra, geometry, advanced algebra and solid geometry. Although advanced math is considered a boy ' s subject, the course attracted a few of the weaker sex. Beakers and Bunsen Burners Micrometers and Meter Sticks In the science department Ray Wiles kept the seniors running in circles with all the little gadgets he had on his desk. In the lab, ten girls and nine boys scrib- bled into their little red books, physics formulae and laws of Newton, Charles and many more. Chemistry students delved into the mysteries of valence, atoms, and elec- trons, which were clarified by Clarence Morrall.

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Mastering Their — First and second year Latin and first year Spanish were the languages offered this year. The Spanish class set up a typical nativity scene for a Christmas project, and practiced on Spanish music. The Latin classes observed Latin Week by making posters to advertise to the grade school students the use of Latin words in the news. Veni, Vidi, Vici El Rancho Grande The energetic freshmen, displaying their talents, took the stage with decla- mation, supervised by Mrs. Irma Heit- man. The sophomores, directed by Miss Elberta Leisure, studied our native lan- guage, and gave declamations and term reports, while the juniors struggled with poetry, modern drama and newspaper work, with Miss Mabel Brown as super- visor. Miss Virginia Cooper ' s studes waded through term reports and themes.

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Democracy In Action Historians In The Making Speaking At The Lectern Training For Society History, in the college preparatory category, with American history required for graduation, was led by Miss Marcia Guilford giving the fresh- men a start on their high school career. Miss Elberta Leisure helped the sophomores with the aid of Miss Mabel Brown, and Harvey Thompson coached the American history class. Closely re- lated to history is Lloyd Smith ' s class of civics, also required for graduation, which is a study of America through a political eye. A class in dis- covering how the individual is related to his community and the government is social science under the eagle eye of Miss Marcia Guilford. This was a ninth grade class but many upper classmen were performers. Gerald Roys prepared students for future economic problems with his economics class. Forensic speakers got their start in Harvey Thompson ' s speech class in which one day per week was dedicated to oral work. The study of interpretive reading stole the show the rest of the week.