Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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I r - -- - J'-K tt, i Little Figures By Transcription The Right Type Big Deal Will You Remember? Remember - our first commercial classes, busi- ness training and business arithmetic, which pro- vided our first real Contact with the fundamentals of business? And remember, too, the first typing class, how we thought Golly, l'll never learn how to use one of these things and the papers, stacks of them, which filled the waste baskets because our fingers would not behave? Second year typing brought those dreaded l5 minute time drills, and remember how proud we were if we reached that goal of 55 words a minute with less than 5 errors? Shorthand classes have taken us from a lowly 20 words a minuLe to what we think is quite an achievemente lOO words a minute, for a while, anyhow. Our hen-scratches have become read- able, too. Bookkeeping, that struggle with debits and credits, balance sheets, and profit and loss state- ments, after those pages and pages of problems in our workbooks, it would be very hard not to remember, wouldn't it? Commercial law was another struggle, but we left the class knowing the difference between a contract and a promise to sell, as well as many other things, which we felt was another big accomplishment, ln fact, our commercial classes have been a grand experience, havent they?

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Speech Masters Latin Myth - Cerberus QEAD La Pinata Mexicana Fiction or Non-Fiction? Say It Cver Again English, Spanish, and Latin compose the lan- guage group in which all lonia students are en- rolled at least three years. The first year Latin classes celebrated Latin week in April by making posters showing Latin as it is used in the news and advertising. The Caesar class, after campaigning with Caesar in Gaul most of the year, finished the course with ancient mythology. The Spanish classes celebrated some of the holidays with the singing of songs in Spanish and playing Spanish games. First year Spanish stu- dents enjoyed a pinata at Christmas. Reverend Howard Fuller, who has lived in Bolivia for three years, talked in Spanish and showed some of his color slides to both classes. In Senior English we discovered the usual head- aches over the term reports and themes. We were honored by visits from former Ionia students who spoke to us about their college experiences. Com- mittees of Seniors searched the etiquette books for everything from train-travel to formal parties, and the trouble-spots proved to be quite troublesome. A theme contest was held during Home and Family Week, and the best one, by Pat Clay, on Mentally Hygienic Attitudes in the Home, won a letter of Commendation from Gov- ernor Harry Kelly, to whom the composition was sent ln ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade English we have been busy all year with grammar, themes, literature, term reports ranging from Embalm- ing to Dance Bands, declamation contests, study of manners, and newspaper work. Q11 Wi'

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1 J 5 9 L, 5 m , Drill Team Metal Work Figuring The Angles Carpenters Anvil Chorus Under the guiding eye ot Mr. Moore and Mr. Witherspoon, the students in I. H. S. have at- tempted to train themselves in shop classes tor a job after school days are over. Nothing is impossible in shop. Everything is made, from hay loaders to chisels, and the boys learn the practical uses ot the drill press, electric saw, lathe, and other shop equipment. Linked closely with shop is mechanical draw- ing, which is instructed by Mr. Moore. In drawing the boys learn the arts ot assembly drawing, sheet metal, and gearing. Many graduates have gone straight trom school into tactory work as skilled drattsmen. The two instructors teach over l65 high school students daily plus 46 Emerson and Ietterson pupils who meet for a weekly class. This is a large number considering the limited facilities with which they must work. Faculty and students are anxiously awaiting a new shop, one that will include a paint room with intraered lights for tast drying, lockers, hoist and track, radio drills, surface and internal grinders, and a routing machine. It will also include a large and fully equipped mechanical drawing room. This building will relieve the shortage ot classrooms at ll-l.S. and will enable more boys to participate in the shop and drawing classes.