Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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FUREIGN lANGUAGl Seated: Miss May Hanna, Latin, Indiana, A.B. Standing.- Miss Brita Kraepelien, Spanish, Purdue, B.S. Foreign language is a study of the foundation of much that is permanent in our lives It reiiects the culture, history and customs of the great nations and furnishes the basis of our laws, government, language and literature. Through its mastery habits of concen tration, reasoned thinking and critical judgment are acquired. HUME ECU UMICS Home Economics is a science and art dealing with home-making and the relation of the home to the community. This is what the girls and boys who take Home Economics at jeff are learning. They are prepared to conserve food and clothing, how to fix well balanced, energy building meals from unrationed and less vital foods, and meet emer gencies which happen in the home every day. Seated--Lclt to right: Miss janet Ferguson, Foods, Indiana State Teachers, B.S Miss Gleela Ratcliffe, Home Economics, Purdue, B.S., M.S. Miss Ruth Davis, Sewing, University of Wyoming, B.S Purdue, M.S. Page V5

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IIIIMMEIIIIIM Seated-Left to right: Russel Bradley, Bookkeeping, Central Normal, A.B. Loyal Minier, jr., Business, E.M. College, B.A. Indiana, M.S. Standing-Left to right: James Ade, Typing, Central Normal, B.S. Charles Martin, Shorthand, Central Normal, B.S. The Commercial subjects taught at jeff are: Bookkeeping, Junior Business, Typing, Shorthand, Office Practice, and Merchandising. These prepare a student to take over trained oflice workers who must work in war plants or go into one of the services. l BUSH The English department, by emphasizing vocabulary drill, literature, spelling, and grammar, has tried to provide each student with the basic and fundamental English prin- ciples which prove so valuable in every day life. Besides the three years of required English, other courses in journalism, composition, and business English are offered. Seated-Left to right: Miss Mary Ryan, English, Purdue, B.S. Mrs. Lelah Clark, English, DePauw, A.B. Miss Mary Kennedy, English, Purdue, B.S. Miss Margaret Chenoweth, Librarian, Purdue, B.S. Standing-Left to right: Miss Anna Wood, English, State Teachers College, A.B. Miss Arlie Norman, English, Indiana, A.B. Mrs. Marian Gettings, English, Purdue, B.S. G. Earl Carroll, English, Latin, Butler, A.B. Columbia, M.A. Miss Ida Fleming, English, Indiana, A.B. V, C. Rogers, English, Louisville, A.B., M.S. Miss Lucile Fenton, English, Wheaton, A.B. Page 12

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I IIIISTRIM ARIS L' '- Left to right: Gerald Hitchings, General Shop and Drawing, Purdue, A.B. J. R. Hammond, Woodworking, Purdue Indiana State Teachers Harry Taylor, Mechanical Drawing Purdue Stout Institute Harold Wills Purdue Butler Elbert Morgan Indiana State, B.S. The machine shop classes have just finished their first year with the new machinery delivered at the beginning of the school year. The students have received valuable train- ing and many man hours of labor were saved by having this new addition. MATHEMATICS Some of the many mathematic courses are: algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigo- nometry, and business arithmetic. After this war with the basic knowledge of math, many of us will be capable of doing our part toward bettering conditions and making this a wonderful land to live in. Seated-Left to right: - - I- MN- Miss Ruth Sexton, Mathematics, Purdue, B.S., M.S. Miss Mary Seever, Mathematics, Indiana State Teachers, A.B. Miss Elizabeth Rothrock, Mathematics, Indiana, A.B. Standing-Left to right: Clarence Lane, Mathematics, Indiana, A.B. Purdue, M.S. David Bonham, Mathematics, Indiana State Teachers, B.S. Purdue, M.S. George Kenzler, Mathematics, Purdue, B.S., M.S. Milton Leverenz, Mathematics, Purdue, B.S., M.S. Y, Page l-1