Jonathan Alder High School - Power Horn Yearbook (Plain City, OH)

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WdpfKttess fs” TU Patted ETHEL THOMPSON, M. E. Mathematics NHS Advisor CARL SCHMIDT, M.S. Mathematics Hi-Y Bowling WAYNE WACHTEL, M. E. Physical Education Baseball, Basketball MATH This year's math students found themselves hard at work in keeping up with the ever-changing modern math. Bulletin boards were fes- tooned with optical illusions, the study of topology, and puzzles of who was this mathematician. Juniors were busily learning the techniques of the slide rule and logarithms, while seniors discovered the unit circle. A new overhead projector was added to the depart- ment and sophomores put this to good use in their study of geometry. BOE juniors practice skills on machines, thus always getting correct balances in bookkeeping. BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION Outstanding progress was made in Shorthand I as most of the girls had passed their 60 word test by February. The business English Seniors made carbons of their term papers on different voca- tions to be put on file for use in the future. Seniors in BOE visited the Data Processing center in Grove City and juniors visited the court in London. Machines added to the department were two 10-key adding machines, three dictating- transcribing machines, a spirit duplicator, and a paper trimmer. 22 DOROTHY SAYRE, A. B. Business Education Yearbook Advisor CAROLEE HOUCHARD. B. English, Typing Shorthand

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Fruity INDUSTRIAL ARTS A power mechanics lab was begun in in- dustrial arts this year. The lab will help further the boys’ education in the-use of power tools. Also added to the department this year were ten new benches. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE Classes in agriculture proved themselves very active this year. They visited the of- ficer’s training and soil judging in Westfall; State Convention and State Livestock Judg- ing Contest in Columbus and two parliamen- tary procedure contests. Along with these field trips the vo-ag boys managed to add a new grinder to the departments list of farm equipment. Beginning art students try their hand at paper mache. The char- acter developed into a beautiful angel dec- oration for the Christ- mas Prom. ART Art offered many experimentative ways for creativity this year. Water color, char- coal drawings, and paper mache productions were a few of the projects art students under- went. The students also volunteered their talent to working on decorations for the Y-Teen Christmas Prom. All of the Hap- piness Is signs and imaginatively decorated bulletin boards seen around school this year were done by the art classes. k GLENN JACOBSON Industrial Arts JOHN COOKE, B. A. Art JAMES ADAMS, M. A. Vocational Agriculture FFA Advisor 21

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 Locating places studied on the globe helps in- crease the under- standing of World History for Denise and Jo Ella. SCIENCE If room 17 smelled like a zoo it was only because this year in biology each student kept a small ani- mal as a project. Other projects were the dissecting of different specimens and the use of the overhead projector with transparencies. In chemistry class, juniors and seniors discovered the effects acids have on metals. Sound was an interesting topic for dis- cussion in physics. The freshmen went to the annual Soil Conservation field trip to London. SOCIAL STUDIES Social Studies proved to be more interesting this year with a little ingenuity on the teacher's part. Bingo was brought into the classroom to help geog- raphy students learn their capitals and countries. Another project was cards with the names of the 38 presidents and what they did while in office. Stu- dents were then required to know all the presidents in their correct order. In geography, the reading of longitude and latitude was brought to light. Seniors in P.O.D. found themselves writing a paper about their philosophy of life. JOYCE VAN FOSSEN, B.S. Social Studies Y-Teen Advisor Con. Economics LINDA JUILLERAT, B.S. Social Studies RAYMOND RUSSELL, M.E. Science and P.O. D. Football, Wrestling, Track JERRY BANYOTS, B.S. Science 23