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

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 W pfHitess f$” A Ltgfcfe RUTH TAYLOR, B. S. KATHRYN GASKILL, B. S. MARILYN JOHNSTON, B.S. JOSEPH WINSK1, B English and Library English Spanish English Quill and Scroll English Speech Newspaper Class Plays ENGLISH Providing an outlet for imagination, expression, and creativity are the English classes. Fifty percent of the senior English students write for Quill and Scroll or the school newspaper. Two senior assign- ments for this year were writing vocational term papers and studying Macbeth. For outside assign- ment the seniors went to see Romeo and Juliet which was put on at O. S. U. 's theater. Junior English had several discussion periods on timely subjects. SPANISH A foreign language is required for college prepar- atory students, and at Alder that language is Spanish. At Christmas time the Spanish class was turned into the country of Spain and students had a fiesta with a pinata. Mike Loker practices skills of reading poetry aloud in speech class. Janice Young leads the Senior English class in a review of the part of • speech under the super- vision of Mrs. Taylor. 24

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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

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PatlvTO' RY SMITH PLANTE, B.S. me Economics 'A Advisor CHARLOTTE BOYS, B.S. Home Economics FHA Advisor MARY ELLEN CLARK, B.S. Home Economics FHA Advisor HOME ECONOMICS Home economics prepares young girls to become future homemakers of America. This was proven by the home ec teachers when two of them, Miss Smith and Miss May, became Mrs. Plante and Mrs. Clark. This year the department went on field trips to Columbus to visit the Lazarus home department and to the Super Duper to learn how to choose cuts of meat and how to cut meat. The girls also put on a style show and modeled clothing which they had made. The home ec department received two new sewing machines. One of the new sewing machines received this yeat. Food preparation, a most impor- tant skill of future homemakers, is practiced by sophomore girls. 25