Klamath Union High School - El Rodeo Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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MANY OBJECTS AID TEACHER. Biology teaching aids are specimens and models. Here a moss-covered bran:-h adds effect to studies. OLD LAB SEEMS STRANGE. The old lab of KCHS was small, but well equipped with scientific material. MODERN LAB TECHNIQUES CREATE INTEREST. A modern lah makes the study of a science more interesting. KU students are fortunate to use two of thc highest rated labs in the state. Teaching Aid When ex-President Eisenhower called for .1 rapid increase in math and science in Americas schools, KU needed only a slight change due to its previously high standards. Even in the early days of KCHS laboratory sciences were offered. As the years lleeted into his- tory, the science department advanced to greater mysteries that the worldis scientists were solving. For the fledgling science student KU offers gen- eral science, biology and chemistry. After he has completed these courses, a superior student may branch into the field that suits him best: advanced biology, advanced chemistry and physics. It is pos- sible, of course, to enter all fields. Klamath Falls residents may be very proud that from the laboratories of its high school have come students who have such excellent backgrounds in their chosen fields to enter college with sophomore honors.

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mall ll - Room Structure HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS PROGRESS. Klamath County High School, situated at Washington and Fifth Streets, served the hasin well for 23 years as the only secondary school. The student population grew at a rapid pace. until l928. when KCHS became too inadequate to fulfill the growing need. It was decided that those students who lived in Klamath Falls and the immediate vicinity. would go to the new high school. The name of the new consolidated high school is obvious to either a native of or a stranger to Klamath Falls. Klamath Union High was. and has heen the pride of the city. This was tht- start of the city's present high school. There have heen many, many changes in addition to the campus. Three playing fields, a large auditorium, which was remodeled in l96tt, and many other improvements make Klamath Un- ion High School the great educational institution that it is today. COOKS SICRVIC LUNCHES. Cafeteria facilities have im- proved many times in the past half century. The present cafeteria is constructed of stainless steel and aluminum.

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K Rt MODERN TEACHING AIDS ENHANCE EDUCATION. and electrical operated mechanisms for the instructional With teaching aids a student can grasp the lesson better. material's department. These aids include plastic models, charts, stuffed animals Develop Learning Process One 15-year-old motion picture camera and two war-surplus projectors constituted the small begin- ning of the instructional materials department. Local businessmen loaned the only films shown to the school. From this start in 1947 the department has grown to contain over 27,000 individual teaching aids. Today the instructional materials department owns 4000 slides, 2000 records, 750 film strips, 150 objects and 130 models. All of the animals in the hall showcases belong to the department. When a teacher schedules a film, a long process is started. The film is previewed, approved, and confirmed. A student operator is given the equip- ment for the film. After the film has been shown. it is returned for cleaning and repair, if necessary, and mailing to a rental library or storing in its proper place. RELICS GIVE APPRECIATION OF PROGRESS. This phonograph is the Father of the modern stereo set.