Knightstown High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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KENNETH H. ROBINSON: In charge of all instrumental music in the consolidation this year is Mr. Robinson. He directs A, B, and C bands and has started instrumental in the various grade schools. LOIS SIMMERMON: When not in room 121 with her English classes, Miss Simmermon can be found going through various newspapers looking for articles on living authors which she collects. CLAUDE SIPE: The volume of a frustrum of a pyramid equals 1X3 h QB+B+V'EE1J. This is one of the problems faced by the seniors taking solid geometry. Other classes taught by Mr. Sipe are algebra, trigonometry, and business math. JOYCE SKAGGS: Are all the triple R's finished? The deadline is Tuesday, These are familiar words to the yearbook class from Mrs. Skaggs, who also teaches social studies 8, civics 12, and English 10. Each year Mrs. Skaggs takes her civics classes to a town board meeting. WANDA SMITH: Miss Smith may D6 found in the gymnasium with her high school physical education classes or on the play ground with the elementary pupils and hula -hoops. She also teaches health. DUANE D. STANLEY: The headquarters for all the near-ex- plosions, odd odors, and Pascal's Law is in the new building be- hind the closed door identified as 301. This is where Mr. Stanley's 7th and 8th grade gen. science, chemistry, and physics meet. VERNON STONEBRAKER: This year K.H.S. welcomes several new teachers. One of these is Vernon Stonebraker. He has be- come a part of our consolidated system with ease and he is well liked by his math students. Mr. Stonebraker teaches arithmetic and algebra. ANDY TAFF: Mr. Taff's school day is divided between two places, room 205 and the gymnasium. He teaches geography and physical education. He is also varsity basketball and baseball coach. EDITHE TIPTON: Cute clothes and yummy odors are found coming from the home making department on the bottom floor. In charge of all this operation is Miss Tipton. In connection with this department, Miss Tipton accompanies the juniors and seniors on yearly trips to interesting places. Miss Tipton sponsors the Honor Society and the local girls' 4-I-I clubs. EVELYN WARNER: Typewriting, business English, bookkeeping, and 7th grade math are the subjects taught by Miss Warner.

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MARGARET DOUGHERTY: When walking by Room 123 you may hear the familiar voice of Mrs. Dougherty calling out A, space, B, space, F, space, etc. She will be teaching the beginning typing class the art of hitting the right key with the right finger at the right time. She also teaches the other business related subjects and English. JANE KELLUM: Do you have a book telling the habits of a red- eyed Dodo bird? asks an inquisitive student. To this Miss Kellum will probably reply, I'm not sure about that one but I'll look. Miss Kellum is in charge of the school library and several student librarians working under her. CHARLOTTE KNEY: At the foot of the front stairs on the bottom floor and on the right is Room l, where homemaking I and II and biology are taught by Miss Kney. SUE ANN LAND: On any school day afternoon Mrs. Land can be found in the new addition, instructing jr. high and high school students in the art of singing. In the morning she travels to the grade schools to see that the elementary pupils have a good be- ginning in music. This spring her choruses will work with the band department to present the annual May Festival. ANNA LANGSTON: lf you're in one of Miss Langston's English classes, you may learn something of Europe for she has toured England, Scotland, and Scandinavia, and has had an extensive stay in the Middle East. PATTY JO LYONS: Oh, no! groan the speech students in 106 when Mrs. Lyons tells them the bus to Howe Military will leave at 5:00 A.M.! This is familiar to the students, though, for during the year they go to many different speech contests throughout the state. Mrs. Lyons also teaches English. NELDA MCKINNEY: The department of elementary music and art and high school art is in charge of Miss McKinney. She also sponsors the Keen Teens quartet. HOWARD MEEKS: If you're interested in farming, then Mr. Meeks is the man to see. He teaches vocational agriculture and biology. He sponsors the F.F.A. and Boys 4-H Club and instructs an adult farmers' evening class. ROBERT L. MYERS: The sophomores knew Mr. Myers best this year for he taughtthem world history. This year Mr.Myers has been active in counciling the K.H.S. students. He also had in- formation on many colleges and universities which he gave to interested students. He has been the sponsor of the student council ERSIE NAFFE: If you have Mrs. Naffe for a teacher, you may be told to conjugate a verb in either Latin or English for these are the subjects she teaches. She may also interest you in the State Latin and English Contest or may ask you to make a display for the bulletin board. 8

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Do you want to be a secretary typist or Journalist? If so you can gain practical experience in our business edu- cation department as Sharon Knot is doing Along with typing business math, business English, bookkeeping, and shorthand are also taught Our business department prepares the business students so they may acquire good Jobs directly after high school or go on to higher education in a business college. 4 . dz A 4 The current trend in education is for more college trained persons. At K.H.S. the college prep courses are many and varied. Mr. Stanley dem- onstrates to Karon Ripberger, Gary Rowan, and Jay Jones how Archimedes Principle is derived in this illustration. Other subjects in the college prep de- partment are: English, Latin, and Spanish in the language department, Algebra, plane geometry, advanced algebra, solid geomentry, and trigo- nometry in the math department, general science, chemistry, physics and biology in the science departmentg and world history, U.S. history, and civics in the social studies department. All these departments work together to help produce our future contributions to the world of scholars.