La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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S'fxecJzinCf,, wsutwuf and n cufonxf Good English is a necessary part of every-day life. Whether we advance to higher positions in life or not, a good foundation in the English language is invalu- able. L.P.H.S. provides an opportunity for all stu- dents to improve their understanding of all phases of English. Senior English consists of one semester of Composition, and either one or two semes- ters of Literature prepares seniors for future college work. The three years of required English con- sists of six weeks of composition, literature Rose Doruk tells about Turkey in an interview with members of Miss Kellogg’s Radio Speech class. Two of the boys in Miss Walk’s Literature class select books for outside reading while the rest of the class studies.

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Fred Henock and Mike Ruminski have some fun with the Biology lab guinea pigs which arc used in some of the class experiments. lawA. inteA it and itudUf, Coming into the vicinity of the third floor at the beginning of the year, students, holding their noses, were puzzled by a weird smell. Soon they be- came accustomed to these unusual odors and regarded them as something to be expected. The freshmen in biology class were busy studying cotton fibre, wool, onion cells, check cells and sulphur grains under the microscope. They also learned differ- ent parts of flowers, and dissected frogs. Mice and guinea pigs were used for different experiments. While the freshmen were busy studying plants and animals in biology, the juniors were deeply engrossed in physics trying to solve problems and understand the experiments dealing with electricity and sound. The seniors, especially those planning to go to college, found that there is more to chemistry than appears on the surface. Their year was occupied with learning chemical laws and theories, performing classic experi- ments and having fun identifying unknown sub- stances. Larry Fitzsimmons, Richard Smycrs and Ray Gliva concentrate on one of the many Chemistry experiments. Mr. Fisher mixes Geometry and Chemistry as he explains a geometry problem to Ron and Don Hciden after school.

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a ie valuable nxuu. and in the jjuLuie Harold Adams tries to convince his classmates of the various points in his prepared report for Miss Brcndd's Speech class. and speech each semester. Parts of speech, word usage and sentence structure are all included in the grammatical section of com- position. Literature is composed of reading and interpreting stories and poems dealing with various countries and periods in history. Speech class gives one experience in prepar- ing and giving oral as well as written reports. Jerry Bcckncll, Ralph Starmcr and Bill Carbon exchange ideas on the construction of a sentence in Miss Brock's Senior Comp, class. Page nine