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

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 teUnincj, and cate aj the IxadLf, ate itteM d and Judy Crouse finds that mastering the parallel bars isn’t too difficult and is sure to keep a girl trim. The high school drivers’ training car this year was a black and white ’56 Ford. It was often seen in the business area during the school day. Every student takes Safety at one time or another and receives driv- ing lessons in the school car from either Miss Cosand, Mr. Doloway, Mr. Miller or Mr. Hubncr. With the larger enrollment in school, the new gym has proven a great help since it has a divided floor, enabling boys and girls to have gym at the same hour. The health classes teach us about our body struc- ture and the importance of good habits of living. One of Miss Cosand's driving classes is just getting started as a student puts the car in reverse and backs down the driveway. Wayne Wagner is shown by Diane Walston one of the major internal organs and is told how it functions.

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In sociology class Dan Erne gives Jean Hagenow some tips on understanding marriage. 1 SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS 2. REAL FRIENDS S. UND Should we be permitted to vote at eighteen?” is the question Karen Kucstcr and Jim Collins are puzzling over in Civics class. Ueifx ul uwJLenitand the jxeofileA. of the. wosild In the junior year one is required to take U. S. History, in which he learns all about his country— past and present. The discovery of America and early settlement is reviewed, but this phase of history is usually studied thoroughly in World History. The functioning of our national and state govern- ments is explained in Civics class. How a bill is passed through Congress and how Congress and the legisla- tures arc run are among the other phases of govern- ment studied. Sociology and Psychology classes explain how our environment helps develop our personalities, the dif- ference between introversion and extroversion and how to understand oneself and other people better. This United Nations exhibit, made by the Social Studies club, Jim McDonald shows an European World War II battleground features mobiles, pictures and charts. to Ruth Hargrave while studying U. S. History. Page eleven

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 I better re-check my answer on the adding machine, decides Using modern aids to secretarial work, Judy Meier and Diane Rodney Starmcr as Norm Bceslcy watches during bookkeeping. Baggs practice on the electric typewriter and dictaphone. ccutAA i josi the Vocationally minded students find that the well- rounded commercial program at L.P.H.S. has much to offer them. Two years of shorthand and typing greatly aids girls interested in secretarial positions. In shorthand the fourth semester girls also receive instructions on how to use the dictaphone machine and the electric typewriter. In bookkeeping class the students learn to be accurate in working their different problems with budgets, in addition to being very neat and accurate in their work with ledgers. The girls in Miss Huddleston’s beginning Typing class wonder if they will ever be able to type 60 words a minute with no errors.