Liberty Benton High School - Liberty Bell Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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Mr. Monson received his B.S. degree in Smith-Hughes Agri- culture from Ohio State University. For the past four years, Mr. Monson has been the Smith-Hughes teacher in the Li- berty and Vanlue schools. Previous to this time lVlr. Monson was full time instructor at Vanlue. Mr. Monson was considered, by the agriculture instruc- tors of the County, as being one of the able Smith-Hughes men in the County. We are sorry to see him leave, but feel that we have re- placed him with an up and coming teacher. We wish him well in his new vocation, farming. Mr. Pursley received his B.S. degree in Smith-Hughes Agriculture at Ohio State University. During his years at Ohio State, Mr. Pursley maiored in vocational agriculture and minored in biological science and animal husbandry. Starting at the beginning of the second semester, Mr. Pursley has successfully filled Mr. Monson's place. Mr. Pursley's hobbies are: dancing, basketball games, and swimming. Character- istics4Understanding, helpful, masterful. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Mr. Monson has capably filled the position of Smith-Hughes Agriculture teacher for Liberty School for the past four years. During his time, many improvements have been made, two adult courses were supervised by him, many tractors were overhauled, buck- rakes, wagons, and trailers were built. Al- though Mr. Monson did half of his teaching at Vanlue, we can say much has been accom- plished during his stay at Liberty. While here he had three boys who received State Farmer's Degrees and we contribute much of the suc- cess of these boys to Mr. Monson who super- vised and encouraged them in their farming activities. Even though Mr. Pursley is very efficiently filling Mr. Monson's shoes, we all miss him very much and wish him great success on his farm in Union County. Future Farmers of America! The Liberty Chapter of the F.F.A. was established in l934. Since that time some one hundred boys have had their first exposure to agriculture as a vocation. The Vocational Agriculture classes are pri- marily to teach the boys the basic principles of farming and money making. The F.F.A. part of the vocational training is to give the boys an insight to social activity. Working and co-operating with other people is a large order in today's living. This year's F.F.A. is under the guidance of President, Dole Tuttle, Vice President, Everett Elder, Secretary, Keith Jackson, Treasurer, Rex Coats, and Reporter, Rex McCartney. One of the activities carried on during the year was competition in the Hancock County Pest Hunt, in which they placed third. A banquet with the F.l-l.A., a theatre party, and pooling the orders for seeds and minerals, are but a few of the many activities. Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve, that is the motto that every F.F.A. boy strives to hold. r v - ' - '- cwulmaenxa.

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Mr. Knight received his A.B. degree from Wittenberg Col- lege, his AB. and MA. degrees from the University of Cin- cinnati. He maiored in history, political science, and mathe- matics, and minored in English and biological science. Mr. Knight has taught at Liberty for the past four years, and was advisor of the junior class this year.l-lis hobbies are: farming, collecting stamps, reading, travel, working with plants, collecting coins, and making things in general. ln the future, Mr. Knight plans to go to another university and to do a lot of traveling. Characteristics-ambitious, stuclious, earnest. Mr. Oswald received his A.B. degree from Findlay College and his lVl.Sc. degree from Ohio State University, and also has attended the University of Colorado. Mr. Oswald majored in science and minored in mathematics. This is Mr. Oswald's second year at Liberty, During both of these years Mr. Oswald has served our school both as principal and advisor of the Booster Board as well as teach- ing science. Mr. Oswald's hobby is radio. Characteristics- agreeable, amicable, intelligent. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The mathematics department of the Liberty High School attempts to clinch, in the seventh and eighth grade arithmetic courses, such necessary information as: the ordinary uses of percentage, banks, installment buying, formulas and measurement, stocks and bonds, all kinds of insurance, and taxes. Near the end of the year a preview of algebraic equa- tions and plane geometrical figures is given. Algebra, by which problems not solvable by arithmetic are mastered, is given in the ninth grade. Plane geometry, which follows algebra, deals with triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, etc., and the facts concerning them. ln other worcls plane geometry deals with properties of two dimensional figures, upon which is based carpentry, civil engineering, trigonometry, astronomy, and navigation. The third unit of high school mathematics is second year algebra and solid geometry. This advanced algebra deals largely with the handling of quadratic equations, graphing of conic section, curves, logarithms, ratio, pro- portion, variation, and progressions. The solid geometry takes the two dimensional figures of plane geometry into the third dim- ension solids. ln a world that has become conscious of loran radar, RM, and atomic bombs, the study of science can mean much more than formerly. lt is difficult to pick up any newspaper or magazine without finding some, and often many, references to scientific events. ln order to be able to read these items in- telligently, a knowledge of the fundamental, scientific principles is necessary. World War ll caused scientific research to increase tremendously. Facts were discovered that would have taken many years of ordinary research. Utilizing these discoveries for the benefit of humanity is also a scientific obligation and can be accomplished only if we have trained scientists to do it. Liberty High offers all the usual scientific courses of the High School curriculm: chemis- try, physics, biology, and general science. lt is by the application of scientific princi- ples, the fundamentals of which are learned in High School, that the many recent achieve- ments can be mode to serve mankind.

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Miss Montogmery received her B.S. degree from Ohio State University, and majored in home economics and minored in social studigs. Besides teaching home ec, Miss Montogmcry is advisor of the Freshman Class and manages the cafeteria. Her only hobby is sewing. Characteristics-co-operative, re- liable, sociable. . HOME ECONOMICS Miss Atwater received her B.M. degree from Heidelberg Collfgre. She majored in public school music and minored in En is . 8 During her first year at Liberty, Miss Atwater organized the girls' glee club, girls' ensemble, junior High Chorus and junior High ensemble. She also organized a boys' chorus and boys' quartette. Miss Atwater also taught seventh and, eighth grade English, instrumental and piano lessons and was band leader. Besides teaching music and English Miss Atwater is the advisor of the seventh grade. Her hobbies are golfing, piano, and swimming. Characteristics-Young, daring, musical. DEPARTMENT A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. Real- izing the truth of this old Chinese proverb and sensing also the importance of training for this lifetime career, twenty-three freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior girls enrolled in homemaking classes this year. The daily, double period classes have included experi- ences varying from a study of problems met when helping mother care for baby brother, to constructing the fuzzy, fall fashions and the simple, sparkling, spring selections, and back again to catching up on what manufacturers are producing now to help homemakers. Of course this doesn't mean that foods, modern family problems and a dozen or so other areas were omitted. Some 'outstanding activities included: a banquet given for the school-board, preparing school-lunches in the cafeteria, serving a tea for the F.H.A., and giving a Valentine Party for friends. The seniors are looking forward to making good use of all they have learned in whatever activities they find themselvesnext year while the undergraduate classes are hoping to study a few of the many homemaking activities which they have not been able to include this year. MUSIC DEPARTMENT This year the music program includes the High School Girls' Chorus--President, Pat Wagner, Vice-President, Evelyn Magsig, Sec- retary, June Price, Librarians, Ermajean Thomas and Kathryn Benson. As an extra part of this chorus we have a High School Ensemble which includes the fol- lowing: Mable Briggs, Joan Niswander, Evelyn Magsig, 'Janis Watkins, Ermajean Thomas, Kathryn Benson, June Price, Martha Altman, and Ruth Ann Roller. We have also started a Boys' Chorus in the High School: President, Paul Pepple, Vice- President, Bob Litzenberg, Secretary, Myron Bunn. ln the Junior High, the Special Mixed Chorus is doing fine work. The officers are: President, Francis Watkins, Vice-President, Joan Sharninghouse, Secretary, Donald Mc- Cartney, Librarians, Junior Bright and Maur- ice Bosse. Along with this is the Junior High Quartet with Mary Lou Brobst,'Janet Ferrell, Barbara Wittenmyer, and Betty Harris. The Band has grown quite a bit and we hope it will continue to do so, especially with football games coming up for next year.