Limestone Community High School - Amulet Yearbook (Bartonville, IL)

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STUDENTS EXPLORE PAST AND PRESENT Today, more Colleges are requir- ing at least two years of a foreign language. As a result, these courses are vitally important. Lime- stone offers two years of both Spanish and Latin. In Spanish I the students are introduced to the language through the use of con- versation between teacher and stu- dent.'. Phrases such as Buenos dias, amigo. Como esta usted? become very familiar in the first few weeks. Later as the students build up their vocabulary a very helpful device, the tape recorder, is used. The students speak into the recorder in their best Spanish as Gloria Breighthaupt and Bob Ennis are doing with the assistance of Mr. Jack Clinton. Later, it is played back to them. In this way, they can hear their mistakes in pronunciation and strive to correct them. Two factual courses offered at Limestone are American history and World history. The former is a class required of Juniors; the latter is an elective. At the begin- ning of the school year the stu- dents receive a bit of ancient his- tory. They study various explorers' expeditions and trace them through map-work as Doug John- son and Judy Doty are doing with the aid of Miss Helen Schmidt. The course offers a detailed study of the colonization of America up to present times — World War II, and the forming of the United Na- tions. Throughout the year, the students view many fine movies which impress on their minds the facts they learned in class. They also have other projects such as making book reports and build- ing or creating a project which emphasizes some phase of history. 24

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LCHS STUDENTS DEVELOP NUMEROUS SKILLS Metal shop is a favorite subject of the boys. The- freshman course consists of learning the names and the uses of various hand tools and simply knowing their way around the shop. The importance of safety is stressed throughout the course. As a project the boys, using hand tools, make household equipment such as cookie cutters, dust pans and match boxes. In the advanced courses, the students learn to use the power equipment in the shop. The boys in the picture are using the shaper with the assistance of Mr. Eugene Gire. They also learn to use the milling machine and the lathes. Welding is also taught in advance courses. These boys make equipment for their future workshops such as hammers, chisels, clamps, and vices. Basketball is one of the many sports offered in Limestone's P.E. department. As shown in the pic- ture, Mrs. Smith, acting as referee, begins the game with a jump ball. Other sports include archery, bad- minton, baseball, ping-pong, shuf- fleboard, and volleyball. Social dancing and square dancing, which the students look forward to each year, is also offered. Physical education keeps the stu- dents in good physical shape, teaches them good sportsmanship, and helps them to understand the importance of teamwork. It in- creases their skill in playing and brings them in contact with a va- riety of sports. The girls are tested on their knowledge of the rules throughout the year. 23

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WE LEARN BY EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH Term papers, book reports, 500 word papers, and oral reports plague LCHS students the year 'round. For information on their sub- ject, they turn to the library to find material. Our work is made more pleasant by the peaceful atmosphere of the sunny, spacious library. Our library now consists of 4500 books and each year about 600 new books take their place on our shelves. Mrs. Meeker, our librarian, keeps a four year file on newspapers and maga- zines for our use. As you can see, Mrs. Meeker is always willing to help us find material. At left, Paul Springer and Pat Ricks are taking advantage of this service. The money collected by the library in fines (two cents a day), is used to replace lost and worn books and to buy plastic book jackets. The boys in vocational agriculture learn about farming and farm related occupations from work in the class room, in the laboratory, from their farming programs they have devel- oped at home, and from FFA ac- tivities. The Freshman and Sopho- more boys study and work with soils, crops, livestock, and farm shop. Junior and Senior students go into the subjects in more detail with the emphasis on farm management, agriculture economics, and counsel- ing for farming as an occupation and future education in agriculture. At right, Mr. Malmgren watches as Ray Hauk and Ronald Gunther use a centrifuge to test milk samples, brought in by Ray Hauk, for butter- fat. Adult evening classes round out the Vocational Agriculture program at LCHS. 25