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

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FOOD FOR HEALTH AND THOUGHT It's two-thirty and Limestone stu- dents are seen throwing their books into their lockers, making a bee- line for the gym to enjoy a paid assembly. During the year the Stu- dent Council sponsors eight of these assemblies to give the students a chance to see something new and educational. All-girl assemblies on the latest fashions and make-up, help the girls in grooming. The boys, too, have assemblies on vocations and driving. To get the student body in the spirit for football and basketball games, pep assemblies are presented by the Pep Club and other organiza- tions. As a member of the Mid-State Eight we participate in an exchange assembly program and Limestone is entertained by a band and a choir from one of these schools. Special assemblies at Christmas and Easter round off our program of assemblies. The following is a true story wit- nessed by many, seemingly con- cealed by few. TIME: 11:49 PLACE: Limestone High SETTING: Any number of typi- cal class rooms. A hundred students are seen anx- iously sitting on the edge of their chairs—staring wordlessly at the clock. Seconds tick by and then comes the magic moment— 11:50. A bell is heard ringing in the distance, feet are set in motion, and soon lunch hour students are cramming into line. A scene such as this takes place three times daily. Five hundred hun- gry students are fed in one day. Our busy cafeteria ladies prepare 150 lbs. of potatoes daily, 90 lbs. of ham- burger, use 37 loaves of bread, 8 lbs. of butter, and 15 gal. of vege- tables. They bake 25 pies, 180 cookies and prepare 40 salads. Each student's lunch is 35 cents. 26

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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

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BLUEPRINTS GUIDE OUR WORK All sophomores are required to take a semester of speech which is included in Sophomore English. If they choose, they may continue their speech training by taking an elective course. The first semester, emphasis is placed on types of communication —interpersonal, radio, TV, and ad- vertising. They enter a study of speaking situations consisting of speeches for special occasions, dem- onstration, and formal platform speeches. Under the latter, they must express, convince, and stimulate. The variety of speech topics can be seen in the picture as Charlotte Cox demonstrates the use of physical therapy on her patient, Carol Con- ner. The second semester, the stu- dents work on material to use in speech contests. This year, fifteen students visited six major tourna- ments and several minor ones. A course in drafting is available to any student all four years of school. For freshmen, beginning shop includes seven weeks of draw- ing. Students learn basic principles of drafting and later draw free-hand sketches of one view of a tool. To the sophomore, a semester course is available, mechanical drawing. It introduces the student to ortho- graphic projection (drawing an article in three views), and isometric and oblique drawings. The junior year deals with machine drawings; students draw screws, bolts, and threads. At the left, Mr. Fred Rein- holdt checks one of Gerald Bieringer's drawings. Finally, in the senior year, students delve into archi- tectural drawing. They learn valuable information concerning the drawing of house plans and also the construc- tion of models of homes.