Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Left: The Economics bulletin booed is full of interesting informotion Right: Dob Kraft proves rhor psychology experiments con be tricky Goals remain same The Social Studies Deportment is one of the largest departments in the school. Many different courses ore o port of this deportment Today o student con study almost everything from International Relations to Modern US. History to Sociology. The variety of classes gives students o brooder background in the social studies orea. Because of the change in graduation requirements two years ago, many of the Social Studies dosses ore new or revised. Modern U.S. History used to be American His- tory and was fought for on entire year. Sociology and Global Perspectives ore relatively new classes, and Citi- zenship Issues will be offered for the first rime next year Social Studies Deportment Head Mr. Harold Scott said that many of these dosses ore very good bur supplies ore too limited. Books and orloses ore o couple of items needed to moke these dosses better Spelling, communication skills, ond working toward assumption of responsibilities by students were the goals of this deportment lost year This year the Social Studies Deportment hod no new gools. According to Mr. Scott, the teachers met but could nor totally agree, so lost year's gools were still used because new ones couldnr be established. Coach Aldie Johnson mokes American History interesting Academics—137

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Spare time profitable Do you ever wonder whor your science instructor does in his spore rime? Well, if you think he experiments in his basement lob, with toxic solutions rhor turn harmless goldfish into furry purple monsters, you ore definitely on the wrong track. LH5 science teachers keep very busy at o variety of other jobs when they aren't reaching dosses. Mr Dawson, who reaches physics three periods o day, is also o professional photographer. His interest in phorogrophy began in 1962 when he come to LHS, ond was asked to sponsor the Camera Club. His interests pro- gressed into o hobby and Mr, Dawson is now in his sixth official year os o professional photographer. In the wintertime Physiology reocher Robert Comp- ton gets both exercise ond enjoyment from chopping wood. He ond his neighbor hove chopped wood together for rhe lost ten years. Mostly, the loads of wood go straight to the Compton's fireplace, bur o small portion of it is sold. In the summertime Mr. Compton switches from tree-chopping to repairing microscopes for rhe Lincoln Pjblic Schools. Biology Teacher Melvin Simpson also has on extra occupation He is rhe owner of Simpson Enterprises This business repairs ond installs outomoric. underground sprinkler systems, ond has been in operation for more than four years. LHS science teachers obviously moinroin busy lives outside of rhe classroom, but their number one priority during rhe school year is definitely their reaching position. Science is becoming more important in the life of every person, and Lincoln High offers o complere list of science courses. These courses include General Science. Biology. Physiology. Chemistry, Physics, ond Aeroscience. Above: And rhe hip bone's connected to rhe leg bone Below: Mr Dawson prepares for on explosion 136—Academics Amy Honsen ond ferry Gray execute intricate experiments in the chemistry lob

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Experience gained Have rhe Driver Education instructors ever been in on occident with o student driver? Sure, answered Mr, Max Lien, all three of us hove. When trying to recoil injuries resulting from these Occidents, rhe worst he could remember was o finger slommed in o cor door by o nervous student. Mr. Lien. Mr. Don Luedke. ond Mr. Richard Terry ore rhe three brave men that take new drivers ond turn them into experienced motorists. Each instructor has gone through more than 30 hours of special training in order to reoch this doss. Along with rhe actual driving, they use simulators when reaching Driver Education dosses. The simulators ore used to develop rhe perceptive skills ond mental tasks needed when driving. The cors used by this deportment ore leased from various dealers in Lincoln. New cors ore received or least once o year. Doyle Jones won t be enticed into rhe pool PE altered The Physical Education Deportment has gone through several srrucrural changes in rhe lost few years. Before rhe changes were mode o student could pick any two gym dosses to fulfill the graduation requirements. Now rhe Physical Educotion dosses ore divided into four groups. A student still has to take two gym dosses, bur rhe dosses must be from different groupings. The dosses ore divided into groups of ream sports ond fitness activities, individual ond dual sports, recrea- tional activities, ond aquatics. The new graduation requirements were rhe couse of this change. Students ore now required to participate in o variety of sports, developing skills needed in individual os well os ream sports. Two of rhe most populor gym dosses this year were Self-Defense ond Body Conditioning. Self-Defense was o new doss this year, while Body Conditioning has been offered or LHS for several yeors Body Conditioning was previously thought of os o doss for mole body builders. But in recent yeors more girls hove been taking rhe doss because they hove found that it is o good way to keep in shape. In rhe Self-Defense doss, students learned to defend themselves with basic korore moves. Rich Miller prepares ro rake a drive 138—Academics