Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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To the amusement of the French class Ken FIsher trIes to convInce Sue Handy and Jay Grusenmeyer that all good Frenchmen eat sna ls READIN RITIN AND RITHEMTIC WERE NEVER LIKE THIS THREE NEW Yes somethIng new has been added' After a lapse of many years French and economIcs were agaIn offered whIle harmony and theory appeared for the fIrst tIme as an accredIted class ApproxImately 2 000 textbooks 2 500 workbooks and 300 IIbrary books were pur chased thIs year provIng that students do read for a purpose and for pleasure The lubrary proudly housed a new shadowscope readIng accelerator authorIzed by the school board To Its equIpment the audlo vIsual de partment added an RCA motIon pIcture pro Iector and a second opaque projector Student operators showed almost 200 educatIonal fIlms whIch had been selected by teachers From the class of 54 came the publIc address System In the audltorlum A S250 spotllght purchased Wlfh proceeds from WInter Fantasy was eagerly recelved and ImmedIately put to use by the dramatlcs department Notnceable Improvements In the cafeterIa foods depart ment were a new electrIc food mIxer gas range dIshes 'flVefOl'f'T'lICC1 topped ables and a water heater A drIll and multlformer VICE Increased the sheet metal shop facIlItIes L H S IS constantly growmg to meet the de mands of ITS IncreasIng enrollment and of the complIcated modern world Textbooks and methods In step wIth the tImes have been adopted not only has the SCIENCE department been kept up to date but records enablmg students to hear languages spoken by natIve tongues have been added ThIs school takes prIde In Its progress both In equIp ment and In the accomphshments of students 4 , ' ' ' I. 1 1 1 1 . I I I , . , . I - - I - 1 1 I I I ' T 1 I - 1 , . I 1 I 1 ' ' 16

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15 fm 6 if bi -Wiz.. xii 0 According to Webster, a school is an insti- tution for learning, and L.H.S, is primar- ily just that. ln classrooms, study halls, and the library, students hit the books and at home they burned the midnight oil to become better-informed people, For freshmen, high school life was the first chapter in a book of knowledge, adventure, and fun. By the time seniors stepped up to receive their diplomas, the reward for four years' hard work, they realized there is no final chapter in the book of learning and that graduation is merely the turning of another page to greater knowledge. To its students this high school offers aca- demic, commercial, home economics, and in- dustrial arts courses, An average of thirty students met in each of forty-five different classes The freshman found all his sub- jects required under his chosen course, but from three to seven elective credits were allowed during the upper three grades. l..H.S. boasts excellent equipment, an estimate of some of the available facilities showsi 9lOO library books, 6 sets of encyclopedias 6lO maps and charts, 2 globes 82 typewriters, 2 mimeographs, l ditto l8 sewing machines 5 irons, 3 ironing boards 4 cooking stoves, 3 decks of ovens 94 musical instruments, 3 practice rooms 925 records, 7 phonographs, 2 tape recorders 2 movie projectors, 6 screens 275 strip films, 4 strip film projectors 30 microscopes, l terrarium l aquarium, 6 goldfish l driver training car l kiln 59 machines in 5 shops 4 presses Q2 platen, l proof, l offsetj 2 gymnasiums, l swimming pool Besides both fiction and non-fiction, the library harbors the College Guidance Corner, a Career information Kit, bound Magpies, the first Magpie and Tattler, a radio-phonograph combination, and recordings of poetry, prose, and historical voices and speeches. The answer to those taxpayers who wonder if students take advantage of the expensive equipment in the school is You bet we do! Kenton or Kipling-which do we study tonight? asks Jean as she opens the door for Sue and Ed. Homework should be speedy with four minds working together, but Jon seems preoccupied. an

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Thou shalt not covet even the oods of th Far r Lu? K l X 5 g e me s 8- Merchants Bank, but what a life-saver Mr. Strantz's mechanical brain would be in addinq bank statements in economics class! Without batting a metal eyelash, this genius can give fourteen totals at once, SUBJECTS ADD SPICE AND MORE HOMEWORK TO OUR DAILY ROUTINE Hi, ho, off we gal Students traveled to con- ventions and institutes, where principles were put into practice, Members of the jun- ior and senior classes chose Senator Norma Brummet and Representatives Jane Troy, Fred Sabatini, Daryl Petrig, and Jim Gear ta par- ticipate in the Indiana High School Legisla- tive Assembly at Purdue on December 3 and 4, Sponsored by Rotary Club, Jane Troy, Mary K. Moran, and Miss Eldridge journeyed to Cin- cinnati March 4 and 5 tar the Ninth Annual World Affairs lnstitute. Six students had the valuable experience of serving one day as pages in the Indiana General Assembly, A busload ot Student Council members attended the state convention in Muncie on April 30. In harmony and theory class Prof Morocco shows Gene Woo'f pert, Jane Tray, Freddy Sabatini, Sonya Hollingsworth, and Rons nie Fouts some notes that are never passed around study halls.