Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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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.

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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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s , ,ggi Their wives won't have to hurry home from any club meetings! Beginners' luck? No, the successful products of many classes came as the result of effort and experience. Cakes, pies, and other good- ies sold in the teachers' lunch line were prepared by members of the cafeteria man- agement class, who experimented with new recipes, During the year the print shop boys turned out eight different programs in addi- tion to farms and directories for the school. Wood and tin shop boys and art students proudly carried home their handiwork. To make certain graduates had sufficient skill in mathematics and English, achieve- ment tests in these subjects were given to all juniors, Those not passing were required to take remedial courses their senior year. THESE COOKS AND PRINTERS ARE DOUBLY INSURED AGAINST STARVING Print shop boys have discovered that each little square in these honeycombs contains a different letter of the alphabet.