Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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I , ,,,, ,, l . i 2 1' I 1 ae r 'z 4 : , 1...-'W N, , ,1 if px' ' wi ' i 4 'SV W www., Miss Eldridge introduces her United States history class to records telling the story of Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. Social studies review activities and relationships of man Fred Barnes encounters little trouble completing the in come tax forms distributed to students during civics class Social studies cover a wide variety of sub- jects: world and U, S. history, sociology, geography, civics, and economics. World history reviewed happenings from ancient to modern times. Current events from American Observers were discussed week- ly in U. S, history, remaining class time was devoted to study of the growth ot this country. Civics outlined the development and Structure of our government. ln one short semester high school geography tour- ed the world by the way ot textbook and globe. Economics explained the financial standing ot the United States. Sociology dealt with the development and problems ot people living together as social groups. Superstitions, heredity, environment, be- liets, traditions, and tamily lite also made interesting topics for discussion.

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.ff in Language class reveals that, when the dinner menu is written in French, girls take even longer to make their choices ot food ar an. L.nn Dennarf r a. Ca:C :nf F's,cl C n 'c- 2 procuctori f a class: Roman Foreign languages increase students' oral vocabularies La lingua extanjera, la langue exteanger, lingua peregrinna-translated into English -mean foreign language, They represent French, Spanish, and Latin-the foreign languages offered in Logansport. While students learned to conjugate verbs, trans- late stories, and construct sentences in a foreign tongue, they obtained wide knowl- edge of the customs and the history of the countries from which the languages flow. Latin students constructed projects that de- picted different aspects of ancient Roman culture, French pupils, who spoke the lan- guage as well as read and wrote it, learned the importance of French as an interna- tional tongue, Pupils of Spanish studied its use in the Good Neighbor Policy.

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IEW-i. Under the supervision of Miss Macy, Carol Douglas types to the mer y tune ot This 5 letter number one th rty eght Business prepares for iobs Future secretaries and stenographers typed letters, made mimeograph copies, and tiled miniature invoices and statements tor their practice boss, Miss Macy. Some seniors gained on-the-job experience by working afternoons in grade or high school offices. From texts, workbooks, and practice sets commercial students learned the fundamen- tals ot double-entry bookkeeping. Daily class routine included balancing debits and credits of imaginary business firms, Three semesters of typing are required on the commercial course, at least one semes- ter was elected by most academic students. Besides learning how to prepare business letters and tabulated reports, typists prac- ticed the correct form for research papers,