Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

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COURSES RELATE TO DAILY LIVES Three different and unique classes were offered to se- niors in government and psychology. Mr. Bearss added his own personal touch to the agenda by using his own notes for government and relating personal interviews with stu- dents to the different terms in psychology. Mr. Irwin con- ducted a fourth period class with current events, Ouija boards, and IQ tests. Mr. Welch’s sixth period was the time for student senates and controversial discussion. Ever heard of a history crossword puzzle? Mr. McClure’s world history classes worked one each semester as a final exam. They also memorized portions of the Declaration of Independence. All the history classes placed emphasis on re- lating past happenings to the present and on following cur- rent events. Sheriff Liz swears in Dale for a government class mock trial. Silence, please. Deneice and Jim are trying to coax the Ouija to speak during a psychology experiment on extra sensory perception. In another experiment. Dale clocks John through a trial-and-crror maze. 23

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BUSINESS ADDS SECRETARIAL COURSE LEFT COLUMN: Hibbs, Shirey, Peters, Long, Murphy, Smythc. RIGHT COLUMN: Truex, Wiard. Foreman, Shortz, Decker, Sisk, Mrs. Romine. A new course, clerical practice, was offered in the business department. This was a finishing course in secre- tarial skills. Ten girls enrolled and each had the opportunity to work with adding, typing, duplicating, and calculating machines, and filing. For practical experience, each student acted as secretary to three teachers. “Assets-liabilities + proprietorship” and other prin- ciples of bookkeeping composed the study materials for both beginning and advanced bookkeeping classes. The two first-year classes tackled two practice sets and were intro- duced to the basics of data processing. The advanced class completed three sets and worked with data processing in more depth, highlighting the year with a tour of Warsaw’s data processing center. Many films were shown to more easily explain the dif- ferent types of procedures in general business. Students were briefly introduced to the field of economics by study- ing micro-economics. Two workbooks besides the basic text were used. Business law students studied basic background of pub- lic law and applied their knowledge by working on case problems and in workbooks. Second semester students learned how the international and U.S. economic structure worked. They also had a special course on income tax. The words “Ready? Begin”, the click of a stop-watch, and a sometimes unexpected “STOP”, were the sounds us- ually emitted from the two Typing 1 classes. After the key- board had been mastered, they drilled for building ac- curacy and speed. Shorthand students used the Gregg method and, after memorizing all those squiggly lines, they worked for speed improvement, transcription, and theory. Receptionists Debbie and Vicki copy masters on the new duplicator. While on tour of Warsaw Community High School’s data processing section. Peg tries her hand at the computer. 22

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NEW EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE; NEW Chemistry student. Bob, takes a peck thru the department’s new spectroscope. Taking it with a grin, Richard watches John correct his plot of a function. 24