Mitchell High School - Gold and Blue Yearbook (Mitchell, IN)

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While Health And Guidance Deal With The Mind And Body Miss Karon Chastain, Mr. Lewis Stone, Mr. Grover Garrett, Mr. Larry Barnes, and Mr. Roger Snow combined their talents to give freshmen a clearer understanding of their own actions, their personalities, their body's anatomy and its care. The students were provided with this valuable in- struction in the courses of Health and Safety and Guidance, each of which lasted one semester. The main objective of the health class was to present the student with a basic comprehension of the structure of the body and enough physiology to know something of its functions. It also instilled in the student a desire to achieve a higher degree of physical and mental fitness. The health courses further informed the students about the cause, prevention, and cure of diseases. In the same course MHS freshmen were acquainted with the various safety precautions to be followed for prevention of every type of accident from a cut finger to an auto- mobile mishap. Miss Chastain, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Garrett-all of whom possess an MS degree in guidance-worked to increase the student's knowledge of psychology and how the use of this science affects them person- ally. To give the student an idea of his possible future vocation, the course required each partici- pant to prepare a paper on his chosen occupation. The amount of research and thought involved in this term paper forced the young students to review their thoughts on their vocations and to introduce them- selves to new facts about these jobs. Miss Chastain gives instructions to her Guidance class before they begin a test. Freshman Debbie Worley asks Mr. Snow a question during a Health and Safety essay exam. Inquisitive Biology students learn the functions and parts of the heart from Mr. Larry Barnes' demonstration.

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Exploratory Teachers Study Possible Future Roles Exploratory teachers FrontRow.' Linda Smith, Sheila Paige, Marilyn Bowden. Row 2: Barbara Terry, Becky Daugherty, Mary Ringle. Mary Ringle and Marilyn Bowden gather books at the last minute before going to their elementary classes. Row 31 Vicki Holt, james Pierce, and Bob Caudellj hope for a future career in teaching. Exploratory teaching was introduced for the first time this year. Offered to seniors only, this was a course for those students who hope to make teaching their career. Exploratory teaching gave these future instructors an opportunity to go into the classrooms of the local elementary schools and observe teaching pro- cedures actually in use. The course received a great deal of interest, and several people enrolled in it. g The exploratory teaching course began in Octo- ber, with nine seniors going for one hour a day to Bur- ris, Emerson, or Riley schools. Having selected the grade they wanted to observe, the seniors were intro- duced to their sponsoring teacher and the children of his classroom. For the first few weeks, the manage- ment of the class, the teacher, and the students were closely observed. Gradually the nine seniors came to know the names of the children in their respective grades, the general make-up and attitudes of each, and the disciplines practiced. In addition to the above, these prospective teach- ers became familiar with the extra tasks to which a teacher must attend, from calculating lunch money to decorating bulletin boards. When he and the sponsor- ing teacher felt he was ready, each exploratory teacher was accorded the chance to take over the classroom and instruct the students. This was done following the examples of his sponsoring teacher but, at the same time, using some of his own methods. Exploratory teaching allowed nine seniors to dis- cover the qualities requisite for a career in teaching. Each recognized the effect a teacher has upon his pupils and found out whether or not he wanted this responsibility. Finding this course challenging as well as fun, the first year exploratory teachers felt that it was a success. -

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Domestic Arts Teach Ways Of Health And Home -al. Observing the Home Ec. IV class at work, Miss Margaret Mclntire comments on girls preparation of an angel food cake. Home Ec. Ill girls listen intently as their instructor, Miss Mclntire, gives helpful hints on making a budget. The 1966 Home Economics courses provided Mitchell High School girls with a strong practical back- ground for their future role as homemakers. As a voca- tional course, Home Ec. classes, ranging in member- ship from lowly freshmen to mighty seniors, become more proficient in the functions of today's home- makers. The freshmen obtained first-hand knowledge for managing a home in the atmosphere of the Home Ec. rooms. Along with this home life instruction, freshmen undertook the daily task of planning nutritional meals with extreme care and concern. By learning to balance meals, these girls learned that the homemaker helps protect her family from illness. ln order to better their kitchen techniques, the second year Home EC. stu- dents mastered the arts of making yeast breads and angel food cakes. lnterspersed with these cautiously mixed and carefully baked items of food were numer- ous other delicacies. Third year students became famil- iar with home-nursing procedures and the proper way to care for a child. A special course was initiated by the Home Eco- nomics Department this year for those senior girls who wanted to better their lives and further lessen difficulties in homemaking. Senior Home Ec. was offered to any twelfth grade girl who had not previous- ly taken Home Economics but now wished this basic course. With the aid of their instructor, Miss Mclntire, the students found time among all these studies to make candy apples and baked potatoes, all of which they sold for a reasonable profit. Toward the end of the year, they sponsored and presented a style show in which clothes made and modeled by them were exhib- ited. 21