Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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Varied Subjects Provide Training Top picture: Jim Hepler, Kay Smith, and Sherry Johnson work on this mural of the Nativity scene. Bottom picture: Mr. Mayfield is pointing out various parts of the motor to Bob Berger, Jerry Stouder, and Mike Hoyt. Art is a subject that tests the creativeness and originality of a student. The type of work varies with the season of the year. Models include vases, flowers, houses, and even classmates. The art classes are respon- sible for bulletin board displays and decorations for bas- ketball and football games, banquets, and dances. All sophomores are enrolled in a three weeks’ course in drivers' training. It teaches them the basic rules of safety on the highway and gives them experience in driving. Business courses offered to students are typing, short- hand, and bookkeeping. Typing and shorthand empha- size quick movements and thought. Bookkeeping familiarizes the student with the operation of a business and the use of an adding machine. Nancy Arch is working at the adding machine to finish her bookkeeping assignment. ROBINSON AND PRICE SEEDSMEN, Inc. Phone 87 10 FRANKLIN COACH CO.

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Science and Mathematics. Our changing times with the many modern conven- iences prove to us the importance of mathematics. Algebra I, which is usually taken by freshmen, teaches its students the fundamentals and rules in solv- ing problems and equations. It also prepares the stu- dent for algebra II in which the advanced math student can further his knowledge of numbers, graphs, and mathematical rules. Courses in plane and solid geome- try, offered alternately, enable a student to have four years of math. General math is primarily for the students who do not care to study algebra, but who do want to fulfill the requirement of one year of math. These students are taught to solve general problems they will meet after they graduate. The most advanced math class is trigo- nometry, which pertains to the measurement of triangles and the relationship between their sides and their angles. These students are solving problems for their advanced algebra class. Lonnie Marvel and Tina Knoble show various geo- These students are getting their assignments done for metrical figures to the other geometry students. their business math class. WRIGHT'S FUNERAL HOME Ambulance Service 9 RAY'S CARPET SHOP Compete Carpet Service

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for Varied Vocations. Home economics teaches the girls how to manage their future homes and prepares them to be homemakers of tomorrow. In four years they learn the skills of cook- ing balanced meals and decorating a home. Using modern sewing equipment, the girls learn to plan and sew their own wardrobes. Home nursing and child care are taught in the second year, and experience in plan- ning a wedding is included in the fourth year. Boys interested in shop can take a variety of courses including drafting, wood and metalworking, and auto mechanics. The freshmen are required to have a semes- ter of both woodworking and drafting. Advanced classes of machine and architectural drawing and metalworking are also offered. Boys in the machine shop class are occupied at bench work and lathes. Joan Mishler, Ruth Blevins, and Judy Otto arc modeling some of the clothes they made in home economics class. DOUGLAS W. PRICE, M.D. 11 KACY'S Market and Elm Streets Plymouth and Valiant