Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Social Studies Examines World Problems. Current events help geography students understand world affairs. Boy, am 1 ever confused, mutters Janice Awrich as she takes a unit test in problems. Gary Ewald and Melani Brooks, sophomores, concentrate on the next day's assignment while Arthur Johnson checks test papers. To provide the students with a basic for constructive political, economic, and social thinking is the aim of the Social Studies department. Francis Rohrich teaches basic freshman world geography. Sophomore world history, is taught Dy Arthur Johnson and Harley Rector, and junior American history by M.L. Jaixen and Ervin Wentling. Problems of democracy is taught by Burney Bouslough and M.L. Jaixen. The last three are required subjects for graduation. World geography stresses the use of maps and the geography of nations. World history presents a detailed study of early mankind to the present. The European background of America and its development is studied in American history. Problems is a study of American government, economically and politically. M.L. Jaixen helps one of his students understand the assignment in American history. 13

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Language Enlarges Vocabulary In order that the vocabulary may be more easily learned and a feeling for the language acquired in Mrs. Marquerite Hoffman's classes, Spanish is spoken in class as much as possible. In Paul Peister's French classes the courses are devoted to a study of the fundamentals of the language through speech and reading. Latin, Miss Blanche Collins' two-year course, consists of the study of grammatical principles, Greek and Roman history, and Mythology, with Caesar and the Gallic Wars being stressed in the second-year course. Paul Peister talks with his students in French, to help them in their understanding of the language. Kathy Stewart and Dave Pulley, freshmen, start the next day's assignment during the study period in Latin. Bob Olmsted and Rodger Grimm, seniors, write the Spanish form of a sentence, given to them by Mrs. Hoffman. 12

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The Future Through Would someone like to show me how to answer this problem I have on the board? asks Theodore Witt in one of his physics courses. Marianne Mantey and Gerald Marquart work on an experiment in chemistry lab. Bob Hinken, sophomore, examines a biology specimen under the microscope. To teach the student to appreciate more fully everyday happenings and to prepare him for more advanced learning is the aim of all natural sciences. Biology is a study of living things, with emphasis on man, taught by Jeff Burkink, and Russel James. James Riley's chemistry class is for students who wish a practical understanding of chemistry in every day life. Physics cource deals with theorories and practical application in heat, light, and electricity. Theodore Witt teaches this cource and also, junior and senior physical science, a nonlaboratory course with special emphasis in physics. 14