Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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 But how can It be an adjective If It Isn't a word? Wonders Karen Kath as Mrs. Anderson explains the approach of English. English Allows Better Communication for Man Clipping Items from papers, writing articles for the Panther, and learning the basis of the profession are all parts of journalism. Sue Emrlch clips advertisements for an assignment. What have you seen beautiful today? is often asked of freshmen in English class. Keeping a bulletin board, students learn English is a living thing. Theburksgrinkled. Sophomores wonder about this sentence when they are faced with it on the first day in English. They soon learn that English is approached in a different way. You’re next, dear heart! causes chills to run up the spine of the junior who first appears in speech class. This one semester course is balanced by American literature. In this class students delve into types of literature and many authors. Mummification—the construction of a flute —why popcorn pops— any of these could be topics for senior English themes. After studying grammar and literature, students are well-versed to start work on this. Completion of journalism course enables students to work in staff positions on the Milestone or Panther. Miss Fay Gorden Freshman English Miss Dorothy Dunn Freshman English Mrs. Ruth Anderson Junior English Sophomore English Miss Ruth Wagner Junior English Journalism 22

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Slide Rules, Miscroscope Open Scientific Worlds Anything from the human body or the car, to molecules, chemicals, and planets is studied in general science. This beginning science course gives students a basic background for all sciences. Dissecting a worm or a frog, viewing a new world through the microscope, or learning the life cycle of a plant, students of biology investigate living things. If you take one mole of carbon and one mole of oxygen, chemistry students find you don't come up with carbon dioxide, working with these substances, they soon come up, though, with the right combinations. Physical science and physics have to do with the study of matter and motion. Physical science offers the very basics while physics delves deeper into the subject. Students are faced with equations and formulas to solve, and do most of their work in the metric system. Test tubes, matches, tweezers, bunson burner, bottle washers, crucible, clay triangle, deflagrating spoon, Letmas vials. . . Cathy Cook and Bill Smiley look at the many different species of fish found in the aquarium in the biology room. L. Jeff Burklnk Biology Russel James Biology General Science James Bohlken James Riley Physical Science Chemistry Physics 21

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And after the yeoman came the nun, a pleasant prioress, this lady’s smile was coy, I must confess she liked to chant the services divine, but then In truth, she sang straight through her nose! These lines spoked of the nun in Geoffry Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales were an interesting part of the senior’s study in English literature. Did any of you see the sunrise this morning? asks Miss Gordon of one of her freshmen English classes. Students discover English contains many types of beauty in this classroom. Richard Cross Speech Debate Mr. Cross tries to control himself, wondering once again if a student will ever get his motor started!