Northeast High School - Rocket Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Biology students stop to watch Bruce Burback perform an ex- periment with the bell jar. Provide Useful Tools The commercial courses produce typists, careful bookkeepers and capable secretaries. These classes help us to achieve jobs and equip us with skills useful in everyday life. Mathematics is used in later life and is essential to any student planning for higher education. Ready and willing to answer a question are some of the junior high math students. Pointing to the axis of the earth and observing how an eclipse of the moon occurs are junior high science students. Tom Beachell points out the steps in the solution of a geometry problem to Barry Moore’s geometry class. Page 21

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Taking dictation is one of the most impor- tant skills taught in the advanced shorthand class. Those pictured are Kay Ulrich, Clara Mittan, Lois Miller, and Pat Stroh. The intricate muscular structure of the human body is pointed out for the physio- logy class by John Dale and Nancy Nibler. Sciences and Commercial Courses The miracles of science increase more rapidly as each year unfolds. This year’s satellite launchings have caused much discussion and experimentation in the sci- ence department. Students in both junior and senior high study the fundamentals of the scientific world and the care of one’s own health. The sophomore girls are intent on a film depicting functions and care of the human body. Page 20

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Making applesauce occupies two senior high home economics students, Barbara Great- house and Pat Davis. Students Enjoy Useful Electives Jerry Ilkenhons is working on one of his projects, a model airplane, in Mrs. Verna Peterson’s art class. For a breather between required courses, students often enroll in enjoyable and help- ful electives. For the girl who one day plans to become a homemaker, and most girls do, there is no better training than a course in cooking or sewing. Adrienne Hartman shows Kathy Joll the dress pattern she 'S using to make her project in senior high sewing. Page 22