Norton Community High School - Prairie Dog Yearbook (Norton, KS)

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ocia! .Science Cfaaderi J eela .gnkrme 'S WARREN SMITH JIM BARGER Social science classes used numerous methods to induce students to soak up knowledge. Films and study of the American Observer kept American history and world history classes well-informed. In November the constitution classes sponsored a mock election for all-school participation in learn- ing election procedure. Economics, offered during the second semester, taught students, through class discussion, about the science of earning a living, and about reasons for the rise and fall of prices. Warren Smith, B, A, , Kansas Wesleyan university, Salina, M, S, , Kansas State college. taught American history, constitution, eco- nomics, and girls'physical education, World History, Drivers Edu- ang SOIEETIID mlm cation, and Boys Phys Ed Instructor Jim Barger attended Oklahoma A, 86 M, and received his bachelor of arts degree from Friends University, Wichita, ,ELECTION CLERK fleftj David Beckwith clips Grace Jeanine Kissell's ballot in the mock election, ECONOMICS STUDENTS, fbelowj Gertrude Witt, Eddie Reed, Phyllis Sanderson, Marshall Hadley, Wayne Laughlin, John Vaughn, Ray Terrell, concentrate on tomorrow's assignment,

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JUNIOR AG BOYS, fabovey Hawk, Young, Wyatt, Laughlin, MRS. Urban, Gooder, Kendall, Lawson, judge beef cattle on the Ankenman farm, FRESHMAN HOME EC girls, Qrightj Rent- schler, Alexander, Ballinger, Molczyk, Davis, compare samples of cooked cereals, racfica! .xdlalagcafion eackea oca fiona Agriculture and home economics, the two vo- cational courses, were classes in which students felt they gained really practical knowledge. The ag boys learned the advantages of contour farming as well as the disadvantages of planting winter wheat in the spring--useful information, to be sure. Be- sides learning, among other things, how to test the heat of baby's milk, home ec students learned the difference between a pork chop and a T-bone steak. Boyd Boyer, B, S, , Kansas State college, was the instructor for all vocational agriculture courses. Mrs, Doris Winteroth, B, S, , Kansas State, replaced Mrs, Nannette Hicks as home economics instructor in October, 10 r lib' DORIS WINTEROTH BOYD BOYER EQ jj Q' ' A1 'Qtr'- i 4 . q Sify' 5 VIRTUE'S NORTON LUMBER CO . we

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J .rg-'4-I LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, Principal Gerald Travis, Shirley Sarvis, Phillip Young, Richard Johnson, Miss Mary Norris, E, H, Allen, Mrs, Mildred Green, Miss Doris Ballard, Mrs, Irene Fenstermacher, Rosemary Derks, Ronald Johnson, JoAnne Foley, Beverly Somers, inspect new books ordered through the Gardner Memorial fund, oggrar , anguagefi cjvlega .le The undreamed-of number of books of fine quality pre- sented to the library through the Gardner Memorial and the new and spacious quarters made this a significant year for the library. Although the Latin and Spanish students learned much during the year, Miss Hale jokingly says they apparently do not believe that labor omnia vincit fwork conquers all difficultiesl. Librarian Irene Fenstermacher, B, S, , University of Nebraska, is working toward her master of science degree from Nebraska university, Miss Octavia Hale, Spanish, Latin, and junior English instructor, B, A, , A, M, , did her college work at Southeastern college in Durant, Okla, , and at the University of Missouri, READING CEASAR are second-year Latin pupils, Somers, Wray, Scranton, Eppinger, Waufle, Rowley, Casida, ff UQKOIO Ku flflfe - f fs , ' af: ' ' MJ f 4 15, i f MRS, IRENE FENSTERMACH MISS OCTAVIA HALE