Norwalk High School - Signal Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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M . K .J VV is f X els . . X- 'ff' fix ent ? . Ks, ,sa 2 W I iz t,iM:E1v.www,,,Qw, . .s vi .55 Q-nv If ,.....-ff HER PAPIER-MACHE rabbit, Harvey, Jr., is displayed by art student Doris Kanwischer. ART TEACHER Patricia Hammond shows Debbie Fink how to use char- coal during a junior high class. DIRECTING mixed chorus in prepa- ration for the spring musical, Babes in Toyland, is choral director Ray- mond Zuercher. Cultural Arts Emphasized Advancement of culture has long been the aim of the art, music, and language departments. Mrs. LaVerne Storer introduced seventh graders to the many rules of English grammar and their exceptions. Seniors in Mrs. Mar- tha McConaha's classes also labored over this subject in preparation for the challenge of college. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, began a semester's task of translating Caesar's Commentaries Concerning the Gallic Warl' for second-year Latin students of Mrs. Lucille Lucal, a new-comer to this year's faculty. Starting teaching careers last September were Miss Martha Jef- fries, English, Mr. James Vernoy, French and Spanishg and Mrs. Patricia Hammond, art. Mr. Elmer Smith, who joined the English de- partment this year, taught both freshman and junior English. Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland was produced by vocal mu- sic director Raymond Zuercher. Student musicians prepared public concerts aided by instrumental music instructor R. P. Laycock. t A I . 4 5 all TSM X ii . mmm H CONDUCTING the orchestra in an MRS. LUCILLE LUCAL is pleased arrangement of 'The Russian Sailors by the recitation of Caesar's Gallic Dance is instrumental music instruc- Wars by a second-year Latin stu- tor R. P. Laycock. dent.

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MR. ISAIAH OWEN explains the characteristics of a right triangle to his plane geometry class. Projects for Fair under the direction of Miss Ruth Bell and Mr. Ronald Richards. Miss Bell also taught biology. Chemistry and physics were supervised by Mr. Maurice Fowler. Mr. Burton Chandler's subtle jokes often brightened the serious subjects of algebra, solid geometry, and trigonome-1 try. General math and plane geometry were taught by Mr. Isaiah Owen. A math tournament in charge of jun- ior high mathematics teachers T. R. Storer and William Reynolds March 9- I8 created interest among students in the Cole building. The Sharp Heads and the Quiz Kids representing the eighth and seventh grades, respectively, were off victorious, AS DAVE ROSS illustrates a prob- lem in long division, Mr. T. R. Storer Burton Chandler. SUDCFWSCS- CHECKING results of an advanced algebra student's homework is Mr. BASIC TRIGONOMETRY problems absorb Jeff Laycock and Dave Adleman as they put them on the board for class discussion. .1 i PARENTS of biology students listen as Miss Ruth Bell describes daily class work during a session at Back- to-School Night. SUPERVISING the winning teams in the junior high math tournament are Mr. T. R. Storer and Mr. William Reynolds. The victors were Barbara Scha- per, Joan Sehaafsma, Gerri Brandel, and captain Eric Albright for the eighth grade, and captain Jim Singer, Sarah Horning, Judy Rubinow, and Linda Fox for the seventh grade.

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CONDUCTING a discussion on Thomas Gray's Elegy in a Country Church Yard is Mrs. Martha Mc- Conaha in her senior English class. I3 MI M MRS. LaVERNE STORER, seventh grade English teacher, explains that a complex sentence consists of one main clause and one or more subor- dinate clauses. nl ' V 'fF! 'f I VA! r ' . , A if V ' Nj . I, ' 'tif , 5, lvfllg ' t 1 Q . 'W , .SWR-we fm PREPARATION of a French test oc- cupies Mr. James Vernoy, teacher of modern languages. - 1 WHAT DOES Caesar think to be his duty to Rome? asks Miss Martha Jeffries of sophomore English stu- dents studying Shakespeafs Julius Caesar. 2.4! IN HIS junior English class Mr. El- mer Smith discusses the life of Edgar Allan Poe. SETTING a headline for the news- , -111 'Q et' mmm . Q v i L1 it 5 HK W. IQHIWQ ' W an 44 H 'Y wg mul mnlllll .E A POSTER announcing a bull light attracts the attention of Spanish teacher James Vernoy and Nancy Osborn. f. 3 ' PREPARING bibliographies for senior term paper is journalism instructor Kendall papers are Elaine Kohlmyer and Lois Wilkin- Falke. son. I5