Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Mr Frensemexer lm v ha dra IXOVG alofo paper gradmg a Sam W lsorf Pat Coady Lona Iohnson and Carol B1ddle deluge. hun w1fh 'her da1lv USb1Q rnenfs Varied Ma+l'1 Courses Are Offered +o All S+uden+s The mcrthematlcs department at Peru l-hgh School offers e1ghf drfferert forms of mafne mancs from the freshman fo fhe sen1or year Leneral main lS used fo f1ll fhe mafhemahcs reaurremerfs for persons on the general and mor merc1al courses Sion mam lS regurred of 'reshme on me mdusfnal c urse Th1s coarse Lovers fecrrnwal forms of math Wl11Cl1 are es sennal 1n mdusfnal work Algebra and plane geometry are regmred for graduauon on flee College Entrance course Algebra 1s concerned w1fh eauahons un lcnowns graphs and formulas Wh1le plane geometry mvolves rules for geornefrlcal de srgns Four elecfwe ourses on the College En fran e level are offered for rumors and sen1ors Coll ge algeora and s hd geomefry were not scl eduled for fhrs year Trrgonomefrx helps sfudenrs fo beffer under ff nd flee prohlems of engmeers and archrfecfs e ad anced al eora a confnuah r of neshm n algen a lS e study of logar fh1ms o1'1om1rals ard theorems xttle extra help 1 off fd b 1, 1 s 'IQ . ' . o is 1. f generrl .1 th 'II ' l is ' f s 'L ' 1 N . x . A . , . . , A - .. . . . 7 . ' Tl ' , 6 A A r A ' ' I . , D . , - I k ' I I -N C V -L - F . . e . H 1 r . ' 9 C v . F A. AY . l.q A A O 4 . . . .3 a . A J , vrlirl g ' , i 'C . '-' .- fv ' r ' +L, Q ' ' 1 . 1 L1 1 I 1.. A . . V 1 1 , A 1' 's ere 'g Mr 'Nav as to Patsy '.'f,Q1:e at :ie :tru les with C: profiler. iff 1f1','ar.:ea :In E1 r 1

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Classes Learn the Importance of History and Government Films are a very helpful vrsual a1d tn any class and hrstory classes Mr Poff uses them to full advantage for h1s Amencan At Peru Hlgh School three years of socral stud1es are offered but only two years are re gurred by law The three courses are world hrstory Amerrcan hlstory and government Students who take world hlstory take rt as an electrve usually to complete a second ma1or 1n soctal studres Thrs class covers events from prehtstorrc trmes to the present Two semesters of Unlted States hlstory are re gurred for graduatron Students studymg th1s Loxs Lxfe uses a frgure chart to show other government students the growth of the Unrted State populatron durmg the past cen turv learn about the development wars and pOlll1 cal hlstory of therr country Senrors rn government classes study phases of government on the local state and natlonal level Thrs year government students comp1led notebooks whlch explamed rn detall the local offrclals thelr electron and dut1es Soclology was also connected w1th the study of govern ment gy I Win nh' lm 1 l I l I - I A . , I , , - , f . , , , , s af ' M If V ' ' - 1 1 . .4 4.5-ff' i , f 11 t 1 i D - i. j . Y :Ng ll 1 Vin , U f ' 1 . . . fl ' s . .

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.-sl., We Learn Customs ofO1'her A very-heavily stressed field at Peru High School is that of language. When a person en- rolls in a language course, whether it be Eng- lish, Latin, or Spanish, he realizes that both his knowledge of grammar and his understanding of people in general will be helped. A student entering Peru High School as a freshman knows that he will have to take at least one subject. This course, English l0l, which is required at PHS, combines one semes- ter of English grammar with a semester of lit- erature. A students first alternative in English comes during his sophomore year. Although some students enroll in English 20l, world literature, and English 202, beginning speech, some stu- dents substitute Iournalism 305 for English 201 and Advanced Speech 303-304 for English 202. While enrolled in world literature, students study l'Silas lvfarnerj' Iu1ius Caesar, and other examples of tiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. In speech, students get accustomed to making speeches before large groups with- out becorning too nervous or upset. Aqui tiene usted el libro' says Iizzi Bradley as he offers a Spanish vocabulary book to Eugenia Grafft Lands Through Languages ln the junior year, American literature is re- quired by state law, beginning with the earliest type of American literature and working up to modern works by living authors. English 301 and 302 also introduce juniors to some work in advanced grammar. Although most seniors are not required to take English, seniors on the college entrance Course must take English composition during the first semester. Work in this course includes many short themes, a l,000-word autobiogra- phy, and a 3,000-word research paper. English literature is offered the second se- mester ot the senior year. Seniors in this course study the development of literature in England from Chaucer to the present day. Two years of Spanish and Latin are included on the curriculum in the foreign language de- partment. Under the guidance of Miss lna Hor- nish, students learn to speak the languages and the customs of the people who use these lan- guages. This model of the Roman Coliseum in Miss Hornishs roozn shows Roy Feltner and Pauline Garnett an exam- ple of Roman architecture. ' ,F . M, ff' -28 'l2'!9nyu9'H1 -