Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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PHS Offers French, Spanish, and Latin The French class learns some new words while they enjoy singing a French song. Beth Clouse points out the words to the song as Mrs. Sukapdjo plays a record. Students in this Spanish class practice writing Span- ish by drilling on words and sentences at the board. Today's shrinking world calls for an expanding of medias of com- munication . Students prepare for this need by exposing themselves to the languages offered at PHS. French, Spanish, and the very un- dead” Latin are the three foreign lan- guages offered causing PHS to be filled with cries of parlezvous francais?”, comprende usted? , and the classic recitations of amo, amas, amat ... Each of these courses is a part of PHS's program to enable students to communicate reasonably well with their fellow-men in foreign countries and to understand foreign customs. The language department also con- templates expansion by an addition of languages into its program in the fu- ture . Appropriately dressed, Kathy DeBaun reads a report on the dress of Roman women to the Latin class.

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Scientific Minds Seek Natural Wonders Physics students use the Wimshurst machine to generate static electricity. This world is a hyper-scientific one. The space-race and many other research programs are being conducted at a break-neck pace. It is a world in dire need of young people with a sound scientific knowledge and ability. PHS acknowledges this need by pro- viding qualified teachers and extensive laboratory equipment, thus giving PHS'ers the opportunity to gain a firm foundation in the science field. PHS offers the physical, biological, and chemical sciences in its organized, well-rounded science program, which offers students a preparation for living and working in this scientific age. Expansion is in the future for this department, too. PHS is constantly ex- panding to keep up with and meet the demands of the scientifically-minded world of today. Brent Bowman explains the atomic structure of a molecule to the chemistry class. 27

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Electives Add Interest and Variety In driver's education, Lee Hauser shows Mary Jane Forsythe the distributor and other engine parts. To enable the student to obtain a variation in his curriculum and a chance to pursue his non- academic interests, PHS offers a wide range of electives. PHS'ers have the courses of art, driver's education, health and safety, band and chorus from which to choose. These and other electives enable stu- dents to gain skills and expand cultur- ally. This year a new art teacher taught art students self-expression and appre- ciation of the finer arts. Also, resplend- ent new robes added to the beauty and effectiveness of the chorus. Next year driver's education may be offered only in the summer, thus cutting down on expenses and gaining teachers and classrooms for other subjects dur- ing the school year. PHS's program of electives is and will continue changing for an even greater non-academic choice for stu- dents in the future. 29 Art students work on parts for their puppets while Vera Williams manipulates a completed marionette. Carefully balancing books, these girls in health class are practicing correct posture.