Pontiac Township High School - Pontio Yearbook (Pontiac, IL)

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006 ll QCL, 5011, uf OZAQI J IJ lille! lf 0.5! LUQQZ lnsplratnonl Come to me I have to xx r1te an edltorxal for tomorrow s journal lsm tssxgnment M1ss Garrlty teaches the lournahsm students the rules of xx r1t mg to produce a paper They are gnen mueh opportunxty to apply these rules Speeml stress IS placed on readrng news p tpers and betng wx 1re of propaganta Many lost fortunes mly be found ln the hbrary IS 1 few beggars of sehool m1t,ht tell you Why some people vnll forget 1 boole m their loelsers for months' Nevertheless there are treasures to be found ln the llbrary too Unllmxted ref erenee m1ter1al IS at the d1sposal of latest best seller to the hfe hxstory of 1 snul Our llbrlry IS 1 dehnlte asset to our sehool as was shovxn by the many eomplnments pfud by the state lnspeetors Some of the ambltxous dreamers of sehool have thelr future homes ll planned All they need IS SIS 000' Thls meehlmeal dravung eourse taught by Mr Sutton gnes pr1et1e1l lI'1l0I'fI11flO!'l on the use 1nd e ire of xnstruments letter mg prlnelples of s1ze and shape free hlnd sleetehxng pletorml dravung and blue pr1nt readrng J ournahsm L1btary Meehamcal Dravvmg ,, . . , . 7 . Y A-It ' ' v , 2 ' c . 2 'Z c ' ln. A 4 J 2 ' l ' . 1 7 2 s V ' c Q .Y A A Y. e ' 3 . 2 f l 1' - - . , . . , A .L 9 - ' students and faculty, anywhere from the 1. U . 2 . 2 i . 4 ' ' c . . V .. ' I fi A A . , . e . 4 , . A h 2 . lc 1 V. h ' c ' L . U 1 1 .-2 . . 2 , A .2 -2 . ' 1 , l , - L' I l 4 la 1 H h . a .X .C Y. , C 1 . .

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Q Q CCUI QIOU5 00 ouf Science Some ol the eredit for our 'tood drixers should ego to the selenee depirt ment is one diy 1 xxeele is devoted to learning the fundamentals of 1 ear and the St lte layys by yy hieh vxc should abide Students vt he ordinarily xx ouldn t le irn hoxx to driy bee luse they dont oxxn 1 eir, are given the opportunity bv the Hr' it irtist of that Held, Mr New num Boy, thats a load off my mind Iye been yxorried for vears' Sueh ln exeltm mon is this is often heird xx hen a biology stuelent determines his hereditlry chart and finds he yyon t be bild' Many sueh mysteries of life xre revealed to stuelents xy ho venture into Mr Hlyes enlightening biology eourse Not only the study of hum ln physiol ogy heredity and reproduetion is of fered, but ilso that ofthe Animal King dom sueh as protozoa, mollusles in ehordates Various field trips miero seopie observation, and revealing movies malee this elass different from other routine elass diseussion groups Three hoots for us, our experiment elme out right wxell fairly elose anv hovy Ah yes, lab day in the seience department. Much satisfaction is re- ceived by stuelents after such a triumph as this. Chemistry under the direction of Mr. Tyler, is the science of the make- up of substances and the changes that take place in them. Physics explains the behavior of less common things by re- lating them to better known ideas. General science taught by Mr. Tvler and Mr. Newnum to struggling fresh- men prede,min'1ntly explains the sim- plest laws of nature that goxern the action of everything around us. .I Not a dent in a fender how many have this record The how and why of hybrid corn, Nlot flying. saucers but flying. glass is the dread. all physicists see the lig ht of day-. . :Q Q ,Q ,

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fat! fwLn YOUO wore! flzeme, clue fomowow 94 En gl1sh Did you ever stop to think that uc four hundred and twenty five students have one thing in common' Well we do' We all must pass three years of English to graduate Whether we have Miss Garrity Miss Karl, Mrs Kipfer or Miss May the courses are generally thc same Our freshman year we have one semester of literature We have book reports and good books whether they be the kind we taste or the kind we chew and svn allovn As our sophomore year closes we cover a similar but stiffer course and naturally we re all twice as 1ntell1 gent OJ Then the Junior year rolls around all too quickly If we make at least a B average we may register in sideline courses of English such as journalism and speech If we dont keep our nose to the grlndstone we register in English III which combines literature compost tion and grammar Seniors at last the college bound scholars may enter Miss Garritys English IV class Here we are introduced to the tops in English poetrv novels, drama and essays In the spring we have a six weeks refresher course in grammar so we are ready for college the next fall you guessed it more English Freshies display their good work on the board. Goodie goodie a six weeks English III test. 'Double double toil and trouble. Guess what English Lit