Rolla High School - Growler Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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Mr. James Ring, Vocal instructor used suspension to explain the use of passing tones to his Music Theory. 28 Creative ability found its mark in the four areas of Fine Arts. Students with a flair for the fiddle and its sister strings” found that orchestra was a coming home course for their particular talent. Band attracted the noisier type who used their talent to perform at football games, pep assemblies, parades, and three concerts which proved to be crowd pleasers. The Flo- rida trip money raising projects put their music talent in the business class before they reached that magical $9000 goal. Art students geared their creations for an art show that was practically professional in the products presented for public comment. In speech, students learned how to talk better before groups, presented plays that followed the principle of good acting and entered and often won solo and group contest offerings. The vocal music department added a new triumph to their laurels with the Talent Assembly which drew attention and applause from the student and teacher audience. The winning acts performed at a Pops Choir Concert. The three department (music, art, and speech) Christmas program was also planned by this talented group. Mr. Art Smith explained set designs as a part of the drama class. Play sets don't just happen. They are designed to create a mood, explained Mr. Art Smith to his drama class.

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I his doubts. Algebra II must have its funny side. Here, Mrs. Mildred Montgomery, math instructor, smiled at a student response. Sesame Street brought math minds to high school, then the Math Big Six took over — Calculus, Math Analy- sis, Trig, Algebra I and II, Geometry and Business Math. These armed stu- dent minds with facts and formulas to produce full time engineers, business leaders and bankers. Trigonometry and Math Analysis combined for a year course along with Calculus, en- abling an RHS student to prepare for the computerized world. Biology I and II, Physics and Chem- istry I and II enabled students to an- swer their questions by experimenta- tion and dissection. Everything from cats to the study of movements of slinkies were included in the activities through which future scientists and doctors gathered facts which led them to new ideas and theories. In one of Mr. Bill Brent's Chemistry classes, students cooled down Acetone with dry ice to see how the pressure gauge was affected. 27

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“Color me red, those drums ore rushing again. thought Bert Stanley, Band instructor. 29