Shawnee High School - Quilna Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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Commercial classes focus on business principles A glance into the commercial room shows many students busy at typing, bookkeep- . ing, and dictation. Second year commercial students are readied for future jobs in business while first yearers gain knowledge in general typewriting. This phase of the curriculum is very valuable since it makes an easy job of theme copying and homework papers. Commercial students learn how to use a calculating machine. second year typing students study busi- less typewriting. Page Seventeen

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A chemistry experiment, the distillation of petroleum, draws the attention of the entire class. Frontiers of science are explored Facilities of an especially well equipped labora- tory give the science field at Shawnee a real boost. In both chemistry and physics classes, the students work in teams of two. Each team has a private working booth with the test tubes, thistle tubes, burners, flasks, and chemicals needed to work any experiment. Ofttiines it is necessary to prepare a gas whic has a disagreeable odor or is poisonous. In orde to achieve this, the lab has been gifted with hood, a chamber which enables the students t work with such materials in complete safety. Page Sixteen Electricity is a part of the subject of physics. Mr. Wagner, instructor, demon- strates to Wes Cleaves, Jack Neuman, George Cockran, and Bill Clark, the principles of the electro-sig board.

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Students enjoy varied school life Pamela Daulton sets up the pins as Jeanne Shutt is ready to return the bowling ball. Bowl- ing with lightweight pins and ball give the girls of this gym class practice for the real thing. Mr. Van Meter, Jim Hurlburt, and Dennis Down- hower admire Gene Lee ' s project at a meeting of the newly formed Industrial Arts Club. Prospective basketball players are O.K. ' d in annual physical checkup. Page Eighteen