Sidney High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Sidney, OH)

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GO FLY A BIG BALLOON . . . The officers of the Science club are sending up a weather balloon. Mr. Kauffman. the adviser. looks on with Sandy Hance, secretary. while Hugh Turley, treasurer, Marion Warren, president, and Terry Katterhenry, vice president release the balloon. The Science Club provides an outle for students who like to go a little fur ther than their classroom experiments ir chemistry, physics, and biology. Fact and figures on the slide rule, variou: projects involving balloons, and demon- strations on everything from soup tt nuts make up their meetings. Noon movies, shown on Tuesday Wfednesday, and Thursday of each week of the winter months, relieve the con- gestion in the halls and provide a little capital for the treasury. A The members have access to the chemistry laboratory, biology equip- ment, and physics apparatus, and there is hardly any limit to the extent of theii opportunities. Reading books sometimes becomes boring, so there are plenty ol chances to learn by doing. They have sent up several small weather balloons in the past year, and at the height of the program sent up a six foot balloon. The farthest point ever reached by one of these balloons was eastern Pennsylvania. t.lC?lllfi1fif2-JS P101 Projects ln the last few years the audio-visual department of our school has advanced greatly. The purpose of the department is to show movies in classes to instruct students. Movies picture graphical experiments and are a fast and easy method of teaching. Boys who are in the Science Club or are mechanically inclined are usually the ones who take partg however, the department is open to anyone wishing to participate. Students can learn the operation of several projectors, the splicing and care of film, and various other jobs which are in- cluded in the activity. The equipment of the department in- cludes two l6mm sound projectors, two slide and film strip projectors, one opaque projector, a tape recorder, various screens, and splicing equipment. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION . . . The student projectionists go over the films with their adviser Mr. Kauffman. They are Larry Flinn, john Keysor, Hugh Turley, Terry Katterhenry, and Larry Engle. 28 Mack Truck Inc.

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Clubs Help Us Prepare For F uturv VIC fVocational Industrial Clubl was first organized in 1951. One objective of the club is to work for an award for which standards have been set by the state organization. One of the most important events is the trip the boys make to Columbus to tour the State Government offices. This is a thrilling experi- ence for them because they can learn the opera- tion of the government first hand. They also send delegates to spring and fall conventions in Columbus. Other events include trips to two local in- dustries and a trip to one out-of-city industry. This year they visited Avon Manufacturing Com- pany and Citizens National Bank in Sidney, and Aero Products Corporation in Vandalia. The FFA is a national organization com- posed of boys taking vocational agriculture and having local school chapters. The main pur- poses of the group are to promote brotherhood, to honor rural opportunities and responsibilities, and to develop competent, rural leadership. Our SHS chapter has a very wide variety of activities. Parliamentary procedure and chapter business procedure are practiced at meetings. The boys attend officers' training schools, state conventions, and State FFA camp. On the home front they exhibit at the Shelby County Fair, conduct scrap drives, take part in district and state judging contests, and have various recrea- tional and social activities. The FFA boys are always busy with some activity which prepares them for the future. VIC OFFICERS . . . john Adkins, president: DeLoss Ike, treasurerg Bob Hughes, vice-president: Rol- and Westnioreland, Sargeant-an armsg Bob Nolte, secretaryg and Tom Bowman. reporter. FFA Qseatedl Don Zwiebel, trcasurerg Ronnie Ely, vice-presi- dentg Caven Burress, presidentg Dick Martin, secretary. fstand- ingj Bob Carey, news reporter, john Vanl-Iorn, sentinelg and Mr. Slager, adviser. jolm.v0n's Town Home Inn johnsonk Rextazzmnt - Drive Inn

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We Have Worn-Uut Soles A NOSE FOR NEXVS . . . The members of the SHS news staff are Front Row: Ruth Schroerlucke, Nancy Allen ieditorl, Letitia Clawson ieditorl, jill Amos jassistant editorl. and Carl Wagner lsports editorl. Second Row: Betty Vorde- mark, Faye Abbott, Betty Blake, Karen Valentine, and Pamela Chambers. Third Row: Helen Hayes, Geraldine Reach. Judy johnson, Dinah Apple, and Lois Oldham. Fourth Row: ,lim Fogt, Michael Wagiier, and Ferry Katterhenry. Fifth Row: Bill Ambos. Helen Blake, jim Friend, and Tom Sewing. The news class publishes the Sidney High School News each week. Journalism students are required to write articles of all types for the newspaper. They are also required to study a journalism text to insure a reasonably good pub- lication. Nancy Allen was appointed editor for the first semester and Letitia Clawson was edi- tor for the second semester. Those who have done outstanding work in news class are invited to join Quill and Scroll. Quill and Scroll, the International Honor- ary Society for High School journalism, was or- ganized for the promotion of creative writing and of journalistic work in school, for improve- ment of school publications, and participation in journalistic activities outside the school. The ITIOSI important activity of Quill and Scroll is encouraging and rewarding individual achieve- ment in journalism. A banquet and installation of officers was held in the spring of 1956. Arlynn Hill was president for the school year 1956-1957, Sarah Friend, vice-president, Shirley Hendricks, secre- tary, and janet XY ilt, treasurer. Mrs. Blust is the adviser of both news and Quill and Scroll. A STEP AHEAD OF THE REST . . . The students who have done outstanding work in news and now are , ,. -, . ,.. ' .. ,. . erDiC. K. . ' members of Quill and Scroll arc Sarah Friend, Sara Shcely, jack Be Ambos, Helen Blake, janet Wilt, Letitia Clawson, Nancy Allen, and cnd s, all visor Mrs. Blust. X k Gossard, Tcrry lxattcrhcnry, Bill H1 rick' ' listening to their ad- Inset: