St John Township High School - Echo Yearbook (Dyer, IN)

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BATTER UP! GRAND RIGHT AND LEFT! JUMP BALL! . . . these and other phrases are heard daily when the physical education staff goes into action. MR. JIM JACOBS (left) is the man behind the scenes at baseball and basketball games. In addition, he supervises playground activities and teaches world history. CORNELIUS VAN-DERKOLK (center) leads our football heroes in their hazardous drive to victory, conducts the boys' phys. ed. classes, teaches health, and makes safe drivers out of timid beginners. MRS. RUTH HOFFMAN (right) directs the girls' phys. ed. program, teaches health, and instructs a large number of beginning seamstresses in the mysteries of cutting, basting, fitting and finishing. We Engage in Sports OUT AT FIRST! . . . Carol Gettler doesn't have quite enough speed to reach first base before Florence Stamos makes the catch! With three baseball diamonds, two outside basketball courts, and a football field, Dyer students have ample opportunities for outdoor recreation. Basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and calisthenics afford indoor training in body development and muscular coordination, while square and social dancing develop rhythm and grace. Most significant of all is the fact that the physical education program stresses the importance of working together as members of a group, teaches the value of cooperative work or play, and constantly emphasizes the need for integrity and sportsmanship in every life situation. 10

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AMEBAE, PROTOPLASM. LEPIDOPTERA . . . many freshmen seem bewildered as Mr. Walter Haver-kamp introduces them to the study of plant and animal life. Mr. Haverkamp, a newcomer at Dyer this year, is as handy with the microscope as he is with a test tube. He sponsors the Science Club, too, and in many other ways he stimulates students interested in scientific research. High school and college science teachers have done a great deal to replace legend and superstition with scientific facts and theory. and Experiment FROM HIGH SCHOOL CHEM LAB TO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ... that may be the path that Larry Heyl will follow. In the picture at the left he is shown making hydrogen chloride gas, with Mike Reed an interested onlooker. With the increasing need for all people to know more about scientific methods, the enrollment in science classes grows larger every year. Biology students study plant and animal life in the local park; physics class members learn how to apply the laws of physics to ordinary house building; and young chemists learn the results of various combinations of natural elements. 9

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TIME TESTS. DOUBLE ENTRIES. TOUCH SYSTEM . . . these are an inseparable part of the commercial department, staffed by able instructors, MRS. EMILY NELSON (left) and MISS BEULAH HUSTED (right). Despite large classes in shorthand, typing and bookkeeping, Miss Husted efficiently sponsors the Sunshine Society, the Commercial Club, and a Girl Scout troup. Mrs. Nelson, in her first year of teaching, not only teaches typing, general business, commercial law, and salesmanship, but also sponsors the junior class. We salute these teachers who successfully manage so many activities in addition to carrying heavy teaching loads. and Acquire Commercial Skills TYPEWRITERS, ADDING MACHINES, CALCULATORS, COMPTOMETERS... all these are to be found in the commercial department for the purpose of training young people for the business world. The course of study is planned to meet the individual needs of the students, and includes such interest-heighteners as recordings, visual aids, and awards for efficiency. The course in salesmanship, offered for the first time this year, has proved to be a great success with D. H. S. students. 11