Stanton County High School - Trojan Yearbook (Johnson, KS)

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Mrs. Fiss prepares her Spanish lesson plan. Mrs. Fiss taught Spanish I and II the last semester. Substituting for Mrs. Masoner, who became ill, Mrs. Fiss started teaching Span- ish. Mrs. Fiss activities also included the sponsorship of the sopho- more class. Mr. Herndon relaxes while teaching American government. Mr. Herndon was again the JHS librarian. He also taught American government to the seniors. Mr. Hern- don was a senior class sponsor. Business Business courses were taught by Mrs. Wallace this year. Mrs. Wallace taught office practice, typing I and II. and bookkeeping. Office practice was a secretarial course and the small class learned many practical things, such as, how to file, the use of a dictating machine, and the proper forms for business letters. Typing I and II classes learned and furthered their typing abilities. Mrs. Wallace's book- keeping class learned to keep financial statements correct- ly. Mrs. Wallace also was one of the sponsors for the pep club. 9 Mrs. Wallace grades her bookkeeping class papers.

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 Language Arts Mrs. Chenoweth grades the English I and II papers. Fundametal grammar I and II. vocabulary, and liter- ature were all taught by Mrs. Chenoweth this year. The lower classmen read world literature with enjoyment of such classic selections as ROMEO AND JULIET by Wil- liam Shakespeare. Mrs. Chcnoweth’s activities also in- cluded the sponsorship of the Y-tccns club. Essays, descriptions, and short stories were written by Mrs. Davidson’s English III and IV classes. Mrs. David- son also taught American literature to the juniors and English literature to the seniors. Mrs. Davidson instructed the journalism students and was the adviser for the publi- cation of the paper and yearbook. Mrs. Davidson was one of the sponsors of the freshman class. Speech and debate were taught by Mrs. Fleming this year. Mrs. Fleming’s classroom teaching was supplement- ed by debate tournaments and speech festivals. Mrs. Flem- ing also directed the junior play. Mrs. Fleming teaches students the principles of debate. Mrs. Davidson reads poetry aloud to her students to add more meaning.

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Social Science Mr. Hawkins taught one class of psychology the first semes- ter and vocations the second semester. Psychology studied E.S.P. and human nature most of the semester. Vocations stud- ied the many careers open for today's youth. Mr. Hawkins su- pervised the concessions at all the home basketball games as well as his regular duties of school counselor and teacher. Mr. Staker taught one class of American government each semester, teaching part of the seniors state government while Mr. Herndon taught the other half national government. Sec- ond semester state government students were able to study in- come tax. The students agreed it was a worthwhile subject to study. Both state government classes studied the Kansas consti- tution and the many phases of government. Mr. Staker also served as a stuco sponsor as well as his regular duties of princi- pal and teacher. Besides being a stuco co-sponsor Miss Ott taught world histo- ry. American history, economics the first semester, and sociolo- gy the second semester. Economics class studied the stock mar- ket, the stock market exchange, and ticker tapes. Sociology class studied different cultures and the problem of over popula- tion. American history classes studied America from the time the colonies were first being settled to present day America. World history briefly studied many of the countries of the world, their governments and their problems. M r. Hawkins gives Connie college information. 10 Miss Ott takes notes during class.