Sturgis High School - Sturgensian Yearbook (Sturgis, MI)

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.I lf ST BROXVSING XVhether we were looking for a book about cowboys and lndians, or information on the Chemistry of the blast furnace, we were sure to find it in our large library. llrs. Brown always found time to recommend a good book or to show us where to look for what we wanted. Kluch of the routine work in our library is done by student librarians who check out books and see that the p's', were not mixed with the cfs on the hookshelyes. ln proof of the fact that a library is a work center for the entire school. the record of daily attend- ance speaks for itself-for no fewer than 175- lllll pupils are in attendance each day. THIC SCHOOL AND THIQ AIUB At the right you see Hlr, Kenneth Squires. who is the coordinator of diversified occupa- tional training in our school. His program, which was introduced for the first time this year, provides training in three fields of occu- pation-office and clerical workers, workers in trade and industry, and workers in retail or distributiye occupations. lt is a combina- tion of theoretical classroom instruction and practical experience on the job. The advantages of this program are many for employer and student alike, and we have a feeling that it has been one of the chief factors in keeping many a student in school. School In Session QPR? 'gi

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School In Session Mrs. Seitz-Construct your figures properly, boys. Mr. P. Miller-VVhz1t will the interest he? The wise seniors doing their adding by a complicated method. Mrs. Brokaw's-Let's see who can find the right answer first. A2+B2:??? After six years of 2+2:4 and how many apples , We started out on higher mathematics in the seventh grade. Two of the first stops on our tour of the Math. dept. brought us to Mr. P. Miller's and Mr. R. Miller's rooms. Here we found the students reviewing the basic arithmetic principles and being initiated in their first tricky problems. In the eighth grade room we found lllrs. Brokaw carrying on where the 'fMille1's left off. They were laying linoleum, papering walls, figuring the number of barrels of ce- ment for a walk, following the stock market, and trying to keep their checking accounts straight. From here our conducted tour took us to the freshman algebra class and general math class. Here we found the little freshies struggling for hours over an equation only to discover that they had forgotten to change one of those gremlin -l',' or - signs. X's, y's and z's were fairly haunting them. There goes the bell. We'd better move onl Our next stops were at sophomore geometry and advanced algebra and trigonometry class- es. Here we found vocabularies built around such words as planes, angles, parallelograms, sines, co-sines, logarithms, tangents, and seg- ments. lt fairly made our heads swim! We know that all these facts and figures are important, but what those students are gaining most from their math Work is to think for themselves. They may forget the Pytha- gorean Theorem, but the ability to reason, once obtained-will stick.

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School In Session THE STUDY HOUR VVhen the warning bell sounds at the be- ginning of each school hour the crowd which has gathered to pick up books, or perhaps to chat a minute in G. S. R. with that special friend, disperses and off to class trudge those for whom that bell has meant another class. YVhen the smoke had cleared and quiet was once more reigning on the day on which We took the above pictures we found this group busily at work. For them another General Session Room hour had begun. Now donlt let the above picture deceive you, dear reader. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boyu, is an old adage which is also practiced daily in G. S. R. But seriously this room is the one set aside in which we students are to do our studying under the supervision each hour of some mem- ber of the faculty. TH F LUNCH HOUR Ting a ling, ling, l-i-n-gl I There goes the bell. lt's ll :ZO by each class room clock. Out of my way, pal. VVhe1'e am I going? YVhy, down to lunch, There's a mad rush down the corridor, down the stairs we go, around the next turn on one foot, through the gates and-puff, puff, puff. VVe made it! VVe,re first in line. lve? By we, we mean those three lucky guys whose pictures you see to the left with those loaded trays. Theylve made it again. Look at those trays, will you, heaped with that delicious food which the girls in the picture above helped prepare. Ah, yes, friends, 11 :20 by the clock is wel- come news for us all.