Taylor High School - Helio Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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BASICS OF FIRST AID Jeff Kirk increases his ability in broad jump. This year Miss Oyler conducted the ninth grade health classes. The girls made an attempt in first aid and home nursing. Various students in the class were made hypothetical victims and were bandaged from head to toe. Miss Bennett taught eighth, ninth, and tenth grade P.E. classes. The classes consisted of gymnastics, and six weeks of bowling. The gym department this year received new modern dance records, which was included in the courses. Eighth grade students learn the importance of the eye in health.

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HEALTH GIRLS LEARN Pull-ups were a part of the physical education program. Cindy Swain helps on parallel bars. Completing an exhausting routine, Mark Werking, goes into a forward roll.

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PLANETARIUM ADDED TO Jennie Bouge, Debbie Foster, and Gary Surber stain onion epidermis to observe cells. Susan Maple and Beth Miller find Chemistry quite complicated. Taylor students now have something no other school in Howard County has, a planetarium. The planetari- um is located in the new part of Taylor High School. About 660 stars can be seen in our galaxy while the equipment is in operation. Planets will be colored so the students can recognize them by color. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, and the sun can all be viewed. The earth can be viewed as to what it looks like from the outside looking in. Paul Eckert and Creed Jones took first place awards in the junior biological division of the Lafayette Regional Science Fair. Their projects were Pho- toperiodism and its Effect on the Rate of Germination and Cell Differentiation of the Fern Spores and Sound and its Effect on the Germination of Fern Spores. Science projects are judged on the basis of ap- pearance, originality of thought, scientific method, clarity of presentation, and the construction of the project.