Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Business and College Careers Will Myra Mears pauses to calculate her speed on one of the new electric typewriters. These machines are used in second year typing courses. Billie Osborne listens attentively as Mrs. Mary Jane Deer demonstrates the operation of the switchboard in the main office. Dixie Frazier works with the adding machine in her business math class.

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Mr. Rolland Sprunger, science instructor, demonstrates rather explosively the use of a fire extinguisher in phys- ics class to Stevie Woempner, Harriet Fitch, Bob Fergu- son and Sharon Hinchman. Jack Chaney, chemistry assistant, uses one of the new pieces of equipment in the chemistry laboratory while he works on his COo determination from limestone ex- periment. The new Laboratory was the main feature of the Foreign Language Department. It enabled students to learn a language more fluently, master the phonetic drills and hear native voices. It is equipped with the Dukane teacher console and 30 booths for students where each may listen and record his work in private or participate in recitation with the class. Two years of Latin, Spanish and French were offered to any student interested in learning a foreign language. Members of the Science Department had as their goal the increasing of knowledge and appreciation of the universe. In this fast-moving atomic age, an under- standing of the principles of modem science is a necessity. Eight rooms in the east wing were devoted to the study of science. The biology, chemistry and physics laboratories and practical science rooms were equipped with water, gas and electrical outlets, while the biology areas had aquariums and mobile terrariums. One biology class had a television set for participation in the Midwest Airborne Television education program. Mike Cha ney works with an oscilloscope, an instrument for showing changes in varying current.

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Depend upon Commerce and Mathematics Warren’s business education department, located in the upper main corridor, was created to instill the ability to compete in the business and education world. The department is equipped with electric typewriters, adding machines, switchboards, manual typewriters and duplication machines. Included in the course selection are shorthand, typ- ing, business arithmetic, bookkeeping and office practice. In the 1960-61 school year, 38 percent of Warren’s students were enrolled in an advanced mathematics course. As a part of the college preparatory course, mathematics lays a foundation in algebra, geometry, trigonometry and basic calculus. Twenty-two students were studying a fifth year of math. Occupying four rooms in the east wing, the de- partment is equipped with charts, geometric solids and slide rules for classroom demonstrations. The de- partment’s office is provided with a typewriter having special mathematical symbols. Mr. Ray Clark uses a demonstration chart to illustrate to his senior mathematics class the solution of a graphic problem. Examining geometric forms may prove to be of value to Ted Leisure, Pat McEowen and Rick Mathes in under- standing theorems and solving problems. 19