West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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THE ARTISTIC TOUCH ART AND DRAMA Besides making sketches of each other, the art students study color, design, crafts, interior decoration, and history of art. They have at- tended state conventions of Feder- ated Art Clubs, exhibits of winning Scholastic contest material, art mu- seums, and the Purdue puttering shop as a part of their activities. The art room is equipped with a gaily be- spattered sink, an ironing board for textiles, a press for printing linoleum blocks, and a potter's wheel. Mrs. l-lammer, art supervisor, is also di- recting the work of the long contem- plated mural on the west wall of the cafeteria. Phil Demaree, the artist, in warm rich colors is completing a panorama of school life, past and present. Symbolical in meaning, we are awaiting with interest the final interpretation. Nearly everyone in our school has at one time or another felt the gentle touch of grease paint. lf he has escaped this, he has no doubt built flats, painted scenery, or tracked down a skunk or a pair of handcuffs for props. ln addition to the dramatics classes taught by Mrs. Mueller, there are opportunities to be in the cast of publicly performed plays. This year the season opened in December with the junior Play, Youth Takes Over, a drama of high school life, directed by Miss Brown. ln March came The Hoos- ier Schoolmaster, the Speech Arts Play, under the direction of Mrs. Mueller. The Seniors finished the year with two performances of Skid- ding, featuring Andy Hardy, and directed by Miss Sinks. .1- '

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GREEK TO ME LANGUAGE ARTS Through requirements or choice we have all come in con- tact with the language arts. The English classes are taught by Miss Sinks, Mrs. Mueller, or Mrs. Mason. We know we are getting educated when we begin to recognize transitive verbs and adverbial clauses, and to be able to quote Macbeth gives us secret delight. Speech becomes a fascinating subject under the guidance of Mrs. Mueller. Whether the assignment is a business inter- view, an extemporaneous speech, or a debating project, we receive valuable experience in self-confidence and poise. Because of the development in foreign affairs, our interest in German has arisen. Mr. Eddy's students learn not only an- other language but also the characteristics of a people signifi- cant to '42 and you. Miss Coulter has developed an interesting phase of Latin study involving the lives and customs of the ancient Romans. The annual Roman dinner has become traditional. Only this year was Spanish added to the curriculum with Miss Beth McCloud holding her classes in the junior High School Building.

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NGW WE KNOW WHY SCIENCE lt is safe to say that the two most discussed school subjects are physics and chemistry. As underclass- men we peered into the labs and said reverently, Gosh, it smells awful , or, What are they doing with those little pulleys? but now we're in the labs, and it's How do you correct for vapor pressure? and, What, no hydrogen to pop? At any time you can hear heated discussions over the relation of Far- raday's third law of electrolysis to the electro-chem- ical equivalent of silver, or, as we put it, How do you get the fifth problem? The chemistry laboratory contains equipment enough for 36 students, and the physics laboratory has twelve complete sets of materials for experi- ments in heat and magnetism. The most expensive piece of apparatus in the science department is the rotary vacuum pump which cost between seventy- five and eighty dollars. This machine is able to pro- duce a vacuum up to one thousandth millimeters of mercury or more. Also included in the laboratory equipment are fifteen scales, costing about eleven dollars each. The chemistry laboratory does not con- tain all of the ninety-two elements, because some of them are too rare and too expensive. ln one of the three rooms that make up his own private realm, you may always find that venerable gentleman who is the science department - Mr. Troy Smith.