Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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Mr. Hively lectures on subjects ranging from the caveman to John F. Kennedy in World History. Mrs. Ott puts special emphasis on the Ameri- can Civil War in World History and insists that the story that the South lost is a lie. SPEECH AND DRAMATICS Students in Speech classes are taught the fun- damentals of expressing themselves in public. Debating, making speeches, and holding discus- sions were offered during the year. In Dramatics, students learned the basic ideas of what constitutes acting, presented one-act plays, acted out scenes from famous plays, and experimented in pantomime and imitation. The advantage of taking this course is learning to meet and to exchange ideas easily with the public. In addition to her speech and dramatics classes, Mrs. Wadley must undergo the ten- sions of directing the two class plays.

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SOCIAL STUDIES London is in England, not Germany. Versail- les is in Switzerland, oops, France. Sorry, Mr. Hively and Mrs. Ott. We ' ll try harder the next time. When was the American Revolution? the War of 1812? the Civil War? You don ' t know. Read the book, do you hear me? Yes, Mr. Shade, right away. Oh no! Mr. Guckert - not another new way of taking a test! I know it will be easier on you, but it ' s going to be harder for us. There are 50 States. No, Texas is not the WHOLE United States; it ' s only half, or part. Yes, Frazier, Colorado does get to 30 below. It doesn ' t always rain in California, it snows some- times. Oh! World Geography. Histories and geographies give us our back- ground for Government. Mrs. Gossett, a faithful and devoted member of the faculty, refutes the common belief that an abstract is a form of painting. Mr. Shade instructs his classes in the glor- ious annals of American History.

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MATHEMATICS 1 + 1=2 1+2 = 3 2 + 2 = 5 Now, wait just a minute! That isn ' t right, is it? Many of the students are faced with trials and tribu- lations concerning the mathematical world. Mr. Ches- ter Metcalf, Mr. Robert Short, Mr. Harry Lacy, and a newcomer, Mrs. Kempshall have done their best to uphold the reputation of mathematics. Now Freshman Algebra and General Math, aren ' t as bad as you think they are. Sure, it may seem rough now, but you can always look ahead. Sophomores have passed the basic elements of Al- gebra and are faced with new figures - geometric figures, not the others. The Juniors and Seniors have reached the stage where they take everything easy but, facing Advanced Algebra, Solid, and Trig., they seem to realize that it isn ' t so easy at all. Mr. Robert Short ably assists the seniors in making themselves ready fop college alge- bra and calculus. Mr. Lacy guides his students through the equations of freshman Algebra and the geo- metric shapes of Plane Geometry. During the school year, Mr. Chester Metcalf diverts his attention from swimming pools to the maze of numbers of General Math and Algebra I.