Byng High School - Yearbook (Ada, OK)

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WHY HIS TOR Y? Why do l have to study history? Have you ever asked this question? lt rs a grxwd question to think about. Did you ever look at an old photograph album or listen as your grandpar- ents told you about the 'good old days? Leaming about the old days hehas you to leam why you are the kind of person you are. History is the study ol' past events. Leamrng about the past helps you to lrve better in the present and to prepare for the lurute. By studying how people acted in the past, you can get ideas about how you would act in srrnilar circumstances. This is how you leam the 'lessons of history. lt has been said, 'Those who hil to learn the lessons of history are destined to repeat them. History wrll also help you to understand ways of lik difficult from your own. History tells not only about other times, but also about other countries, other cuuoms, and other religions. You can compare your lit? and ideas with those you study about. This makes it easier to understand why you live the way you do and to know about all the possibilities that are open to you. There are many kinds of history to be studrd The history of Westem civrlintion is usually divided into ancient history, medreval history, and modem history. There is also much interesting history about the civrlin- trons ofAsrQa, Africa. and South America. Local history - the story of the area tn which you lrve - can be fascinating, You can visit places where events took place and perhaps talk to people who remember them. History can really seem to come alive when you visit a historical place. For example. a replica ofthe first permanent English settlement in America has been built atjamestown rn Virgrnra. You can walk the streets and see jamesmwn as rt was in the ldws. At Mesa Verde in Colorado, the National Park Service has restored Indian clilfdwellrngs. ln these rooms ol stone and sunvbalted brick, you can imagine the lik ofthe Indians who lived there rrr about IM A.D. In the American History classes we have some activities that hehw students It-am about their United States. Each week pupils drawa map of one ofthe states ofthe Union. They identify the states capital, other important cities, rivers, and points of interest. Tomorrow! history is learned on Current Events Day. Each student gives a report of an event that orcutred the past week that has world. national, state, or local importance. Both of these activities add to students' knowledge of our country and world as rt is today and heh: them be aware ofthe world around them. Gary W Cooper jr, High American History Top, Mrs, I,oAr,'arr ft-rrainly knows how to keep the attention ol' het class. Middle left, Grey Colbert tries to get Mrs. l,ogan's .attention during llrstory. Nliddlc right, KXXXPH YI 'KK .'.'.'.' V 'rev fav 1. s 1 5 i E e 25 X Bottom lelt, De Von Lambert questions a fact while' lfrlf Atwood and Robert llayes diligently write it down. llottom right. larnrny llcrbst 3, Andrea Willoughby's and Stacy Christenberryk heart goes thump, thump as Alt. Lester aides in the drseftion. F UNda - 90- mentals

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Phonics rch oF fri ww French Club Members: Seated: D. Atwood S. Pendergrafr, K. Whght, R. Whghr, 71 Lewis, A. Suns, S. Chrisrenberry, K. Kiser, A. Loman, C Brown, K. Harjo, S. Laughlin, Voylcs, E. Wght, M Aday Seated: Hnndley,j. Eaves. K. Huneycutt, N. jordan, A. Wlloughby, R. Hooperg A. Blackburn, R. Ragsdale, S. Sanders Fun -89-Damentals Lefi, Mike Aday and Nathaniel jordan transform into the Arch of Triumph in their French I class on Hallow- een. Below right, Library aide, Cindy Reed, has fun shelving books.

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At one time. clean lines could be dra wn between major fields of science. Today those lines are gone. All sciences are related. Everythin about life as biologists understand it can be thought of in terms o a com lex biochemical system. Growth, response, and heredity all result rom chemical activity, Physics. too, is important to the bioligist. Without physics, we could not hope to understand the changes in matter and energy involved in life. Throughout recorded history people have used science to improve their way of life. How could we feed the growing population without the technology avarla ble to the tarmer? Think of all the people you know and love that have been helped by modern medicine. Science has also pro- duced nuclear weapons. Science is not in itself 'good' or bad What people do with science may be. Science is not simply a collection of facts which never changes, nor should it be viewed as a subject to avoid, Science is not something you do - science is what you are. FUNda -91 -me 'V ,N 5,