Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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Hiromasa and Anders discover America Hiroinasa ponders over a trigonometry problem. Two foreign students came to study at CCJHS this year. Coming from different parts of tiie world, they had different reactions to life in America. The Rotary Club sponsored 17 year old Hiromasa Ogisu from Matsmoto City, Japan. Being the son of a Buddhist priest, Hiromasa was accustomed to a strictly regulated life. He was very much surprised at the freedom offered to high school students. Courses he took were Civics, Trigonometry, Chemis- try, U.S. History, and English 10. He stayed at the homes of various Rotarians, among them the Harold Copp family, the Joseph Roe family, the Thomas Hamilton family, and the Glen Snapp family. The Kiwanis Club sponsored 17 year old Anders Lodin from Tavelsjo, Sweden. The town is a small farming community where his father is a Lutheran minister. Anders found the American school system similar to his own, and studied Civics, U.S. History, English n, French I, and typing. Mr. John Trip- cony was his host. Both students expressed their enjoyment of Amer- ica and their desire to return some day. Hiromasa and Anders con- verse with Mrs. Hood.

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A building for learning . A place lo experiment Eagles grow new wing Resulting from years of planning and months of construction, Columbia City Joint High School is now the proud owner of a new academic wing. Bright lights, carpeted floors, floor to ceiling chalk boards, and shocking metal walls highlighted the added facilities. Regular classrooms were used by the math department, while junior and senior English and senior government classes held class in the large lecture hall that will seat nearly 300 students. These larger classes, which used approximately one-third of the hall for each class, often break into smaller groups and hold discussions in the little rooms to the north of the lecture hall. The biology department received entirely new facili- ties, including a classroom, a lab, and a greenhouse. Another department — business — also acquired a large area of the new wing. For the first time, this depart- ment has a separate room for business machines. The faculty was given the greatest change, for each department now has a room or small cubicle in which a teacher may counsel students. These rooms can be entered by students from the outside doors, but are joined by a private hall for teacher use only. They now also have a private lounge complete with soft drink and colTee machines. A place with ample space .

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-ir-T ' ' r™ ' - : - DELEGATES (FRONT ROW) Phyllis Mccum. Linn Thomas (SECOND ROW) Mike Copp. ki Brcnnan. Bob Kiwller. Leroy Kelley not present. Janet Briggs not present. Students view state government in action In May of 1968, seven juniors were selected to represent CCJHS at Girls and Boys State. Seven alternates were also named. These outstanding class members were thus given the opportunity to learn the fundamentals and theory of government, make new friendships, and increase their appetite to learn more about their country and state. Daily convocations were both informative and in- teresting, as such speakers as Mayor Lugar of In- dianapolis and Lieutenant Governor Robert Rock re- counted personal experiences and expressed beliefs. Boys State met the first week in June at Indiana University. Three weeks later. Girls State convened. The delegates found that each week, which was sac- rificed from their summer vacations, was very re- warding. ALTER. A r£5— (FRONT ROW) Dehhie .Sanders. Sandv Schroder (SECOND ROW) Richard Redman. Hal Windemiah. Bill Haworth.