Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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. ' . • ri y FLWUP ! Miss Shoultz ' s pet canary sucked into vacuum cleaner By Tony Jines It started out as an innocent day. I had to go to teachers ' insti- tute, Miss Debbie Shoultz said , and I left my brothers. Cliff and Rick, in charge of my apart- ment. While I was away. Cliff decided to clean out Alex ' s cage (Alex is the pet canary). Cliff had raised canaries be- fore, so he thought he l new what he was doing. He took the vacu- um cleaner and started to clean out the bottom of the cage. Alex was flying around when he got too close and FWLUP! I , He was sucked up by the vacuum clean- er. Rick ripped open the bag immediately and found Alex still alive, but his wing and stomach were hurt. When I got home, Cliff said he had some bad news to tell me I thought that he had wrecked my car, but then he showed me Alex and explained what happened. I called the vet and told him about Alex. He must have thought I was nuts, because he asked me if I had a cage for Alex. The vet told me to bring Alex in for an examination. When I got there, the place was full of cat and dog owners. I went to the desk and told the nurse recep- tionist that I had called about my canary. She asked me what had happened. After I explained what had happened, everybody in the office started laughing. The nurse took me back to see the vet, and then I took Alex home. Right: Miss Debbie Shoultz welcomes speech teams to North for its only home meet. Miss Shoultz has been the speech team coach at North for the past 11 years. Opposite Page Above Right: Coach Bill Stearman uses the lockerroom to lecture his team during home games. Alex lived for awhile and started to look like he was going to make it, but one day I found him dead in his cage . The preceding is a factual ac- count of when Miss Shoultz, teacher and speech team coach at North, had her canary sucked up by a vacuum cleaner by her brother, Cliff. This is not the only weird thing that has happened to Miss Shoultz. Once, Miss Shoultz said, I had a wreck with a hearse, driv- en by a student at North, on ma- ple Street. I sent a girl in tell them that I had had a wreck, was okay, and to send out a police- man. The girl told the office ev- erything I had told her to, but neglected to tell them where I was. The policeman drove up and down 25th Street for 15 min- utes before he found me. He was a young man and was more wor- ried about the young girls than the accident. After we finally had the report filled out, I found out later that the policeman had put me down as a male. Miss Shoultz has taught at North for 11 years. Nine of those years, she has coached the speech team. She graduated from Franklin College with an AB in English with honors, and received her Masters in Educa- tion from Indiana University. My goals are to continue do- ing what I ' m doing, only do it better, she said. 20 Look Into It

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Courtyard renovations anticipated By Elyse Breeden By now, nearly every student at North has seen or at least heard about the inner courtyard. Designed in the sixties by an ar- chitectual firm and financed by the Hamilton Foundation, the courtyard was intended t o be used as an outdoor lab for the science department. Aquatic bacteria were grown in three ponds. The greenhouse was used to grow different spe- cies of plants for the science classes. A red barn, built by vo- cational education students, housed a few species of wildlife. In fact, the courtyard was filled with living things. At one time, several different breeds of rabbits, pheasants and even peacocks lived in the yard. One science class took on the project of raising quail. Great care and careful selection was given to the trees. But like most good things, the courtyard upkeep came to an end. Between the problems of finding people to care for the animals on weekends and holi- days and vandalism, the court- yard is now taken care of by the Corporation Building and Grounds department. However, there are other plans for the courtyard in the fu- ture. When the building renova- tions take place, the courtyard also will be renovated. The barn and the greenhouse will be re- moved. Most of the trees will remain and the area will be transformed into a flat, grassy area where students can go to study or spend their free time. Right: Mr. Cal Martin leads a biology class on a tour of the school ' s courtyard. This class will be one of the last classes to view the courtyard before the remodeling begins. Directly in front of the students is the bac- teria pond. Look Into It 19

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New lockers needed in lockerroom area By Kelly Welch Almost every student at CNHS has used the lockerrooms at one time or another, and each stu- dent has a different complaint about them. Although the girls and boys lockerrooms are to be remodeled for the incoming freshmen, Mrs. Hedy George, girls physical education teacher and girls athletic director, said The lockerrooms this year are fairly clean and the showers are fine, but the lockers don ' t work and we need hair dryers. Mrs. George suggested that the girls lockeroom was fairly clean, but she added that she has found many weird things dur- ing breaks in attendance like ba- nana peels, apple cores, milk cartons (half full of milk) , socks and tennis shoes. When asked what she does with the items she finds, she replied, I either put them in a box or throw them away. Students at Schmitt learn simple language skills By Sarah Garrett For the second year in a row, the fifth year foreign language students participated in a teach- ingprogram. German, French and Spanish fifth year students are required to instruct sixth graders from Lillian C. Schmitt elementary school who indicat ed an interest in learning a for- eign langu age. Each of the classes taught at Schmitt twice a week for eight weeks. Each of the classes are divided into teams. Each team teaches different aspects. For example, one team teaches days, months, seasons, etcetera. The second team teaches numbers. simple addition and subtraction and telling time. The third team teaches col ors, greetings and clothes. The fourth team teaches phonetics, writing, songs and conversation. All of the lesson plans are developed by the senior high students and not by their teachers. Each student is re- quired to write a paper to cri- tique the classes. These must be written in their respective lan- guages. Teachers and students seem enthusiastic. They also feel this program encourages youngsters to enroll in a foreign language at the junior high level. Mrs. George said the main complaint she heard from stu- dents was that the locker room needed more color and needed new lockers. If given the option of re-doing the lockerroom, Mrs. George said I would do away with the cage area and put in new lockers, put in a new water fountain, and put in a couple of hair dryers. Mr. David Horn, the boys physical education teacher, said, I feel that the locker- rooms are adequate, but if I were to re-do the area, I would make the office space larger, make locker placement better, install a larger drying area and provide a better P. A. system. When asked if he thought the students enjoyed the lockerroom surroundings, he replied, Yes, I feel the students enjoy the atom- osphere, but the main complaint from students has been that there are no locks on lockers. Above: Senior German student Brian Fulp instructs these sixth graders at Schmitt on the correct way to pronounce their German names. Look Into It 21