George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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of Bausch-Lomb Award Clifford Liehe, with a near perfect high school academic record, captured the Valedictorian honors in his class, and Barbara Hered captured the Salu- tatorian honor. Gary Gardner and Tom Allison ranked number three and four, respectively. Gary Gardner rose from the ranks of the senior class, and became a National Merit Scholarship finalist. Thousands of students across the country competed for this high honor. The outstanding homemaker of 1962-63 was sen¬ ior Pat Mores, who received the Betty Crocker Homemaker Award for her outstanding perform¬ ance on a test taken in December. The Elizabeth Lyle Memorial Award was won by Junior Tom Snider. Awarded each year to the out¬ standing biology student, this award is in memory of one of Clark’s past biology teachers. Ranking two and one academically for the class of ’63 are Barbara Hered and Cliff Liehe, respectively. LEFT—Junior Tom Snider was presented the Elizabeth Lyle Memorial Award for his outstanding work and interest in the field of biology. MIDDLE—Senior Gary Gardner ranked as the only finalist from Clark in the National Merit Scholarship competition this year. RIGHT—Senior Pat Mores was chosen as the Bettv Crocker Future Homemaker of the Year. Pat won this title by making the highest score of all the girls at Clark who took a special test on home economics. 29

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Liehe Named Valedictorian and Recipient Cliff Liehe received the Bausch and Lomb Sci¬ ence Award for maintaining the highest grade aver¬ age in high school science courses. Cliff was eligible to compete for a scholarship to the University of Rochester in New York. The recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution Award was Barbara Hered. After being selected by the seniors and the faculty, Barbara took a three-hour test on citizenship and government. Eight senior boys were selected to attend meet¬ ings of the Hammond Rotary Club. The Junior Rotarians, as the boys were called, were chosen on the basis of their grades and participation in activ¬ ities. Each boy attended the weekly meetings for a month. Meeting community leaders and hearing discussions on current problems served to widen the boys’ interests. Junior Rotarians then contributed the acquired knowledge to the whole school. JUNIOR ROTARIANS—BOTTOM ROW: C. Liehe, M. Levin; SECOND ROW: M. Trombley, B. Ference; THIRD ROW: L. King, G. Gardner; FOURTH ROW: R. Burk, T. Allison. Cliff Liehe was the recipient of the Bausch-Lomb Award for 1963 for his academic achievement in the science field. Clark’s Daughters of the American Revolution Award was received by senior Barbara Hered.

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Science Courses Play Important Part in Freshmen Sandra Hanusan, Joan Norrington, and Carol Bellile watch their fellow biologist Lynn Dostatni take her chances with a stuffed baby alligator. By the end of the year the girls found this was far from hardest projects. The science courses at Clark provide a vital store of knowledge. Health, biology, physics, and chemistry explore the aspects of the physical world and its phenomenon. Man, the world’s most curious phenomenon, is analyzed in Health I. This one- semester course describes man’s physiology accord¬ ing to his nine body systems. Films illustrate and supplement the chapters in the text. Biology students realize that every living thing has certain distinctive characteristics. Learning these characteristics is a year-long project involving microscopes, leaf collections, and dissections. By studying and researching their topic the students are assured they will benefit. Physics is the fundamental science because it in¬ volves matter and energy— ' two basic things in everyday life. Through experiments and demon¬ strations, students can see the subject’s usefulness. Chemistry deals with the materials of which the earth is made. Students learn the properties, uses, and discoveries of the various elements. George, the anemic demonstration skeleton, is carefully examined by Cecelia Brizina and Fred Morganthaler in one of Mr. Daugherty’s health classes.