Washington High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Washington Court House, OH)

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Driver Education Stresses Safety Reaction tests such as this one, aid the students in realizing the importance of alertness behind the wheel. Recent surveys have shown the amazing decrease in the accident rate of students having had driver training as compared with the increase in the rate of those who have been haphazardly trained by parents and friends. If human lives and suffering could be measured in dollars and cents, the value of the course would run into countless millions. Dual-controlled cars are furnished the students, not only to learn to drive, but to learn how to maintain and service them efficiently, Traftc problems and situations are set up on this traffic board with mode' cars to shcw neophyte drivers the right and wrong way to handle their automobiles.

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Languages Teach Us Self-Expression While grammar is of first importance in grades nine, ten, and eleven, literature and writing become the prime interests of senior English. Jack Gillen and Max Milstead are gaining a better understanding of the Elizabethan Age when this theatre was used,

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Music, Speech, and Dramafics Bring Ouf Creative Abilities The music department plays an important part at Washington High. Both the vocal and instrumental sections learn that only practice, practice, and more practice lead to success. Learning how to express oneslf orally is of prime im- portance to the speech classes. Students overcome shy- ness and speech handicaps in a way which is fun for everyone. Several fine plays were staged by the dramatics class during the year. Sandy Hill and Allen McClung leam techniques on how to portray emotion by actions.