Wayne High School - Sentry Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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The More Things Change... This was the year of the ' cool change ' at Wayne. Little things here and there, some of which only changed the look of the school, others that affected us on a day to day basis, and others that could change the academic look of our school and schedules. The ladies in the cafeteria let loose of their tongs, spatu- las, and ladles, and let us do it ourselves. What had been a limited experiment a year before, now became standard operating procedure. Now some people can han- dle choice, and some can ' t. Some grab their hamburger patty or piece of cake or scoop of fruit cocktail and get on with lunch. Others how- ever, gourmets after a fashion, take more time. Sometimes endless amounts of time; pick- ing the biggest, juiciest patty; operating on the cake pan, like a child surgeon who doesn ' t like crust, for that large piece with all the frosting right in the middle of the pan; casting the ladle time and again like a fisherman in search of the perfect scoop, all cherries. Wayne ' s happy homemak- ers more than cope with all this and endless cries for more corn. A salute to the most pleasant people at Wayne. Then there was all the con- struction The melodious sounds of jackhammers and sledge hammers made classes so much fun, and just when you thought it was safe to go back into the halls . . the walls would shake and another chasm would appear in the walls of Wayne. A reading lab was gutted and changed into a television studio. A sign of the times, as= reading becomes obsolete, and McLuhan beams. The studio will be equipped with all manner of video tape machines and cameras fofl use by budding broadcast journalists, and anyone else who can figure out how to use the stuff. . I Wayne was made safe and accessible for the handicap- ped this year New railings appeared on the stairs, and 9 course, the elevator. As far as we know the doors have neveii opened, but only three Wayne students have yet to push the button, just in case.

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. We had the best of educations — in fact, we went to school every day — ' ' I ' ve been to a day-school too, said Alice; you needn ' t be so proud as all that. With extras ' ? asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously. Yes, said Alice, we learned French and music. And washing? said the Mock Turtle. Certainly not! said Alice indignantly. Ah! Then yours wasn ' t a really good school, said the Mock Turtle in a tone of great relief. Now at ours they had at the end of the bill, ' French, music, and washing — extra. ' You couldn ' t have wanted it much, said Alice, living at the bottom of the sea. I couldn ' t afford to learn it, said the Mock Turtle with a sigh. I only took the regular course. What was that? inquired Alice. Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, the Mock Turtle replied: and then the different branches of Arithmetic — Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. — from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 2 ' .

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Contrary to popular opin- ion, the handicapped signs on the faculty rest room doors are not comments on teacher quality, but another indication that Wayne and FWCS are taking the problems of the handicapped seriously. As soon as school was out even more workers poured into Wayne to add a science lab to the upstairs D-hall and put partitions in the study hall rooms. Possibly an effort to divide and conquer? Last and least, that wonderfully smelly blue carpet that made seeing one ' s counselor such a joy this past year, has also been added to the A-hall rooms. Kinda makes ya want to sign up for a study hall, doesn ' t it. All of this construction put a strain on Mr. Dumford ' s cadre of white tornadoes, but they handled the problems with ease and Wayne remained one of the cleanest, most well lighted places in Ft. Wayne. The big news on the aca- demic front this year con- sisted of the change in stu- dent scheduling. Not the com- puter, that has been with us for a long time, but the group- ing of courses of study into categories: college prepara- tory, business, general, and practical arts. Early in the second semes- ter, the counselors toured the building explaining time and again the new procedure to those who were about to choose their poison. The actual choices that a student makes are little changed; the requirements for graduation are set by state law. But the new program will give stu- dents a more definite structure in which to work. To go to college, you don ' t have to take college prep, but it will be a lot easier on you once you get there if you do. You don ' t have to take busi- ness if you want to make your financial mark on the world, but the courses are designed to give you the best prepara- tion. If you don ' t take the busi- ness now, you may get the business later And of course you need not take practical arts to be practical. The biggest drawback to this program is that it severely limits the amount of electives available to some students, especially those in college prep. It is not impossible for (Clockwise from right above) Kampschmidt, Lipp, Reilly; Hamm, Perkins, Houser, Reche, Davis, Lei- man, Septer; Milholland, Runow, DeYoung, Davis; Streeter, Beerman, Hamm, Reichert, Reilly; Roberts, Mas- terson, Baker, Trott, Sawyer, DeYoung, Merkler; Seele, Hirshey. Johnson the student interested in art, dra ma, publications, music, shop, or speech to work these courses into his schedule, but it is not easy either. Summer school or putting some one or two courses off till college can be the only way. 23