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

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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

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