Adams Central High School - Cen Trails Yearbook (Monroe, IN)

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) j (ABOVE) Portraying Richard Nixon, Greg Childs tries to pull votes in the government class ' mock elec¬ tion. Nixon won in a landslide by pulling 61% of the vote. (LEFT) Going into the voting booth, James Rhodes gets ready to vote for the candidate of his choice. I 11

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Nixon Wins Mock Election Trying to convince the students to vote for him, Scott Bassett (George McGovern) makes his cam¬ paign speech over ACTV. Social studies, offered only to sopho¬ mores, juniors, and seniors , is com¬ posed of US History, Sociology, Govern¬ ment, Economics, and World History. The senior government class held a mock election for President, Vice Presi¬ dent, Governor, and Lt. Governor. Senior students portrayed the different candidates and gave campaign speeches during the morning announcements. The outcome of the election was closely re¬ lated to the national and state elections. Activities of the other social studies courses included: speakers, movies, and field trips. Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Brown and Mr. Gibbs taught the students about the different aspects of social studies.

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Comic Books Highlight Year for French II Translating from English to French, Myra Caudle tells the French III class the story of Mailman Mike. Although French humor is quite differ¬ ent from ours, the French II students en¬ joyed translating French comic books and putting on skits in French every week. The third year French class read and trans¬ lated the Little Prince , a book on phi¬ losophy. The Spanish classes, besides learning to speak and write Spanish, studied films on Mexico and made maps of that country. Sitting Spanish I, Cindy Longen- berger watches some film strips on Mexico. 12