Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT)

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Bacon gets a lift! Why the addition of an elevator? A Feder- al law passed in 1973 requires all public buildings to be accessible to the handi- capped. The project cost between $90,000 and $100,000 and will be paid for by a Feder- al grant. Mr. Warren commented that only the handicapped persons or those with tem- porary disabilities such as a broken leg are able to use the elevator. Bacon should ex- pect some further renovations to improve safety and to make the facility more accessi- ble to the handicapped, such as a ramp to the stage and wider stalls in the lavs.

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Giving Us Roles To Play . . . THESE WEE ACTIVE VISIT TO CECEECM On the sixth of September, the students and citizens of Colchester hosted a visiting band from Colchester, England, not an ordi- nary band of assorted instruments, but one of widely-ranged accordians and percussion. The Colchester Accordian Orchestra, ac- knowledged to be one of the finest in Great Britain and among the top of such orchestras on the continent of Europe, performed in a concert held September 10 at the Bacon Academy gymnasium. To a standing ovation by the public, the band played compositions especially composed for accordian groups, classical pieces, and Broadway tunes. The Westchester Congregational Church prepared and served a New England supper to the weary guests who returned one even- ing from Mystic Sea Port, the Mystic Aquar- ium, and the town of Essex. The orchestra members enriched the lives of those they came in contact with while they were here, demonstrating their won- derful customs and personalities. After ex- tending a public invitation to the Bacon Academy Band, the group left to visit Col- chester, Vermont.

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. .. And opportunities to enact our own scenarios. Bacon crew goes to Amherst; bringing back some pizzazz! What's it like to partici- pate in a summer work- shop in journalism? Just ask Kathy Saitta, Jodi Balaban, Adam La- zinsk and Seth Park. They'll tell you that Mr. Norris and they freely moved about the Amherst College campus, laughed at the humor and record- ed the current, novel, and the applicable info pro- vided by the Ohio Uni- versity group. They com- pleted layout designs. created, wrote, and exam- ined statements of theme, journalistic style and ef- fective photography. Not to mention numerous consultations with fellow students, advisers and workshop leaders. Catering to the im- proved production of high school yearbooks and newspapers, the New England Workshop drew one-hundred fifty-five registrants from fifty-eight schools in eleven states. Colonel Savage, affectionately known as Mr. Yearbook, can safely be called the backbone of the workshop. He instructed with incredible perception, clarity, and humor.