Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Lisa Ruble, senior, identifies specific organs for Doc Uackl Voris as she dissects her fetal pig. The Advanced Biology class dissected a pig, a shark, and a cat during the second semester. During their trip to Hawaii, the band had a little free time to swim, shop, or visit famous places. Robin Rosselot, junior, takes some pictures of her friends, juniors Rhonda McElfresh, Diane Schaefer, and Marcy Thomas, as souvenirs. The band went ot Hawaii to march in the King Kamehameha Parade. , -,.,.. .,.h, ,..x.-qg,-u,,n-:- f mi , A-of .. W fi xr L 35 Q 'Q , - f-.Q Scott Gist, junior, jokes around with other members of his Advanced Radio class while watching the board. Gist took Advanced Radio during the second semester, after the station had switched from disco to a rock format.

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fall musical full q surprises' Out of breath and Hjitteryf' the sophomore pllapsed on the bench she'd helped drag ff-stage. Theyld just barely got off in time! Good job! the props mistress whispered ncouragingly. You didn't get caught by ie lights...this time! Getting caught by the lights and giving a 'surprise performance was just one of the many surprises during Mask and Gavel's all musical, My Fair Lady. My Fair ,ady told the story of a wealthy professor's ttempts to change a ragged flower girl into respectable lady. With one of the largest casts and crews in SD history iover 80 participatedl, things lere bound to happen that nobody could ontrol. They did, especially to leads L'Surprises,' ranged from the frustrating to the ridiculous. In preparation for the play, the props committee was told to collect over 20 black umbrellas. After spending hours finding enough, they were told, in short, that no one needed umbrellas at alll Then, during the final performance, one of the major sets fell apart early in the play. Mr. Bob Hughes, English, calmly put it back together during the next scene---to the beat of the music! No one in the audience ever heard the hammering. No one really panicked when the set fell apart, commented Anita Bush, technical director for the play. lt was a good thing, too. If everyone had panicked, we might never had gotten the set rebuilt. Gs!tlngroadytogoonsmgc.KsllyShsdd. junior. starts to put her make-up on. 'Dis msssofputtingmaks-uponmokaboutsn Jhsproosssoonslstsdofputtlngsoold crnmtypsmixturson.lmownss'2:ssss. Nsxt.rou9s.sysmslxs-u9.and name wsrsussdmndtlnnthsllnsssndhlghllght- lngwsrsnplisd. ennifer Tyson and Gary Sweet, seniors, :ho portrayed Eliza Doolittle and Professor ienry Higgins. During the junior high performance, Sweet Jas supposed to say a line and point angrily o the door. Instead he roared Throw her ut! and accidently hit Miss Tyson in the ace. It didn't stop there. Later, Miss Tyson was upposed to throw slippers at Sweet, but he lad forgotten to bring them on stage. After n uncomfortable moment, she threw books 1stead. j'iOne of the most difficult parts was trying b keep aloof all the time, even during the iinny lines when I wanted to laugh, said IWQQT. One of the most surprising aspects of the play was the students' reactions to their parts. HI was supposed to be such a gentleman in the play, and in real life l'm not that way at all, explained Doug Beal, junior. He played the reserved Colonel Pickering, who helped change Eliza Doolittle from a flower girl to a lady.', But it was generally conceded that the part of good-for-nothing Alfred Doolittle fit junior Keith Dunn's 'Kham instinctsu per- fectly. I liked it this rolel because I got to be loud and obnoxious and get applause for it, said Dunn. X SophomonsGrcg Hill, Mak Miller. and NsdunHlll.sntsrtaInaLondonstrostcmowd during the fall musical. My Fair Lady. lhs boys portrayed strsst musicians or busksrssndputonssvsnlsongsdurlngths igl'hsplaywaspnssntsdNovcmbsrl4 2lItEtl'I3s'5?tll15

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Congressman Dave Evans visited Govern- ment classes at BD in February 1981. He talked about the importance of a good background in government for high school students and explained his role as a representative to the classes. 4 Pefzdo1eaK f Z MM ' 804 ' any schools play clown academics. So do many yearbooks, for that matter. Who wants to hear about boring English? Well, nobody'--if English is boring. ' Somehow, though, we couldn't say that about this year. Take Mr. fBobl Hughes's Senior Literature class for an example. Any teacher can talk about the stereotypes in Canterbury Tales, but he made them come alive by having his students find stereotypes here at BD. Writing about 'Susie Snob' or 'Carla Conformist' was crazy, but it helped me understand what we were studying, said Charles Franklin, senior. Senior Lit was my favorite class---I fit in there. English wasn't the only subject that strived to be interesting to students. The Vocational Department, with more than a dozen classes, offered training in everything from heating and air conditioning to construction trades. BD certainly wasn't a place you had to be brain in the Three R's in order to fit in. In fact, one out of every four BD students took a vocational class, and many of those 700 planned to make a career out of their training. There was a ''put-your-scrutfy-clothes-on-and-get-comfortable'' air prevailing in classes. Science students played radios while working in the lab, then held Upartiesi' at Doc lJackl Voris's house to prepare leaf and bug collections. We even allowed a little pride to seep into our academic accomplishments. Every choir that participated in the solo contest brought home awards. Band captured second in state for marching. Even art students branched out, displaying their talents in One Man Art Show displays. All in all, class was a place we could be at home with. AC E?5i'E'll?S I 1 7