Berkley High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Berkley, MI)

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Mary Jo Agosto, Bill Barrett, and Steve Hollingsworth enact the drugstore scene from Thornton Wilder's Our Town. ,lat r Confronted with their first term paper, sopho- mores like Cindy Nelson diligently search the yel- lowecl pages of reference books. f 'All hail Macbeth, thou shalt beKing, hereafterf' become familiar wordsto seniors. Miss Nancy Schultz Miss Ann St. Ski Club WSI? .4 to 4, iv , I . - V: VV I -M t,.,VA X I 4 , ' t ,, . ,,:,, Q : A V , Clair Mrs. Melba Marlett Mrs. Virginia Powers Mr. Gerald Marnell Miss Ann Menmuir Tennis 15

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Mrs. Helen Fullerton A.F.S. Mrs. Kathleen Annas Yearbook i 1 .,,L .. T ZA Mrs. Phyllis Mc George I ' l' Mrs. Virginia Heicleman 14 English Is the Cornerstone of American Education. The study of English has always been the cornerstone in the edifice of American edu- cation. From the earliest days of the log cabin and the little red schoolhouse, English has been stressed as a basic part of any curriculum. Yet, in too many schools basic has come to mean bland , As a result, a potentially stimulating course is often trans- formed into an unimaginative and uninspiring blob that fails to foster an interest among either students or teachers. This, fortunately, is not the case at Berkley High. Our school employs a staff of English instructors who know how to make the most of the opportunities a far-sighted and broad-minded administration has given them. Berkley High offers a program of English courses that are near-college level in content and encompass every area and facet of the communicative arts. The vocal and physical English skills are stressed in speech, debate, and dramatics classes while the power and usage of the printed word are presented in the study of iournalism, in staff work on the Spectator and the Annual, or within the fierce concentra- tion of the creative writing workshop. This last course, newly introduced, gives the school's best writers an opportunity to utilize their talents in the Scholastic Writing Awards Com- petition, a contest that, in the past, has given our students, and our school, national as well as regional acclaim. These electives, together with the fundamental English classes, subdivided to provide for different levels of ability, make up a curriculum and a department which offer the student a wide range of study so that, in his later life, he may comprehend a wide range of ideas. Short stories are discussed by Mrs. Marlett's creative writing class. + fy s N.- l Mr. Douglas Levasse ur Q. ,gm L if E 4: ,Q gps i gil' -4- of . .Q ,- Miss Marilyn Blomfield 52.7.91

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xt, L3 c is Mrs- Rum Bemyein Mr. D. Randall Fisher Mr. George Crowe Dramcrtics Club Debate Club Spectator I , 415 The dramatics class puts its best face forward for the U. of M. accreditation team. The library provides a place for peace- ful contemplation. Mr. Raymond Adler The Arts of Communication The arts of Dramatics, Journalism, Speech and De- bate are closely related. All require talent, ambition, and a great deal of imagination. These courses may be career courses or they are perhaps fun courses, but in either case prove extremely rewarding for those who are willing to put forth their best efforts. There seldom is indifference, however, for these courses bubble with enthusiasm and spirit. The Dra- matics Department gives a start to our future actors and actresses in the annual play. The Journalism De- partment puts out the Little Bear -the intriguing, informative, newsy-paper which is published in the interim between Spectators. Speech instructs our fu- ture politicians and lawyers in the essentials of gain- ing public acceptance. The school debaters pit them- selves against other schools in their great debates . All of these courses are formative in nature: they add immeasurably to our personalities. During a debate, Ken Brenner and Dave Appleman watch for a flaw in the opposing team's argument. 16 Miss Sondra Byam ' gus- , ,