Bishop Carroll High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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ham radio l people explore new fields exploring new areas of electronic commun- ications was the goal of the ham radio club. in order to raise money for their projects and ex- periments several donut sales were held by the organization. members were often seen roaming the halls after school experimenting with walkie-talkies. a trip to keyn radio station to study broadcasting high- lighted the year. kevin stallbaumer headed the club as president, assisted by jerry oltmanns, vice-president, tony paulsmeier, treasurer and stan smeltzer, secretary. we've really accomplished a lot. i've learned a great deal about electronic communication. ke vin stallbaumer, sophomore sl page 64: 1. vince iohnston assembles the rotor for the antenna on top of the school roof. 2. martin Schneider tunes the radio in order to receive better reception, 3. on a trip to keyn, mr. gary lincoln, moderator, listens intently to explanations. 4. jerry oltmanns, vince iohnston and robert meredith work to erect the equipment on the roof. page 65: 1. mrs. freema covey, suzanne daniels, mary mulhern, kent smith and john parker organize delivery of carnations. 2. assisting the mission club with the yalentine's day carnation sale are french club sponsor mrs. freema covey and susie robinson, 3. at the w.s.u. concourse for foreign language students, suzanne daniels recites french. page sixty four ham radio club

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1 A page 62: 1. 'spectrum' staff: ll. to r. I- the closer ellen kruse, they get, the better they look! dale ricke, mcfarren, troy horine, karen elderton, pete mrs. karen bradshaw, chris gegen, joanne hartmann, bruce bottomley, geri johnston, tim morrow, terri wolf, kathy reeves, kathy daniels. 2. a good slam by kathy daniels seemsto be what chris gegen needs to get his pages completed. 3. kathy reeves receives constructive criticism on her layout by mrs. brad- shaw and ellen mcfarren. 4. as well as actual production, classroom instruction is required of deanna perez, kathy reeves, joanne hartmann and geri johnston. 5. troy horine sets copy for his page. page 63: l. a broken composer seems to upset tim morrow. 2. using a telephoto lens, martin schneider captures the slave assembly on film. b 'spectrum' l 'headache' book reflects informal school life it's a headache to choose a year- book theme. but light, color and the 'spectrum' finally emerged after much research, sweat and discus- sion. layout, pictures and especial- ly copy were formed around bishop carroIl's informal educational sys- tem as evidenced in the down- style type used. we decided to use no capital let- ters anywhere. this, we thought, would make the book easy going and friendly-like the students! troy horine, senior another innovation the staff intro- duced was the utilization ofa money saving paste-up production. an ibm composer shared with the 'herald' staff cut printing expenses by 1700 dollars. with eight experienced students returning, final decisions became major accomplishments. but the many creative ideas paid off. at the fourth annual regional journalism contest held in hays, four students placed. in this kansas scholastic press association sponsored compe- tition, troy horine, chris gegen and tim morrow placed first in copy writing, graphicslspecial effects and layoutldouble page spread, respec- tively. in addition, ellen mcfarren took second in layoutldps and chris gegen won a second place award in photography. i was so surprised that i won in graphics because i competed in the wrong catagory for half an hour. then i realized that i didn 't even ha ve a pencil! ll chris gegen, senior tim morrow brought back third in Iayoutldps from the state contest april 5 in lawrence. he competed against ll other students represent- ing 4-a-5-a achools from across the state. why i won i'll never know. my layout was gross. i was a little dis- appointed in the judging, but all of us learned from it. tim morrow, senior students and advisors attended ses- sions after the competition. they enjoyed a lecture concerning con- temporary layout. the 'spectrum' staff was inspired by the presen- tation. we really were excited by the speaker's innovative ideas. we are lucky our yearbook is delivered in summer, so that we can use some of his suggestions. i was really pleased with the staff's enthusiasm afterwards. mrs. karen bradshaw, adviser

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french clublmembers send six on french tour a trip to france during the summer of '75 became a main goal for french club members. through bake sales, concession stands and the sale of candles, stationery and carnations, money was raised to send six students to france. those traveling to france were: joanne hartmann, ken veith, rosalyn cohlmia, mike thibault, scott jacobs, mike belluomo and mrs. freema covey. we worked to promote interest in the study of frencne thus benefiting the department and the students next year. our trip to france will allow us to learn the lan- guage and culture of the french people better. mrs. freema cove y, moderator accomplished french students participated in the w.s.u. french concourse march 8. through individual and group presentations members tested their knowledge of speech and recitation of the language. out of approximately 200 students from area schools, Suzanne daniels received honors in prose reading with joanne hartmann placing first and dan coen taking sec- ond in the same catagory. in poetry reading, mary coen, lynelle baba and susie robinson were awarded first places with susie also placing second in another area, sight read- ing. also in poetry, debbie pahls brought home a second place honor. i nad a lot of fun at the contest, i enjoyed discovering my strengths and weaknesses in french. dan coen, junior four officers presided over the busy french club meet- ings through the year. they were: dorothy mulhern- president, mary coen-vice-president, joanne hartmannf secretary and mike thibault-treasurer. page sixty five french club