Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Science majors soTnetim.es have haiT-raising experiences in the labs, as physics student Kelly Krank did iihen he had an electrifying encounter with a Van de Graaf generator. Top: Demonstration speeches taught Larry Ritenour to use gestures naturally. Bottom : Explorer teacher Pat Dietz shows kindergartner Bradley Sandoe that penmanship takes practice.

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In class, we did our thing I dig the new library was a fa- miliar statement at BHS this year. Be- sides the spacious, comfortable library, students benefited from a variety of new modern learning aids in literally every department. These aids to better learning included video-tape television in every room, computerized typesetting machinery in the Journalism Department, analytical machinery in the Science Department, and a trampoline in the Physical Educa- tion Department. With these and other advanced aids, along with good instruction, BHS man- aged to achieve top scholarship in its very first year. Right: Student teacher Hoyman presents ballads a new way. Below: Tea is served in Home Ec room for Doris Sluder, Becky Kellogg, Dayna Fulton. C

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At a journalism workshop at Ball State, Mark Springer and Marilee Miller are directed by Don Hines, assistant. Sumraer was fun, work Workshops, European tours, church and band camps, and tennis team prac- tice — these were just a small part of the ways to summer fun and information enjoyed by Blackford ' s scattered youth during the summer of ' 69. Three students took European tours — Nancy Koons, Helen Vandelene and Melinda Dudgeon. Several studied in college workshops to became more pro- ficient in journalism, drama, science, English, music and cheerleading. Girls ' and Boys ' States were attended by Diana Herr, Susan Fread, Debbie Schuller, Allen Archer, Max Bennett, Tex Johnson and Bob Crankshaw. But even with all the workshops and other activities, many students found time for simple, everyday leisure. The summer was a time to expand ex- perience and to prepare for a new, un- known life in a new educational world called Blackford High School. During her European trip, Nancy Koons lived with a French family in Arlay.