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

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Basic steps in operating a metal lathe are demon- Illustrating for Kevin White and Chris Cipson how to strated by Mr. Dunkelbarger for Brian Stater and maneuver to touch the bottom of the pool is sv im- Dave Messersmith in metal shop. ming teacher Mr. Hay. 44 Learning By Imitating

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Speed, skill and accuracy lei Brenda Charmichael take notes and write letters rapidly to become a secretary with her Shorthand shortcut. Yuk! You really mean this thing is my hearth asks Janice Turner to Naomi Uncapher, using the man with removable stomach in Biology. Tricky shortcuts simplified learning Scratch work is usually thought of as a Math shortcut, but it came in Gov- ernment class as outlines and Income Tax forms. In Publications, dummy sheets helped to decide where pictures go. Diagrams helped in the Industrial Arts and Biology areas. Rhymed spelling rules helped in Eng- lish classes. After all, who hasn ' t heard The principal is my pal. The card file and Readers Guides in the library were shortcuts around term Center Left: Use of cameras and monitors help John Eppard bring Fred Ballenger to you in living black and white. Bottom Left: Blueprints and other instructions make turning a hammer handle on a lathe a speedier job for Randy Bennett. paper time. Models illustrated for in- struction in every class, particularly Bi- ology and Drafting. Almost every math student carried his brain to class in the form of a pocket calculator. Even the teachers learned some shortcut methods of getting their jobs done. An automatic paper grader was available, and Guidance sa ed hours of making out student schedules bv using a computer. Learning B Shortcuts, 43

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With a little help from his friends (Ken Fuller and Mike Bryant), Marc Rench soon masters a gymnas- tics headstand. Examples did what words could not Imitation — it ' s the major way we learn to do things, whether done cor- rectly or wrongly. Students imitate the study habits of other students, sounds in foreign lan- guage, styles of painting and sculpture in art classes, and even the behavior of a favorite teacher or friend. Students of all grades at BHS had a chance to imitate great actors and ac- tresses. Freshmen listened to dramati- zations of, then read The Early Mar- riage, sophomores, Julius Caesar ; ju- niors, Our Town ; and seniors, Mac- beth . The cycle of teachers showing how. then students doing it the same way occurred every day, especially in such areas as labs, shops, physical education, basketball practice, editing, and home economics. Selecting ideal persons and then try- ing to follow their examples was also a part of learning by imitation. Lincoln, Washington, and Lee were historical examples. Pasteur, Edison, and Einstein were models for science students. Hemingway, Bacon, and Thoreau pro- vided students with models of style in writing. As one philosopher said, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Imitation also brought a bit of humor to class routine. Jeff Custer aop) ofoes an imitation, until Mr. Coy (Below) looks up and catches him in the act and Jeff turns it into a yawn. Learning By imitating 45