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

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Academics included almost every kind of educational skill: The skill of raising children was learned in child care class. Barb Jones (right) and Eileen Clark ob- serve a small visitor. Terry Fisher ((ar right) uses his hands to create a clay sculpture for art class. Albert Redmond (boUom right) learns the skills of cleaning in printing class. Mistakes were made when one was learning new skills. Ruby Dennis (bottom) renews a typing paper. ACADEMICS Ask anyone why he comes to school, and it ' s likely he won ' t answer academics. But academics (classes) is the main reason for attending. Academics weren ' t always boring. Classes weren ' t just sitting at the desk and repeating what was just told by a teacher. Classrooms were full also of debates, con- versations, comparisons. Ideas of all kinds were introduced. Problems with many sides were solved. Sometimes class was fun purely to learn. But facts didn ' t make the class. The people did. Each person had his own views. Many learned by doing as well as by studying. But no matter what process was used, the end result was also the purpose for which we came to school — to learn. 40 Academics Division

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Thai ' s what she came here for! Receiving her dipio- t ma from Superintendent Couch is Kelly Bailey, while Principal Anderson calls the names. . A long-awaited moment has arrived for Gabriel Pi- cache, Filipino exchange student. Gabby completed his high school career with the class of ' 79. CH U AT RJ F h If w Honor Day was especially nice for Danny Young, when he received a scholarship from a sorority awarded by his mother, Mrs. Marjorie Young. Valedictorian Doug Dudgeon ' s speech had a theme of change. He listed changes seniors had to make to become adults, comparing them with pioneers ' . Graduation 39

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