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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While in trigonometry class, Mr. Jerry Shreves and Cheryl Layman try their luck at completing a difn- cult slide rule proportion. Fire polishing and burning glass comprise the lab problem Steve Strickland figures while trying to keep his distance from a roaring Bunsen burner. A little extra dough is kneaded to come up with a perfect formula for biscuits by Terry Maddox as he follows a recipe in Brewin ' Singles class. Electronic students Marty Clock and Rick Hughes try to bring this thing back to life by tracing wiring on a schematic diagram. 42 Developing By Formulas