Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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English Ranks First on Students' Schedules ABOVE: Sophomore huddles will produce panel discussions of stories. BELOW: The card catalog and the Readers Guide hold no mysteries for Larry Manon, Allan Dean and Rusty Leach. LOWER RIGHT: What two cities? Bruce Boucher distributes a Dickens classic, l3 English is the common denominator of all the 45 subjects taught in Bryan High School. Re- quired in the first three years of high school, over half of the seniors also chose English as an elective course, English IV was divided into three parts: seminar, college prep, and general. junior English was composed of general classes and one seminar class, The entire department made good use of films, opaque and overhead projectors, and panel discussions. Teachers stressed vocabulary and book reports. The seniors learned the value of self expres- sion from the new workbooks Writing: Unit Lessons in Composition. While the college prep and the general classes enjoyed reading Alice in YVonderland, the seminar class completed Typhoon. A humanities approach was stressed. juniors learned the hard way what makes a research paper-by doingl Mrs. Robrock pre- sented book reviews, and the juniors studied Ethan Frome, in the American Heritage unit. Projects of the sophomores centered around julius Caesar and A Tale of Two Cities. Mr. Majeanis classes listened to Mr. Wagner speak on the importance of English and vocations. The freshmen soon got into the swing of things when they explored the library. They read The Light in the Forest and studied the adventures of Ulysses. 1 l l J .1

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B z l f s 4 Pr i 2 5 1' 5. . 1? .I I 8 ffl, -- 1967 Scholastic Top Ten Percent. FRONT ROW: Sharon Miller, Connie Kurtz, Rebecca Amstntz, Chris Ayer, Barbara Rigg, Sondra Snyder, Cathy Cooley. SECOND RONV: john Gee, Larry Myers, Bill Culbertson, Bob VVallace, Rick Hollington, Keith Dannemiller, Cynthia Kinney, joe Biel, jim Bigler, Mike jack- son. A well-organized, cheerful locker, gaily decorated with choice mernentoes. puts Senior Linda lirbe in a good mood for starting another school day, I2 BHS Students Take Studies Seriously The halls vibrated in happy confusion when the BHS 'ifamilyn was reunited September 8. Big- ger by 36 more students, the total enrollment soared to 854. Soon rushing through the days seven 50-minute periods, attending pep sessions, assemblies, guidance sessions, and after school activities would be old stuff , but today was a new beginningl The rooms seemed smaller as many classes zoomed over the 30 student average. Study halls bulged into the lunehroom and library. To han- dle the hungry hordes at noon, the cafeteria opened a third serving line. Seniors rejoiced that their treasured 'iroomu would not be used for a classroom or faculty lounge. Most students fulfilled their 17 credit re- quirement with college prep courses. Others chose vocational home economics, vocational agriculture, industrial arts, commercial or gen- eral eurriculum. VVorld geography and health classes were introduced for the benefit of stu- dents who would attend the new vocational school in September 1968. XVhen the last bell rang at 3:30, lockers clanged shut and students headed home, weighted down with books and paper work but buoyed up with the spirit of BHSY

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sh, , w i 5' v L., 1 Q 12 if U' :xg-f -N-.M -4.. PNP' ik-- Qtw N. ,X 0, 2 1 X .f s Ivan takes the i'Reign as speech class boys prepare lor the opening performance of their radio play, 'iNew Clothes for the Emperor. Students Spread Ideas Through Self-Expression s J wif 'OKs 5,-a 1 Speech Speech class members conquered butterfly stom- achs and shaking knees as proper techniques were applied through the horrifying im- promptu speeches. Before composing speeches, the forty juniors and seniors learned the funda- mentals ot phonetics. Climaxing the study of dramatics, speech members produced and di- rected their own 'ilittle theater. Students ex- pressed themselves in debating controversial topics. Visiting the Bryan Radio Station. the speech classes gained necessary background. as well as much valuable experience. to produce their own amateur radio plays. journalism Demonstrating powers of persuasion, the stall members sold out all papers on Fridayis edition of Hi-Life. Twenty seniors in journalism class coped with the meeting of deadlines and the production of bi-weekly publications of both Hi-Life and Hi-Life in the Times. From in- terviewing, critiques, and feature writing. to picture planning and page make-ups, the jour- nalism students applied tundamentals of news writing in their daily work. Captions take 'iheady' work for Hi-Lite editors Krutsch, Zom- bro, Crornes. Robinson, and Fruchey as they assemble pages.