Buffalo High School - Bison Yearbook (Buffalo, MO)

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 How come we gotta take 3 years of English, gosh man, one year is enough for me!” You can still hear it echoing through the empty hallways. Perhaps the simplest answer to this eternal question is communication. To get along in life everyone needs a well-rounded education but, above all else, the most important is your three years of English. “Why?” you might ask. Because, before any other learning can take place you must learn to communicate. Before a child can speak the only way he can get his idea across is to cry. One can hardly imagine a world where everyone cries to get what they want. But there are adults today who can not even read the instructions to a game of Old Maid, let alone a book. There are other degrees of communication problems as well. For instance, one may think there is nothing wrong with saying, “I ain’t seen him or “She don’t have none”. But when a person who is applying for a job speaks in this manner, the results are usually not successful. English is extremely important in getting through life not only in the case of jobs, but in just carrying on an intelligent conversa- tion. I Speech is also a big asset in all walks of life. Whether the case be one of campaigning for the Presidency of the United States or just for the Presidency of the P.T.A. One’s manner of speaking or one's ability to articulate in such a way that he gets his message across, can either make or break your chances of winning. Is there any justification for a foreign language pro- gram in an American school system? This is a question faced by everyone involved in a high school foreign lan- guage class, the life of the programs depends upon the answer to this question. Yes, there are many justifications, because English really isn't enough in today’s completely mobilized world. First, studying a foreign language adds to one's under- standing English as a language. In most high schools the foreign language is taught through a system of compari- son to English. Second, a foreign language provides the student with an additional means of com- munication. Third, you can learn quite a bit about different means of com- munication. In our school, French was the only foreign language offered this year. French is a diplomatic language; it is incredibly widespread; and, like English, French is based on Latin, which makes them closely related. The meanings of the words communication and expres- sion are synomous. Without one you cannot have the oth- er. BHS provides its students with both. Linda Janice Cole Gillispie English II, English III. Annual Staff Comp. Ray Dean Phillips Eng I Don Wood French. English I, Myth. Shaksp. Hist. Econ. Catherine Ruth Dunkin Eyl Remed. Eng. English 8th, Cay Sergent med. Eng. Short Story English 7th A u n n o r s u

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VC-TECH ACADEMICS Keith Kendall Printing Photog. Martin Kay Radio Broadcasting Warren Searbough Carpentry Vernon Frantz Carpentry Bert Booth Auto Mechanics Broadcasting can be used ih two major ways. It is valuable to the student who wants to work in the communications field immediately after high school. It can also be used by a student who plans to go to college and major in a communications field. Of course, the possibilities of using the skill in a part- Lisa par0 time job while in college are endless. All in all. it is a valuable 32 Alumni, skill in most aspects and a tremendous asset to Buffalo High KBFL School.” Frank Phillips Auto Mechanics Sharon Williams Clerical Practice Barbara Janzecovich Health Occ. Bill Price Refrigeration Bill Roberts Vo. Agricul- ture Bill Russell Electronics Ralph Gamel Auto Body There is an old expression that says If you give a man a fish, he has a meal. If you teach him how to fish he can feed himself for life.” This expression, old as it may be, still holds true today. If you teach a man a skill, he can support himself financially the rest of his life. Buffalo Vo-Tech offers a wide variety of classes and each one develops a skill that can be built upon and perfected by exper- ience or more schooling. Auto Body, Auto Mechanics, Carpen- try, Refrigeration, Electronics and Welding all offer a skill that directly or indirectly is in demand throughout the working world. Business Practice and Health Occupations open doors to various business and medical careers. Vocational Agriculture is important as many students in this area live on or will own some type of farm. KBFL teaches the valuable skill of broadcasting and preps students for a career in expressing themselves over the air. Printing and Photography teaches students who may want to be professional photographers or own a printing press some day. Buffalo Vo-Tech is not only open to BHS students, but opens its doors to students from surrounding communities. One goal of public education is to prepare students to make their life’s expression in the working world they must enter after high school. Vo-Tech, by teaching students to “fish”, helps BHS obtain and excel that goal.

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Bud Bennett Elizabeth Biology 1 2 Campbell Remedial Math Christine Gillispie Jr High Math Expressions we see them in all different forms and circumstances. Expressions play an important part in our leisure time and social lives We see expressions during breaks between classes, at lunch, and in the classroom halls If you look hard enough, you may even find expressions in the class- rooms. The math and science departments are especially distinctive for their expressions Expressions of pain —: “Did you SEE the scores on that last trig test?” Expressions of despair —: ‘Til never understand this.” Expressions of jubilation —: “I got the solution!1” As early as the I960'» few advanced math and science classes were offered in public schools. Due to an increase in technology and competitive pressure from foreign countries, courses are now being offered in all fields and at different advanced levels. When advanced math and science students were asked why they were furthering their education in that particular field, most agreed that they were preparing for college Some claimed that although they did not plan to major in any of the maths or sciences, they fell knowledge of these areas were necessary for college entrance exams A few even said they took the classes for the enjoyment For the students who take these courses, whatever their motives, developing logic, learning new concepts, and applying those concepts, is truly an expres- sion of education LaJohna Gillispie Jr High Math Scott Harris Earth Science, Jr High Science Sharon Mallard Algebra 1 2. Trig Analysis. Pre-Calculus Dale Menke Jr High Science. Health. Athlet- ics Sandra Radigan General Math. Consumer Math. Geometry Frank Sergent Chemistry IA 2. Physics. General Science At right Bud Bennett instructs a class in human anatomy