Burns High School - Blazes Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Kimble Cook, Troy Fredell, and Tim Price read the newspaper to keep up with the current events. In first period Advanced Place- ment History, senior Jeff Bow- man reads about the Renais- sance period during an in-class assignment. Senior Kirby Pfeiffer looks over the chapter one last time as she prepares to take a test. Kirby attended Girl's State over the summer, along with Governor's School in Old Salem.

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Outside the Classroom History — no longer the Class full of lectures on the past. Now students are in- volved in making their own history, and learning about the various aspects of life and government at the same time. Helping students ‘‘Make history” are programs such as Presidential Classroom, Boy’s and Girl's State, and Close-Up. Presidential Classroom, held in Washington, D.C., in- volves lectures and classes dealing with national gov- ernment. State government is dealt with at Boy’s State, Girl's State, and Close-Up. At Boy's and Girl's State the partici- Members of Mrs. Lamb’s Revolu- tions class use the time before the bell rings to talk to their freinds. pants run for state office and listen to lec- tures on influential people. At Close-Up students take an in- depth look at how the government is run and what takes place within. Programs such as these are helping to make history more than just names, dates, and places. Presidential classroom nomi- nee, Tom Lutz checks to be sure he has the correct answer while doing his history lesson. Junior Amy Hull finishes her assignment in class. Amy attended Presidential Class- room in Washington during the first week in February. peed. oy «te + ls oe: b ocean ‘= yee on Me

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Computerization Ever wonder what it would be like to use a typewriter that does most of the work for you? Well, some students en- rolled in the business courses are already ex- periencing a machine such as this. Two “IBM Electronic Typewriters, Model 60 ’ have been purchased. These ma- chines have many special features that eliminate extra manual ‘‘chores”, and double-checking work. One of the most useful benefits of these typewriters is the “‘elec- tronic phrase storage.” This memory bank can re- cord frequently used 74 addresses, phrases, etc. Also, errors can be cor- rected by pressing a “Backspace Key,’’ that backs up the Carriage, and lifts off the printed- Character errors. Other features include an auto- matic centering process that prints out a typed item centered perfectly on the paper, and “‘elec- tronic margins and tabs” which save time when going from one format to another. All of these characteris- tics of the IBM typewriter make the work a lot easier, and even more fun!