Centerville High School - Elkonian Yearbook (Centerville, OH)

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New earrels provided quiet area for independent study MILDRED FRANTZ Manchester College, B.S. Northwestern University, M.A. Librarian Library Club Adviser Surrounded by books, Jennifer Parker does research on her independent study project. Independent study was spotlighted this year in the library. Those students taking American government and American history were given one period each week to spend in the library. Students used the facilities of the library to write reports, prepare discussions, and gather material for debates for the seminar classes. For these study periods, new equipment was added to the library. Carrels, which divided the tables into separate sections, made it easier to concentrate during independent study. ' To aid every student's education, the Centerville library provided a variety of books ranging from encyclopedias and dictionaries to Spanish and science books. The number of magazines subscribed to by the library rose to fifty-two, which gave students the opportunity to locate current in- formation on many topics. Throughout the year many new books including fiction, non- fiction, classics, and reference books filled the shelves, bring- ing the total to 8,000. The first week in October was devoted to the fourth annual book fair in which books for English classes and of general interest were sold. Through the efforts of Mrs. Mildred Frantz, librarian, a profit of 3205 was made, which will be used to buy a greater amount of books next year to expand the ever-growing number of books .in the Centerville High School library. Jy, ': if o t I W ssoo osoy . T Student library assistant John Harris checks out new reference book Centerville students find that carrels installed this year cut down for senior Barry Woods. distractions and provide quieter place to study.

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counselors, secretaries To make students better persons was the ultimate goal of the guidance department. Under the direction of Mrs. Rebecca Hall and Mr. Gary Weidner, the guidance depart- ment of Centerville High School served the student body as guides to jobs and careers and counselors to problems. One of the first duties of the guidance counselors was to interview all new students about their course of study and about their first impression of Centerville. Later on they made a telephone survey of the Class of 1965 to get the percentage of those going to college and those working. Through the year they were in charge of administer- ing aptitude and achievement tests. Those included were the Ohio Survey Test to sophomores, the PSAT to jun- iors, and the SAT to seniors interested in going to col- lege. While all of these things were important, the pri- mary objective of the guidance department was to lis- ten to those students Wishing to discuss their personal problems and to try to help them solve their problems whenever they could. Any student wishing to consult with the counselors about personal problems, career choices, and college preferences were encouraged to make an appointment' for a conference any time that help was needed. Carrying out one of her numerous duties as girls' guidance counselor, Mrs. Rebecca Hall speaks with Sherri Pean concerning schedule change. GARY L. WEIDNER Miami University, B.A., M.A. Boys' Guidance Counselor JCOWA Adviser REBECCA ANN HALL Wittenberg University, B.S. Miami University, M.A. Girls' Guidance Counselor

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Maurice Donna Winkle and Melanie show Sue Kepler how to fill out re- ceipts for Elkonian. Consistency in layout was the key to develop- ing this year's annual. The 1966 Elkonian staff used layouts with dominant, vertical, and hori- zontal pictures to strengthen the style and charac- ter of the overall appearance of the yearbook. Besides layouts, copy writing and picture cropping occupied many hours during and after class. To understand fully the qualities of a good yearbook, the staff attended several jour- nalism workshops at universities including Ohio University, Miami University, and the University of Cincinnati' While at these workshops they learned effective ways to apply the fundamentals of good yearbooks in producing the twenty- , -'., Qlllzii Pam Cavanaugh, Maureen Martin, editor, and Diane Hangen discuss page layouts Elkonian, Continued to cop top awards, inspired '66 yearbook staff seventh volume of the Elkonian. Advertisements were an important part of the yearbook. All staff members canvassed the area before December to sell quarter, half, and full page ads to local businessmen. Ad revenue added to the money from the four week sub- scription drive financed the yearbook. Winning the Medalist Award from the Co- lumbia Scholastic Press Association made the 1965 Elkonian a yearbook to equal. This year's staff of twenty-four students under the direc- tion of Mrs. Ruth Anglemyer worked diligently to produce a yearbook even better than those of previous years. RUTH AN GLEMYER Wittenberg University, B.S. Bookkeeping Elkonian, Wapili FAR LEFT: Alice Loase, Randy Cline, Mark Buettner, and Derryl Williams pro- mote 1966 Elkonian sales by displaying posters through- out school. RIGHT: jill Messham il- lustrates proper picture crop- ping method to staff mem- bers Sue Owens, Shelley Smith, Kay Bersch, and Judy Stewart.