Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Mrs. Espenes ' art students began the course learning about color. By using color wheels, they discovered how blue, yellow , and red could be used to torm an entire new spectrum of color. The students went on to practice pencil drawings. Some sketches were displayed in the hall by the Home Eg room. When the class worked on water color and oil paint- ing the fun started. Spirited arguments about how loud to play the radio, along with daily gossip sessions, were highlights of the class. All this took place while the students perfected their masterpieces. Dwayne Austin and Monica Butz provided a diversion from class. Since Art I was held right before the sopho- mores lunch period, Dwayne could frequently be heard asking Monica, What ' s for lunch? This was a daily ritual and Monica would memorize the weekly cafeteria menu for Dwayne ' s convenience. First hour art students also worked on oil paintings. They made jewelery, and combined with Art I students in order to decorate a Christmas tree. The tree was located downtown in the Lahr hotel. The students put minerature bird feeders on the branches, and made strings of cranberries and popcorn for the tree. They also placed cookie ornaments on it. The two classes got out of school for part of the day to perform the decorat- ing task, and everything went smoothly . . . almost. Mrs. Espenes forgot the cranberries, and had to send Mark Boyle back to retrieve them. Everybody has some type of artistic ability. While most of the CC students won ' t grow up to be Picasso ' s they did enjoy the class.

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Gotta Have A Little Art! Using the potters wheel in art class, Greg Klumpe tries his hand at pottery.

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Have you ever wondered why people behave as they do? Ever wondered why people display certain emo- tions when they do? These are a few of the things discussed in two classes added to the curriculum this year, sociology and psychology. Sociology, taught by Mr. Greg Kremer, attracted many students. Group development, deviance, and so- cial control promoted many interesting talks. Reading several books was a major requirment for the course, to the dismay of some students. Black Like Me, a book about a white man who changes his skin color and moves to the deep south, made the students really think about their prejudices. A participant observation was one of the major as- signments for the course. Each student had to observe a group to which they belonged, such as a sport or an organization. They had to observe the group and record their observations. Science Fair Projects were a big part of psychology. Students were reluctant at first, but soon got into the spirit of things and found that psychology projects can be fun. Students even got to take off a half of day to go to the Purdue library to research their project. Psychology also entailed experiments with rats, train- ing Mrs. Kremer ' s puppy and many other unusual things. The class made the students think — which was one of the major goals Mrs. Kremer had in mind when the class started. Sociology and Psychology are courses frequently re- quired in college and having them in high school put many students one step ahead of everyone else. 92 sociology, psychology