Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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A Door to Your Mind Psychology was a very unique class. It assisted those who took it to better deal with the things around them. Psychology classes had discussions over world pro- blems, giving opinions and talking about issues of the day. Sometimes an entire class period would be given to an open class discussion. Many subjects of debate came from the movies shown in class on teen suicide, anorexia, sexual abuse, missing children, and nuclear war. The movie about anorexia was about a girl named Casey who struggled with self-esteem and as a result ended up with this emotional disease, anorexia. The students discussed whether Casey ' s parent ' s did the right thing and also what could have been done differently to resolve the situation. The movie Adam revealed the pain and defeat that Adam ' s parents felt when their little boy was abducted and murdered. This movie brought awareness to America about the dangers of ab- duction. It also brought forth con- troversial issues of where the state and law should get involved in these cases. These nationwide issues discuss- ed were intriguing interest-holders for the class. As Senior Debbie Farley stated, It ' s a fun class and Mr. Rather makes the class really interesting. Discussing the personal analysis questions which are part of the experiment, Mr. Rather argues the answers given. Reading intently, Senior Trudi Brown works on her open-book Psychology test. Students have to complete an open book test for each chapter, as a study aid. Social Studies

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While Junior Jennifer Ferdinand prepares for other segment, Senior Ted Kuroiwa focuses the camera. D.C. Magazine taped a show every Thursday. f§sf Senior Debbie Jones, who was Academics Editor, prepares to check pages. Checking pages was the job of the editors. Outlook Staff Row 1 — Terry Obermeyer, Nichole Croft, Debbie Tutsie. Row 2 — Valerie Tridle, Chrysi Lehman, Laura Emmert. Row 3— Jeff McCarter, Neveia Chappel. Row 4 — Kim Essex, John Barber, Adviser Mrs. Diana Laybold. D.C. Magazine Staff Row 1— Bud Millholland, Scott Dortch, Chyrsi Lehman, Kelly Cole, Kevin Sterrett. Row 2 — Jennifer Ferdinand, Trudi Brown, John Barber. Row 3 — Sponsor Mr. Ron Richardson, Rebecca Alexander, Nichole Croft, Ted Kuroiwa, Beth Patterson, Cindy Eaton, Stephanie Quinn, Scott Purdue. Publications 35

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Juniors Ron Watts and Doug Whitlow talk about their reading assignment in Social Studies to prepare for the in-class discus- sion later. H 35S? . Wm ■ V( W r K : i ' rwP , mftv K-. » !■ ys M atmmmw 11 Hil ■ . am ' i swp In Psychology, students often discuss the experiments which are given as projects. Classes do about two experiments every nine weeks. Given time in class to study for their U.S. History test, Juniors read quietly. Social Studies 37