Edon High School - Key of E Yearbook (Edon, OH)

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1 $ jflusrc In MusicAppreication students listen to and become familiar with composers of all kinds of music. Styles of music were correlated with art and architecture to get a total picture of the fine arts in each particular time period. Students learn the basic techniques of directing, an orchestra as well as the different parts of an orchestra. Oral reports were given on subjects pertaining to music, and students brought in favorite albums to share with their classmates Kerry Matthews paints an oil painting which was later judged Best Painting in Advanced Art. ART ONE: is a general introduction to Art. The course includes experience in drawing, printing, painting, design sculpture, art history and craft. The last six weeks was spent doing independent study. This year students earned the money to buy the clay they used. They designed, constructed, and sold Christmas decorations for this purpose. The students took a lot of pride in work Mrs. Hall made from their own clay. ART 11 and III: include more independent studies in Art. Also on May 4, the Art II and III students toured the Toledo Museum of Art. This year several Art competitions were entered. There were three winners in the High School Art Competition at Defiance College sponsored by the women ' s Commission gallery. Janet Doty placed third in Ceramics among the Juniors with a chess set. Norm Crist won third place in Ceramics among sophomores with ' ' Amman ' ' (a half man-half goat)and Trish Price placed second in Printing. A1 Lupien received the Senior Art award at Awards Day. Norm Crist also placed in the top 10 in the Consumer Education Cartoon Contest sponsored by the Four-County Joint Vocational School. To the left is A1 Lupien working in different media in art. Above is the Music Application Class practicing their directing.

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WORLD HISTORY: This sophomore class begins with the study of prehistoric man and his way of life up to the present time. WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The sophomores in this class study the continents and the ocean and climates. This year they drew maps of European areas and worked in their workbooks. AMERICAN HISTORY: This junior class studied the history of the U. S. from the pilgrims until the present day. It covered especially the wars that have been fought and the reasons for them SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS: These senior semester courses studied the development society and man ' s use of resources, respectively. A term paper was due at the end of each course. The sociology paper had to be based on a survey taken by the student. Various results of these surveys have been incorporated into this yearbook as insight of our student body. All of the preceding classes were taught by Mr. Blue. GOVERNMENT: This senior course required dealing with our government and how it works today. Also for a full six weeks the class learned to fill out tax forms. A field trip was taken to the court house and county jail in Bryan in May. Mr. Jerdonek lectures a class. Mr. Blue 68 Seniors in the record room of the Bryan Courthouse.

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Mr. Caris ' To The Right: Gary Bowling working hard in typing class. Deb Manges increasing her speed in Shorthand II. Guest Speaker, John Ackerman, from International Business College. GENERAL BUSINESS: The class spent time studying different types of insurance, stock markets, buying and selling. Guest speakers were: Dick Mesnerd, Gene McCrea, and Lyle Manges. BOOKKEEPING: This all senior class learned how to keep accurate books for a bookkeeping business. They did a practice set in which they kept actual records for an imaginary business along with doing problems almost daily from a workbook. TYPING I: There were two classes of Typing I this year. The skill of typing and how to care for a typewriter were learned during the first semester. At the end of the first semester a few of the students who only wanted to learn to type for personal use, perhaps at college, were permitted to enter other courses. Second semester, then, concentrated mainly on building speed. SHORTHAND I: This class taught the strokes that are necessary for constructing words in shorthand. Some dictation was taken later in the year. SHORTHAND II: This class consisted of six senior girls who were considering secretarial work as a career. They learned more about composing letters, punctuating, going to interviews and applying for jobs. TYPING II: This class also consisted of six girls except this time there was one boy. They did a practice set in class, typed invitations for the alumni banquet, Edon Women ' s Club booklets, Edon Machine union papers, and also individual work for teachers. Guest speakers were : John Ackerman and Jan Voors from International Business College who spoke about how to fill out an application.