Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Social science studies Reagan, economy Mr. Larry Drees's American Government class brought the 1980 elections to the high school. They followed the Presidential election process from beginning to end. Prior to the election of President Ronald Reagan, the class studied the candidates of the various parties, examined the procedures of the election, and finally voted Nov. 4. The class went along with the rest of the nation that day, voting Reagan in by a large majority. Mr. Richard Harrington is the instructor for American History, Geography, and Constitution. He teaches mostly through lecture, but also uses films. The Economics class also learned social science by playing the K-State computer science stock market game. The students of Mr. Larry Vogt divided up into teams of about four, studied the stock market by reading quotations from the Wall Street Journal, and then decided whether to buy or sell stock.

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Teachers stress value of languages Learning how to use language properly was the main goal the language teachers strived fbr this year. Mrs. Vickie Schroeder, German and Latin teacher, said that the study of foreign language is something she be- lieves in strongly and feels is very valuable to the students. Mr. Wilbur Hogg, speech and drama instruc- tor, commented on his classes, We strive to develop that one human faculty that outclasses all the rest: intelligent communication. Mrs. Schroeder's German students use carrels and headsets to listen and respond to German tapes in semi-privacy. The students went to the Oktoberfest in Wichita October 11. On March 13, the classes also went to the Kansas Wesleyan Humanities Festival in Salina. The Latin students enjoyed seeing books and slides from Mrs. Schroeder's long ago trip to Italy. This was a way of making the Romans and their history come to life. Dale Hogg, Bob Boden, and Mark Schrepel made up the debate team for this year. They competed in only two tournaments since they were the only debaters. The students in Advanced Speech attended seven tournaments. At state, Dale Hogg received a I in Poet- ry Interpretation, Darrell Seitz a II in Informative Speech, and Dale Hogg and Bob Boden a III in Duet Acting. Cathy Jahay and Brenda Schartz also qualified for state but were unable to go. Sonya and Darrell Seitz placed second at league in Duet Acting. Mr. Hogg's Spanish class studied out of a new text which involved more reading and writing and not as much oral work as in past years.

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1. Mr. Harrington assists Mike Joiner and Alan Pohlman with a constitu- tion problem. 2. Mr. Drees teaches only one class in high school. American Government. 3. American History students Debbie Malone and Chris Kincaid work to gether on an assigned chapter. 4. Nancee Dannebohm. Rita Robl. Lorri DeWerff. and Robin Buckbee discuss historical events in Ameri can History. 5. Economics class spends a work pe 6. 7. 8 9. riod in various ways. Jason Ruckman shows Danny Thomas part of the architecture in the capital building at Topeka on their field trip. Mr. Harrington busies himself with grading Constitution tests. Rod Harrington and Joh Ingalls read an article for Economics class. Mark Waters spends a more leisure ly moment in American Govern ment discussing more favorite to- pics with Fred Mitchell.