Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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TOP: Look out below, here comes the heat. This is the new oil storage tank to help the school in the WJjf-' cold, cold winters. c -. ABOVE: Energy saving is the key word around the p , education. This past summer the front parking lot was increased for the faculty and school. Installation of a second set of storm doors had helped with the energy crunch. also the student gravel parking lot was paved to help eliminate standing water and mud. DAILY UFE 25

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Oh Yes the Changes!! Sounds from outer space?? Not really! This is the new Dimension phone system that entered the city schools last summer. Compared to the old PBX board, this system saves time and energy. Jean Fenimore the head operator says. Now there are only buttons to push instead of cords and levers to pull. The new telephones took a little time to get used to, but everyone made it through the initiation. Mrs. Flo Fuller sits in front of the two telephone sets. The one in the background was so much larger and com- plex. The new system occupies less space and the equipment is all stored in the size of a refrig- erator. Starting the new school year brought changes for all the students at the high school. For the sopho- mores it meant adjusting to high school life, getting up earlier, more homework and a wider variety of classes were just some of the changes the juniors found themselves in the middle; able to help the sophomores find classes but still frowned on by the seniors. And once again the seniors were placed on the throne, a position they have dreamed about for a long time. Outlook changes were numerous but with the new year came policy changes and physi- cal differences. Revisions were made in the attendance policy — becoming a strict influence on skipping classes. Ten absences in a semester class meant a loss of credit, likewise with twenty absences in a full year course. The tardiness policy was another major change which meant three tardies equaling one absence. Physical differences included a new parking lot in front of the building for the faculty and also the paving of the remainder of the student parking lot in the back; counselors being moved to individual offices throughout the school. The SAC was formed — Student Activities Center to handle all student needs such as athletic tickets, ID cards and test registration. If you ever get lost, just find your way to the SAC office and get help. All of these changes were for the improvement of the school and pride is taken in the school by all the students. It looks good! sjn r T - - T- GET YOUR PARKING STICKERS STUDENT ncmiKES ■ 1 ATHLETIC TICKETS HEREI Student Activities student problems t i c'f Pr'ri. A brand new line-up. A student center to help 24 DAILY LIFE

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Ending With a Commencement Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not? This quote by Robert F. Kennedy centered the theme of 1978 graduation ceremonies. Sunday, June 4 was the red letter day for 630 FHS sen- iors. The 106th Baccalaureate-Com- mencement graduated the students under the sunny skies at Donnell Memo- rial Stadium. Ann Redpath was the class valedictorian and Sara Ringle was the salutatorian. Rev. James Foster of St. Andrews United Methodist Church gave the first and last words as he presented the invo- cation and benediction. Father Frank Kehres of St. Michael's Catholic Church delivered the message. The class speak- ers each gave their own speech in fitting with the theme. Friends and families gathered to wit- ness the event, as these graduating sen- iors commenced their new lives as adults. MIDDLE BELOW: The graduates lined up in the Donnell Jr. Hi and ttien marched onto the field to Pomp and Circumstance. BELOW: Findlay High School Choir sang two selections under the direction of Don Jeffenes, Alan Dudley played the organ at the graduation cer- emonies. ■Vi- TOP- The graduates stand for the invocation. A br,sk breeze tended to create a problem durmg the processional w,th the sen,ors caps. At least the ABOVE: Father Kehres gave the message of breeze helped to keep the day a little cooler. Dream On — and Live. 26 GRADUATION