George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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The senior girl honored by the D.A.R. for her citizenship, service, and scholarship was Mary Ann Poracky. Each year an outstanding sophomore biology student is the recipient of the Elizabeth Lyle Memorial Award. Carol Leskovich was honored for the year 1964-65. Honors and Awards The Daughters of the American Revolution Award was presented to Mary Ann Poracky, a senior girl who best exemplified the American ideal. Her qualities of leadership and citizenship have been used to a great advantage throughout her years at Clark. This award entitled Mary Ann to take a comprehensive essay test on American history. Carol Leskovich was the recipient of the Elizabeth Lyle Memorial Award. Each year this honor is be¬ stowed upon the student who does outstanding work in the field of biology. Carol’s accomplishments in this area were a tribute to the memory of a former Clark biology teacher, Elizabeth Lyle. The Rotary Club is an organization composed of businessmen and teachers. Junior Rotarians are chosen to represent our school on the basis of character, leadership, scholarship, and honor. Each boy attends the weekly Rotary luncheon meetings for one month. There the Rotarians have an opportunity to meet community leaders and learn the role that business plays in a community. JUNIOR ROTARIANS—Front row: D. Mihalo, G. Brown, T. Beaudrie, J. Weiss, N. Bubnovich. Second row: A. Cle¬ ments, M. Moskal.

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Talented Students Receive Academic On June 9, Rosemary Duhon delivered her valedictory speech. Her near perfect academic record afforded her this honor. Opportunities are unlimited for Dan Mihalo, who claimed the title of salutatorian of the Class of 1965. Allen Clements was the 1965 recipient of the Bausch and Lomb award for his high standing in science classes. There are several positions of high honor in a high school graduating class. Among the outstanding students are the valedictorian, the salutatorian, and the Bausch and Lomb Award winner. The valedictorian holds the most honorable posi¬ tion in a senior class. To achieve this high honor, a person must hold the highest grade point average in the graduating class. The work required to attain such an average is by no means easy and earning such an average is a full time job. Ranking right behind the valedictorian is the number two stu¬ dent, the salutatorian. Being one of the leaders in a class is not just getting good grades. Usually these students are active in service clubs and deserve much merit for their achievement. Another scholarship award is the Bausch and Lomb Science Award, which is given to the out¬ standing senior science student. 28

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Freshmen Allen Jamrose and Mike Novotny demonstrate an interesting way to learn vocabulary by playing the French version of Scrabble in Miss Sauvain’s class. Variety of Languages Instill In Students As part of the school’s curriculum, several foreign language courses were offered at George Rogers Clark. Continuing progress has been made through¬ out the past years in this field of learning. In today ' s world, knowledge of a foreign language was certainly beneficial due to the increasing amount of foreign communication in every aspect of life. The classical language of Latin still remained the most popular at Clark. Young Romans often sur¬ prised their instructor with personalized transla¬ tions of Caesar’s Gallic Wars, increased enrollment in the conversational languages of Spanish, French, and German provided an avid interest for a back¬ ground in language arts and development. Due to the increased attention towards foreign language many modern facilities and teaching tech¬ niques have been adopted. The language lab pro¬ vided a means to improve speaking a language fluently. Audiovisual materials also aided students in the interesting field of linguistics. The language department constantly sought new instruction techniques and study aids to continue the progress of ancient and modern languages. 30