Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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All work and no play makes Refleetorites dull on deadline day. Pepsi provides a pleasent break from preparing pages. You ' ve got a lot to live and Pepsi ' s got a lot to live. — Pepsi Cola Bottlers Inc., 9300 Calumet, Munster, 836-1800. PEPSI 22

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People read differently to newly developed products. Mass media student, Kurt Sanders discovers this with his new cereal. SPEECH CLUB — back row: Dave Richards, Terese Reitz, John Young, front row: Joyce Pierscinski, Cindy Valentine. The many moods of drama class are reflected in the faces of Nada Jandrich, John Young, Terese Reitz and Jo Marie Churilla.

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v ' V g Sty ' Sophomores couldn ' t participate in phase electives until they had one semester of English. Debbie Riggs awaits drama classes while suffering through nouns and verbs. The importance of Charles Darwin ' s Origin of Species in Inherit the Wind is pointed out to Lori Shepkowski in a phase elective class taught by Mr. Charles Hartkin. menagerie of classes extracted from basic english,form PHASE ELECTIVES finish the book. Why don ' t they have a class ... E 76 — Development of the American Short Story The subject is as old as man himself. Ever since the first teacher taught his students grammar or reading, groans of I already know how to talk so why do I have to learn this? resounded. Teachers attempted to make their subject more interesting with the use of audio-visual aids, games or acting out play, but still found that students ' interest soon flagged. Finally the English Department came up with a solution — Phase Electives. For the first time over 35 courses were offered, allowing the student to choose subjects of his interest without losing the essentials of the language. Ranging from Family Circle to Highlights of English Literature, the courses lasted for nine weeks and were geared to the students ' learning rate. Students could now take as many as 12 English courses in three years and rea d books as widely different as Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones and The Scarlet Letter. But even with the new system complaints still existed. How am I supposed to decide which courses to take? You know I can ' t ever make up my mind. Others who enjoyed the spoken rather than the written word, displayed their talents in Speech Club competition. Five students braved early morning rising and scratchy voices to compete with over 1,000 Calumet Regionites in events such as Extemporaneous Speaking. 23