Horace Mann High School - Horace Manual Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Mr. Rogers and Mr. Werner prepare the registration forms for the students. Alvin Smith fills several registration forms. In the background Debbie Wilson asks a question. For the first time in history eighteen- year-olds were able to vote in Indiana in national elections. Mann seniors were registered in their Government and Eco¬ nomics classes. Witnesses for the seniors were Mr. Dwayne Rogers and Mr. David Werner, instructors in these subjects. During this time senior Government classes studied the purpose of voting and characteristics a candidate running for a office should have. It was hoped that these analyses might be helpful to the new voters. Eighteen-year-olds set to vote in social studies

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Ability groups phased out by administration Accelerated sections, long part of the English schedule at Mann, disappeared from all grade levels except senior this year. Special classes were retained. Seniors taking English IV read Greek literature, some of Shakespeare’s works such as HAMLET, writings of black authors, studied grammar, and wrote compositions and term papers. Miss Elea¬ nor Monnix was in command of five classes. Janis Mitchell and Dorothy Taylor become deeply involved in Bob Orlich’s discussion of the novel, SIDHARTHA, which they have just finished in Miss Monnix’ English class. Ophelia, played by Faith Spiller, returns gifts she has received from Hamlet (Ty¬ rone Davis).

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Physics department acquires new textbooks New this year in the Science depart¬ ment was the set of books used by phy¬ sics classes. Published by Harvard Uni¬ versity, the collection consisted of six readers containing essays and fiction on scientific topics, a text and a laboratory manual. Students reacted to them favorably. Left: Instead of one text, a shelf of Using marbles, John Serwatka, Carl books provides Physics reading. Moore and Alan Reuter study molecular density. Laws of gravity studied by science classes Beginning with demonstrations of laws of gravitation, students elected phases of science to study. Working individually, Dave Fogler and Bob Orlich operated analog and digital computers. Rubin Maldonado and Larry Rosen diagrammed crystals. Gwen Mc¬ Daniel fabricated molecular models of organic compounds. Left: Bob Rodriguez visits Gilbert Wash¬ ington’s biology class on senior teachers’ day. Seminar-fashion, Mr. George Sanidas in¬ structs advanced science students.