Hudson High School - Hudsonian Yearbook (Hudson, MI)

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Drama of Shakespeare at Hudson At the end of the 1965-66 school year our former principal, James Champion, adopted a plan to enable our students to have a variety of English courses from which to choose. A test, along with teacher recommendation and student choice, determined into what phase each student would go. In the future, fresh- men will be tested in the spring so their phase may be determined. At the beginning of our 1966-67 school year, our present principal, James Leavell, inherited the task of putting this wonderful opportunity into effect. After many hours of schedule changing and class- room rearranging, he finally succeeded in pleasing almost everyone in some way. Mrs. James taught ENGLISH I classes which were still required for ninth graders. However, they could have chosen to take an additional English course along with this class. Every Freshman was enrolled in Mrs. James English classes. Mrs. Freeborn taught four courses in the English Department. They were SPEECH, WRITING IMPROVEMENT, WRITING TECHNIQUES, and SPEED READING. Speech was a semester course in public speaking. Writing Improve- ment, a full-year course, was a remedial course in writing. Writing Techniques was a full-year course in advanced writing to prepare the college bound student in various methods of formal writing. Speed reading was an entirely new addition to the curiculum. This course basically taught the students to read without regression, to con- centrate on the main ideas, to increase their eye span, and to develop the student’s capabilities in this area. The tachistoscope helped Mrs. Freeborn teach her class in speed reading. 12

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Principal’s Office Our Principal, Mr.Leavell. Office detail kept Mrs. Donaldson, the school secretary, busy, busy, busy. FIRST ROW: Mrs. Donaldson, Cathy Weber, Angie Bloomer, Gail Sanford, Barb Onweller, Sue Ebbitt, Madeline Nichols. SECOND ROW: Betty Hasenkamp, Pam Bishop, Harriett Sherman, Marsha Young, Marilynn Marry, Annabelle Davis. THIRD ROW: Roger Anderson, Dan Speaker, Bill Beal, Cel Hendrickson. 11

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 To be or not to be” was the question for Mrs. Myers’ Shakespeare class. Mrs. Myers taught a total of five dif- ferent classes which consisted of READING IMPROVEMENT, NOVEL, ENGLISH LIT- ERATURE, DRAMATIC ARTS, and SHAKESPEARE. Shakespeare was origi- nally only a semester course. However, because of the popularity of the class, it was extended to a full year. The drama class formed the foundation for the school musical performed by members of the entire student body. The title of the musical was “Plenty of Money”. Our photographer caught Terry Ireland and Rick Rodehaver struggling through a scene in drama class. Mr. Tinney, a graduate from Adrian College, taught his first year at Hudson. His classes consisted of SHORT STO- RIES and JOURNALISM. The Journalism class published the Tiger Tribune, the school newspaper. 13 Staff members of the Tiger Tribune discussed their first issue with Mr. Tinney.