Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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Music and Art Enrich Many Lives Harold Freeman, B.M.E. Central Michigan University Our music and art departments offer their students diversified programs and challenging goals. The marching band, stage band, and pit orchestra are just some of the activities offered within the band department, which includes both junior and senior levels. Members of the choir are improving their ability to learn new music by counting rhythm, musicianship, and performance discipline. The repertoire includes music by well known contemporary composers. The art department has attracted student interest in its program also. The underlying purposes of art are to instill creativity, develop skill, establish a foundation in art history, and develop art as a working unit in the fine arts curriculum. Charles Brill, B.M., M.A. Western Michigan University 14 Richard Westbrook plays the new organ. Andrew Macfarland, B.M.E. Western Michigan University

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Increasing Skill Language and Speech Programs Expand Our language and speech departments are experiencing a vast increase of interest this year. For the first time French students have the opportunity to use and gain skill from the portable language laboratory, consisting of new era phones and tape recorders. Latin, which is now being taught five hours a day, stresses the importance of written language. The speech department is also expanding each year. Students first become acquainted with it in their freshman year through Introduction to Speech. For interested students, debate, spring forensics, and reading theatre are also offered. Raymond Monte, B.A., M.A. Michigan State University Irma Heitman, B.A. Central Michigan University Margaret Thurston, B.A. Albion College 13

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Practical Training Prepares for Life Randall Cowling, B.S. University of Minnesota Donald Moore, B.A. Western Michigan University Charles VanDenburg, B.S. Michigan State University Boys and girls alike receive practical and functional training for future occupations in the vocational departments. Available to future homemakers are courses in cooking, sewing, child care, home decoration and safety, and family living. These courses, especially the advanced ones for seniors, also give incentive to those girls who wish to train later for a career in a branch of home economics. Wood and metal shop, mechanical drawing, and agriculture prepare students with practical skills for future employment. Judy Sprowl, B.S. Patricia Moore, B.S., M.A. Central Michigan University Michigan State University 15