Joel E Ferris High School - Exeter Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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New School- First Graduating Owe Debt of To Imaginative

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Early the day begins . . . an anxious glance at the clock over the door . . . and the breathless arrival in home- room. A heated deb ate in history seminar . . . pondering over The Dialogues of Plato . . . the rustle of papers and the hum of voices in the resource center ... a sea of animated faces and the milkb ot tie s crowned with crumpled straws . . . colorful banners under the clock . . . and the shelves bulging with books . . . long lines . . . long conversations . . . the day goes on. The scratching of pens on pa- per. . . the crush on the stairs going to the listening laboratory . . . and the ear- phones that never fit . . .then the slamming of locker doors . . . and the laughter. . . and the shouting. . . and running. The football game . . . the kick-off. . . the bouncing cheerleaders . . . and scream- ing crowds . . . green grass and white lights against the black sky. . .red on the field . . . and in the stands . . . the splinters in the bench- es .. . and the shakers in one ' s face. Now graduation . . . excite- ment in the air . . . beaming parents. . . and nervous grad- uates . . . the line of scarlet in the aisle . . . the happy tears ... a feeling of end- ing . . . yet a feeling of be- ginning . . . the beginning of life . . . the dawn of the fut- ure . . . and the dawn brings light.

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Class- Gratitude Educator Ji Dr. Donald Hair, former Director of Secondary Curricu- lum in Spokane, is credited with the establishment of mod- ular scheduling at Joel E. Ferris. Encouraged by the suc- cess of a pilot study in team teaching at North Central high school in Spokane, Dr. Hair instigated a drive for a com- plete team teaching system at Spokane ' s newest high school. While workmen still hammered and sawed at 37th and Re- gal, Dr. Hair and Principal Blauert visited and observed similar schools in the Chicago, St. Louis, and St. Paul ar- eas to gain a better understanding of this new system in operation. To Dr. Hair and other far-seeing educators we dedicate this book.