John Adams High School - Album Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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lotorious chatterboxes study standing up. They know what J do when Mr. Crowe shouts, On the Wall. A Mir , 4 , Q11 , ' elected junior glee clubbers tune in the Little Theatre :fore performing. 40 J U ..., Q. f S . Y' A if Q '--n . we-Q iathering source material for a book report, Barbara Poulin ,ses the libraries' extended facilities. Special classes complete curriculum. Some classes do not fit in a definite category, but these classes develop students into well rounded people. Phys. ed., a required course, pulls all the ex- cess energy out of students. Dance music drifted from the gym during March. Combining their classes, Murph and Miss Bauer initiated Arthur Murray dance instructors. All 9B's hike up to room 21 and chorus class. They, along with other students, hear and sing good music. Mr. Brady's room 22 is also in the upper re- gions. Five minute demonstration speeches are com- mon and often humorous assignments in speech class. Dnamatics students pantomine records, give skits, and deliver monologues. Shaky students slide behind the wheel for the first time and turn the key of the Driver's Training car. Classroom work combined with actual driving experience teach these students to drive properly. In phys. ed., Sandy Vollmer is ready to volley the ball across the net to score a point for her team. I3

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Creative confusion describes ort dept. Creative confusion describes 209, the art room. Students work alone or in groups drawing, molding, or painting. Some experiment with the potter's wheels while others sketch a still life. A few, glad to fill requests, art students tint photographs, print pos- ters and arrange Bowers for the cafeteria. Strange designs, water colors, mobiles and paper moscue masks decorate the art room. Walking is difficult because the paint splattered floor is covered with unfinished paintings. Cupboards and drawers in the back room hold the tools of the hopeful ar- tists. Also in the back room is the much used sink. In warm weather, they gather together paper and pencil and troop outdoors. Applied design students work with metal and clay. The history and principles of art are studied in Exploratory Art Course. Ad- vanced students work on projects of their own choice. Mother and child in blue oils takes shape with the brush strokes of Nancy Brinley. Mr. Benson, art teacher, watches. 'I2 Art clubbers look over their work which includes a self- portrait masks, and papermache objects. A high ladder helps these three hang a mobile advertising A Thread That Runs So True.

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vly crowned basketball queens flash big smiles at the .ms-Riley half time Coronation ceremony. rying her pin and glowing Candle, Mary Ling. a new ictee, floats to her place with the other members. Honor is worth Pins, sweaters, and certificates honor John Ad- ams students. Those with high scholastic averages appear on the honor roll and attend the honor breakfast. Sports assemblies award athletes' labor. Letter sweaters, chevrons, certificates, and special trophies are presented by various organizations to superior players. Clubs award their hard working members with pins. The various departments rec- ognize outstanding students through contests or awards given by organizations. Seniors achieve rec- ognition at the Senior Awards Assembly. Honors be- stowed at that time are: Scholarship Medals John Adams Citizenship Award D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award D.A.R. Award For Excellence in U. S. History Berg Music Awards P.T.A. Award in Industrial Education P.T.A. Award in Home Economics Studebaker-Packard Local No. 5 Excellence in Friendly competitors, all American Field Service Finalists, discuss the trip which each hopes to make.