Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Not only Bees Like Pollen Students Do! M aking posters, carry¬ ing eggs, and dressing up in pajamas were some of the things Mr. Pollen sponsored in his Sociology class. In one experiment, sociolo¬ gy students became parents for a week. The new babies were actually raw eggs which had to be carried around and cared for to prevent cracking. Some students decorated and dressed their eggs. If an egg broke, the “child” died, and the student flunked the pro¬ ject. The experiment taught stu¬ dents the responsibilities of parenthood. Senior Angie Marcinek said, “I learned that being a parent requires a lot of time and effort. I thought it was a good project, but I wouldn’t go through it again.” by Lisa Kuffel Lecturing his class, Mr. Pollen added humor to keep the class a surprise. Brad Sultan Students Make Pots during Class W hile most students were studying for tests, others were en¬ rolled in ceramics. For one hour a day, they let their brains rest while they made some useful pottery. Mrs. Bu- shong, who taught ceramics said, “I think students need a class where they can use their hands rather than their minds. It’s just not so aca¬ demic.” At the beginning of the year, the students were divid¬ ed into three separate groups. The first one worked on the pottery wheel; the second worked on sculpture; and the third worked on slab, which consisted of making a ceramic box and wind chimes. The groups rotated every six weeks. Once their projects were done, students laid them out to dry. After they were com¬ pletely dry, they were fired in a kiln. After this step was done, students finished pro¬ jects by applying a glaze, a thin coat of clear or colored glass. Then they were fired again. Sometimes while being fired, the projects got air bub¬ bles in the clay and blew up. “It’s hard when a project you have been working on for five weeks blows up, because you have to start all over again,” said Janis Balas. by Carol Bednarcyk Showing off his artistic talents, Buddy Masrhak works on his project. Carmen Baker a We offer these labs eight times on a volunteer ba¬ sis for extra cred¬ it to prepare stu¬ dents for college chemistry.—Mr. Rarick k Nancy Smock Rinsing equipment for his Advanced Chemis¬ try lab, Dave Blake takes precautions against a mistake. Pay Attention! 17

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Students Prepare for Future Learn Job Skills T here were vocational classes available in auto¬ motive, carpentry, graphics, and machine shop. These classes offered an excellent opportunity for students to gather skills essential in everyday living, as well as providing a good background for further educa¬ tion in those areas. Julie Schafer, a vocational graphics art student, said, “It’s going to help you out in the long run, and if you plan on going to college, you’ll be more prepared.” In vocational auto, students learned mechanical and body work by working on their own cars and engines. The vocational carpentry class rebuilt a Schererville home by tearing off the leaking roof and replacing it with a new one and adding new siding and new windows. They also built a garage in Schererville. The graphics class printed the Scout and Rune, among other things. In machine shop, students repaired machines around the school and became acquainted with machines in general. by Robert Bonner Rebuilding an old house in Schererville, the students of voca¬ tional carpentry get hands on experience. Baker Breaking the Silence M r. Lowe, who began teaching speech class at LC in 1966, said, “Speech class enables you to communicate with more com¬ fort and conficence.” He felt that speech should be re¬ quired for at least one semes¬ ter. In class, the students learned all forms of commu¬ nication. Several weeks were devoted to debate, discussion, Demonstrating her ballet skills, Michelle Rose adds visu¬ al effects to her speech. radio theory, and logic. Speech could not take the place of a full year of senior English because both have a broad field to cover. For non¬ college bound students, speech was a great asset. Sen¬ ior Mike Kiral thought speech class should be re¬ quired. He said, “It makes people less shy if they ever had to talk in front of a group of people.” by Carolyn Werler 16 Pay Attention!

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U sually after Christmas vacation, many students found themselves staying up late studying for the dreaded final exams. The word “finals ” was equat¬ ed with late-night study sessions, cups of coffee, tele¬ phone calls for help, and most importantly the end of the semester. Some eager to get good grade students took books home during vacation. However, only a few actually opened them up. The majority of the students procrasti¬ nated, putting off their studies until there was only one or two cramming nights left. While studying students real¬ ized they’d lost notes, or the ever-so-helpful study guides their teachers had handed out to their classes. Many students began to wish that they had paid more attention in class and promised themselves that they’d do better next semester. For juniors and seniors, finals were important, more because their grades were needed for college acceptance. Final exams could help or hurt any grade. They usually counted as one-seventh of the semester grade. Although finals were the cause of many headaches and fatigue, you gratefully remembered when you were up till three in the morning and reaching for that twelth cup of coffee that finals only came twice a year. by Carolyn Werler Quietly studying prepare for a Tracy Dan Creativity Runs Rampant in Hallways Classes Help Budding Artists L C offered students a choice of four different classes in the art area: Art experience, Drawing Painting I and II and print¬ making. Art experience taught students basic draw¬ ing and color skills, while printmaking offeres lino¬ leum, embossing, etching, in¬ taglio and color viscosity printmaking. Drawing Painting I advanced skills in drawing, perspective, ele¬ ments of design and color the¬ ory in acrylic painting. Level II was a continuation, teach¬ ing advanced skills with dif¬ ferent medias in drawing, perspective, and elements and principles of design. Col¬ or theory was also applied to painting with watercolors. Mrs. O’Connor, art teacher, would like to see art history or a team-taught humanities class added. She would also approve a design class that would be based on art history. “Students are lacking this whole area of education,” she said. “For the past seven or eight years we have sent from two to 18 students to the Ameri¬ can Academy of Art. Some of these students have graduat¬ ed and are now employed in some phase of art,” Mrs. O’Connor said. “For the size of our department, we have a constant percentage that pur¬ sues an art career.” One past problem was the over-concern with grade point averages. Many would not take electives because of the lesser amount of credit, by Laura Scheele 18 Pay Attention!