Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Social Stu dt ted 5 mp k adize tlie mp orta nee °f This was the year that we looked at our school system and began to wonder if it were really up to par. In our history classes, however, we discovered that we do live in a modern world that is preparing us to assume our re¬ sponsibilities as good, enlightened citizens. As we study history for the required three years, we learn that major revolutions in society and modes of thought are not started by one country and then adopted by others, but that these revolutions have origins in many parts of the world at approximately the same time. We later dig deep into the why ' s, when ' s, and where ' s of United States history. Then, as a climax, we become acquainted with many functions of our American govern¬ ment and with the American economic scene. The recession came and subsequently left with the turning of the pages in our history books. Thus we realize that we are growing in tempo with the world. Sam Bianco Shirley Bryan Dorothy Clingerman Marie Edwards Marilyn Hrischuk Dorothy Kouvelas Willis H. Me Allister Elmer J. Molchan Lillian C. Roberts Dagna Simpson Virginia Stoner George T. Stroia Ann Underwood 20

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Junior Everett Nixon odds an artistic touch to his Giants in the Earth project, a sod house. Marilyn Schaefer shows her freshman English class that poetry is easier to understand if it is put into meters. SUL 3 in an d SpeaL ' peaninff • • • English is the basis of our communication skills. Without classes in English, it would be impossible to read problems in math, to follow the path of history, to grasp the formulas of Chemistry or to construct a do it yourself. In order to expand our reading interests, we study the works of great authors such as Scott ' s Ivanhoe, Eliot ' s Silas Marner, and Shakespeare ' s Julius Caesar and Macbeth. Short stories by O. Henry, Daly, Poe, Stein¬ b eck, and Stewart supply us with a well-rounded literary background. The years spent in mastering grammar, vocabulary, and spelling prove invaluable in writing our autobio¬ graphies and term topics. No matter what road we take, we shall find that the communication skills acquired in our English classes are an essential factor toward successful living. Admiration for the fathers of our nation is shown in the intent look of Judy Kaminski ' s face as she studies an English bulletin board.

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Miss Marie Edwards leads a class discussion on the principles of good government. Miss Dorothey Kouvelas points out Peru, land of the Incas, to her World History class. Janice Wozniak and Linda Doherty watch closely as Barbara Maxey maps the course of the Nautilus which passed under the Polar ice cap this year. Ronald Gruchalski and Dave Haddix point out the hot spot of the world, Berlin, while Miss Shirley Bryan adds current topics to the bulletin board.