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

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4 II. Mi. i.nr • ' ■ ■ niK c;.- m i ust-iribi m ‘ftios in ( .nislnm£ W ii l 1,1 (,l Mwurn si Wmm ' •-Vihni .. r a ±)m Houston Polk and Bill Vorwald had difficulties with their suit¬ case as they prepared to leave for Boys ' State. Sara Hady and Sue Wagner reminisce about their experiences at Girls ' State. Mary Ballarino also attended, but is not pictured. Edd Plesko, Edwina Alvarez and Sue Hulse agree with David Thiele that the 1960 presidential election was close. Ron Bachinski wants to check the electoral vote while Janice Thompson thinks seriously about the results. Miss Marie Edwards relates her Japanese trip experiences to Jim Newport, Joe Olds, Camillia Petriskey, Jerry Blazevich and Kay Auxier. Mr. John Russel, student teacher, wonders if his teaching career will be as wonderful.

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Virginia Gusan, thoughtfully looking for more term topic information, leafs through one of many research books related to her topic. ' ' That introduction I wrote hours ago is so much better, but where in the world is it? It just has to be here someplace. Hours and hours later a little nap is mandatory, as Virginia catches 40 winks. ENGLISH. IS LIFE, LITERATURE AND WORK Reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities are of value in all our educational endeavors. Wherever communication is necessary we recognize the importance of our English training. Equipping every student with a mastery of English requires a planned program to meet personal, social, and occupational de¬ mands. Our freshman year acquaints us with literature and stresses fundamentals of grammar. Ivanhoe, Covered Wagon, Great Expec¬ tations and other novels are studied. The Necklace ' and Ran¬ som of Red Chief are only a few of the short stories and authors read and thoughtfully discussed. Sophomores study miserly Silas Marner and regal Julius C qesqr - Fascinating excursions into lives of others help pupils prepare their autobiographies. Lyrical and narrative poetry pro¬ vide a challenge. Juniors invade the libraries, armed with note cards, and leave with reference books piled up to their chins. Standarized tests become regular procedure stressing factual subject matter and appropriateness of vocabulary. First semester Senior English is an absorbing experience deal¬ ing in the main with our literary heritage. It begins with the ac¬ count of the Anglo-Saxons, who gave us our first written literature, and continues through our contemporary English writers. Senior English also includes use of our composition abilities in preparation for the rough road of college English just ahead of us. Student projects make Giants in the Earth a reality for the stu¬ dents in Miss Angela Hannagan ' s class!”Shown with their pro jects are Madeline Schultz, Jack Sommers, Sharon D ' Lugai, Frank Whitsel, Jackie Racich, and Rita Reinke. The word is a verb not a noun! Mrs. Ella Gilbertson fully informs her confused student, John Hulick. woe-

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SOCIAL STUDIES. TEACHES RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP We saw history in the making during the 1960 presidential election. In the course of the campaign our social studies classes provided us with greater understanding of our election processes and added interest to our quest for knowledge of foreign affairs. The social studies program consists of courses in community civics, world geography, world history, American history, civics, economics, and World Problems. In these classes the processes of democracy are defined and explained. Group thinking and dis¬ cussions help students make critical use of mass modes of com¬ munication. Attendance at 1960 election campaign party rallies, visits to federal, state, and local departments of government helped make us realize the responsibilities which freedom gives us. World history taught us much about the dawn of ancient civilization. We progressed rapidly from the Eqyptian pyramids to the Egypt of Nasser, from democracy in Athens to totalatarianism in World War II. American history provided accounts of the creation of our country and its heritage of liberty, order and justice. In civics, economics, and World Problems we discussed every¬ thing from the organization of government and American freedom of enterprise to African independence, Castro ' s Cuba and Khrush¬ chev ' s attempts to bluff us with his blasts. Students of social studies have lived through a challenging history making year. Ethel Bone and Frank Stefanelli follow Ed Kis ' explanation of the Freedom Shrine in the East Study. These replicas of famous historical documents often provide valuable help to history students.