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

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Jose Berrios, “Orange Peer Winner! enior science scholar Jose Ber¬ rios, student of David Schoon, Stanley Keller, and Ms. Yo¬ landa Hall, science teachers, related, “My grandfather told me once that during WWII, he had used a liquid from an orange peel to run his car.” This remembered childhood story set the stage for an idea which, in turn, triggered research into the basic char¬ acter of the lowly orange peel. What began with the simple hand squeezing of the orange peel’s juice soon graduated to liquifying the peel in a blender, to separating the peel’s emul¬ sions with sodium bicarbonate and eventually to conducting IR absorption spectrum and TLC chromatography testing in Iowa State University’s chemistry lab. Berrios found five compounds that are combustible in the orange peel oil. At the conclusion of his research, he determined that the self-same could possibly be used as a fuel source as well. And for his impressive scientific re¬ search and paper, Jose Berrios emerged looking like a science winner. Q reported by David Schoon At left, three students of Stanley Keller, chemistry and physics teacher, learn through their lab work that experimentation and analysis are critical components scientific advancement. Working with scales and beakers is Daryl Randolph, senior: Kccia Mark, junior; and Angela Black, senior. Literally the hrains behind advancing computer programs at LW, Olive Leskow, A math teacher, scrutinizes one of her computer A 1 printouts. H| Checking out the high tech accuracy of the computer ' s mentor) banks, Chioma Echemuna. junior, runs through her program Science teacher Sarah Boyajian offers some assistance to one of her dedicated students. Academics - 29

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■ Kenneth Johnson, senior, is impressed with the Experimenting with potentially risky chemical storage bytes of him computer. solutions in chcm lab is the name of the game for Ingrid Powell, junior, and science classmate. 28 - Academics

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Gary’s Rhodes Scholar tells experiences March 23, 1984, Nora Pulido, junior, and seven members of her family were finally on their way to visit Mexico. Staying with relatives throughout their trip, Nora and her brother Edwardo, pictured on horse. Below at right, visited their Grandfather and places like Guadalajara, Juarez, Mexico City, and Acapulco. Nora, cxpccially, liked learning about her Latin culture ' s pyramids and temples and, of course, meeting new friends. “One thing, Nora warned, “don’t drink the water, lest you be visited by ‘Montezuma ' s Revenge. lack Rhodes Scholar Carlton Long, a born and raised native son, visited LW on at least two occasions. Long spoke to both large group audiences and selected individual classes as well. In photo at right, he is shown talking to students in Janet Scf- ton’s English III high class. Long, a Gary Wirt graduate, who re¬ cently won the Rhodes Scholarship, af¬ fably spoke about a number of personal high school experiences that taught him valuable lessons. One such experience that seemed to thoroughly impress the student audience was when he received a “D” grade for a course, to the surprise of many. But Long said not to let peri¬ odic bad grades distract or discourage them from achieving their goals, be¬ cause everyone has his bad times, as well as good, but to keep on pushing until they got what they wanted. Long went on to relate interesting tidbits about Oxford, England’s style of education and how it differed from his Gary school experience. One week after he had won the scholarship, he was ex¬ pected to choose a college from which to pursue his studies. He said, at first, Oxford seemed un¬ organized. Yet, this taught him to be self-reliant, for it was his responsibility to ask professors if he could study with them. Also, instead of attending classes, Oxford scholars had tutors who require weekly essays on different subjects. Furthermore, students were required to prepare written arguments on given subjects. And although there were no grades given, there was a single exami¬ nation at the end of two years over “everything we’ve learned.’’ The Rhodes Scholarship, he said, was originally initiated by an Englishmen who found his fortune and fame in the diamond mines of South Africa. It usu¬ ally covered the cost of tuition and in¬ cluded a stipend from which students had to pay for their board and lodging. “Having enough money is always a problem among scholars,’’ he admitted. Frequently, in fact, American Rhodes Scholars must return to the States in the summer to work and to save money for the following year; and this is unfortunate because they often missed the opportunity to travel abroad to some pretty exotic places. Completing his talk to the students, Long was eager to entertain a give and take question session from the audience who in turn seemed to appreciate his candor, warmth, and personalized ap¬ proach. □ by Jass 30 - Foreign Languages Every year Madam Mary DeLoach, French teacher, throws a Mardi Gras bash for her French students; and every year they came dressed like in New Orleans .