Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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Senior English Course The Advanced Placement linglish course was ll transi- tion between the academic linglish activities of superior high school students and the beginning college linglish program. The course was open to superior senior stu- dents only. Journalism was an introductory course to the mass media and to newswriting. The students were taught to review the mass media and their place in a free so- ciety. Editorial writing, feature writing, column wri- ting, and radio and television script writing were stress- ed. Also included was a unit on elementary news photo- graphy. Every student at Ml-IS had the opportunity to enroll in a Literature course pertaining to his class. The fresh- man Literature course was designed to foster the ap- preciation of literature through an understanding of basic literature types and motifs as they were developed by great cultures of the world, both classics and modern. A survey of experiences in all literature types was a desirable goal. Dramatics was a basic introduction to a history of the theater through the ages up to modern times. The student learned how to handle himself in the portrayal of several characters within one play and the methods and practices of stage acting. A, .. xi S! I LX PXYEI. DISCUSSION. lmilll ol the time well SIJCII if ,...--1- . A,.Y..-...wan - M i'-'Q 'E A l'ICNlCI. a play, by XVilliam Inge, is enattt-tl by setontl seinester 1111111121 students. Using uirioiis plays. students also built miniature set designs as plifl ol the semester wot V 29 I lil Xll' Reile1 s liiiglisli class, is enteretl into by all slutlents

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W., . - l .ll DISCZUSSING SOME PROBLEMS with Mr. Charles Saunders are xhc .Xclvnmc-d Plzucmc-nt English stuclcms. The course was olmcn to mcnirns only. llI5I'l,4XXlNl. HlzR Rl',l'l,lC..X ul mins lXl2ll'lIf'l S house is Diana Griffith, suplmmnrv I,it0ruturcf SlllllClll. Herr prujcmt was 0IlL'Ul1ll1llly Iurnf-cl in. QS 'urricula Added New Ky! M ' 'ivf 1 ..:' V I 9 s XYORKING ON THIC SECOND publication of Exculibre, arc the .l0lll'll2lllSlll nlzlss :15 they workc-cl with Aclvullcccl Place- 1119111 btullcllts. The book cnu-ics were judged by nollcgc pro- fcssors. B

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if if l.lCLll'llING ',l'I'lE BUNSIQN BURNIQR, Iauh assistant Mike Mills pu-pzilcs lor xxnotllcr Ifllllllitil CXlJL'l'llIlL'lll. This was the Iirsl ylill' sllllltllls :issislccl Sticmc lcaulli-rs. Department Facilities l The specific fields of science that were stressed Were: mechanics, thermophenomena, wave motion, electricity and magnetism, and nuclear physics. Those students enrolled as Lab Assistants aided the various science teachers. They also had projects such as raising fruit flies, studying plant growth, bacteriology, organic chemistry, and genetics. Advanced Science offered an opportunity for the talented student of science to pursue an area in which he has special interests. The student was encouraged to select a problem with which to participate in the Na- tional Science Talent Search, a science fair, or some re- lated project activity. The course content surveyed areas in genetics, qualitative chemical analysis, organic chemistry, crystalography, and advanced physics topics. Life Science was primarily designed for the student who wanted to major in the sciences and who was es- pecially interested in advanced studies leading toward a career in the biological sciences. Chemistry was the organized investigation of the properties of and the changes in materials. Emphasis was placed upon the structure of matter, matter and energy relationships, chemical bond, and periodicity of the chemical notations. 1Nj1iCZ'l'lNC A Nlilililll INTO A MOUSE are Life Science .stiulcnts Jim Burns and Steve Pyle. E50 .,. l'lffw. J x