Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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H eadliners MHS offers many types of classes: science, foreign language, home ec, just to name a few. This gives all students the opportunity to take the classes they are interested in. Here were just a few of the students who showed a strong interest in the various departments. P-, X --A5W,wn WY. Parlez-vous Francais? Ann Carney had no trouble answering that question. This senior studied the French language for four years. In addition to French, Ann also studied two years of Spanish. Ac- tually she studied the language for only one year, but by doing studying on her own and with another student, soph- more Anita Hovermale, Ann managed to cram two years of Spanish into two se- mesters. Although Ann enjoys both French and Spanish, as she explained, Spanish is easier since l've taken four years of French. Once you've learned a foreign language, the second one comes much easier. Ann planned to attend Indiana Uni- versity next fall and minor in foreign lan- guage. In addition to Foreign Languages, Ann also enjoyed Astronomy and Advanced Chemistry classes. She also excelled as a Social Studies student, winning the sec- ond place D.A.R. award during her ju- nior year. She also was accepted into Who's Who in Foreign Languages. Ann also participated on the girls' swim team for two years. She swam competively on various teams since she began seventh grade. jeff Ferguson, senior, was looked upon by the Math Department as one of the most outstanding students in its de- partment. jeff has always been inter- ested in the mathematics field and plans to attend Indiana University to study pere-med next fall. jeff replied, I am planning on taking calculus as one of my math classes while at LU. To prepare for his college education, jeff received a good background in math at MHS by taking classes such as Al- gebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Analyti- cal Geometry and Calculus. jeff has also been involved in foreign language study the past year, in which he attempted to perfect his German. He was selected for the 1979-1980 publica- tion of Who's Who in Foreign Language. He also presented a 3.9 academic record. For Senior Steve Easterday, the Phys- ics classes proved to be the most inter- esting and intriguing of all classes. Besides the Science classes, he also showed an interest in Algebra and Tri- gonometry. Steve planned to attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to major in Chemical Engineering. It is used in al- most all industries and deals especially with plastics, fuels, energy development and research of different sources of en- ergy. I hope I end up in research and de- velopment labs of one branch of these, Steve explained. Some of the classes he expects to take next year include Calcu- lus, computer classes, introductory engi- neering and physics classes. Because Steve has taken such a strong interest in Science, he enjoys experi- menting and taking on new projects. He assembled a solar water heater and con- ducted many different lasar experiments. Along with a few other science students, Steve helped work on the building of a working digital computer. It will prob- ably be completed next year. Steve's father, Wayne Easterday teaches science here at MHS. This en- couraged Steve's love of the sciences. My Dad is a science teacher and since I was really young, he's exposed me to all sorts of concepts, Steve commented.

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lunior Tim Childs seemed to hold a strong interest in people and the world they live in. Tim has taken current issues, psychology, and comparative Econom- ics as well as the required Social Studies courses. Next year, as a senior, he plans to take the two required semesters of Government, Sociology, and possibly Applied Psychology. ln addition to this, Tim also worked as an aide to Connie Wood during sixth hour last year. Although his future plans are not cer- tain Tim said, ln college l'll probably have a major in Communication with a minor in Political Science. l'll probably attend a state college, either Indiana State University or Ball State. Tim was also very interested in Com- munications. He served as the sports an- nouncer on WHMS TV last year. He plans to continue to announce the sports next year. X ,QI 1 ,Ni . C sf? st, ... Senior Chris Trueman is planning a major in business. During high school she took several business courses, in- cluding Accounting, Office Procedures, Personal Business, two years of Short- hand, and four years of typing. Although the exact branch of business is unde- cided, Chris does plan to major in busi- ness at Ball State University. The Cooperative Office Education program enabled Chris to secure the job of Clerk Typist at Bell Fibre Products. Her job involved filing, typing, billing, and running copies. Chris attended school in the morning then went to work from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. Chris also attained other goals that very few other MHS students were able to achieve. Chris participated in the realm of sports as a competitive roller skater for fourteen years. These various competitions allowed her to travel to such places as Texas, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois. For her hard work she re- ceived several trophies and medals. Al- though Chris quit competition in 1977, she still skates for the enjoyment she re- ceives from it. Headliners ll