Marion High School - Warrior Yearbook (Marion, KS)

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Education in Social Science Mrs. Pat (P.J.) Jackson added to the flavor of the '83-'84 Social Science Department with the teaching of American History, American Government and Current History. Miss Kathy Patterson complemented the department with the educational ingredient of Psychology. When questioned os to her students' interest in learning. Mrs. Jackson replied. The students are working very diligently, and they put out extreme effort in the seven-hour school day. The students focused their abilities on topics which covered a wide area of learning. They discussed subiects which dealt with hot spots of the world. U.S. involvement in war. the U.S. Constitution and the understanding of behavior and Dersonalitv traits. When asked her honest opinion about history. |umor Jacquie Hett replied, History has taught me why our world is what it is today! Pal (P J ) Jock son gives on appraising smile while she looks over sophomore Nancy Carr's Current history notes 9 Well it's not our fault we don't understand.” reply Seniors Loro Wolf and Shelia Meisinger os they struggle over their psychology assignment Now Todd. I'm going to try ond explain this one last time. states Miss Potterson to junior Todd Siebert m psychology class 14 Social Science

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Clothes for the Student Body Levi, Sassoon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Lee, Brittania and many other brand names filled the students' closets as the new year began. Fashion took on an entirely different mean- ing in the 1983-84 school year. New styles and brand names were everywhere. Mini-skirts became the fad for girls, while guys began wearing cut-sleeved t-shirts. A trend of popular sportswear came out of nowhere, called Ocean Pacific (Op). Soon there were shirts and pants in every color of the rainbow with the Op trademark. One student was overheard talking to another saying, It's funny, now that I think about it, but when I first saw the Op shirts, I thought they were advertising a university! Shoes seemed to be an important factor to Warriors' wardrobes in 1983-84. The shoes that trod the MHS campus were Adidas. Bass, Hush Puppy, All Star, and the most popular selling shoe across the country, NIKE. Preppies began popping up all over the place wearing sweatshirts, handkerchiefs around the neck, alligator and fox emblems on shirts, pullover sweaters with long and short sleeved shirts underneath and slip-on shoes without socks. These new-fangled fashions were soon the rage throughout the halls of MHS. As always, denim blue leans were ex- tremely popular m the 1983-84 year. No matter what the occasion, leans were bound to be there. When asked how he felt about all the new styles, junior Joe Graham replied, The new styles are fashionable and unique, but I think some people here are too self- conscious to try something new! Even the new line of coats were somewhat preppy. The long calf-length down coats were in for girls, and the guys chose coots with padded shoulders, that ad- ded dimension to their physiques. As winter came to a close, spring brought the end of the year, melting the snow and delivering the Warriors to the warm front door of summer. Coats were shed, t-shirts and other light-weight clothes came out of backs of closets and onto the backs of students. When Kodi Sader, sophomore, was asked her feelings about the 1983-84 school year fashions, she wrapped it up by saying, I dislike totally punked-out. but I love the new 'preppy' look, especially on the guys! Modeling the stylish Oceon (OP) Podfk shirts, seniors Tommy Horris ond Nancy Kline stand with their designs the camera. Feature 13

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Students Reach Out to World Shake hands with the world; learn a foreign language. en- couraged JoAnn Good, foreign language instructor. Forty students decided to flavor their world by taking a German or Spanish course. This number was a definite increase over the year before. Mrs. Good accounted a good share of this to the fact that students can now waive a third social science unit by completing two units of foreign language. She also felt that because of this, foreign language classes would remain a little more stable in the years ahead. When Deb Socolofsky, sophomore, was asked why she took Spanish I. she replied, I thought it would be fun to learn about another culture. Foreign language classes were comprised of Spanish I and III. and a combination of German I and II. New to language students were dialogue, memorized to practice regular conversation. German students were issued new textbooks. In the post, books had been borrowed from Hillsboro High School. Filmstrips were often available for a change in the regular class routine. Julie Gooding, a |unior and a Spanish I student, was asked how lear- ning a foreign language had influenced her. She answered, I have learned to appreciate my own language, and to enjoy comparing and contrasting the two. A German II student, Stephanie Williams, a junior, had a different answer. Learning a foreign language has im- proved my English, and more important it has made me understand other people and their ways of life. Foreign language classes influenced and affected students in many different ways, and it added a special flavor to 1983-1984 school days. If may lock like rmg-oround-the-rosie, but it's reolly a German folk donee performed by Lorri Chollocombe. Scott Heidebrecht. Joe Graham, and Stephanie Williams This »s whof you call a 'Good' presentation. Foreign Languoge instructor JoAnn Good in- forms German class Spanish Club provides on opportunity for Lorry Britton to rid himself of frustrations as he sw- •ngs at the omota Foreign Languuye 15