Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Copy-reading, dummying and stenciling are the key words of a journalism class. Few students are aware of the frantic hustle-bustle and occasional chaos of putting out a newspaper or yearbook. Student journalists face a seemingly unscala- ble mountain of deadlines, but all deadlines are inevitably met and the finished product is delivered to the student body. Personal satisfaction can be found in journalism, however. Just seeing one ' s work in print is reward enough. Editor Pat Taseff explains planned improvements for 1967 Merrillvue with copy editor Debbie Mayes, Donito High and Ray Neal. As publications advisor. Miss Carlson directs and advises all phases of Mirror and Merrillvue operations. Cooperative effort in all phases of production is essential to meet the deadline necessary for a weekly newspaper. Staff members share jobs to put the paper to bed on Thursday nights. 16

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Mr. Gran smiles as he reads a poem to his junior English class. Mrs. Lynch shows Linda Lamberth and Linda Blank her desk menagerie. Miss Lusk helps Jim Glad proofread his theme. Thought i s of the essence of ideas, and language is the essence of communication. The study of our language and literature strives to both improve and understand the baeics of our life. Grammar and writing are funda- mental parts of any language, and without an understanding of this, it would not be possible to gain a good understanding of others thoughts. Literature is an expression of the hopes and aspirations from one individual to another but in its scope it encompasses the whole galaxy of man. 15

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To speak eloquently with poise and self-confidence is the aim of speech class. Students learn to conquer the fear of public speaking by talking before a class. This goal is obtained in a variety of ways. Among the many presentations of orations are demonstration, visual aid, extemporaneous and commercial. Timing, gestures and facial expressions make up a part of the valuable experience acquired in speech class. During the course of the year students are also involved in a debate. In this manner they learn to speak for what they feel is right, and to use all tactics in their defense. Out of speech class come the members of the de- bate team and the casts of the plays. As Mr. Morrow times his speech, Marlene Pouch finds gesturing one of the important elements of public speaking. Nick Tarailo finds fencing an excellent subject for his visual aids speech. Mr. Morrow discusses many types of speech class activities such as demonstrations, introductions, debates and radio broadcasts. 17