Milan High School - Rebus Yearbook (Milan, IN)

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Diris Andrew asks, Are you sure Christopher Col- umbus really sailed around the world?” Worklig hard. Denise Lovins tries to get her social studies homework done. Craig Horibargtr seems to think social studies can be an enjoyable subject. Learning More About Our Great Country! of this great country. The seniors learned about the most complex thing in our society, the govern- ment. They also took a field trip to the state capital. Do you know what Mr. Huffman is go- ing to make us do?” No, what?” He’s making us do a research paper and a poster on a state in the U.S.” “No, I’m not.” Besides working with the states, the junior high classes learned about other countries as well as our own. In American History, the juniors went in- to much more detail about the formation 24

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Doing Performances for the Public! Lots of very hard work could sum up the year for the music department. Students put in many hours of practice for the various performances they put on. The junior high music classes discuss- ed and learned the various phases of music. “Wheels was the creation of the junior high choir for their musical. Superior rating was awarded to the senior high band for their performance at contest this year. The girls’ glee club was also a very busy group of gals as they sang at various outings for the public. Concerts held throughout the year gave a chance for the student musicians to show their talents to the town of Milan.

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Searching lor a book report topic, Chris Sparkman looks in the card catalog. Brainstorming for the sports department of the newspaper, Doug Graham and Greg Anderson work to beat a deadline. Whilo some work diligently on their assignment, others daydream. English—Another Foreign Language?? “There’s only one thing I hate to do and I mean hate to do.” “What’s that.” “Writing research papers.” “I know what you mean. But Mr. Adams just assigned us one.” Research papers were something most of the students were required to do. After one semester of English, students switched and took a semester of literature. The same was for those who were in literature, they changed to English. Students also had to learn the eight parts of speech as well as other important factors in English. In literature, students learned about authors and read many different types of stories.