Milan High School - Rebus Yearbook (Milan, IN)

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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.

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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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Eighth graders work on their homework assignments during class time so they don't have to take it home. Tharasa Rtnnikimp studies more advanced numbers during Algebra II class. It takes a lot of close listening to understand geometry. (Tom Coover). We Work with the Advanced advanced levels. Boy, I’m glad that class is over. Over, You gotta be kidding! We’ve got three more years of this stuff. Stuff—Numbers! Can you believe this class? We’re on- ly in the first week and I'm already lost.” “I know what you mean. I think we had better sit behind some of the Mr. know-it-all’s. For many students Algebra I is only the first step in their quest of the field of mathematics. While some students were learning the basics, others were getting into the more