Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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ABOVE: Last minute dis- cussion. Seminars headed by Mr. John Edington, Biol- ogy teacher, are held at the end of each unit so stu- dents such as freshman Howard Morrison can soak up any information needed before a test. RIGHT: Voice the case. Debators must learn the power of words, as sophomores lames Weinberg and Da- vid Waxman present the agreements for their side of the case. FAR RIGHT: Chalk talk. Fast figuring at the board has senior Brett Helm demonstrating his mathematics ability while figuring statistics for Hop- cal in Government class. 26 Communication

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LFFT: Grand slam! With a hard swing of the bat, freshman Marc Whitlatch hits the ball as fellow classmates junior )ohn Lucas, soph- omores Brett Ingram, Jim Ellison, Greg Smith and Brian Kaminski wait their turn in the Physical Education baseball game. ABOVE: Summer Institutors. FRONT ROW: Mike Young, Cindi Powers, Carla Nelson, Dawn Wieler, Dayna Evans, Kaia Parbst, Becky Thompson, Jane Mogle. ROW 2: Aaron Fisher, Jim Stoddart, Bill Shorb, Lee Silver, Mark Lichtman. ROW 3: Cori Kaplan, Brenda Puls, Leslie Hiple, Tammy Driggs, |ohn Rogers, Ellen Rosevear, Carol Weiss, Joan Bjelland. ROW 4: Vicky Clott, Debbi Jacobi, Peggy Wilkins, Karen Weber, Cherie Altherr, Cathy Cross, Kim Hagerty. ROW 5: Maria Koufos, Joanne Smigiel, Karen Backe, Nancy Kasle, Joy Ageter, Patti De- Cola, Jill Stewart. LEFT: Back seat driving. As sophomore John Ashenbremmer takes on the role of the back seat driver on a bike, sophomore Gregg Bittner ignores the distraction to listen to Mr. Richard Hunt, instructor. Summer Learning 25

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LEFT: Forced Friendship. In scenes from Inherit the Wind, Drummond, played by freshman Hunter Johnson, fakes a friendly greeting to the Mayor, played by John Jur- kash, freshman, while freshman Barb Case, alias Mrs. Drummond looks on. BELOW: Double check! A second look through his notes, provides Mr. Kevin Vana with the in- formation needed to continue his lecture to World History students. expression of ideas found everywhere Communication What would you say if you were living in the Rock Ages? Ugh. What if you were trapped at home alone by a snowstorm? My telephone ' s disconnected! Operator! Suppose you landed on Mars and were greeted by a little green martian? ! a. ? $%•)(! Help! I don ' t understand! Communication is the process by which two or more people exchange ideas. When people think of communication, their first thought turns to conversation. They often fail to realize the many different ways they communicate, especially in school. Stop and think where you would be without the many forms of expressing ideas? Communication is a broad and important part of life. It is obvious that survival would be difficult without it. From the moment a person is born and utters his first gurgle, he is making contact with other people. Preparing for contact with society is a purpose the school undertakes. Many forms of communication take place in the school, such as lectures, speeches, skits, writing, group discussions, drawing, and singing. Lectures are widely used in many classes including English, History, Sociology, Economics, Psychology and Government. Although students may not think of them as expressing ideas, lectures are the main way of transmitting information from teacher to student. Speeches and skits are used to offer knowledge, to fellow classmates and their teachers. These activities are prevalent in English, Foreign Language and Speech classes. English 9 students performed excerpts from Inherit the Wind and Romeo and Juliet. Sophomores acted out scenes from Camelot, while juniors performed MacBeth. Speech students learned to verbally express their thoughts without stuttering and stammering through impromtu, informative, and demonstrative speeches. (Continued on pg. 29) Communication 27