North Central High School - Northerner Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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s, 1. Comparing past and present voting trends, jill I-lirschman refers to the 1864 election in predicting this year's results. During election time, Debby Krueger brought news articles and campaign material to fill Mr. Meek's bulletin board. lu! ll, , ff' Some of the extreme partisanship shown in this years political contest spilled over into the mock election staged by a world history class, in which votes were cast for either Goldwater or johnson. 12

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Panel Discussions ancl field trips enliven English curriculum Reading lab students improve learning and reading skills by using special tapes which supplement their work books. Original material for Etchings in Thought, the English De- partments publication, are as- sembled by Bob Williams, Sylvia Bryan, Miss Jeannine Freuden- berger, and Kathy Messenger, editorial staff members. ll

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John Hiner consults books reserved by Mr. Taylor in a special section of the library, Social Studies classes ocus on politics cluring election year Using the suggestions made by the Ohio State Evaluations Committee and the Indiana Commission for the Revision of Social Studies, the Social Studies Department set up a new program of objectives for the classes. In addition, as a special project, Barbara Bessey and Roberton Williams attended a Ball State assem- bly whose subject was K'The United States in the Middle East. Sharon Gunason and john Gambill were present at the National Science Foundation program at Goucher College. Continuing a seminar program started at the old North Central, the department brought speakers to the school, each of whom spent an entire day lectur- ing to successive social studies classes. Since an understanding of the stock exchange is essential in economics, Mr. Niemeyer and Ben Small visit Thomson and McKinnon, stock brokers in Glendale.