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

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closer to understanding of past We lived history: reaching the moon, watching the Vietnamese War enter another year, listening to a senator address his constituents in Massachusetts, and in our meditative generation with thoughts to ponder. Sophomores met in World History classes to discuss major world socio- economic problems. They then re- lated them to the present day happenings. Current events played an im- portant part in U.S. History classes. Special reports from AFS students made pupils appreciate their herit- age. Government and sociology made reports and sunleys on pertinent is- sues of the day. if KID!! 'Mi' i 'fi 9 t an M or . if ' 5 !V'i'?7!i31, , ggi Q57 SEGA ,Q Ni 5 'sa i QM: a 2 ' Qi . f V' 5 r Q - W W 51, ,V g g A is 'Q 'S it Q

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Social Qtudies brings students Q is li REPRESENTATIVES AT Hoosier Girls!Boys State. Dave Howell, Sarah Dean, Rhonda MIKE DRISKELL and Fogle, Bruce Fisch, Gary Scudder, Mitch Engel, John Jenkins, and Steve Perkins, re- to use a display in member the summer. History class. at FOLLOWING UP their studies Of human behavior, Mr. Berry'S the fesponsibiiities of many different age EVOUPS 3CC0l'ding sociology class designed and display various posters illustrating iflf0l'mafi0f1 Obtained by SUFVGYS taken by the Students-

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Future scientists probe atoms and cells 4 1 I 1 BUG SEARCHING REACHES an all time height as proved by zoology students Katie Kahn and Kris Kunz. 30-Academics ln the year 1970 science is an es- sential, even if it starts with the realization that you're dissecting a cat, the esctacy when you can ac- curately rattle off all 103 elements, or the distress when you obtain poison ivy while collecting plants for botony or bugs for biology. The narcotics class, headed by Mr. Robert Prettyman, helped organize a parent-teen program on drugs. A panel of students took part in a dis- cussion on the problems that drug users face. The panel also discussed the availability of drugs in our schools. lt is hoped that more pro- grams similar to this one will help parents and students become more aware and better informed of the drug problems facing many young people. This year, chemistry at North Cen- tral takes on a new look. The depart- ment is trying a new method of study called independent study. ln this pro- gram, the teacher supplies the infor- mation to be covered in an outline form. The student must then seek this information out and reorganize it in a manner which he finds under- standable. It is hoped that this course will make chemistry more interesting, and will also give the teacher more time to devote to the individual student. Battling poison ivy, bugs and in- tangling weeds is not thought of as the normal teenage Saturday activity However for seventy-five North Cen tral zoology students it turned out be quite beneficial. These seventy- five students were participating in Mr. Russell's annual zoology bird hike. The group left early in morning and traveled to a nea state park. The day was spent hik- ing and observing many different types of birds. The students un mously agreed that the trip was great help in the study of ornithology. As a climax of the study of mam- mals, the zoology classes dissected cats in the lab. During this lab, students learned to identify the ous parts of the cat's body and re them to the human body. The stu dents are also given a smattering organic chemistry. Thus, the school year draws to a close, as the memories of chem lab with its periodic charts, an ornithology with its bird hikes into the background. The year 1970 will indeed be a year to remember. UmfiE' ' 'H -