North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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tedskins Perform in Publications and before Audiences Members of the News Bureau staff eolleet news for distribu- tion among news media in Fort Wayne. Editors and their assistants plan page layouts of the weekly newspaper, the Northerner ' ' Frantic journalists scurried about the Dome in order to meet publication deadlines of the Legend and the Northerner. Obtaining facts, composing, checking, rewriting, typing, and proofreading con- stituted the endless job of preparing news items and copy for printing. Students expressed their mes- sages not only through words, but also through the use of appealing pictures. The News Bureau contacted the public through the local newspapers and radio and television sta- tions to inform them of the major school events. The annual publications banquet recognized new posi- tions on the staffs. By working on these publications, journalists gained an understanding of factual com- position. Marilyn Musselman, Legend editor, assists Kathy Puryt the writing of headlines for her section. 21

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Mr. James Purkhiser ' s stage crew work diligently lo prepare the props for a future production. Acting, Speaking, Composing Speech and dramatics increased self-confidence and prepared the student to meet the public. Dramatics enabled him to gain practical experi- ence by performing before an audience at the various school productions, besides giving the student a gen- eral background of the theater. Beginning speech students developed informal skills, bodily action, speaker-audience relationships, diction, preparation and communication the first semester; and advanced to formal skills, parliament- ary procedure, discussions, debates, and argumenta- tion. Speech competition was available to advanced students. Theater arts furthered the pupil ' s knowledge of the fine arts by offering him an exploratory experi- ence in art, music, and drama appreciation. Do you think this length is O.K.? asks Marleen Engle of Cindy Gillespie, as Marty Murphy sews on a costume. Marilyn Williams lakes note of the time card that Dave Jessup holds as she presents her speech to the class. 20

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Developing speed and accuracy, Marsha Collins types from her shorthand notebook. Students Accumulate Important Techniques (or Future Regardless of future occupational plans, business students prepared themselves for everyday business activities. General business gave students an insight for preparation. Among other classes offered in this department were typing, bookkeeping, shorthand, clerical practice, and business law. The basic skill of clerical practice was learning to use business machines. Taking this course pre- pared students to get a job right after graduation, stated Mrs. Wilma Ashe. The various new machines added this year were rotary and printing calculators, ten-key adding machines, and electric IBM typing machines. Bookkeeping students concentrated mainly on the course used by most businesses and then went into further detail concerning the operation of sole pro- prietorship, partnership, and corporation. Concentration on speed and accuracy composed the study of shorthand and typing. Linda Jantz works diligently on the rotary calculator, one of the new business machines in the Service Center. 22