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

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Dramatists and artists indicated self-expression by Karen Kending, Paul Markey, Bruce Earnest and Jamie Wise participated in a pantomime before their dramatics class. During speech class. Mr. Stanley Lee demonstrated the art of speaking with your hands to Kay Raschke and Bill Cope. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Bull, said Annie in the Senior Play. Lines like this must contain certain captivating qualities, which hold the interest and attention of the audience. In speech and dramatics, students learned the proper forms for this. Beginning speech classes emphasized the basic structures for formal and informal speaking. In- formal speaking stressed control of body movement; formal speaking developed skills for parliamentary procedure and debates. During the year, students used these skills by giving talks in front of the class on a subject such as bird migration and civil rights. Work, practice, and more work were the repeated words of Mr. Stanley Lee and Mr. James Purkhiser as they directed and molded their classes. Students learned the set-up of the stage and its function dur- ing the play. Dramatics provided students with the opportunity to participate in play and puppet per- formances. Stagecraft was designed to acquaint pupils with all phases of stage production. These students were responsible for scenery used in the shows. They also built props and other items used in the plav 26

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Requited notes and outlines are being turned in to Mr. Elmer Franzman in his U.S. History classes. As Mike Rice waits his t irn. Sue Loisel has her work checked. With Mr. Waveland Snider available for help, Debbie Fiandt completes a World History Assignment. Attempting to educate her jellow students, Becky Crow gives a current events report jor Mr. Harry Young ' s economics class. Elections highlighted social studies course The Republicans swept the November elections to end fiery debates and fierce campaigning by social studies students. They disputed Viet Nam and in- flation and investigated politics before registering and voting in mock elections where classes served as precincts. As sophomores, many pupils in world history stud- ied the rise and decline of civilizations beginning with the early Egyptains and Greeks and continuing to modern times. Juniors pondered the founding and development of the United States and discussed weekly events. Seniors electing economics studied what is pro- duced, from whom it is produced, how it is produced, and how it is exchanged. As active shareholders, the classes of Mr. Ronald Certain and Mr. Harrj ' Young followed the fluctuations and transactions on the stock exchange. Other seniors taking sociologj ' stud- ied the relationship of people to each other £md the problems of the individual. Seniors explored the background of the United States government and its mechanics in the federal, state, and local level in government class. They com- pared free government and dictatorship and dis- cussed their heritage, citizenship, and political issues. Classes participated in mock congressional sessions where students submitted bills. 25

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word, action, and form Combining talent with imagination, students en- rolled in art classes created dilTerent forms of art. First year pupils began by testing structures of balance, designs, and spectral drawing. After learn- ing these skills, students used them by drawing the Maumee River, the bridge, and brewery across from North. In achieving different effects and furthering one ' s skill, students advanced from pencil and chalk to charcoal. Second year art students learned more advanced skills of art. They entered facets of stitchery such as the Vandyke and running stitch. They fashioned bookmarks, placemats or stoles, based on nature. They went into the unlimited field of ceramics where pupils authorized animals, vases and plaques. Con- cluding the year, they learned the forms of lettering and poster-making. During the third year of art, students formed jewelry out of copper and silver. Many made plain ring bands, while others added some type of stone to complete their project. They also applied colored enamel on their necklaces and pins to give them color and originality. Students finished the year by learning the technique of drawing figures and from this they made portraits. A student in Mr. McClead ' s art class practices weaving in an atmosphere of self-expression. To expand their drawing skills, art students capture the exact lines of different architectural structures. Observing and supervising his third year art students, Mr. Donald McClead watches a lithographing process. 27