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

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Learning, experiences, dust, plaster and deafening noises comprised the academic life of students. They worked throughout the year with 20 additional teachers and a ten-period day. Because of shortened periods, teachers tried to communicate more thoroughly with students. Knowl- edge was the end result of these communications. L ppercJassmen gained more individualized learn- ing in the Communism and Litera- ture Seminars and the flexible schedules. Students applied them- selves to sciences for experiments, mathematics for accuracy, and busi- ness for discipline. Educators con- centrated on students learning rather than memorizing new materi- als. They utilized visual and audio aids such as films, records, and overhead projectors to reach this goal. Renovation created some problems and solved others. Teachers and students shouted above the noises of construction, dodged ladd ers, wires, and scaffolds, and studied by sunlight when fuses were blown. Each department was moved into a corridor by itself with an office in that area. New-gained knowledge and experi- ences helped form academics while It ' s a new world on the inside. Academics It ' s a new world on the inside 8 Academics

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English Department meets student need nmni jugggjgaBMaiMi Miss Elizabeth Little demonstrates one of the new additions to the English corridor, the aersol horn. Mr. Robert Pugh helps Bob Hunter in the library. This is an additional service which the English Department offers. The English office offers a chance for teachers to get together during the day to discuss classes and students. Mr. Harold Gruver, Mrs. Donna McBane, and Mrs. Sandra Haifley take time out to talk over plans and grade papers. Mr. Frederick Autenrieth ' s eighth period Sophomore English class keeps busy by studying modern and traditional poetry. Ti 10 English