Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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Students Undertake Many Interesting Projects LINDA HUSSEY, Grace Gib¬ bons, and Jane Helsley were just several of the many stu¬ dents who dressed in native costume on JCOWA-sponsor- ed United Nations Day. MU OCT MR. GILBERT MARTIN and Mrs. Jane Miller helped co-ordinate youth activities at the YMCA. CRAIG LOUCKS and Karen Lin- grell are checking the growth of bean plants — a traditional biology project. 8

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PEERING THROUGH microscopes in the bilogy labora¬ tory, science students can study organic materials at close-range. FAR HILLS Avenue took on a new look this year; trees in front of the school were marked with yellow X’s, trimmed, sawed, and later removed completely to widen Oakwood’s main street. 7

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HOME ECONOMICS students planned a full-scale Thanksgiv¬ ing dinner and invited Roko Yamashita as guest of honor. TURNING DOWN plastic on a lathe, Jack Reeder and Doug Warner are preparing a mug and a bowl for the State Industrial Arts Exhibit in Columbus. MAKING UP the actors is just one of the jobs necessary for the successful production of a class play. Get involved in something!” advised the child psychologists, college admissions direc¬ tors, advice columnists, club officers, and com¬ munity leaders. And we did. We may have spent too much time passively entertaining ourselves with the antics of Dick Van Dyke, or we may have become a little too concerned with the shade of our carefully nurtured sun¬ tan; but this year Oakwood’s restless youth” did find an abundance of projects worth get¬ ting restless about. In the past twelve months we’ve developed an increasing awareness of our involvement in our world and, more di¬ rectly, in our own community. 9