Ottawa High School - Recorder Yearbook (Ottawa, KS)

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ha..- BEING A MEMBER of Swing Kings requires nrany free hours after school. Practicing on Tuesday nights lteeps Gordon busy but it is also lun. They play at nnxers, parties and present a jazz concert every year. in Community and Church A jfairs ALL WORK AND no play, nralaes dull boy, so Gordon calls a girl for a date during the Corning weekend. School parties and sports proyide additional recrea- tion and enjoyment to students. Gordon was cast for a part in the senior play adding to his already busy schedule. DONNA GETS AN all-important phone call. To rind out who called and why turn to page Lic. ALL IS NOT CUTTING up at schoolg study is an inrpor- tant part of the program. Donna is also a nrernber of the Drill tearn and practices ex ery Thursday night.

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ACTIX'I'l'Y PERIODS HELP relieve sonie nionotony oi' the day and gixes stndents of the tnne to yisit with friends. Every Tuesday finds Gordon attending the Student Conneil meeting in watch he represents the senior high Iiays. Each stndent also serves on a speeial vonnnittee. X PSYCHOLOGY SEEMS TO be intriguing to Donna. Mr. Cgarles Gentner, teacher, explains to the students prob- legxs of eyeryday life and how to cope with thein. If they learn why others react to certain sitaations, they can better nnderstand their own reactions. This soine- tinies seeins iinpossible to the teenagers. li SUBJECTS IN AMERICAN history, soinetinies tliree hundred years old, fail to keep students interest bnt making tnaps is Inn. One of the niany niade this year in Miss RayAnn Fair's class was of the Caribbean Sea Islands or .-Iineriean Lake area. CHECKING I-IIS TENNIS racket to ntake snre there's no hole in it for the ball to go through is a daily ron- tine of Gordon's. Every spring day, eyeni1'it's sno '.'t . 'ing he can be seen praetieing tennis. It pays oft' too, for he is one oi the strong Ietterinen on the teani. Students A150 Pd7fZ.6ZL19d WORK ISN'T OVER for Donna when the bell rings to end another day at 3:03. She works after school and weekends at a downtown bakery. I

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KATHY GAMET WAS rated in the upper 29h ofthe Seniors who took the National Merit Scholarship tests. She was also chosen as a finalist in the contest for the Elizabeth M. Watkins Scholarship. ROD LENNARD WAS also rated in the upper 2070 ofthe Seniors. He made the trip to K, U. to try for the Summerfield Scholarship. Faculty members met November 7 to select eight candidates for the Putnam, Watkins, and Summerfield scholarships. The Elizabeth M. Watkins Scholarship is offered to girls graduating from Kansas high schools. Kansas University also offers the Putnam Scholarship to both boys and girls of Kansas. X Awards will be made solely on merit and not on the financial need of the individual. The faculty also chose Geri Sue Figgins to apply for a scholarship sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The potential scholarship winners took the tedious tests on October 26. Honor Students Are Intereste CINDY KUNTZ, Dean Watkins, Dennis Smith, David Rybolt, Gordon Bruce, and Martha Maxwell were among the students taking the trip to Kansas University to take the tests for the Putnam, Watkins and Summerfield Scholarships.