Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Penn students let off steam during Penn pep sessions and gave their team the backing they needed. Each pep session was highlighted by a skit given by each in- dividual class. The skits were written by the students themselves and proved to be very original and interesting. Their main purpose, however, was to increase school spirit and give more support to the team. The students should be commended for their eiiorts in backing our athletic teams. Traditionally seniors have been noted for their leader- ship, Each year seniors buy their senior cords and decorate them to their own tastes according to what they have done in the past four years. Cords are to be worn to school on black and white days as a sign of Hschool spirit. Linda Dillion demonstrates in speech class the proper grooming of a dog. Speech class students are given much credit for originality. Various Scenes wma! School ay Senior class president, Richard Worthington, tries to quiet his audience as he reads the senior class creed during a pep session skit. Sue Holycross and her brother Robert work diligently to make sure they get their evening tasks finished, School begins Qglgy early in the morning.

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and Sometimes Even Pmezfzeezl Edna Williams performs her daily chore of cleaning the aquarium, while biology teacher Mr. Owen Shoup attends to a water experiment. Tom McLaren attempts to prove to fellow students that his GIANT calcula- tions are correct. Slide rule seminars were arranged for math students in after-school sessions. ,qs Mr. Clyde Motts. chemistry teacher. makes sure his students understand a basic principle in physics. Seeing is believing to most students. Science Has Somelhing To UWT Evepfone

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English Students Enlarge Their V0eaI9uZem'es Mrs. Thelma Barber, Penn's senior English teacher. aids students in their vocabulary studies. An effective vocabulary is invaluable to college bound students. The Social Studies Department was characterized for the second straight year by the team teaching instructional approach. This approach has proved more efficient than the regular teaching approach. The history department devised an Mhonors classl' for juniors who were considered capable of doing excellent academic work. There was also the regular team teaching performed in the other history classes. The senior stu- dents were required to take government and economics. This course included a Hproblem solving approach during the second semes- ter. A social studies course is offered to every grade level at Penn. The teachers in the de- partment include: Miss Slaby, Mr. Bolen, Mr. Cierzniak, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Quimby, Mr. Slater, Mr. Ward and Mr. Schmucker. Mr. Robert Ward. varsity football head coach and social studies prof, points out an important geographical loca- tion as three of his interested students look on. Nlr. Harvey Hurst explains an economic principle to Nlargaret Sigerfoos, John Van Belleghem and Connie Underwood in a senior economics team teachingi' session. ,....-.,.,....o ..,.. ,..-.