Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Spanish club bustles with brisk activity Spanish club members participated in anas 2nt of enthralling activities under the direction of club spons senor an Vora Gamba. Their ntures took them to a coop- vic with the a Christme dinner which featured authentic cuisine and a picnic at Pokagon State Park to round off the year 81

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80 Pupil initiative comes back to life Near the end of “To Sir, With Love ’, Edward Braithwaite tells us that his grad- uating students were ‘poised on the banks of the river a bit hesitant to take the plunge, but not afraid of the stream itself” At Penn, students in the business club try to learn a little bit about that river of life before taking the plunge. Through trips to area businesses, students are givena chance to familiarize themselves with the procedures of business. For instance, the club toured Associates, and envisioned a trip to the Michiana College of Com- merce The club, sponsored by Mrs. Ander- son, enjoyed a congenial camaraderie, with recreational activities like toboggon- ing and a party at Mrs. Anderson's, How- ever, fellowship isn't everything, as the record of the business club over the past year or so all to clearly shows. But this trend toward inactivity is being reversed, with a complete student-directed reorga- nization of the club. With Mrs, Anderson providing the ideas and the students implementing them, the club hopes to regain its old vitality Quite often the question, what purpose does the honor roll serve? comes up in the minds of many students during their high school years. Sometimes in the busy year we never take the time to honor stu- dents for academic ability This year Penn had a new way of selecting students for the National Honor Society. Instead of being inducted with just a 6.0 average, students applied. A list was sent to all the teachers with the inductees’ names on it and the faculty members who have had the students rate them on a scale from 0 to 8 on leader- ship, character and service. Though the name “honor student” or “honor society’’ may not be appropriate for the name of the club, Mr. Diener Stated, ‘It may not be the best name but it's the best |'ve ever heard. Until some- one comes up with something better it will have to do. Business club Row 1 Gloria Colmbs, Sharon Camp- bell, Stacy Cowen, Donna Minix, Vicki Burton, Mrs. ‘Anderson, Gail Schroeder, Kathy Anderson, Patty Davis, Kathy Filipski, Tami Schildknecht Row 2 Gayle Bernicky. Patti Stuits, Margie Rinehold, Jil Conrad, Sally Shelley, Laura Thomas, Gretchen NHS Row 1 Donna Minix, Ginger Peck, Gail Schroe- der, Karol DeLong, Mr. Diener Row 2 Brenda Por- tolese, Tina Temple, Becky Richard, Penny Schwe- isberger, Tammy Norwaish, Laura Bilbrey, Betsy Reinholtz, Lyn Laidig Row 3 Cindy Bauder, Cindi Ward, Lisa Lockwood, Pam Phillips, Linda’ Smits, Stewart, Linda Laskowski Row 3 Becky Arndt, Den= ise Ciszczon, Barb Bugg, Janet Kelver, Jeanette Newell Row 4 Kathy Reeves, Debra Nelson, Lorie Drinkall Not pictured Cheryl Felty, A my Marker, Kay York Laurie Goodhew Row 4 Brenda Merrill, Shirlee Pratt, Pat LaPlace, Rhonda Baim, Leslie Turecek, Vicki Troxell Row 5 Phil Walerko, Dan Hofiman, Ray Eakins, Dan Poole, Dave Shellito, Bill Holowatuk, Kent Miller, Andrew Tomasch

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Inexpert staff gains experience Some obscure caveman started it with a scrawl on the wall of a cavern. By recording an armadillo hunt that he found Particularly interesting, he began a tradi- tion that has continued for thousands of years, that of informing the public. He probably never realized what he had done, that generations later his primitive splashes of color would evolve into a huge business, an important part of our daily lives, a strong influence on the pat- terns of thought of whole nations—and the bane of a few million journalism stu- dents. The public's right to know is its pri- vilege but the newsman's obligation, and anyone who has ever worked within the media will tell you that putting out a peri- odical is an incessant frantic scramble. So it is with the Pennant staff, There is a sense of urgency that permeates the entire operation; writing stories, taking pictures, developing, cropping, retyping, typesetting, paste-up, repairing oddly cut and stepped on paste-up stories, until the finished sheets are delivered to the printer Fatiguing? Nerve-wracking? Of course —these people aren't machines. Gener ations of desperate newsmen have cursed that long dead caveman, but if you catch one of them during one of their rare moments of calm, they'll admit that they're proud to be his descendants. Pennant staff Flow 1 Dennis Dale, Arlene Dean, Kay York Flow 2 Keith Andrews, Greg Conrad, Kathy Wyatt, Jay Swindler Row 3 Mark Jaga, Dale Brenne man, Rhonda Baim, Chris Greeney Not pictured Becky Allen, Terry Bregenzer, Steve Carmichael, Linda Cosby, Mark Miller, Jett Moser Bottom left Sports editor Dale Brenneman counts out Pennants to be distributed fo classes. Bottom right Giving money receipts was [ust one of the many responsi bilities of editor Rhonda Baim.