Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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Journalism, Speech, Art, and Music Herb Alpert? No, band student Mike Smith as he plays a shadow solo with his trumpet. Music Making beautiful music together, David Laughlin, Susie Shoemaker, Fritz Roth, and Mary Swindler practice during band class. Completely engrossed in the music. Junior Cathy DeLong sings Do You Hear Whot I Hear?

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Expression is speech: a voice transferring an idea. Ex- pression is editorials and feature stories written by journal- ists. Expression is indicated by an artist's hands. Expression, often represented through singing, is words from the heart. Expression is emphasized at PHS. Journalistic expression was illustrated this year as the classes analyzed other schools' papers, conducted inter- views, and learned to compile facts into journalistic style. Conciseness, originality, and objectivity were the key words describing good journalism. Sweating hands and knocking knees were characteristic of the speech students during those first few weeks of speech class. By discussing the speeches and by having group panels and debates, the students reached for more Expression Through confidence of themselves. Their improved speaking ability along with calm hands and knees was observed through impromptu speeches. Art and music presented another means for expression. This year PHS artists were amidst a colorful world of mo- biles, models, charcoal, and chalk where they could express feelings and ideas that words could never explain! Students singing songs and pupils playing pianos added a musical viewpoint, along with a few measures from the brass and wood section of the band. The music and band classes study expression daily through music, sung or played. To express is to put forth thoughts; thoughts either formed or taught through journalism, speech, art, and music at PHS. Journalism With comments of clear and concise .. . too much leading and ... unbalanced layout, journalism students Linda Lazier, Janet Krampe, Sharon Henshil- wood, Jane Marshall, and Becky Frederick analyze various school papers. 24

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John Andersen Think we ought to tell the teacher? Raymond Veith No, let's wait and see what he does with that gun! The director, Mr. Combs, shouted his last minute instruc- tions as the curtain of another act in the PHS History Play rose. The first scene featured a new actor to the PHS theatre, Mr. Winebrenner. Knowing his World History lines well, he announced, 'Today's lecture and film are on the basic principles of ancient religions. Mr. Reichel, winner of the Outstanding Educator Award, was characterized most often as a Russian History teacher, though he was also cast as a government and economics teacher. This was only the second year for the Russian History Scene to be a part of the PHS Play of History. Mr. Reichel's course gave his students a background, not only in Russian History but the Communist theory also. Mr. Bolin, playing the part of a US History teacher, dominated the third scene. Pounding against the black- board, he stressed the importance of having a good back- ground in history. Man is a historical being who lives in history; his society is shaped by it; war is related to it; man cannot escape it! Mr. Albright, the next actor to appear as scene four began, was cast as a government and economics teacher. He tried to point out the relationship between all the phases of the history department while explaining democratic gov- ernment, politics, and the American economic system. The last scene began with a man throwing his arms up in the air in a fit of frustration. Mr. Loyal's frustration was caused by a typical student's question, Wny do we have to study US History anyway? Mr. Loyal had a ready an- swer to quiet the boy, Because the state requires it! As the act comes to an end, the curtain falls. It is inter- mission time now. Who knows what act two will bring? You can be sure there will be new student actors and maybe new actors playing the parts of history teachers, but, as always, the show will go on. Buying these new albums, rollers, or birthday cards, several students hurry around downtown Plainfield, classified in econ classes as a small business so- ciety. 26