Plainfield High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Plainfield, IL)

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media grows, changes world around us with data. If you accept MeLuhan and his ideas, then a photograph is a hot medium. It gives full information so that there is little receiver participa- tion. A cool medium is one which conveys little information and has a low sense of definition. The cool medium forces the receiver to become involved because it lacks information. Media is continuing to expand at an unbelievable pace. P.H.S. now has a media center instead of a library. It also has media oriented activi- ties such as journalism, public speaking, speech club. STAR team, band, media club, news- paper, and yearbook. Learning is based on commu- nication which in turn depends on a medium to convey a mes- sage. If the medium isn't effec- tive in communicating the material to the students it must be changed, as many teaching approaches have been. As media grows the world becomes smaller, as MeLuhan describes it, “it is becoming a global village. We can watch events as they occur halfway around the world. Our age group still has to use and live with the growing and changing monster we know as media. 13

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 upper left Standing before the bulletin board which advertises themselves is Miss Ston- isch’s Advanced Public Speaking Class. center Students gain experience by viewing themselves on video-tape. upper right Leafing through a cool medium. Darla Seil selects a magazine at Taylor News. lower left Enjoying another form of media. Dave Rogers and Bill Cowger examine the daily sports section. lower center A new best seller. Khrushchev Remembers is on display, as Ann Welch awaits students who wish to check out books. lower right Which movies have you seen? Media is just make its effec young people o( is the generati media has made chan] One of the mos authorities on m Canada’s Marsha He divides media into gories, hot and describes a hot medium being “one that extends single sense, in high definition . . . the state of being well filled to iw cole riedii nan. 12

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upper left Feelin’the music, Brett Canaday gets into the spirit of a friendly hoedown. upper right With a balloon tied to the end of his trombone, Mark Lowery plays his part as Becky Meredith con- centrates on her bubble gum. center Discussing the Wig and Mask Club’s future plans, president Emil Misichko, vice-president, Kevin Smo- lich, and advisor. Mrs. Sprague talk over a suggestion made by a club mem- ber. lower left Raising money for F.S.A.. Tony Kayfish enthusiastically sells her balloons. lower center While working upon the senior float, John Albrecht, Doug Hal- lerberg, Les Gehrke. and Jay Clifton arise to the occasion of an imposing spy. lower right Dressed for his part Kevin Smolich performs in a speech club skit. 14