Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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ALWAYS A DEADLINE i cm A common sight around rooms 21 and 23. A news sense is really a sense of what is important, what is vital, what has color and life-what people are interested in. Tl'iat's iournalism. -Burton Rascoe SV? ' I 1 gov ,nu- l i ff? 'x' wt.:-Y' Working overtime? Must be the annual. Twenty-one The Journalism class is an elective Course open to all upperclassmen. lt truly puts into practical application iournalistic fundamentals with the production of the school paper and annual fnow a yearly publicationj The first six weeks of classwork were in- tensely devoted to learning how to write various basic types of stories and articles which were then put on file for use in the issues of the Prairie Dog Tales, Three papers were put out this year fFall, Winter and Springj with Sue Ahrens as editor, John Schreiner, assistant editor, Charles Anderson, Jerry Bailey, Jack Steiner, Harvey Lechnir, Larry Yeomans, Toni Caya, Dorothy McGinley, Jeanette Forst, Lucy Swatek, Arlene Husted, Janice Schaffer, and Sally Hutchison, complet- ing the staff. immediately after the Yuletide season work was begun on the annual with the selection of the cover and the theme first on the agenda. Then came the weeks of prepara- tion and toil with everyone lending their assistance wherever it was needed. Finally, in the first weeks of May, the long-awaited an- nual was given out to the students of P.H.S.

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TURNING BACK TIME With politics and international affairs becoming more and more prevalent and outstanding, a know- ledge of history is very beneficial in helping the high school student understand today's problems by knowing the background to them. Prairie High offers two different courses to the students, World History and American History, Under the tutelage of Mr. Herman Derouin, World History is available to all students in school with the exception of the Freshmen. The evolution of progress from the stone age to modern times is the history story under discussion. Special attention is also given to the important news of the day and a study is made of it, Mr. Paul Lutzke leads the first and seventh hour American History classes in their study of our nation. Composed mainly of seniors, these classes make a thorough study of the United States. The reasons for exploration, the exploration, and the development of our country are the basis for these class discussions. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are looked into in detail by the American History classes. Doesn't look like Jane passed her history test A deep meaning often lies in old customs. 'Schiller What's the matter Blink, miss a question? Twenty '11 l l s A V is 1 fi.. .Ny-:Q-1,

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OUR EVER DEVELOPI Of the two Social Science classes offered at Prairie High School, the course in civics is listed as a required Freshman subiect while Economics is listed as an elective for all stu- dents excluding Freshman. The principles ot government, national, state, and local are the basis forthe Freshman Civics class study. Weekly newspapers and daily news reports by the students help to keep Mr. John Nlulrooney's pupils up to date on everyday affairs. The election of Student Council omcers in the Spring is also handled by Freshman Civics classes, giving them an opportunity to prac- tically apply their class work. The Latin term, Vade Mecum, will be long remembered by the students of the Economics class. Meaning, go with me, this phrase has been chosen as the name of the Economics notebook for a number of years, Headed by Mr. B. A, Kennedy, this sixth hour class de- votes its time to studying national and civic problems of labor, strikes, and conservation. Education is the cheap defense of nations. -Burke NG WORLD Judy and Dennis, happily on their way to Civics Those freshmen sure are attentive' Twenty-two