Prairie Heights Community High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Lagrange, IN)

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. . . To Be Better Far than You Are We often think of ourselves as living in a world which no longer has any unexplored frontiers. We speak of pioneering as a thing of the past. But in doing so we forget that the greatest adventure of all still challenges us — what Mr. Justice Holmes called the adventure of the human mind . Men may be hemmed in geographically, but every generation stands on the frontiers of the mind. In the world of ideas, there is always pioneering to be done, and it can be done by anyone who will use the equipment with which he is endowed. The great ideas blong to everyone. ( Mortimer Adlerj Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a man of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It re- leases it. For only educated men are free men. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by force of arms release the spirit of the soul of man. I Confucius I

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Communications Closed Circuit TV Offers Training Ten students from the TV class visited Marion High School where they toured the building. This included the television studio where they were al- lowed to operate Marion ' s equipment. The TV course not only teaches television production to the students but also prepares them to assist the faculty in the classroom with the operation of our camera equipment. Among the equipment the students learn to operate are the video recorder, modulator, vidio mixer, and the TV camera. Every person has at least one area in which he can excel. The English department used this idea to incorporate a unique method of teaching into our school system. Each student was allowed to choose the way he preferred to present his study to the class. For example, along with a report, he might want to use construction, bring articles that re- ferred to the report, or conduct surveys to supply him with extra information. Many students de- cided to study the handicapped. To be more au- thentic with their ideas and feelings some spent a day handicapped by being constantly blindfolded. During the year the English classes was host to ten special speakers. They all added spark and zest to the area of study and contributed to the learning efforts of the classes. y ' French students use the language lab to hear and respond to ALM Tapes. The instructor may, through his console, talk to any particular student or all of the students. Junior High English students are placed in a Remedial Reading course which attempts to improve the reading ability of the stu- dents who have definite problems in this field of education. The machines aid in both speed and comprehension.