River Forest High School - Ingot Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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Social Studies center on the celebration Students plan for a debate. The 1776-1976 years were celebrated in the social studies de- partment. The theme for the 1975-76 year was Our Bicentennial. Plans for the bicenten- nial included seeing a film entitled The Howards of Virginia. Book covers were made depicting the Bi- centennial. The designs included the American flag, the liberty bell, the statue of liberty, and pictures of the famous presidents. U.S. History, gov- ernment, economics, social studies and psy- chology were classes of- fered in the social stu- dies department. Cindy Hajvert and Maria Garza spend time studying. 23

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tongues The foreign language dept, lost one course and gained two new teachers of other languages. Rus- sian was dropped from the schedule. Mrs. Turpin returned to instruct the Spanish classes and Mrs. Pana- ranto took over the only French class. Spanish was in such high demand this year that a new course was opened up. Spanish III was offered to students who wished to get a ma- jor in one language alone. However, French lost it ' s charisma and dropped to one hour a day . Despite this year ' s complete turnabout, Spanish seemed to be a language students didn ' t lose interest in. Mike Westerhout lea-ns to say his ABC ' s. 22

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A? The art department consisted of twodivisions this year. Mr. Backe instructed crafts again, but the other art classes were taught by a new teacher, Miss Buvala. Art was in high demand this year and many students en- rolled to improve their talents. Macrame, papier- mache and painting were just a few of the fields sponsored by the art de- partment. Sculpturing and modeling were other subjects offered to the students. This year ' s. Art Fair was impressive, and many works were on dis- play, with some of the artists receiving awards for their work.