Royal Oak High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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Sophomores Lost in Maze of Electivesg Which to Choose is Big Decision 4-,SEX 4-Q., Students in Mr. Tessem's world history class pick the subject from the text which they will give an oral report on. l The voice of experience, Acorn Managing Editor Bobbie Leib, points ' out some of the fundamentals of newswritmg to Mr. Graham's journalism students. I remember how many different courses I could choose from in my sophomore year, I wasn't sure whether I should take business courses or continue my college prep curriculum, reflected senior Dody Silverstein. Most sophomores have the same problem Dody had because of the amount of electives which they have to choose from. If interested in history or science, courses in world history, from ancient Egypt to modern times and Biology, the science of life, are offered. To be a worried and frustrated journalist or a mild, calm and normal English student, that's the question? Sophomores who choose Mr. M. Graham's English I-38:4 class are in for the Hprivilegev to work on the Acorn or Oak. The more stable choose the regular English course. While the journalism students are frustrated over copy writing and deadlines, the drivers' education teachers are chewing their nails to the shoulder while eager young drivers learn the techniques of driving a car. An invaluable and overcrowded class, drivers' education provides book work on the functions of a car and safety rules involved in driving plus road work where actual driving situations are stimulated on the Kimball Driving Range. To drive the car is half the battle, the other half, a car's maintenance, is taught by Mr. A. Pribish in the auto shop. The shop boys take a car apart and put it back so it runs perfectly. Business courses get a little more advanced and complicated as does the math course, geometry. Most students, through the aid of the counselors, IQ and achievement tests are able to decide which courses are best for them.

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77 o rm exce ence info mafurifg Publius Syrus Praise and Criticism For Controversial Sophomores This is the best sophomore class I have ever had-it's my Iirstf' So remarked Mr. Goodrich, tenth grade counselor. Quite contrary was the complaining opin- ion of a junior who stated in the Letters to the Editor column of the Acorn, The sopho- more class is guilty of roughhousing, dis- respect for school and country ....... and usage of obscene language. Somewhere between these two opinions lies the sophomore class. By this time, adjusted to high school, the busy sophomores have the opportunity to choose their courses from a larger range. In addition to more electives, the clubs and extra-curricular activities of Dondero are more available to them. Precision is the important factor in working with metal comments Ron Jayree as he sets up a lathe in metal shop. .lunior Pat Radkewich, pool assistant, gives a few diving tips to Barbara Packlington. - f ,.. A 3 Diane Harwith, Donna Powers and Jane Fishman gasp in awe at the amazing feet of their gym-mate Karen Barss.

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. The alternative to gym and pool classes is modern dance. The interpretive dance in which they tell a story through their girls who take it, like Joyce Dawkins and Martha Seip, do an motions. Before his Biology I students, Mr. H. Tenhave presents to the class, in his own inimitable style, a hornets nest. 0-amusing. For centuries the use of the compass has been an essential skill f - employed by geometry students. 17