Springfield Township High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, OH)

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES SENIOR CLASS PLAY Our Senlor play was a mystery comedy ID 3 acts The name nCome Out of t e Closet to place ID a run down apart ment Ih New York Cltywlth three girls Ing cheat a tlgerly old woman out of athlrdof herrent rder to this one rl h d to keep dodg In and out of a supposedly Iockedclosetwhlchbrought on more compllcatrons b cause there usually hap ned to be a man hld ln the closet The crooks and closet hlders are und out near the end and the weary but vastly re leved glr s reach far happier land more reasonablel arrnagement h the land la We worked hard but I w s had a NIIGVIOUS t me t rehearsals usually oslng ou the evenln with pepsls,potato chips lscusslon, and s laughter COLLEGE CLUB Are you planning to go to college after gradua on? s en It se e co lege club e college c b vlte representatxves of different co leges come to speak about their curriculum l957 JUNIOR SENIOR PROM The Junlor Senior Prom last year proved t be a great success The Juniors spent many e stu l periods behind Mr Consolo's room making flowers Everyone was kept busy right up to the lastmunute butevery thing was done when the awaited hour came At the appointed hour, students, teachers,school employees, and guests found thelr way Into he cafeteria where a dinner of steak mashed potatoes, gravy, peas, d ple a mode were served IS club also rea various college bulletins an studies e courses offered by each M Brelnrch the ad v ser thls pa year, led to Iron ou the problems of the I5 pros pectlve college students, members of the club After the dlnner,every one adgourned to the gym where moonlight and roses set the stage for an even Ing of dancing with music furnlshed by Kenny Brague and his orchestra The prom was the topic of dlSCUSSlOH for many days afterward Q! Hi .-4 W adff 'H- Ig? -Yi...ff'iT I C Km X ONTARIO BUILDER S SUPPLY 11

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ua- N M 4-4 !ihr 3.-f ' SENIOR 1 f 4 HONOR STUDENTS if Q 'xv In HI v WI ,fbf Honor to whom honor ls due Scholarship and achievement are maJor determinants of special honorsat SprlngfieldLocal school Richard Burtzlaff, Carlton Betts, and Sandra Church were the top stu dents in the senlorclass Richard Burtzlaff and Carlton Betts placed I the top ten in thegeneral scholarship tests which are given to the upper 25 per cent of high school seniors in Richland county CHEMISTRY r world IS a wor of chemistry Chemistry reactions are constantly olng on the natu world around us,they con rlbute o o r d I y needs and comforts, they are indeed, part and par ce o our ver lives Chemistry is the branch o science that studies the composition of sub stances and the changes that take place in t em TRIGONOMETRY This lstyearclass con sts s learning to work with the approximate numbers and measurements IThis very I udn lass is taught the college level The C ass IS encouraged 0 create their own methods of problem solving,and to use independent thinking SHORTHAND Shorthand means differ ent things to different people.To theunlnltlated, lt'smerely a mass of curves and lines, about as com prehenslble as the hlero glyphtcs on an Egyptian tomb. To the shorthand student, it represents a necessary skill, one that she must have to do a Joh Like many other skills, shorthand cannot be learned by a bit ofwishfulthink- ing or with a snap of the fingers. lt takes hours of work and practice. CREAMER 'S BAR AND GRILL 10 ACTIVITIES The remaining seniors who placed in the up er 25 per centofthosetakln theexaminatlonswere Fred Hupp, Jim Heubergerfaullne Beymer, and SandraCnurch The addition of short hand dictation records en abled studentsto take ad vantage of extra study hall periods to practice taking dictation. The use of records also gave the classexperlencelnWaktng' dictation from a variety of voices.

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if SEN UR Carlton Betts 5' w Rrcnard Burtzlaff 0? xv Pauline Beymer QQ -.-ua-. Thomas Carpenter 12 if Marian Brlssell Kathryn Chambers