Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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SOCIAL STUDIES London is in England, not Germany. Versail- les is in Switzerland, oops, France. Sorry, Mr. Hively and Mrs. Ott. We ' ll try harder the next time. When was the American Revolution? the War of 1812? the Civil War? You don ' t know. Read the book, do you hear me? Yes, Mr. Shade, right away. Oh no! Mr. Guckert - not another new way of taking a test! I know it will be easier on you, but it ' s going to be harder for us. There are 50 States. No, Texas is not the WHOLE United States; it ' s only half, or part. Yes, Frazier, Colorado does get to 30 below. It doesn ' t always rain in California, it snows some- times. Oh! World Geography. Histories and geographies give us our back- ground for Government. Mrs. Gossett, a faithful and devoted member of the faculty, refutes the common belief that an abstract is a form of painting. Mr. Shade instructs his classes in the glor- ious annals of American History.

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Ed Cunningham astounds the physics class with his knowledge of the principles of flight. Mr. Starr tries to prepare his General Sci- ence pupils for the rigors of laboratory work. ART Mrs. Marilyn Miller is a welcome newcomer to Wes- terville High School ' s faculty this year, and her subject, Art, an equally welcome and significant addition to the curriculum. Artistic minded students are taught the ba- sics in color, shape, and design. Experiments in various media took place — tempera, ink, water color, and clay. Along with regular projects, the Art Department helped with signs and decorations for pep rallies, assemblies, dances and other school functions. Pop into the art room sometime and observe Mrs. Miller, pigment dripping from her fingers, bellowing, You boys, get out of the back room and PAINT!

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Mr. Hively lectures on subjects ranging from the caveman to John F. Kennedy in World History. Mrs. Ott puts special emphasis on the Ameri- can Civil War in World History and insists that the story that the South lost is a lie. SPEECH AND DRAMATICS Students in Speech classes are taught the fun- damentals of expressing themselves in public. Debating, making speeches, and holding discus- sions were offered during the year. In Dramatics, students learned the basic ideas of what constitutes acting, presented one-act plays, acted out scenes from famous plays, and experimented in pantomime and imitation. The advantage of taking this course is learning to meet and to exchange ideas easily with the public. In addition to her speech and dramatics classes, Mrs. Wadley must undergo the ten- sions of directing the two class plays.