William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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O.K., Mr. McDowell, if you think you can solve it, then go right ahead! says Elias Davis. True, the places of study change occasion- ally. Football season finds the quarterbacks house iammed. Basketball season is much the same. One large exception, however, is term paper time. During these hectic three weeks the Gary Railways Corporation does a tremendous business transporting the mob of students to and from the Public Library. Amid a multitude of shhhhhhhhs from the harassed librarians, the attack on the reference books is made. Much to their pleasure the recession of the tide is lust as quick. Far be it from us, though, to condemn the practice and call a halt to homework, for it does serve one great purpose. What better excuse to get out of the house than to say, l'm going over to Joe's to study history. Granted the chances of the pages of a history book even being distrubed are mightly slim, but at least something will be studied ..... girls, ball' games, the cruelness of teachers, the world's problems. Through the maze of reference books peer the ' disturbed faces of Steve Miller and Sharon John- , son as the term paper deadline draws near.

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Study! Study! Study! Well, comfortable? Bet the only sound that could reach Karen Woiahn's ears at this moment is the newest Elvis Presley record or the dinner bell as she studies for the big test tomorrow. Now let's see. Use shall with second and third person and will with first. , .No. Wait a minute. Use shall with .. .. .. . Well, good luck, Mary Bishop, and here's hoping that last look at your notes will pull you through. l 1 8 While most of the last minute studying we do is at school, the heaviest burden at other times falls on those all too few out of school hours. Stretching out on the living room floor, curled up in an easy chair, or last, and usually least, sitting upright at a desk. These are the favorite positions for that ardous task of crack- ing the book. Ardous is hardly the word for the iob set before the students, for the temptations set be- fore us are overwhelming. A good television program, a good book, a good ball game. Why does everything have to be so good when we have to study? Perhaps the biggest demon is the radio. Listening to it and writing a passing Eng- lish theme is a feat accomplished by few. Many of us try it, though. Have you ever read an English theme written in four-four time?

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Hey, Cash, your cotten-pickin' sign is crooked. Bob Waitkus, Bob Cash 5 1.11 357 Thats the way the ball bounces, Pooie, You'll just have to go all by your lonesome. Paulette Elibasich, Sharon Johnson, Lucretia Marks ,N s.,,, W, ,,. it I , 1 - if ' fm' at-' it -122 rf . :' 'MY v s mm I 55? W if Q rg 4 ' 5 t H A Say, girls, did you put up that big tree all by yourselves? Andrea Hatrak, Margaret Frame, Ginger Bode, Carol Dumas, Cathy Miller Relax, Dave, her dad wonit bite. Dave Ransel 20 'ts