Woodruff High School - Talisman Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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3 CNE-ACT PLAYS December 5 86 6, 1958 THE ELEGIBLE MR. BANGS by Robert Housum Directed by Miss Bertha Berman Assisted by Jo Ann Johnson and Barbara Kappler CAST Lucile Morgan ------- Judith Anderson Leighton Bangs ----- - - - Jim Bortell Jane Foster - - - - -Janet Kay Linder Tom Foster- - - - Bruce Miller -161 ,J Mp 'tj' THE LAUGH IN THE DARK BY James Blakley Directed by Mr. Dane Harris Jabez Noggle - Becky Noggle - - Clarabelle - - Agatha - - - Magnolia - Abigal ---- Jasper Morley - - Phillip Morley - - Lawyer Fitzhugh - CAST - - - - Phil Owen - -Jo Helen Ulrich Mary Alice Norton - - - - Roberta Smith George Ann Watkins - Maureen Murphy - Greg Christopher - - Howard Peters - - Dennis Gouran HERCU LES' NIGHT OUT PY Donald Payton Directed by Mr. Paul Caywood Assisted by Penny Chiames Mr. Maxwell - - Mrs. Maxwell - Wilber Maxwell - Hercules Nelson - Betty Lou Maxwell Connie Maxwell - Gerald Brown - - CAST - - Jim Corley - Sheila Murphy - - - Greg Garner - - Jim Manscharat - - Sue Emmons - Sue Millard - - Grant Logan

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David Klein is shown here making Judy Kobler and Marjorie Pusch seem very interested in hydmgefl Chloride g3S- the potassium chlorate on their annhylitical scales. MATH With todays emphasis on our country's need for more scientists and engineers, students are being urged to con- sider careers in science and mathematics. Woodruff offers many courses in science including General Science, which may be taken as an elective during the student's freshman yearg biology, taken by most sophomoresg and physics and chemistry, which may be taken in either the junior or senior year. 00 we larry Shay and Geraldine Wise don't seem to mind those Taking place of the teacher temporarily, Jerry Duncan is little frogs at all! Biology - - what fun! explaining a trigonometry problem to his class. T15-.

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READING CENTER PROGRAM READING CENTER For the third year, everyone in the English Department was given an opportunity to' spend about four weeks fone grading periodj in Reading Center, working on concentrat- ed direction in trying to improve reading skills. Specially trained instructors, using mechanical aids, graded texts, and charts to graph progress, help the slowest or ablest reader, giving everyone an opportunity to improve to his utmost. Sharon Hoepfner, Dennis Storey, and Joyce Bollman are showing a film in reading center. larry Zarley, Adrian Weber, Bill Shelton, Suzanne Wilcox, and Estelle Trilikis are working to improve their reading. Gratifying results were achieved when students doubled their rate, and comprehension scores went up proportion- ately. Everyone improved in something whether it was rate, comprehension, vocabulary awareness, or an improved attitude for the world of reading. The college preparatory sought a way to accelerate all the reading to be required of him. The terminal student was made aware of the most efficient approach to his future reading needs. a 1 1 it a film. A class in reading center watching 117,