The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 8, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 March 1978 — Page 10

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., March 15,1978

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TEST TIME — Professor Rowe of Manchester College is conducting tests with the students of Wawasee High School to discover how they will tackle and explore a mathematical problem. Professor Rowe is trying to learn how high school students’ minds will respond using the exploratory technique in mathematics. That is, he explores by giving the students problems and sees how they are solved. The analysis will be continued at Wawasee as well as Manchester High School. Those participating from Wawasee are Don Irwin, Mark Walgamuth, Amber Lehman, Maralee Peterson, Darsee Staley, Kay Kirkpatrick, Lori Coy, Lin Ummel, Kevin Gilbert, Kevin Butcher and Jeff Peterson. (Beth Burke)

WSI and water safety programs

By TERI SMITH Because Wawasee must close down the pool for the building of the new addition on April 1, the students who signed up for aquatics during the fourth nine weeks of school wjll not be able to attend class. Therefore, Wawasee has offered since February 10, a Water Safety Instructor and Life Saving course every Tuesday evening. Students from Grace College and Wawasee are combined to make up this class. In order for each student to get his or her lifesaving certificate, he or she must have 21 hours of instruction. The course will be held for four days, four hours each of swimming, then an additional five hours of films and classroom work. The instructors are Cindy Peterson, physical education teacher from Wawasee, and Yvonne Senior news By RACHEL STIFFLER Graduation announcements arrived and were passed out in the senior homeroom on Friday, March 10. Announcements, name cards, thank-you notes, and the various other accessories were received. Most of the seniors had more name cards than announcements, so there was a lot of trading of name cards throughout the school. The chairpersons for the prom committee are scheduled to have a meeting’sometime this week to make further plans for the prom. Fellowship of Christian Athletes By DOUG WALKER The Fellowship of Christian Athletes may be having a special guest speaker within the next few weeks. According to incoming president Mark Lantz, plans are currently being made to bring Grace College basketball star Doug Noll to one of the group’s upcoming meetings. Noll recently completed a brilliant four-year career with the Lancers, and there is a possibility that he will be selected in the N.B.A.’s player draft later this year.

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Messenger of Grace College. WSI classes train students to be instructors for the summer program, when 600-800 kids from this area take swimming lessons. Lettermen see pacers By MARK STIFFLER The Wawasee Letterman’s Club held its first activitiy in several months Sunday when the members traveled to an Indiana Pacers’ home game in Indianapolis. The outing was a whole day affair as the bus left at mid-morning and returned in the evening. The club members saw the game between the Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are fighting for a playoff berth in the N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference. Self defense course completed By BETH BURKE A course on self defense was recently completed at Wawasee High School. The course was offered to all girls and boys who wished to learn techniques on falls and three basic throws. The course is being taught, explained Mrs. Peterson, a teacher of P.E., to give confidence and to provide some way for them to protect themselves in the event they are attacked. The course was generally a success with the students. Kim McDonald, Dee Rigterink and Dinah Stigelitz all agreed that the course was beneficial to them. They felt it built their confidence and provided exercise. Debbie Dieterly felt it helped provide her with a broad background as she prepares to become a P.E. teacher. Mrs. Peterson said that she was so pleased with the participation and accomplishments of the program that she plans to continue the course as a regular part of the P.E. program.

Coal Strike By LINDA JAMES The effect of the coal strikes has started to hit schools and businesses as well as homes. Wawas£e High School is just one of the many schools in this area conserving energy. According to Henry L. Smith, principal at WHS, the school board planned several energy saving techniques. The hallway lights in the school have been put on the night cycle during school hours. Also, the heating has been turned down. Students seem to have adjusted to this in hardly any time at all. If worse comes to worse, Wawasee might go to cold lunches and could possibly go to a four day school week. If this would happen, after-school activities would be shut off. But at this point no one needs to worry about that coming about. An unusual class By TRACY RINKER Walking into a room full of shrunken heads, eerie artifacts, documents from the Salem witch trials, and topping all, being greeted by Count Dracula would awe most, but not Mr. Iden. Mr. Iden teaches a class called Literature of the Supernatural. One of the classes projects is to create a museum. “Each student has to enter a project in one of the four categories: artifacts, reading or listening, documents, and display,” explained Mr. Iden. In the artifacts category you can make sculptures, models, or scenes. In the past people have used Barbie dolls as voodoo dolls. Reading and listening involves making a recording, acting out a scene from a play or reading a short story. The category dealing with document consists of documents, witches diaries, and conviction papers. Another interesting project for the museum is taking a dummy and cutting him open then placing finger jello inside his chest. Two or three students decorate the room with spider webs, black lights, and other spooky things. Making the museum isn’t the only project the class does. They also read many short stories. The course used to be called Ghosts, Witches and Ghouls, but the parents got the wrong idea of what they were teaching. Mr. Iden explained they called it that so it would catch the students eye. “The idea of the class,” explained Mr. Iden, “is to get students that aren’t interested in English to read.” Language arts textbook selection committees 1978 By TERI SMITH Every five years, teachers from the high school, concerned citizens from the Lakeland community, and parents of students from Wawasee get together and form the textbook selection committees. These committees look over various textbooks and decide which ones would be the best, relating to a certain subject, for the students of Wawasee in the coming years. This year, the textbook selection committees are choosing textbooks v ithin the catagories of grades nine-12 English, mini-courses, and foreign languages. Some of the committees have already met several times, while others are still waiting for the material which they are to examine. Indiana State Law requires community and faculty cooperation concerning school textbook adoption. This enables parents in the community to look over and understand what their children are being taught in school, and also allows the teachers a chance to be able to choose the textbooks which contain the best assortment of needed information for their classes. Parents involved in this year’s textbook adoption committees include Violet Miller, Dorothy Baumle, Marilyn Brown, Suzi Brouwer, Rev. Steven Archer, Jane Love, Anne Dahlstrom, Kay Franke, Sue Meek, Evelyn Steffen, Father David Hyndman, Marilyn Keck, Dr. V. Logan Love, Rita Koenigshof and Janice Kortenber. There are seven separate selection committees, with teachers from the high school as chairmen. They are Roberta Powers, Max Ellen Smith, Terry Iden, Alan Zerkel, Norma Rush, Philip K. Fawley and Linda Kehoe.

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Indiana's pros are many

By MARK STIFFLER Indiana residents have always loved basketball and it is possibly because of this affection and attention given to the sport that the Hoosier state has put out some fine basketball players in recent years. Possibly the star closest to this area is Gary Yoder. Gary attended Westview High School and had a fine career with the Warriors. Yoder then spent his college days playing for the University of Cincinnati. The 6’4” guard was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks last year. Gary signed with the Bucks and is now in his rookie season in the National Basketball Association. Another Indiana native who is a pro basketball star now is George McGinnis. The 6’B” muscleman attended Indianapolis Washington High School where he was awarded the title of Indiana’s “Mr. Basketball” in 1969. George went on to a great career at Indiana University. McGinnis was drafted by the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association and the New York Knicks of the N.B.A. The Indianapolis native had several fine years with the Pacers and helped them win the A.B.A. title more times than any other team. Two years ago, just one year before the merging of the two leagues, McGinnis signed on to play for the Philadelphia 76’ers of

'■ . / f .JBI -tLA $• LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS — Speech coach Alan Zerkel goes over last minute instructions with Greg Reed during Saturday’s speech sectional at Columbia City. The show must go on and it's going great

By LINDA GRINDLE In spite of the energy crisis Wawasee’s spring musical, “Hello Dolly”, will be presented as scheduled. In the practice sessions for the musical, the cast, orchestra, chorus, and dancers are progressing very well according to the director, Mr. Blackwell. Lead actoress, Shelly Dahlstrom, portraying Doily, already has all of her lines and songs memorized. “I can promise you it’s going to be great,” says Mr. Blackwell. Although working with limited lights to conserve energy, the cast practices five days a week. The dancers work out every Thursday, and the orchestra and chorus every Tuesday and Thursday. One of the hardest things to do in preparation for a musical is getting the orchestra to play the music correctly, states Mr. Blackwell. Because of the frequent changes in the tempo and the number of sharp keys,

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the music is harder to play than the normal type of high school music. According to Mr. Blackwell, despite the harder music the orchestra is coming along fine. Wawasee freshmen hold activity By MARK STIFFLER The Wawasee High School freshman class had its second class activity Friday, March 10, with 140 people attending. The activity consisted of various games such as basketball, volleyball, and dodgeball in the Wawasee gym. Mrs. Powers, freshman class chairman sponsor, reported that other than being loud and running around a lot the freshmen seemed to have a good time. Mrs. Powers also reported that, to the relief of all concerned and despite the horseplay, there were no serious injuries.

took Thompson four seasons to exceed it. Rick Mount then went on to a fine pro career. There have been many great athletes, and they aren’t all basketball players, from Indiana. If you think a minute you can probably think of some of them. And in the future there are bound to be many more great athletes who hail from Indiana. Businessmen vs WHS faculty By KAY KIRKPATRICK Final plans for the charity basketball game between area businessmen and the faculty of Wawasee High School are being finalized by the Wawasee Foreign Language Club this week. Players on both sides have been contacted, posters are being made and distributed, and tickets are being sold by the WFLC members. A tentative lineup of the businessmen players has been made. These players include John Replogle, Jack Darr, Steve Elliott, Jay Brouwer, Mike Mangas, Gary Muk, Larry Harkelroad, Bob Brown, Dave Ridings, Larry Teghtmeyer, Roger Niles, and Phil Hay. John Glon will be coaching the businessmen. By having businesses from all three communities, the WFLC hopes to draw a large crowd. The basketball game is scheduled for March 21 at 7:30 in the Wawasee High School gym. Tickets can be bought at the door or from a WFLC member. All proceeds will go towards the club project of sponsoring a foreign foster child.

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Six Wawasee students go to speech regional

By KAY KIRKPATRICK Six students from Wawasee High School will participate in the regional speech meet at Elmherst High School in Fort Wayne on March 18. These six students placed in the top eight within their respective categories at the sectional meet on March 11. The team of Steve Deck and Greg Reed placed the highest in competition. They placed second in dramatic duo with a comedy cut from “The Good Doctor.” The boys placing so highly was a

surprise to many because it was the first time the boys competed together. Jan Grindle and Kay Kirkpatrick placed the next highest with fourths. Jan received her fourth in extemporaneous, while Kay earned her fourth in impromptu. Bill Hayes and Doug Walker rounded out Wawasee’s finalists by placing in the broadcasting competition. Bill was awarded fifth place, with Doug claiming seventh. j