Central Junior High Seventh Grade Geography Skits
Mrs. Pauline Bysom's class uses group presentations to explore geography. Students select topics, study in four to five person groups, present after about two weeks, and are judged by classmates. Highlights include skits on hijacked planes, King Tut, the Mary Cook Show in Britain, and Iran Iraq Jordan explanations.
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Pauline Bysom
Central Junior High
Floyd Hiatt
Doug Weaver
Scandinavia
King Tut
Sally Shumway
Nancy Pozdro
Mary Cook
Great Britain
John Sommerville
Maria Pence
Ralph Resche
Ann Cook
Cindy Bodle
Tomboy
Janet Rew
Cindy Plamann
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Projects Outlined To Avoid Future Shock In Schools
New York article summarizes Alvin Toffler's plan to curb future shock by introducing courses on peace population oceans weather modification and tech governance in high schools. Proposes future councils, backward history, use of fiction and future autobiographies with computer aided learning and rapid turnover coping.
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New York
Alvin Toffler
Toffler
Orwell
West Junior High forms Executive Advisory Committee
West Junior High announces an Executive Advisory Committee formed per the new student council constitution. Two students per grade will be elected, plus two teachers. Seventh graders Jay Mitchell and Susan Hutchison were elected, eighth graders Karen Rowland and Sam Carroll, ninth grader Mike Freed, with teacher selection pending.
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West Junior High
EAC
Jay Mitchell
Susan Hutchison
Karen Rowland
Sam Carroll
Mike Freed
Faculty Beats Varsity in Traditional Ball Game
South Junior High faculty men edged the varsity boys 41 to 38 after two overtimes amid a large student crowd and oldsters proving resilient. The Sertoma Club hosted an eighth grade assembly where students received copies of the Declaration of Independence. Jon Amyx won the ninth grade cutest baby contest as Student Council plans an eighth grade party with dancing and games. The Junior Players cast for Cheaper by the Dozen, with double roles, was announced led by Thelma Grodon. student directors are Donna Carbaugh and Tim McNamara.
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South
Michelle Moos
Tim McNamara
Kansas Division of Scholastic Art
Moos
Felix Moos
Shelburn
Tim
M. J. McNamara
SJHS
Patty Laing
Pittsburg
Scholastic Magazine
Kansas Cultural Arts Commission
Journal-World Photo
South Junior High
Sertoma Club
Jon Amyx
Junior Players
Thelma Grodon
Mike Sutton
Bruce Douglas
Vicki Hoyt
Sandra Holloway
Judi Sterling
Patty Cooper
Dan Katz
Doug Ross
David Stedham
Terry Ebeling
Clark Cropp
Mark Booth
Margaret Yaussi
Jenny Miller
Frankie Foster
Dee Engelbrecht
Grace Jackson
Mary Tomasek
Kerrin Crain
Cindy Blair
Bruce Leinmiller
Paul Jackson
Jayne Bradler
Mindy Hazlett
Keith Armitage
Liberal teen elected among first teenage Presbyterian elders
Kay Stoddard an 18 year old Liberal High School senior was elected ruling elder at Liberal United Presbyterian Church in Kansas. The Rev William S Sebring notes teenage elders are chosen for commitment and mature judgment and predicts the trend will spread. Ann Edgar an 18 year old Hutchinson High School senior also was elected elder at First Presbyterian Church in Hutchinson.
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Liberal
Kan
Kay Stoddard
United Presbyterian Church
Kansas
Miss Stoddard
William S. Sebring
Ann Edgar
Hutchinson
First Presbyterian Church
Candystriper Classes Set At Lawrence Memorial Hospital
A six week Candystriper training program begins April 7 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Teens 15 and older may apply by April 2 to join 7 to 8:30 p.m. sessions in the hospital conference room. Participants must commit 30 hours after training and obtain parental consent and sponsor endorsement.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Shirley Haider
LMH
Lawrence High Raises 2946 Dollars During Activity Week
Lawrence High School completed a five day Activity Week raising 2946.67 dollars. Seventy five percent goes to St Jude's Hospital in Memphis for leukemia victims with the rest to Headquarters. Students voted on the donation recipients and items were auctioned each day during the first hour.
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Lawrence High
St. Jude’s Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Debate on Legalizing Hard Drugs at Haskell College
A reader asks whether heroin and other hard drugs should be legalized to curb crime tied to addiction and drug trafficking. The discussion is set at Haskell Indian Junior College and invites informed opinions from students and faculty.
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Underworld
Debated Drug Legalization Echoes Campus Views
Students Pat Stevens and Charles Parton discuss legalization, comparing heroin and amphetamines with marijuana. Stevens opposes legalization of hard drugs but contemplates reduced harm via marijuana. Parton questions overall crime impact while noting England's mixed results.
Students Share Views on Drug Laws at Campus Forum
Paddyaker from Lawton and Laverne Roberts from Nevada express opposing views on drug legalization. Paddyaker argues stricter laws and limited parole for adult drug pushers, while Roberts says illegal drugs should not be legalized and supports a crackdown.
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Bill Paddyaker
Lawton, Okla
Hall
Oklahoma
Student respondents discuss drug legalization stance at campus
Don Rush and David Jackson, both 20 to 21 and sophomores in printing, from Fort Yates and Lapush, respectively, share views on cheaper drug access. Rush warns it could raise crime like alcohol, while Jackson notes mixed potential outcomes.
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Don Rush
Fort Yates
N.C
David Jackson
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Council
Chris Maturo
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Gill Kendall
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Jesse Milan
Joanne Gardner
Rick Link
Evie Lazerino
Charles Doemlan
Cotter Mitchell
Ki Ki Comeaux
Katie Brown
Elizabeth Stockhammer
Steve Griffin
Elaine Grob
Mike Coleman
Nancy Frians
Paul Draper
Kathy Gorton
Debbie Davis
Teresa Wolfe
Mark Mouron
Tim Summers
Brian Mertes
Susan Scannell
Pattie Purcell
Mimi Hurwitz
Kitty Giffin
Mark Purvis
Leal Mertes
Katie Dinneen
Charles Giffen
Leigh Riner
By Dee Englebrecht
Monica Quinn
Joanna Miranda
Donna Carbaugh
al Church
Haider
Lawrence
LHS
Haskell Indian Junior College
Stevens
Pat Stevens
Elko, Nev
Charles Parton
Lawton, Oklo
England
Parton
Paddyaker
Laverne Roberts
Yerington, Nev
Rush
Jackson
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