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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1976
Page
5
High school students allegedly fall into a sleepy trance during lectures. Observers describe the sequence from alert attention to fixed gaze and drooping heads. The article notes three triggers to snap students from the trance: a reprimand, a shifting posture, or the end of the period.
A teacher writes about the daily struggle with a classroom lull known as the big silence. After sleepless nights preparing a lesson the students seem alert only to drift into drowsy, fixed attention during the period. External late night programs and cultural concerts are considered as possible causes. The piece ends with resolve to try more humor tomorrow.
The Madison High School mascot tale recalls the 1960 vote to become the Mohawks and the long path to varsity growth. From 55 graduates in 1961 to 194 in 1975 the district expanded with night games, a junior high shift, and the Madisonettes drill team formed in 1963 under Miss Margaret Frith.
Sister Julia Suba's English class houses a live talking tree once planted from Fenwick's grounds. The tree, praised as ethical, greets students and occupies a seat near the class, while memories of a mysterious white boulder and seven pebbles linger.
The February 1976 Page teases a Creepy issue with Friday the 13th superstitions and Dr. Creep on Channel 22. It promises coverage of how high school students celebrate Valentine's Day and Leap Year customs later in the month.
The Carlisle Senior High School chorus, 86 members, travels in May to Florida to perform its version of Godspell at a music festival. They recently performed in the Carlisle gymnasium and at First Presbyterian Church in Franklin. Members defend the show as praising God, not mocking it, and design their own costumes from afros and white makeup.
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