Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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The Arsenal Technical Schools, comprised of Technical High School and the vocational schools, has three basic curricular divisions: .Jz'11a'e111if, Teflzlziffzl, and Ifjfflffllllfll. For those students preparing for college, Tech's academic curriculum offers studies expressly intended to meet the most rigid 'Elkay prerequisites of any university. Its English, mathematics, language, history, and science foundations are strong, throughout Techls history, each year, these and many other departments have repeatedly won state and national awards. For those who contemplate high school graduation, but who are uncertain of a college career, a combination program of academic studies plus technical information and skills is offered. journalism, child-care, millinery, office practice, R.O.T.C., stagecraft, music directing, aeronautics, drafting, and numerous industrial courses are a fevv of the Work fields available in this division. Vocational courses make up the third grouping. Every Techite is presented with the opportunity to gain comprehensive training in the automotive, building, electrical, metal, avia- tion mechanics, and printing trades. Upon completion of the required credits in these specialized courses, plus academic requirements, the student is awarded a Vocational Certificate. The three-division plan of the Arsenal Technical Schools is effective in meeting the individuals needs and desires. liach Techite has a three-way study option: to take only college preparatory courses, to combine a technical curriculum with a college preparatory program, or to combine vocational studies with required academic ohferings. Selecting a book from the shelf of the library is a common de- nominator of all courses, Bar- C U R R I C U L U M bara Lazzell discovers, whether the subject is an academic, tech- nical, or vocational course. 18

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Surveying class takes Glen Kastner, Robert Phillips, and David Wade, left to right, out on the campus Where they have an opportunity to put into practice problems studied in the classroom. One object sure to be measured is the flagpole. TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL'S COMPREHENSIVE curriculum is filled with contrasting study Helds! From the harsh clang of hard steel and grind- ing machines in the vocational shops to the flowing melodies of the music appreciation classesg from the blackness of the photography class dark-room to the out-of-doors marching of the R.O.T.C. unitg from the Click-clack of type- writers in the oflice practice classes to the silent purr of electric sewing machines in the dress- making classesg from the platform orations of the public speaking classes to the quiet ponder- ings of the trigonometry classesg from the nasal phrases of the French classes to the mid-West twang of the American government classesg from the burpees of the physical education classes to exacting experiments of the physics classes, from the head-up, toes-straight-ahead admonishments of posture classes to the detailed operations of the architectural drafting classes- all these study-Work fields comprise a represen- tative cross-section of ATS curriculum offerings. Tech's job is to present its four thousand stu- dents with an education for living! lts expansive curriculum affords the basis for doing this job. ln 1948-49, as in every advancing year of Tech, innovations, improvements have taken place, along with varied departmental and indi- vidual class projects and curriculum changes. Vance Funkhauser, left, Charlotte Green, and John Newman Miss Edith Allen shows the Spanish text of which she is co- play records in the music-literature course, English VIIM. author to students Donald Sicking and Judith Lobraico. W.-,