Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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High-ranking senior Bob Palmer finds supplemen- tary material for his English literature course in the high school library.

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Offer Us Challenges The academic importance of high school is taken seriously by both teachers and students. This is an essential attitude for the educational systems of today are molding the minds of the- citizens of tomorrow. Two of the most modern rooms contain the cooking and sewing units for the home economics classes. Cooking is an age-old art which Highland has modernized by teaching girls how to use appliances found in the modern home. The girls used acquired knowledge of the past to reproduce the styles of today s fashion-conscious world. Use of recently developed, time-saving devices was taught and applied daily. The most modern of facilities from garbage disposals to button-holers plus the qualified teachers made home economics courses a must in forming the homemaker and wife of tomorrow. Science laboratories equipped with the best apparatus for observations and experiments aid students in precise experi- ments. Science is an ever changing field of study, and the stu- dents at HHS were kept well-informed on the newest devel- opments in all phases of the scientific world. Five courses of science were offered to high schoolers this year: two, biology and health safety were state required subjects, while chemis- try, physics, and advanced biology were electives. Mechanical drawing was a part of the curricula aimed at the future. In these classes, one found boys busy mastering the fundamentals of architecture. Experience in working with draw- ing instruments was abundant and the best artistic imagina- tions were given a good workout. Schools are the building blocks of our nation’s future and because of this HHS believes in advancement. The administra- tion is primarily interested in instructing the students in the modern concepts of philosophy, engineering and liberal arts. Thus, one can understand why the academic life at Highland is constantly expanding and growing in depth. The teachers and subjects are full of resources which are being exploited to their zenith.

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Highland High School has opened the doors of learning for 1248 students and alumni. Studying consumed countless hours of high school life, but we found time to include the necessary social life, and studies gave us the well-rounded personalities needed in the young men and women of America today. Valedictorian and salutatorian distinction was obtained by persistant work. Highland also furnished opportunities for top- flight students to attend conventions, seminars and councils to get first-hand information and practical experience in academic fields. Indiana University was the home of three junior boys and three junior girls while they attended a week at Boy’s State and Girl’s State and gained practical governmental experience in June. Top Trojan journalists gained a realm of journalistic knowledge sharing ideas with new friends from four states at I.U.’s two-week Journalism Institutes for newspaper and year- book workers. During Easter vacation a junior history student traveled to Washington D.C. for the Indiana Council of World Affairs, a series of tours, seminars and discussions concerned with gov- ernment. Students are proud to obtain straight A’s or a combination of A’s and B’s so that they qualify for the A or B honor rolls at the end of each grading period. All possessed a certain ambition, whether academic, cultural or otherwise. Highland High School opened our eyes and show- ed us the way. Prize-winning pianist, Tom Ayres, shows his talent in a moment of inspiration. Top Achievements Bring Top Honors Bob Witherspoon and Graham Siegel gaze into the future wondering who?” - 17 -