Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Most days, students students arrive at school at the break of dawn even during the most frigid weather. As the school year advanced, the days began to follow a set pattern. Even play performance days followed a certain order. The students anxiously awaited the time when they were let out of class to see the play. Pay a small admission fee? Sure will! The ones who saw it in the morning said it was really good. Each day there was a great hustle and bustle of students going to and from their lockers. Click out the combination, grab the right books, and bang! — make sure it ' s locked. Better hurry to class; don ' t want to be late. And finally, after a seemingly longer morn- ing each day, the bell rings for the beginning of your lunch hour. The bell is the starting gun for the race to the cafeteria. The students caught in the slower-moving traffic give up and think. Why hurry? I don ' t have anything to do anyway. The lockers receive plenty of wear by students ex- changing their books between class periods. The quality of the lunches which the cafeteria serves is shown by the vigor of the students.

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First days to last, students were continually busy The first day of school was just hurry, hurry, hurry for the students, especially the freshmen. Check your schedule, meet your teachers, get your locker, buy your books, and hurry. Don ' t miss the bus! Don ' t forget your locker combination! The first day is full of invigorat- ing, awakening action. Then the first week passes. The second is a little less novel. The stu- dents dig in and do some serious studying. Open house is here before you know it. If you worked hard, your parents will be satis- fied with your work and progress. If not, then you are now inspired to do better. At the end of the year, the students attend- ed their Honor Day. If a student had worked extra hard and had done well, he may even share in the honors. One of the Honor Day ceremonies is the ex- change of the class keys. Each year the class keys are presented to the Junior Class presi- dent by the president of the Senior Class. Each class adds a ribbon to the key, which has been handed down for many years. On the night of open house during the first semester, the lights of the school present a rare sight. Gathering around tables in the girl ' s gym, students prepare to buy books on the first day of school. Jim Branham, ' 62 class president, turns class key and traditions over to junior class president, Dave Brack- emyre at class dav ceremonies.

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:ould be found performing usual school activities The participation in the class elections is usually great, and the candidates are very ca- pable. There was strong competition in each class for every office. The Senior Class elections were the most vigorous and demanding, for the seniors held extensive elections. They sat in homeroom groups in the boys ' gym to cast their votes. This election went hand-in-hand with the gov- ernment classes in preparing students for in- telligent voting. Among the noon hour activities of many was the playing of ping-pong in the girls ' gym. Several players were always in line waiting for their turns to play. Most of them were there about every day. The juke-box was avail- able at anytime during noon hour; and as soon as one record would end, another would begin. If a student wished to study, he could go to the library during lunch hour. If not, he could go outside and enjoy the company of his friends. Pat Brown is one of the student assistants who helps to check-in students who were absent. Convention chairman Ralph Pickard speaks to the S enior Class at the class convention. At the end of the school day, students joyfully pile into their cars in the parking lot.