Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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. m0 Voting for class officers was a new experience for fresh- men as they chose their sophomore officers David Naugle uses the knowledge he gained in citizenship on voting procedure in making his choice. Presenting panels, giving news broadcast part Mrs. Frankie Bailey, U. S. his- tory instructor, and student teacher Mr. James Miller look on as members of a seventh period panel discussion share their findings on slavery issues in the U. S. from 1830 to 1860. 16

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china cabinet, electric guitar, cedar chests Junior Rex LaMar and seniors Charles Leitzman, Jim Owens, and Gary Steinway put the finishing touches of paint on a car they tore down and rebuilt in Mr. F. Bruce McNeills auto shop class. They used the original parts with a few new ones in repairing the car. The boys in the auto classes also brought in their own cars for the classes to do repair work on. 15

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If looks as if Mr. Harrold might be contemplating the famous Harrold roar as he glances over the make-up tests he gave to ten students who were all absent the some day. of U.S. History classes ' 4f -S V Sophomore Jeanne Terrell fills in the names of the African countries on a map in Mr. John Harrolds world geography class. 1 Citizenship, U. S. History, Government, and Eco- nomics were all required courses to graduate from MHS while there were also several other classes in social studies available. There were Geography, Latin American and Far East History, World History, Sociology, and Psychology. Six students in each of Mrs. Frankie Bailey ' s five U. S. History classes spent approximately one month preparing a panel to give to their class on slavery issues in the U. S. from 1830 to 1860. They read a variety of thirty articles, half of which were anti- slavery and half were pro-slavery. On two days they presented their findings followed by a time for questions. During the time student teacher Mr. James Miller was here U. S. History students gave a news broad- cast on the roaring ' 20 ' s. Each student was as- signed one or two topics to research dealing with the ' 20 ' s giving it as if he were a reporter. An an- nouncer was chosen to moderate the program pre- sented in class. Geography classes concentrated on learning to identify nations of the world as well as the geog- raphic background of each. Studying social and mental behavior was the main objective of sociology and psychology stu- dents. They also had special reports on the social cultures in America and other lands. 17