Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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LIBRARIANS—Susan Craig, Sharon Ranstead, Judie Little, Kay Finfrock, Diane Coble, Linda Herell, Edith Green, Miss Dove, and Sandy Renbarger. WORJO, a AK, R£AD Take attendance, write an outline, check out books, deliver a speech, type up health cards. Apaches went out of their way this year to acquire better speaking habits (really a necessity since Apaches talk all the time) and to make themselves better un¬ derstood. Apaches helped in the library, in the deans’ office, and even in the principal’s office in order to help WHS’s teachers. Librarians and office help learned much that they could not have learned in class—responsibility, knowledge of service. Speech students also learned much—stage fright, nerves, and finally poise. OFFICE AIDS—(Front Row) Sue Shalley, Linda Myers, Nancy Durnbaugh. (Second Row) Nancy Brady, Tony Wright, Donna Wolf. (Third Row) Mrs. Shaver, Mr. Martin, Mrs. Deckard, Pat Bennett. “On one hand you have this, and on the other hand you have that.” And in the middle you have an Apache deliver¬ ing a speech.

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These Apaches watch attentively as Mr. Aldridge explains how not to get horribly lost in bookkeeping. “Insert the paper, double space, use a 60-space line, and a five-space paragraph indention. Don’t make any mistakes. If you do, erase them carefully.” These commands or variations of them resounded in many Apache ears this year as students prepared themselves for careers in the cold, cruel business world. They tried to learn everything which might help them in their actual jobs after graduation. They tackled all kinds of difficult procedures from the proper way to write a check to the fastest method for inserting paper in a typewriter. The sound of teachers dictating, the puzzled look on an Apache’s face as he tried to find his mistake in record keep¬ ing, and confusion which came when students changed typewriters showed that the business stu¬ dents were on the job. THROW THAT CARRIAGE; ADD THAT COLUMN These alert business students are at their typewriters willing mistakes to go away—far away where they wouldn’t be seen.

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Parking nonchalantly in the visitors only spot, this Apache gets her final instructions from Mr. Tatum. “Start the car.” “Stop the film.” “Stop the car.” “Start the film.” This year Apaches everywhere were responding to orders as they worked as pro¬ jectionists or tried to learn the correct procedure for turning left (three right hand turns will equal one left turn and be immeasurably easier). The pro¬ jectionists were called upon to start and to stop films on subjects ranging from the English para¬ graph to the properties of light and color. This saved teachers from the horrid possibility of starting the film and then having the projector blow up or hav¬ ing the film decide to fall into a million pieces. Stu¬ dent drivers scared the population of Wabash out of their wits—or at least out of their cars—as t hey drove by in the special car equipped with warning sign and more importantly dual controls. Thus this year Apaches proved themselves the masters of the machine. PROJECTIONISTS—(Front Row) Corky Forrest, Phyllis Wingo, Doris Bridenthal, Terry Johnson, Dennis Green, Andrew Childress, Reid Sprague, Dave Coburn, Mr. Oliver. (Second Row) Walter Carter, Stan Walter, Mike White, Harley Rettig, Bob Shriver, Dan Harvey, Jerry Price, Steve Plummer. 29