Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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All-American Jonesesn Presented By Vocal Department Physlcia P b Lusiiyus Trio WafbWeS

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Shun Muse --Xdviwe Horace Shaver Queries -L L, .. LasT year Gene Fisher, Mary Lou Mc- Lain, BeTTy PeTers, Lelia Wilson, Mariorie SmiTh Louise Flanders, Irma Rinlcer, Ro- berTa Nevis, RuTh Brinduse, Janice Mc- ArT, and Carolyn Darwin were chosen To spend a weelc aT beauTiTul Camp Mini- wanca on The banlc oT Lalqe Michigan. The All-American Jonses an oper- eTTa supporTing an all-american casT, con- sisTing oT AniTra Lynch, Carolyn Darwin, Eleanor FrosT, Jack Toombs, and Gene Fisher wiTh Marian Canaday as Their ac- companisT was a huge success. The ploT concerned a Typical Ameri- can Tamily wanTing To do someThing Tor The war eTTorT. Pa Jones Jaclc Toombs. ioined The army: Ma Jones, AniTra Lynch, goT a iob in a deTence planT while Johnny and Sue, Their children, Gene Fisher and Carolyn Darwin, sTayed home and Took care oT The home TronT. Miss Palmer DirecTs OpereTTa This was The TirsT opereTTa To be direcT- ed by AT'lS's vocal music direcTor- Miss Mary RuTh Palmer, in her career as an in sTrucTor in Anderson T-ligh School. As The ChrisTmas spiriT drew To a cli- max. The Choral Club added Their melod- ious sTrains in addiTional enioymenT. They w e r e heard in many convocaTions ThroughouT The year- Too. Seven hundred needy children were a- gain enTerTained aT ChrisTmas by The Fli- Y Club. Over Three hundred dollars was collecTed Trom The line oT dimes and The money was used Tor TreaTs Tor The child- ren. D. A. R. Winner Named The D. A. R. award was again given To a worThy Senior girl. Marian Canaday. Sophomore and Junior Prexy oT The Class oT '44, was chosen To represenT Ander- son l-ligh School in The STaTe and NaTional conTesTs. Again ediTorship oT The X-Ray changed hands, Trom June Allen To BeTTy Lowman. Girls seem To dominaTe in Journalism as mosT recenT ediTors have been oT The Tairer sex. Fleven new members were Talcen inTo Choral Club lasT January, Tor The spring semesTer. The new vocalisTs were: Bill Clem, PaTsy l-lamilTon, Phyllis Pilce, T-lope BixensTine, KeiTh Cochran Joe Wilbur. Mary Prolcos, Wilma WhiTney, RuTh Glo- ver, PaTricia SmiTh, and Gordon ShrouT. The Winnahl During The naTional conTesT To selecT a girl To sing as Snow WhiTe, Three girls Tried ouT Trorn Ander- son. GuT oT The Three June FasTman repre- senTed Anderson. CongraTulaTions are in order Tor June who came in second in The STaTe conTesT. AT The De Molay SweeThearT Ball Jo- Anne Busby. Junior TQGQUTY, was elecfed sweeThearT oT The ball. She was elecTed by popular voTe, Trom a halT dozen candid- aTes.

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BesT Wishes For Success AT l U., Miss GriTTin. Also in The running line was George Pancol who represenTed Anderson in The Madison CounTy 0raTorical ConTesT--and won! This conTesT, which is sTaTe wide, was sponsored by The American Legion. The RecTor Scholarship oT DePauw Uni- versiTy was won by Jim Collins who spenT The lasT semesTer There. AdvancemenT has been given To Two worThy women, Miss MargareT GriTTin, who was appoinTed as librarian and criTic aT Indiana UniversiTy, and Miss Bess Day, who Toolc her place in Anderson l-ligh. BeTore coming inTo our Tolds, Miss Day was The CenTral Junior l-ligh School librar- ian. As all will agree, she has done her iob well, noT only in supplying new meThods in The library, buT also by giving her assis- Tance whenever needed. AT The beginning oT The spring semesTer The seniors sTarTed on Their lasT lap, while a couple hundred Treshmen iusT goT sTarT- ed on The run. As usual, Mrs. Marjorie Aus- Tin burned a loT oT midnighT oil, geTTing all The spring programs TogeTher. PuTTing Tinishing Touches on The senior averages and lisTs keeps her busy even unTil The lasT Tew days. Cne oT The mosT enTerTaining convos oT The year was The program given by The DramaTic Club. The Play And Srill The Villian Pursued l-ler, was unusual since iT consisTed oT Two casTs. iOne was a voice casT and The oTher an acTing casT, boTh co-ordinaTed very well under The direc- Tion oT Ralph Boyd, head oT The Speech DeparTmenT. f'Ei'f4u6I4W7? .f. ' 'H-P'X'?' ' ii E 73175: :am v H f Only i 179 Mm- To es, Mrs, Anslin!