Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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M V g nia Vermillion, C. H, McClure, Miss Mary Miller, M B O y M H l K d II iss ess a, iss aze en a TTT M Mae Henry, Mrs. Helen PresTon, Ralph Boyd M Efh H lc iss s er os ins English There were beTween l900 and 2000 sTudenTs enrolled in English classes in A. H. S. during The l944-45 school year. WiTh approximaTely eighTy classes in Eng- lish, eighTeen Teachers were employed Tull Time while Three Teachers did parT Time worlc. Several changes were made in The Eng- lish deparTmenT during The pasT school year. lndusTrial ArTs English was incorpor- aTed wiTh regular English. The Bible course was revived This year aTTer several years oT inacTiviTy. A new course will be oTTered nexT in The speech deparTmenTg iT is called lnTerpreTive Reading. CH. McClure, who is in charge oT The deparTmenT, has been Teaching English in LaboraTory English The exTension division oT BuTler Univer- siTy Tor The pasT six years. This summer he will be given a Trial assignmenT in The scripT deparTmenT oT Warner BroThers MoTion PicTure STudio. Miss Mary EThel ThursTon headed The remedial English division. She was pre- viously an insTrucTor Tor one year aT The lndiana STaTe Teachers' College. Ralph Boyd was in charge oT The division which included The courses in speech. He has sTudied wiTh VicTor Jory in The Pas- adena Play House. Mr. Boyd has also Taken parT in radio programs. Frank Baker was in charge oT The divi- sion dealing wiTh publicaTions. ln his class-

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Dean oT 'Boys W, Leo Sanders Do you realize, Malilda Jane, ThaT everyTime iT rains, you develop a sudden case oT measles? ThaT sounds like Miss Mignon Anderson, quesTioning one oT her delinguenTs. Miss Anderson said ThaT The girls she came in conTacT wiTh in This school year have been very Tine To work wiTh and on The whole, very co-operaTive. Leo Sanders, ThaT whisTling man who Dean oT Girls D. Mignon Anderson rushes Through The halls, has been very busy This year. l-le noT only issued whiTe, blue, yellow and pink slips. buT he also was head oT The TirsT aid worlc. l-le. Too, en- joyed working wiTh AHS sTudenTs. BoTh deans had sTudenT assisTahTs who helped Them by running errands, answering The Telephone, and hunTing inTormaTion in The Tiles. -- . ff-wWw.w.Lw..,-f ,

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we-fwuvv-.-....... es. The X-Ray and The annual were pro- duced. Clarence Burns, in addiTion To being a Teacher in The English deparTmenT OT A.l-l.S., was also The aThleTic coach aT The drudgeryf' The English deparTmenT oTTered many opporTuniTies To sTudenTs in Their prepara- Tion Tor TuTure occupaTions. VocaTional ST. Mary's. apTiTude TesTs and personaliTy TesTs were The oTher Teachers in The deparTmenT. available To sTudenTs who wished To Take in The words oT Mr. McClure, iusT did Them. LeTT-Mrs. Helen Hughes, Mrs. Evelyn Grahame, Clarence Burns, Miss Pauline Day, Mrs. Marque T Hale. RighT-Miss Mary EThel ThursTon, Mrs. lna CruTchTield, Miss DoroThy Campbell, Eranlc Baker. American l.iTeraTure -.. - ..,. ..,.,.1,w....,,... ,.., ,. . .. ,