Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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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....,,... ,.., ,. . .. ,

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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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In h ,.,1af2i5I3gggy.iQ Social Studies During fhe pasf year Social Sfudies classes have devofed a parf of fheir af- fenfion fo undersfanding fhe problems of our nafion in war fime. The imporfance of and bringing World War ll fo a success- and bringng World War II fo a success- ful conclusion has been emphasized. Posf war problems such as fhe building of a iusf and lasfing peace and comparison wifh fhe difficulfies fhaf faced fhe Peace Conference af fhe end of World War I g D Kermif Todd, Mrs, Ella Goss, J. Merrill Coffin R Civics have received a greaf deal of affenfion: Resulfs of fhe Dumbarfon Oaks Con- ference and fhe Crimean Conference af Yalfa by fhe Big Three have been ev- amined. Sfudenfs have sfudied fhe imporfance of fhe San Francisco Conference of fhe Unifed Nafions in helping fo build a worfhwhile world organizafion fo promofe peaceable sefflemenf of differences in fhe fufure. Emphasis has been placed also ay Fleenor, Mrs. Maurine Murphy, J. J, Bailey, M L s