Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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1 if CirIs ihis I lhe Vvfay IT's Done Team Demonstrates Gridiro WiTh The opening oT school, sTudenT assisTanTs were prompTIy appoinTed Tor The coming year by The various Teachers. These srudenrs Take many odd iobs Trom The shoulders oT The Teachers and help greaTIy in The smooTh, eTTicienT way in which The schooI is run. High RaTing Given Orchids To The '45 sTaTT who worked TogeTher To produce The AI-IS yearbook, The Indian. For The Third sucesive year, The Indian received ALL AMERICAN raTing in The annual judging conTesT sponsored by The NaTionaI SchoIasTic Press Associa- Tion. This is The hiohesT oT all raTings in The judging. The school IiTe secTion was especially praised. There's hoping ThaT The '46 book can make The grade again. The cover design Tor This year's Indian was compIeTed, carrying ouT The cIass colors oT maroon and whiTe. There was no arT design. buT iusT 'Tho '46 Indian on The TronT oT The cover. n I3Iays In Pep Session A new camera was purchased by The X-Ray and Indian . The camera pIus The accessories amounTed To abouT 330000. Proving ThaT The T-Ionor STudy I-IaII sysTem is sTricTIy a success-This year There were more appIicaTions Turned in Than ever beTore. The sTudenT appIicaTions numbered Tour Times The seaTing capaciTy oT sTudy haII 207. Five hundred appIica- Tions were considered by a commiTTee oT TiTTeen TacuITy members. The I Ionor STudy I-IaII was promoTed by The STudenT Council wiTh This being The Third year. Book Exchange Run As in previous years The book exchange was open Tor sTudenT use wiTh Joe Van- Camp and IvIarTha Arn GuanT serving as co-chairmen. During The TweIve-day open- ing The exchange made a proTiT oT 9250.00 This was a sIighT decrease as compared wiTh proTiT in oTher years.

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Miss Palmer Visils Several changes had been made in lhe lacully lor lhis year wilh Mrs. Delila Por- ler replacing Mrs. Belly Schreplerman in lhe Physical Educalion Deparlmenl, Miss Belly l-lubbard laking over lhe dulies ol Miss Mary Rulh Palmer as head ol lhe vocal music deparlmenl.- New Record Sel A record surpassing all olhers was made when more homerooms lhan ever belore in AHS hislory reached lhe IOOW mark in X-Ray subscriplions. The Seniors ranked lirsl wilh each ol lheir eleven homerooms oblaining IOOW lo lheir enrollmenl. As has been lhe cuslom lor lhe lasl several years, class meelings were held in lhe audilorium early in lhe semesler wilh Mr. Porler in-lroducing lhe various class ollicers and explaining lhe general rules ol lhe school. Fire Prevention Week Recognized ln Al lS Relurning lor a shorl lurlough belore being senl overseas lor lhe Red Cross. Miss Mary Rulh Palmer visiled school and allended lhe various class periods ol lhe vocal music deparlmenl. New Allendance Plan A new scheme lor laking allendance in lhe library was inlroduced and explained lo sludenls. ln lhe plan each sludenl has his own permanenl library card which will save lime and also make lor lewer inac- curacies. The annual Fire Prevenlion Convo was held on Ocl. IO. Demonslralions ol lires caused by.gasoline and broken lighl bulbs were made. Also aclual lire was used on lhis program lor lhe lirsl lime in any de- monslralion. Lelling no unnecessary lime elapse so lhal sludenls could roam lhe halls les- pecially seniorsl wilhoul inlra-murals, lhe head monilors and monilors were chosen lor lhe coming year. The monilors are headed by lhe lwo deans. Qualilicalions lor lhe posilion ol monilors are C or bel- ler in all subiecls and a personalily raling ol lhree or beller in all lrails lisled. This ls How To Pul ll Oul

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Underclass pictures Taken The TirsT ToOTba l pep session OT The sea- son was a bang-up success. Coach Cum- mings explained The rules OT TOoTball and used TwenTy-Two boys Trom The high school TooTball squad in demonsTraTing The game. For all OT The wide-eyed wiTnesses OT The game iT was very enlighTening and sTu- denTs really TelT like iT was a morning well spenT, and ThaT They undersTood lmaybel a Ii++Ie more abouT TooTball. The sTudes really yelled, iusT proving ThaT Al-IS srill has one OT The besT cheering secTions in The sTaTe OT Indiana. Band Awarded Prize CongraTulaTions go To The l-ligh School Band and Their direcTor, Richard Rencen- berger. On SepTember 22 The band placed Third in The parade OT The Ameri- can Legion STaTe ConvenTion. EighTy-Tive school bands parTicipaTod. Bands were judged according To general appearnce, playing abiliTy and marching alignm'enT. A check Tor TorTy dollars was received by The band. Lee T-landley, prominenT Senior boy and presidenT OT This year's class OT '46, received a greaT honor when he was given a WesT PoinT appoinTmenT To become an oTTicer in The U. S. Army. PicTures Taken Smile! Smile!-ThaT's iT!! WhaT does This remind one OT? None oTher Than The Taking OT underclass picTures Tor The phoTographer. One OT The ouTsTanding special convo- caTions speakers was Charles B. Wells, iournalisT, carToonisT and world Traveler. This special program was aTTended by sTudy hall groups and social sTudies class- es. Mr. Wells presenTed a chalk Talk To The sTudenTs and Told OT various exciTing experiences. l-le Taced The ThreaT OT ex- ecuTion in China, and several Times was in The hands OT The Russian SecreT Police -Talk abouT advenTurell As usual, preparaTions Tor graduaTion were being made early. Seniors were Chalk, Please 1 , know, smear , urged To order announcemenTs as soon as possible. This year's announcemenT card had The school cresT in The upper leTT corner OT The TirsT page. The inside pages had The eTching OT The school opOo:iTe The Tormal annOuncemenT. Junior Miss was chosen by The com- miTTee as The Senior Class Play Tor This year. The double casT was composed OT I3 girls and 6 boys. There were To be Two casTs OT girls Tor The diTTerenT nighTs. Try- ouTs Tor This year's commencemenT speak- ers were also held. All sTudenTs musT have had a 90W scholasTic average or above. ConTesTanTs were To be judged on voice, poise and sTage presence by The TaculTy