Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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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

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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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Football Season Ends, Teachers Attend Convention The I946 War Chest and Community Fund Drive was opened in Al-IS home- rooms. The drive took the place ot the stamp and bond sale. Anderson's quota was SI25,000.00. Final statistics revealed that 7395 ot the students participated. The sophomores were tirst in contributions which totaled S3l5.55. While most ot the students were relax- ing and taking lite easy during the three- day vacation. thirty-one members ot Choral Club took part in the State Chor- al Festival held during the annual State Teachers Convention at Indianapolis. Un- der the direction ot the guest conductor, Peter Tkach ot Minneapolis, I IOO public Press Delegates Thirst I I The Winnahs school students throughout Indiana par- ticipated in singing. Five ot Al-lS's taculty members were honored at the State Teachers Conven- tion. Mr. Porter was re-elected president ot the North Central Conterence. Frank S. Baker, English instructor, was chosen president ot the Adviser's Division ot the Indiana High School Press Association. B. B. I-lorton was selected chairman ot the Chemistry and Physics Section ot the Indiana State Teachers Association. Miss Katherine Brown was chosen as president ot the Business Education Section and John Finney was named vice-president ot Indiana Council ot Geography Teachers. Students Attend I.H.S.P.A. As in previous years tive iournalism students traveled to Franklin College to the Indiana I-Iigh School Press Association Convention. Delegates this year were Patty Ryan and Joycilie Pearson repre- senting the Indian and Doris Jean Sells, Mary Lee I.eweIIen and Mina Trick repre- senting the X-Ray . Oops'. Pardon me.' Well, why don't you watch where you are going? These were just a tew ot the mild exclamations heard when the one way stairs -student council's pet project-was begun. This rul- ing only applied to the southwest section with the annex stairs being used tor going down and the old stairs tor tavelling up. Soon atterwards, however, it was agreed by most ot the students that the plan was a success. ' Letters Awarded Coach Cummings awarded letters to twenty members ot the varsity tootball squad and gave monogram awards to other squad members at a pep session bringing the tootball season otticiallv to a close. Coach Bonge also awarded let- ters, monograms and numerals to his un- deteated cross country team. Erwin Wright and Wayne Maul were chosen honorary captains ot their respective teams.