Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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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.

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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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Lessons From A Champ One oT The highIighTs oT The year's acT- iviTies was The holding oT a VisiTors' Day under The direcTion oT The STudenT Coun- cil. The purpose was To give The parenTs The opporTuniTy To see iusT whaT Takes place in The classroom. A regular day oT school was conducTed. Guides were placed in The TronT hall To direcT visiTors To The various classrooms and poinT ouT places oT inTeresT. The execuTive commiTTee oT The IQ46 graduaTing class chose gray Tor Their caps and gowns. This is diTTerenT Trom The Three previous years in which The caps and gowns have been blue. EducaTion Week Recognized EducaTion To promoTe The general wel- Tare, was The Theme Tor This year's ob- servance oT American EducaTion Week Trom November ll To I7 inclusive. Sev- eral programs were conducTed in accor- dance wiTh This. In observance oT NaTionaI Book Week, lvlrs. Jean Waggoner, well known Indiana auThor, spoke To sTudenTs in The audiTor- rum. Wanna subscribe Tor The annual? The Tall subscripTion drive Tor The Indian sTarTed soon aTTer Thanksgiving wiTh Ross Michel as circuIaTion manager. The eIecTion oT The class oT l949 was held wiTh lvlrs. EsTher Buchanan and Ker- miT Todd being chosen as TacuITy sponsors. A IeTTer was received Trom The War Finance CommiTTee congraTuIaTing The ,Real Indian! presents New War Dance sTudenTs and Teachers oT AHS Tor Their Tino parTicipaTion in buying sTarnps and bonds and Tor compIeTing seven cam- paigns Tor hospiTaI uniTs oT 83,000 each. Am Iseeing ghosTs? Who is ThaT gruesome looking creaTure? These mighT have been a Tew oT The excIamaTions heard The nighT oT The Halloween Tracas aT Club Tom Tom. Fun was had by all and one would never have guessed ThaT some oT Those wicked looking creaTures were really very harmless-aTTer removing Their masks. New LighTs in Rooms l8, 209 Ah'. The IighT dawns -mighT have an expression heard aTTer The insrallarion oT new TIuorescenT IighTing in Room 209, The publicaTions room, and Room I8 ,The bookkeeping room. Yippee-Row Bll, exclaimed one oT Those lucky seniors. I-Iowever, The sTudenT season TickeTs were a sell-ouT and Those sTudes on row Q could be heard iusT as much as Those siTTing clown on The TirsT Tew rows. Open I-louse was The curTain raiser Tor The baskeTbaII season The TirsT pep session was held and all sTud3:1los were permiTTed To aTTend. ,Q