Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Y book Editors P + d P f l:irst peace-Time Armistice Day Celebrated One ot the main teatures ot the pro- gram was the Ft. Harrison Band which really set the students teet a tapping . It was enioyed so much that the students requested several encores. Speaking on the program were two graduates. War- ren Stidham '42 ot the Army and Hugh Harrison '43 ot the Navy. Warren, who has tought in Europe, was president ot his graduating class and editor ot the '42 lndian . Hugh, who was in action in the South Pacitic was also president ot his class and editor ot the '43 lndian . Lois June Fuller, art student and mem- ber ot the class ot I946. was highly hon- ored when Robert St. John, noted author, news analyst and toreign commentator, upon speaking here noticed a painting in the tront hall case drawn by June. He requested the painting and in exchange gave June an autographed copy ot his latest book. Thanksgiving Program Given For the tirst time in three years, AHS observed a peace-time Thanksgiving. The annual Thanksgiving convo was presented by tour AHS students, instead ot a visit- ing minister. Mary Lee Lewellen intro- duced the tour speakers. Mary Prokos spoke on My Home , Joan Williams on My School , Bill Ogden on My Church and Charles Condon on My Country . Representing the American Youth Foundation, Miss Marie E. Shaver and Dr. O. W. Warmingham, commonly known to the students otAHS as Horace and Kodaya . presented one ot the year's most enioyed convocations. They spoke brietly and led in group singing.

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Hardvvood, Hallovveicn Seasons Take Qvcr School Uncle Sam gave The school 5138.000 worTh oT equipmenT Tor The chemisTry laboraTory. This gave AHS one oT The besT chemical labs in The sTaTe. ConTinuing To make plans Tor Senior Week, The class oT I946 conducTed an elecTion To deTermine which acTiviTies would Take place during ThaT Time. The execuTive commiTTee complied The lisT which The Seniors voTed upon. Box ConTesT Sponsored The STudenT Council sponsored a con- TesT Tor The naming oT a suggesTion box which was placed in The TronT hall Tor sTudenT use. Tid-BiT Box was The name de- cided upon Tor iT. WiTh The end oT The war and peace reigning once more, AHS disconTinued The selling oT sTamps and bonds which had been under The direcTion oT Mr. HalleTT and Mr. Bailey. STaTed These men. The sTudenTs oT AHS have roa y been TaiThTul and loyal in buying siamps and bonds. Sales began in l94?, The grand ToTal Tor The Tour years was 2'52?6.098. NOT bad aT all!! AHS wa? ably represenTed This year by a debaie Team made up oT Tour AHS sTudenTs. The Topic oT mosT oT These de- baTes was FullTime lv1iliTary ConscripTion. The Team consisTed oT Florence Porges. Clyde STeckel Taking The aTTirmaTive and Phyllis Vermillion and Don BancroTT Taking The negaTive. Jr. Red Cross Holds Drive AToTal oT SI I0.00 was collecTed by The Junior Red Cross Tor The lnTanTile Pa- ralysis Drive. The sophomores made The greaTesT conTribuTion. Hubba! Hubba! Hubba! Service Men! Army, Navy or Marines? WhaT does iT NexT! Rare Revclahons oT True BeauTy maTTer? For The ArmisTice Day Convo They were broughT in Trom all branches. The program which was in charge oT The VicTory CommiTTee was sTricTly a success. Oleda Mills was misTress oT ceremonies.

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American Youth Foundation Staii Visits fAxl lS Horace and Kodaya were in Al-IS Tor Three days and Those sTudenTs who had Tilled ouT a Personal DevelopmenT Ques- Tionnaire had The opporTuniTy oT personal inTerview and counciling wiTh Them. AnoTher convocaTion which will long be remembered by high school sTudenTs was one which TeaTured Miss Bernice CliTTon. blind lecTurer wiTh her seeing eye dog. Karla. Miss CliTTon has been blind by ill- ness Tor seven years. She masTered braille in her TirsT year and acquired Karla, her seeing eye German shepherd dog. She now Travels exTensively Tor The Seeing Eye OrganizaTion and gives book reviews. Recorded chimes and organ selecTions were played as an inTroducTion To The ChrisTmas convocaTion which was in charge oT Miss Lois Ann Wells. The pro- gram was divided inTo Three parTs-- ChrisTmas ls Fun, ChrisTmas ls Music, and ChrisTmas ls ChrisT. Included in The pro- gram was a brass quarTeT composed oT Don l-lughel, Marvin l-lull, Ted King, and Louis FonTaine. Adding much To The were The decoraTions prepared by The arT deparTmenT. Choral Club Carols As in previous years Choral Club car- oled Through The halls and added much To The spirT oT ChrisTmas. Ramona Ward, worThy Senior girl, won The highly-coveTed DAR award, which is based on ciTizenship, personaliTy. scholas- Tic abiliTy and paTrioTism. Coming baclc Trom a much-needed va- caTion iT was Tound ThaT plans Tor The Tall semesTer were rapidly drawing To a close, and ThaT The spring semesTer was underway. LeT Us Th