Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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fsssa 5 Maior Cyr Speaks: Opens VisiTors' Day AT The baslceTball open house This year The Tans goT an exciTing preview oT The i947-'48 lndian season. The open house seT American EducaTion Week OTT To a Tlying sTarT. l-lighlighTs oT each day were programs given over The public address sysTem by Mr. Boyds speech sTudenTs. ' On Wednesday, The STudenT Council sponsored iTs annual VisiTors' Day. Gueslrs regisTered in The TronT hall and were con- ducTed ThroughouT The building each period by guides. This evenT was very suc- cessful as large numbers oT adulTs obTain- ed TirsT-hand views oT Al-l.S. During The weelc, an all-school convo was held aT which Major Paul Cyr spoke. l-le Told oT AdvenTures oT an American Spy. Cyr was acTive in The French Under- ground unTil Talcen prisoner by The Nazis. Through his vivid relaTing oT many exciTing experiences, lvlaior Cyr proved enioyable To all. T F+RId

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Whifchery lnvacles Fronf Hall Cheers rang ouf in fhe vi- cinify of fhe Green Lanfern on a cool November even- ing when Louis Fonfaine an- nounced Nancy Barfl as fhe Fall Wind-up queen. Crowning fhe popular senior was lasf year's queen, Dee Ry- an. The Cross Counfry and Foofball capfains, DM Loop- er and Bob Carraway, fhen presenfed her wifh a bouquef and a giff, respecfively. I947 was fhe second year for fhis successful dance, and if has been decided fo rnalce The dancer- an annual affair. is C' R

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From The TirsT oT December Till June Third There were Tour very busy sTudenTs in Anderson l-ligh School. These were The CommencemenT speakers: Joe Fox, Jaclc Nicholson, BeTTy Ann Poor. and Gracia Ripple. Much Time and preparaTion was spenT on Their speeches which were deliv- ered ThaT TaTeTul evening oT Commence- menT. by BS E 6 II16-U A very unique convo was held Tor The Thanksgiving holiday. DramaTics Club re- laTed The CourTship oT Miles STandish, while s+iIl-scenes were creaTed by mem- bers in picTuresgue cosTumes. One oT The early pep sessions oT The year occured aT The beginning OT The bas- lceTball season, when The coming baslceT- ball Iinup was announced and spurred on by The cheerleaders and sTudenTs Tor The opening game oT The season. The Chamber oT Commerce sponsored a specTacular parade aT The beginning oT The ChrisTmas season, in which high school boys parTicipaTed by carring numerous balloon Tigures and animals. Sfudes sign up Tor Balloon Parade