Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Dr. George W. Crane aT The microphone Jerry Banker presenTs a baskeTball Trophy To our principal, Mr. William HuTchison C onvoccrtions Informed Students In Many Wolys Th roughouT The year To break The monoTony oT classes and To give us TirsT hand knowledge oT The experiences oT orhers The convocaTions were scheduled. DocTor George Crane. naTionally known columnisT and psychologisT', was broughT To us Through The aid oT The A- 7 .1 merican AssociaTion oT UniversiTy Women. He spoke abouT our TuTures and oT ways To live wiThouT worry. Three aThleTic awards convos and Two oTher awards convos honored ouTsTanding sTudenTs who Took acTive parTs in school liTe and show- ed ouTsTanding abiliTies. The aT'hleTic convo- caTions came aT The ends oT The Tall, winTer and spring seasons aT which Times The numer- als, monTigrams, and leTTers were given To The boys and They in Turn gave To The school any Trophies which They mighT have won. Ralph Cochran was one oT The mosT out sTanding and inspiring speakers oT The year. l-le Told oT The many Troubles he has had and oT The problems he had conquered while gain- ing his Ph. D. aT Purdue UniversiTy in The Tield oT guidance Tor The blind. We also Took Time ouT Tor some enTerTain- menT when The Singing l-loosiers Trom Indiana UniversiTy came up Tor a morning. ln This choral group There were more sTudenTs Trom Anderson Than any oTher ciTy. Along wiTh This group came Clair Nunn and The l.U. Queens who aTTorded some varieTy in The show. Ralph Cochran surrounded by sTudenTs a'fTer The convo Clair Nunn aT The piano and The IU Queens

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Classroom Observations Expldined The Textbooks AlThough mosT oT whaT we will remember abouT high school will be The clubs, dances. parTies, and The oTher aTTer-hour acTiviTies, The reason Tor The school is The six hours we spenT each day in The classrooms. MosT oT The rooms in A.l l.S. have noThing buT desks in Them buT some like The library and The physics laboraTory are equipped somewhaT more. Above sTudenTs are picTured Taking ad- vanT'age oT The research and reading TaciliTies oT our library which meeTs The sTandards Tor a good high school library. Below sTudenTs are waTching high Trequency elecTriciTy aT work in The physics lab.

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Yolanda Breeden, Mary Ann Vainer, Queen Shirley Campbell, Naomi McGill, Sherry Bill. Campbell Named Homecoming Queen This year we wiTnessed The second annual homecoming. IT was planned by a TaculTy com- miTTee, The sTudenT council, numerous high school clubs. and wiTh The cooperaT'ion oT many merchanTs around Anderson. The evening sTarTed wiTh a parade Through Town which consisTed oT TloaTs made by The clubs and converTibles loaded wiTh sTudenTs. AlThough a limiT was puT' on The amounT oT money ThaT could be spenT, many oT The TloaTs were preTTy and all oT Them had a unique idea oT how The Indians were going To beaT The Howe l-lorneTs ThaT nighT in The TooTball game. Much ingenuiTy was shown in The various TloaTs. Farm wagons and TlaT bed Trucks which had been borrowed Tor The nighT' were used To carry The TloaTs. AlmosT every imaginable Type oT decoraTion was used, including anTiques and beauTiTul girls. The sTudenT body had elecT'ed Shirley Campbell Queen oT The Homecoming earlier. She and her courT rode in The back seaTs oT converTibles ouT To Denny Field. These Tive girls are shown above aTTer Shirley had been crowned queen during The halTTime acTiviTies. Shirley is also shown in The upper leTT hand cor- ner oT The nexT page as she was riding in a converTible. A commiTTee oT prominenT businessmen iudged The TloaTs and awarded TirsT place To The GAA TloaT, marked The Winning FloaT on The righT hand page. The NaTional Thespian SocieTy Took second place, and Y-Teens Took Third place. The TooTball game was losT by The TighTing Indians. This puT The lid on The TesT'iviTies oT The day. 8