Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Amid construction, classes Continue Gestures underline an important point in speech class. E M5 EB 5 Conversion of the janitors, cubbyhole provides more room for home economics classes.

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I i i Titration descends to the plane of understand- ubility when performed in actual experiments. a new look W Remodeling advanced, and gradually a rain- bow of soft yellow, green, blue, and pink colors crept into the dreary rooms to abolish the dark, school-room-greens used in class- rooms from the iirst grade to the twelfth. Enlarged window spaces permitted sunshine to iilter through opaque glass blocks framed by aluminum. Bulletin boards placed over the resurfaced blackboards imparted extra interest. The psychological effect of the replastered walls, hidden pipes, and sound-absorbing ceilings evidenced itself in the attitude of the student body. Faculty and pupils alike appreciated the eye-saving ilourescent lights and tiled floors instead of the hard, foot- tiring concrete surfaces. New tables, desks, and cabinets completed the timely moderni- zation program. Discussion in nutrition class emphasizes the requirements of copper, iron., calcium in the well-balanced diet.

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to run the usual hectic schedule Exactly iifty years ago the doors of AHS opened, and feet began to tread over the in- scription Knowledge is Powerf, Now the original inscription no longer exists, it is reset in more contemporary materials. Witliin that half-century the inlayis composition grew out-moded, but the meaning lasts always. Education bestows the power to use words to their fullest, to comprehend the solution to problems, and to live effectively. Knowledge is a power that is lasting far beyond graduation. Colleges expand knowl- edge, time deepens the river of learning, and application digests it into a practical product. Persons may, with democratic training, ob- tain and apply knowledge as a power to change the world. Personal use typers tensely await the start of a five- minute timed writing.