Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Bleachers, empty now, are expected to be filled with 8,500 thrilled fans when the Indians open the 1961 basketball season. Two drafting classrooms, shifted from the high school build- ing, are now more closely coordinated with industrial shops. Use of the gym began even before it was finished. Industrial Education classes moved into the north wing in the second semester, filling seven rooms. Finally, activities spread to the gym. Tours in the spring gave citizens and students the oppor- tunity to inspect the structure. Awards convoca- tion and commencement were the first events in the Anderson Athletic and Educational Building. Next year hundreds of students will begin using the gym. Sophomores in required gym classes and juniors and seniors on an elective basis will tax even the huge new facilities as they try to make up for two and a half years without a gym. Emphasis is still on the perfection of basic industrial skills, but the boys are back on campus after two years downtown. Students touring on Tribal Tribute Day try to visualize what the cafeteria will be like when 450 students crowd in for a half hour of nourishment and conversation. Impatient

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A dream was born with the first blueprint and was given form and shape With each passing day as workmen poured thousands of yards of cement foundations and riveted huge steel beams in place While balancing 60 feet in the air. The tempo picked up when cherry red bricks, buff limestone, tile, and silver green aluminum curtain Wall covered the spider-like steel structure. Installing bleachers, varnishing floors, and the final swishing of paint brushes brought reality to the dream as students and faculty at last gazed upon their gym. About 80,000 pieces of three-quarter inch colored tile are used in the Indian head that is the center of attraction on the 13th Street side. New gym evolves from blueprint to bullding A beautiful stage, varsity basketball floor, rollaway bleachers and balcony physical education areas are all packed into the main gymnasium area. 49 I Agw- ,kxxsxxixw

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'sf-vp i s. f'fi:p in - 1 i l m 1 F --- 1 as - i 3 F ill c students move into unfinished structure l . . W Each industrial classroom has its own bath room and clean- Quarters are no longer cramped for future automechanics ing'-up facilities, access to lecture rooms, and outside exits. Wl10 PWS l621l'UiUi2J the 'Wade in MT- Robert R9if6l'S HC-BW TOOH1- ,Ax 51 7 7' Athletic Director Joseph Sparks out- lines features of the 75 foot by 42 foot olympic-size swimming' pool to I touring students. M c