Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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 . L Everyone wants to get an education. AHS offered 1,932 Indians an education in many forms. Seven work programs helped some Indians to learn business trades while making money. The AAVTS gave other Indians the chance to learn a vocation so that college training was not needed. Counselors helped those remaining Indians in preparing for college or for a future occupation by offering 177 subjects in 13 fields. Another form of education came through activities. By planning and completing 35 annual activities, the Indian learned how to transform ideas into successful events. Athletics taught the Indian sportsmanship and respect. Athletes were taught the fine line between agressive-ness and fighting, and learned that team unity and respect was vital for victory. The Indian constantly looked for an education. He did not have to look far, for he soon realized that he could find classrooms, fun, and competition and still get an education right here at AHS. He knew that THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. This Must Be The Place Lett: Waiting for an elevator which Will never come. Man Eckman impatiently poshes the (Sown button while Anne Stircs looks on Above A pamterJ moose seems to be waiting until it's safe to roam the halls betore leaving his hole on the third floor stairs.

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---------------------E------------------------ Everyone wants proven success. Tradition furnished security for the Indian. Each day the Indian reversed the time and repeated actions that may date back to the twenties. He occupied a building which was 64 years old and had 85 classrooms captured within it. New activities came, but the school spirit of AHS lingered on. Since 1922. the name Indians had illustrated the students of AHS. and since 1940. the Indian mascot had been the symbol of For decades, the deflated feeling of The Place For Tradition opening day. the stimulation of the first pep session, and the curiosity of the k classroom have united to fabricate the Indian's environment. It consisted of 31 flights of stairs. 104 teachers, and three separate buildings. The students, faculty, and community reenacted their ordeals at AHS and recalled the traditional ingredients. If the Indian wondered where it all started, he must confess that THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. l«»t Utrng the desks to their fullest learning potential. Mr. Porter's trigonometry class form tangent curves with desks to illustrate graph problems. Above-. Adding their own spirit to the homecoming pep session, mascot and maiden Scott Frendt and Cheryl Vetter conclude the traditional victory dance