Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-First Row: Mrs. Mariorie Garrett, Gertrude lnsley, Martha Guscho, Nancy Secrest, Mrs. Mary Harlan, Mrs. Clarena Huttington, Mrs. Ethel Mclntosh, Halcyon Mendenhall. Second Row: Robert Maloy, Sarah Murphy, James Mann, Irene Rhodes, Head, Mrs. Jeannette Reed, Miss Mild- red McAfee, Louise Padcu, Mrs, Vera Kilborn, Barbara Russell. Third Row: Bill Porter, Harry Wilfong, Tom Danheiser, Mrs. Mary Hahn, Mrs. Barbara English ls the Baclcbo MISS IRENE RHODES, English department head, confers with department assistant, Mrs. Mary Van Suskirk. l RUSSELL GREEN finds this device in reading laboratory is iust what the doctor ordered to remedy his reading ills. I1 l l l Dearing, Mrs. Muriel Tucker, Mrs. Christine Bennett, Mrs. Sue Giltoy, Mrs. Bette Taylor. Fourth Row: Robert Elmes, Emmett Hardiman, Gaylord Allen, Cecil Tresslar, Lynn Clippinger, Margaret Waters, Mrs. Margaret Joss, Mrs. Edna Wootton, Mrs. Jane Wheeler. Not Pictured: Mrs. Ann Cartmel, Alice Brown. e of Our Education The English department is always in the news! in addition to classes in English fundamentals, this department is responsible for the Cannon weekly, this yearbook, assembly skits and roll call broadcasts. Another major contribution to Tech Town is the work done by drama club members who present all-school plays. And last but not least, the Tech library, where we find material tor proiects and papers as well as full shelves ot rich reading tor leisure hours. LIBRARY STAFF-Mrs. Lelia Toler, Asst., Mrs. Margaret Schroedle, Librarian, Miss Norma Fultz, Librarian, Miss Mariorie Schock, Head Librarian, Mrs. Gertrude Russell, Asst. 29

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SOCIAL SERVICE - Seated: Mrs, Jean Ann Groves, Miss Mariorie Lawson. Standing: Mrs. Mary Williams. Tech Town Even Has a General Store BOOKSTORE-Mrs. Wilma Durham, Asst., Mr, Oliver Clark, Mgr., Mrs, Lo- Verne Stuart, Asst. Two of the most important offices at Tech Town are the bookstore and the social service department. Every Techite knows the bookstore as the place where he not only buys supplies and books, but also the center where every- thing from ink to class rings is purchased. The social service women help Us with our personal problems and lend a helping hand to those in need.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT-Seated: Mrs. Susanna Underwood, Edith Allen, Head, Loree Steele. Standing: William Watkins, Mrs. Lois Repass, Martha Raup, Marvin Hurley. The Language Department Goes Modern in T960 The Language department has taken on the forward Latin, too, is taught here in Tech Town. This look. Room 330 is the departments pride because here the new language laboratory is found. One of five in the city, this lab allows students, sitting in sound-proof compartments, to hear a foreign tongue from a tape. The aspiring linguists in turn repeat the material to the teacher. This way they learn Spanish, French, or German in true dialect. language, said by some people to be dead, comes to life in our Latin classes. These classes have lively discussions on the Roman way of life, from chariot racing to Roman weddings. A course in Latin and Greek derivatives is offered to college-bound students. Studying the multi-syllable words is helpful when it's time for scholarship tests. STUDENTS of Mr. Marvin Hurley's Spanish, ll class revive the old Christmas custom ot breaking the pinata filled with goodies.