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

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Tech started 50 years ago with just a small handtul of pupils and since has grown through the years into the largest high school in the state ot Indiana and the third largest in the country. We Tech students certainly appreciate our beautiful, spacious 76 acre campus to roam about betore the 8:07 bell in the morning, love to meander down our long, long corridors while making our way to class and enjoy our cross-campus treks made throughout the day. What would it be like to observe the green newness oi spring, the delicate flowers of summer, the splendid col-ors oi tall and the cottony snow ot winter from one building . . . all day? Most Techites feel it would be similar to stuffing 50 pounds oi opportunities into one tive pound sack! But, accompanying the loved college-like campus and its present population of 4,200 is the ever-iamiliar problem ot accommodation. The efficient Tech lunchroom statt, to nourish students with proper tood to adequately re- place the energy burned by a teenager daily, peels l5,000 potatoes, sells 7,250 sandwiches and l4,500 bot- tles ot milk and cuts 0,000 pies a week. Astounding, isn't it? lmagine how many miles ot spaghetti would be consumed yearly! Students need not only to replen- ish calories, but also to replace ever-exhausted school supplies. The Bookstore, constantly thronged with busy customers, sells approximately 3,000 pencils, l0,000 theme tablets and 2,500 liners and an average oi 5,000 Today's Population tickets to athletic events a semester. Recently, when our nickname Greenclads was changed oiticiallly by a student vote to Titans, the Bookstore ordered white sweatshirts bearing the new name. The sweatshirts sold like hotcakes again showing the extremely high inter- est Technical pupils maintain ior their school. lt is satis- tying to know each day our high school can serve a student population ot 4,200 so adequately and compe- tently in so many Various ways. 'fs Withstanding time and elements this sign stands erect and ready serving Technicals family as a familiar director and landmark 27

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4 ,' ,, S, iq W n- 9 sg ww' Ax , 4 si Q W s as gg' tt 'U 9'0x .t . w V wi J Matrix? 2 Q Ifvi if 'sf Www At an assembly all of Tecli's 4,200 listen intently and silently, captivated by the music of combined singing groups. easeless Expansion ls Background For Tech's enormous student parking lot, recently paved to im- Eightyefour hundred feet scuffle along walks, through halls, prove accommodations, is occupied to near capacity daily. and into classrooms as Techites stroll about their campus. 26

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Q ' . ..., . fy- - f e 5 ., ' X .2 1. ' ' , 911 . , .af 5 A iikgti ,. 3, in - IZ, is ':.-1.6 ri Q s X, Z W N-' .,,a' ,gfx. Q.-'gvtj WE A- .i '- - rt , A -ww,-npvknea-f',d. In keeping with the gala 50th anniversary celebration the Art Depart- ment displayed work of alumni who have become professional artists. Students today are witnessing the golden anniver- sary of Arsenal Technical. For 50 years Tech, as an educational institution, has molded well-educated and well-rounded Americans. Students, faculty and adminis- tration of Tech are all contributing to the anniversary celebration during the 1961-62 school year. Each month of the year has been assigned a different theme, in- fluenced by past activities in the history of our school. The departments are taking part in the gala celebration with projects to add color to the 50th year. During May, the Home Economics Department plans to display cos- tumes of fifty years at their annual style show. Golden anniversary alumni games have been arranged by the Athletic Department. There will appear an Anniversary Edition of The Tech Song Book, while an alumni choir will present a program entitled Techoir Through the Years. The Biological Sciences will plant several trees to be marked as memorials to the occasion. Following Courtesy is our Golden Bule the Business Education Department has organized a SO-50 Club for typists qualifying with 50 or more net words per minute on ten-minute timings. Yellow-gold pencils bearing the inscription Tech's Golden Anniversary are available this yearg consequently numerous students are writing with reminders. All of Tech is striving to implant golden anniversary memories in the hearts of all. 50 Years Reveal Incessant Merits And A historic landmark, Tech is the source of much publicity, especially in her proud anniversary year. These students pose near a two-ton boulder marking the site of the old sunrise cannon. 28 a.4f uu:nx'.,a.: 4- 'ws' 141-:Emmy-if e