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

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'--X swing. V s P Y. s . Left: The use of an opaque projector with action slides of a Siamese cat and a dog in tense combat stimulates the thinking of stu- dents of Mrs. Bennett's English IV class. Right: an uncalico cat, Monster, sizes up her assailant, Samantha, for an experimental Below: After the organizing thoughts and editing a jot-list, students express themselves in theme form. Kathy Miller and Gary Dun- ning capture a smooth flow of ideas. English Department-FRONT ROW: Bernice jones, Mesdames Barbara Machin, Margaret Hahn, Barbara Southwick, Miss Susan Bettis, Mrs. Virginia Cassel, Robert Maloy. SECOND ROW: ludi McBride, Mes- dames Florence Schnakenberg, Mildred McAfee, Margaret Clapp, Miss Martha Gascho, Mrs. Marjorie Garrett, Gertrude lnsley. THIRD ROW: Mesdames Arvilla Bennett, Doris L. Webber, Joyce A. Hanna, Sue Cooper, Miss Irene Rhodes, department head, Mesdames Linda Vaughn, Anne Hamlet, Mary Lunsford. FOURTH ROW: Dale Renault, Mesdames Alice C. Goodrum, Maureen McMahon, Lidian Frank, Miss lane Timmerman, Margaret Waters, Robert F. Ford, Tom Danheiser, Fred McNanny. FIFTH ROW: Mesdames ludy Kothe, Ruth Long, Kirby Lehman, Emmett F. Hardiman, john A. Lewis, C. T. Tresslar, Patricia L. Otten, Richard Ridge, Mrs. Diane Comstock, Paula E. Lopossa.

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As an introduction to their unit of study on newspapers, English Ill classes receive instruction, courtesy of the Indianapolis Star-News and Mr. Lloyd Anderson, educational service co- ordinator. His assistant, Mrs. jane Staley, shows slides and explains how a modern newspaper is produced. Pictures, dramatic action- English is self-expression Which book would you choose? Gone With the Wind or Becket? Each winner of the Paragraph Con- test had the privilege of selecting any paper back book in the English Office. The contest was centered on the English Department theme of Open House, Always keep in the best company when you read. Best compositions were selected from each English class and sent on for final competition. More enthusiasm sparked as stu- dents polished their best compo- sitions and poems for possible pub- lication in Skylines, a collection of creative writings organized yearly by the public schools. Nationally, five juniors, jennifer Hylden, R. Kim Vaughn, Terry Boyd, Wendy Ross, and Allan Roberts, represented Tech in the National I8 Rehearsing the play, Fumed Oaks, Bill Barton and Anita Marcum play up an action scene in their drama class, taught by Mr. Robert Maloy. Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards. After testing and submitting writings, they re- ceived the recommendation of the council to the colleges of their choice.

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Social Studies Department-FRONT ROW: Lisa Schulte, Ebert W. Miner, Dean Carbone, Mrs. Martha Bradshaw. THIRD ROW: William Smith, John Kanouse, james E. Taflinger, Bruce Mcoeath, Karl Siedlecki, department head, lohn Eason, Clyde Smith, William A. Schneider, Mrs. Esther Cooper, Francis Lyons. SECOND ROW: William Kimberlin, Lloyd H. Wagner, Len leffers, W. Pokai K. Hage, Duane R. R. Norris, Donald A. Hanlin, Robert E. Meyer, Wesley I. Murphy, john Blankenhorn. Not Pictured, Walter Dininger. I I C O Election '68 dominates class discussions Election '68 found students en- peciallyinformative. Precincts, polls, rolled in social studies classes dis- voter requirements, and con- cussing various issues of the com- ventions were only a few of the ing election. The week preceding areas discussed. Climaxing the election day was filled with debates week's activities was an election and campaign speeches designed in which Techites recorded their to give students a greater under- choice of candidates on mimeo- standing of American politics. Many graphed ballots. Techites found this week to be es- l iz' Bob Medcalfe searches for an answer in his economics book, as he prepares a worksheet for his teacher, Ebert Smith. 20