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

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Having tuned her double bass, Kim Ander- son awaits a cue. Music Department-loesph Bachmeyer, john White, Douglas Perry, William Moon, depart- ment head, Mrs. Sandra Fanning, Richard Switzer, Richard Laughlin. Music students lay chocolate nest egg Tech-Bandsmen, Majorettes, and choir members were a plague to dieters this year. These musicians infiltrated our campus with a wide array of tempting chocolates. Com- petition was keen as members en- deavored to be the top salesmen of their groups. Techoir enjoyed their profits during their annual Christmas carolling activities. Overflowing their chartered buses, this group traveled around Indianapolis sing- ing to friends of Tech. Their night was climaxed in a rollicking party with plenty of food. Dreaming of the day when they will really step out in style, Bands- men are saving for new uniforms. Looking forward to new and ex- citing adventures, Band members sold their quota, and diligently saved their profits. 3 X. s jr., t. The Girls Ensemble add sparkle to the entertainment at Open House Eugene Broadnax souls on the 88's during a lunch-hour take-five. as they sing and model their new blue outfits. The Music Department provides practice rooms. 24

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Films of France are the basic interest of French students in the Foreign Language Laboratory: Yolanda jefferson, Glenda Munn, Yvonne johnson, Keith Wilkerson, Lucinda Lott, Constance Camplin, Alica Marshall, Robert Rexroat. if S SW Foreign Language Department-FRONT ROW: Mesdames Susan Undemrood, Serine Fine, Mary Bedell, Miss Constance Harvey. SECOND ROW: Mesdames Carol Platt, Maria Lagadon, Miss Rita Sheridan, department head, Patricia Able. Language barrier brokeng foreign dialects fly in halls Techites discovered new worlds this year as they studied foreign languages with emphasis on con- versational abilities. Students who had spent the summer in foreign countries, found their niches as teacher-assistants imparting accents, syllables, and intonation to fellow- students. Teachers .rearranged procedure to conform with new direct-approach texts. French books are written en- tirely in that language. Spanish com- bines exercises in grammar and speaking. Conversational language, a non-homework subject, was offered as a preparation for the regular course. Grammar develops more naturally when speaking abil- ity comes first. Wilbur Moore uses bulletin board pictures and text for conversation in German with Frieda Mindach, Bruce Oakley and Donald Whitecotton. 23

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Tech artists cultivate variety of media Mary LaFara grins happily as she works on her clay project in an Art III class. Later she will fire the figurine. Mr. Locker's sign-painting class prepares posters for various campus organizations. w 3' -4 Q 1 '1 Without silica there would be no glass, no bricks, no electrical appli- ances, no cars. Silica is a substance of clay, which, when treated with high heat, becomes the chief com- ponent of ceramics. Without it the Art Department could not under- take projects such as modeling stat- ues, ashtrays, figurines, pitchers, and pots. Art students would be handicapped in their training with- out ceramics. Now with the knowl- edge of this compound, we appre- ciate more the ceramics produced in art classes. 5 iff' x? !l5J Using water colors and brush, lackie Fagan paints a copy ofa pencil-drawn sketch. A Z E Art Department-FRONT ROW: Lorena Phemister, LaVon Whitmire, Mesdames Emmagee Washington, Louise Schneider, department assist- ant. SECOND ROW:.Marian Hamilton, Mesdames Louise A. Harts, Adamay Alexander. THIRD ROW: William Locker, Michael Slover, Kermit Swenson, department headg Ernest Medcalfe.