Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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WE LEARNED to be good housewives in home economics, and we discovered that home-keeping is as much a career as a iob in an office. MISS HARRIET WILKINSON Home economics Ill, IV, and VI, 4-H Club spon- sor. MRS. MARTHA WELCH Health, home econom- ics I and Il, 4-H Club sponsor. MISS MILDRED SENOUR Home economics I, and supervisor of cafeteria. FUTURE HOUSEWIVES WERE TRAINED HERE EIGHTH GRADERS JOINED US THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, the eighth grade joined the Ben Davis campus group. Mr. Gordon Harker, for- merly athletic director, became principal of the old freshman building and Mr. Bernard DeWitt moved, with the 9B's over to the new Wayne Central. In the old building, 8B's and 9A's were housed this year. This was the third change for what had once been the only high school in Wayne township. Our eighth grade teachers were MRS. BERNICE ALLEN, social studies, MISS MARILYN BENSON, gym and G.A.A.p MRS. RUBY HIATT, literature, BERT MILLER, math, VORIS SMITH, English, JOHN VAN LIEU, gym. 20 .Y , , mt X' ' i '

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'PW fi VOLLEYBALL, basketball, softball, dodge ball, and calisthenics, were some of the activities we engaged in during gym classes. Girls and boys used the big gym at the same time. A sliding panel made two rooms out of one. PHYSICAL EDUCATION WAS ONE CLASS WE ALL ENJOYED DEVELOPING strong and healthful bodies was not the only aim of the physical education pro- gram. Games of all types taught coordination and good sportsmanship, calisthenics helped us to MRS. MARGARET DUNLAP, bowl- ing, gym, G. A. A., MISS HELEN PHILLIPS, gym, G. A. A., cheer- leaders, HOWARD WOOD, gym, athletic director. handle ourselves better, exercises in good pos- ture enabled us to have poise at all times. Crowded conditions and the lack of a gym in Wayne Central meant that iunior and senior girls were not able to take physical ed training this year. Big 1- to . if 3? 'l .7

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905 I- MISS IRENE ROBEY, counsellor, remedial reading, super vision of clinic, OMAR RYBOLT, music department super visor, vocal music, RALEIGH ROACH, shop, MRS. FAYE NELSON, art, DWIGHT COTTINGHAM, agriculture, 4 H club sponsor, MRS. LOUISE WILLIAMS, supervisor of libraries. SPECIAL SUBJECTS WERE OFFERED TO ROUND OUT OUR COURSES EIGHT TEACHERS supervised subiects that could not be classified in any special department. Art, music, shop, and vocational ag were not required for graduation. They were courses we chose because we liked them. College requirements, a testing program, and remedial reading were part of the counseling program. Library lessons acquainted all freshmen with the method of classifying and filing books. Students who assisted Mrs. Williams, learned the fundamentals of being librarians. 21 KENNETH HAYES, shop, WILLIAM RODERICK, band v as .3 , is V 1