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

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Students Helped With Reading Ainerica's schools are faced with a serious reading problem. Because our Administrators are aware of this and He's On Our Side Oh! Look how tall! The gigantic figure that awed many audiences is Big Ben, Ben Davis' new mascot. This eight-foot, three-inch fellow is the product of many hours of hard work. He is stuffed with old cur- tains, newspapers, and cushion stuf- fing to give him his muscular phy- siquo . . . Admiring Big Ben's size and strength arc: 1,1-ft to Iiiglzfz Cheerleaders Sandy Allen, Delores Frost, Ann Wechsler, Nancy Parr, and Eileene Taylor. are progressive, Ben Davis now of- fers a program to help our students with their reading difficulties. Mr. Duane Fleener was put in charge of this class, and he was given eight reading machines to enable him to accomplish his goal. That goal is, mainly, to help Ben Davis students to become better readers. The plan is to develop good readers and to in- crease every student's reading speed rather than to remedy particular de- fects. The class is open to students who wish to improve their reading' speed and accuracy and is not just for those who are slow readers. Mr. Fleener, as shown here, works with these teaching devices which work on the principal of covering up a printed page at a prescribed rate of speed. This program has been well received by those who have had the opportun- ity to take the course, P. T. A. Sponsors Fall Festival Booths galore filled the Ben Davis Senior Building, as the annual Fall Festival got under way. This PTA sponsored event took place on Friday, November 15. The highlight of the evening was the crowning of Larry Pratt and Nancy Farr as King and Queen of the Fall Festival. Some of the gaily decorated booths included a candy booth, a flower booth, cider and donut booth, a pop- corn booth, a surprise package booth, and an Autograph Hound Booth. Industrial Arts Taught In B.D. One of the most important parts of our building expansion is the new Industrial Arts building. In addition to being beautiful, the new building now offers Ben Davis students op- portunities in vocational and indus- trial fields that is not to be sur- passed by any school in the state. Department Head Dwight Cotting- ham and his staff are happy and proud to be able to offer our stu- dents a complete vocational educa- tion. Ben Davis students are also grateful for this fine building and thankful to the community for fur- nishing this new educational facility. Observing the progress of a student welder is Instructor Oren Dobney. 7

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Ben Davisites Keep Up With Latest Facls Something New? Intramural programs in school 1,0- day are instituted so that all stu- dents will have a chance to participate in some sport 'just for fun.' This year, under the direction of Coach Kenneth Cox, Ben Davis started an Intramurals prograni for the boys and it was well received. Over 200 boys played basketball games on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday under Mr. t'ox's supervision and coaching. Because of the great popularity ot' this fine program, next year the school officials plan to broaden this play plan to include other sports such as volleyball, softlnall, and, perhaps, flag-football. liolfom, Rnic: Boh McWilliams, Carl Kinkead, Jerry Milhous, Louis Moore Mialrllc row: Raymond Billington, Bill llopper, Maurice Baker, Buck Holtke Top How: Coach Kenny Cox, Larry Watkins, Rollin Marks, Steve Powers, Harry Payne 6 First Year For Cords He's a senior, She's a senior. You can always tell - at least on Fridays you can. This is the day that seniors wear their senior cords. Establishing: a tradition, the 1958 seniors decorate their cords with lavish artwork, depicting' cartoon characters or sym- lxols of cluhs. Did you keep up with the latest fashions this year? Ben Davisities did. A fashion that became vcry pop- ular was the crew neck sweater. These sweaters, for boys and girls both, are usually worn over a white shirt, They are warm and comfortable, which makes them practical as well as attractive. Since saddle oxfords are worn hy the majority of teenagers, socks he- came an issue of fashion news. Be- sides the traditional hobby socks, many girls wore colored knee-lemxth socks. The most startling fashion find of the year was the Chemise dress. The sack dresses brought many comments Q mostly pro from the girls and con from the boys. Personal Civics Taught To Frosh Personal Civics is a part of the new guidance course for freshmen in- stituted at Ben Davis this year.

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