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

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Several awards were given to Latin students and Spanish students on Honor Day this year. Mrs. Helen Mercer, head of the Latin Department, presented awards to the outstanding students in Latin. we Afzwkej Amiga anguagw We are living in a rapidly changing world in which the ability to understand and speak foreign languages ls fast becoming a necessity for those countries and peoples who wish to be recognized as world powers. To keep pace with this need, Ben Davis has the goal of expansion in its Foreign Language Department headed by Mrs. Helen Mercer. This year 423 pupils have enrolled in Foreign languages: 240 in Latin I-II, 75 in Caesar, 20 ln C1cero,70 in Spanish I-II, and 18 in Spanish HI-IV. This is an increase of 70 over last year's total. Other purposes of teaching Latin and Spanish are: to aid pupils in understanding our government, to glve pupils the opportunity of learning a modern language, and to let pupils see how people in other countries live. Instructlng the 12 daily language classes are: Miss Rena Rosenberry, teaching Latin I-Hg Mrs. Helen Wampler, Caesarg Mrs. Helen Mercer, Cicero, Mrs. Shirley Lynch, Latin I-Hg and Mr, Jose Davila, Spanish I-II-H1-IV. Each year an award is given to the outstanding student in Spanish. This year's recipient of the award was Shirley Wingler, Senior.

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ci- or l Marcia Burnell receives help from Mrs. Jessie Kirk on her spacing. This particular class happens to be a Senior typing class. ow we prepare Ar milfaeu ge Here is a Business Machine class. The students here are working with Comptometers. The field of commerce offers many oppor- tunities to Ben Davis students. Eleven faculty members prepare approximately 1300 students for clerical or secretarial jobs. Mrs. Jesse Kirk, head of the Conrurlerce Department, is often asked to recommend past students to people desiring secretaries or other persons in the business field. Throughout the school year students strive to achieve their pins in shorthand and typing. Tests are given and then teachers issue word pins to those who have either typed or taken shorthand in a given length of time. Honor Day an award is glven to commerce majors onthe basis of their scholastic achievements. The following commercial courses are offered at Ben Davis: Bookkeeping I, II, III, Sz IV: Shorthand I, II, III, Sz IVQ Typing I, II, Rt IIIQ General Business I, Kr Il: Selling and Retailing I Sz II: Clerical Practice and Comptometer Operating. Non- com- merclal students may take Senior Typing.

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Mr. Mimis Antonopolous, history teacher, shows one of his U,S, History classes Newspapers that headline important events, 6LlfL0! Agltllwf' lfllfL6!Ql :5t006! l06LJf Mr. James Ray watches ns one of his world history students points out a certain location of the world that they are study- ing at the present time, From ancient Rome to Cape Canaveral, all phases of history are covered in the history de- partment of Ben Davis High School, This depart- ment, under the supervision of Miss Olive Carruthers, has a variety of social studies courses from which to choose. World history, United States history, geogra- phy, economics, psychology, and American govern- ment are the social studies courses in which 1298 Ben Davis students are enrolled, There are eight full-time teachers and onepart-time teach- er in this department. In order to graduate, a student must have four credits in social studies: and of these four, two of them must be in United States history and one, in American government. It is recommended that college-bound students majoring in social studies should take advantage of this opportunity and enroll in all of the available courses offered in the curriculum. 29