Carmel High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Carmel, IN)

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Grammar... Learned New Languages Dick Murphy points out Argentina to Barbara Ward and Mike Mahnensmith. Jean Slipher does an exercise in Spanish. The Language Department offers two years of Spanish and two years of Latin; some students take four years of language. Two years of one language are required in the College Preparatory Curriculum, as this is essential to a well-rounded education. The study of language is supplemented by the use of such things as maps, reports, games, and songs. These promote better understanding and appreciation of the language. Sometimes special projects are assigned, and through these, students come into even closer contact with the language, and with other countries. Students representing Carmel in the state language achievement contests have won medals in Spanish for the past few years. Laura Simmerman and Paul Hannah decline a noun in Latin.

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We Wrote Themes ... Studied The first semester composition class work on their source themes with the assistance of Mrs. Bamberger. New pinnacles were reached this year in helping students prepare for successful lives through the mastery of English. Special supple- mentary work in the Student Guide of the Reader ' s Digest helped students to build reading power, to speak and write more clearly, and to build richer vocabularies. The two classes in English Composition, offered to juniors and seniors, made a useful study of writing and taught the students to express ideas effectively. Every year students represent Carmel in the English division of the Indiana High School Achieve- ment Program sponsored by Indiana University. The, students work toward these contests which are held in the spring of the year. John Davis tacks an envelope to the bulletin board. Envelopes postmarked in other states and countries were brought in by the eighth grade English classes.

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Bonnie Titus, Tandee Cooke, Suzy McCracken, and Nancy Jo Payne find art a useful medium for expressing ideas. We Cooked . . . Sewed . . . f The students enrolled in the Art Department ex- plored several interesting fields this year. The 173 eighth grade students painted in water colors, learned lettering techniques, sketched figures, and drew with charcoal. The high school students sketched with char- coal and pastels, made color wheels, and painted in oils. They also worked with leather, made ceramics, and did copper enameling. They learned art history and theory through lecture; in this way the students reached new heights in art appreciation. Among other activities, they competed in three contests. The Homemaking Department reached new goals in preparing students for better home and family lives. The eighth grade girls enrolled in a basic homemaking course which touched on nearly all phases of home economics. The high school homemaking courses, in which seventy-five girls were enrolled, included in- teresting fields such as jelly-making, wool projects, dating, interior decorating, house plans, and family relations. Other activities included competing for the Betty, Crocker Award and presenting a spring style show. Linda Warren, Janice Booth, Sue Harshbarger, Linda Reeder, and Marsha Clayton sew wool dresses and two-piece outfits with the help of Miss Veach.