Carmel High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Carmel, IN)

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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.

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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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Frank Fleener, Roger Boldt, Pete Bullard, Dan Haston, Jim Martin, and Jim Strong work hard to complete their advanced shop projects. Buford Stafford, Tim To.vnsend, and Jim Strong try to figure out new angles and methods in the mechanical drawing class. Painted... Drew... Mr. Scott, teacher of the shop and mechanical drawing classes, feels that in both these subjects, individuality is of the utmost importance. For this reason these two classes are growing rapidly in popularity with the students. In shop, students are taught the proper care and basic use of tools and working implements. They enjoy working with the tools available for their use. By learning to use these tools well, students are able to take on projects that might otherwise be impossible for them; for instance, the painting of their own cars, or the construction and re- pairing of bookshelves, cabinets, tables, and other useful and beautiful household furniture. Carmel is planning to add to its shop department some printing equipment to teach students the art of printing. The mechanical drawing classes are advanced studies of the basic fundamentals taught in shop. Many students find that the knowledge they gain from the mechanical drawing classes is vital if they wish to enter into the field of engineering. With the help of Mr. Scott, these two important classes will continue to develop and grow at Carmel. Working on an advanced shop project are Jim Martin, Jim Thomas, Don White, Dallis Sinclair, Jim Katterhenrv.