Carmel High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Carmel, IN)

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And We Played Some Too Don Wood, Johnny Marsh, and Taylor Wilson exhibit their strength while doing push-ups. Barbara West and Dallana Page thoughtfully study the parts from the model of the human torso as they remove them. An important part of a high school education is spent in the student ' s Health and Safety classes and Physical education classes. He has learned how to maintain a healthy body and in the future he may utilize his knowledge while raising a family. In his physical education classes he was taught funda- mentals of sports, rules of games, sportsmanship, and he was able to build up his body physically. His goal was to achieve the summit of good living. In the years of 1959 and 1960, there were 130 girls enrolled in Mrs. Verplank ' s and Miss Williamson ' s physical education classes, 60 of which were Freshmen, 65 Soph- omores, and 5 assistants. Mr. Shepherd ' s physical education classes had 124 boys enrolled. Approximately 62 were Freshmen and 62 were Sophomores. The girls ' Health and Safety classes consisted of 62 students: 57 Freshmen, 1 sophomore, Uunior and 3 Seniors. Meanwhile, the boys ' classes had 89 enrolled. There were 75 Freshmen, 7 Sophomores, 6 Juniors and 1 Senior. The girls ' activities in their physical education classes were: calisthenics, kickball, and basketball, and the boys ' were: touch football, cross country, basketball, dodge ball, and calisthenics. Both the boys ' and girls ' Health and Safety Classes studied the different systems of the body. As Diane Haston and Wanda Smith study the chart ex- plaining the doll representing the human body, Connie Hughey looks at the doll.

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We Gave Speeches . . . Drove . . . Janet Roblee gives dra- matic interpretation in one of the beginning speech classes. Eddie Hill, Carolyn Floyd, and Bill Waller participate in drama contest. The Carmel Speech Department is a popular one with students. The aims of the beginning speech classes are to help the students overcome their fears and embarrassment when they speak in front of the class. In these classes they learn to speak freely with poise and grace. They find that even after they have completed their speech course, they profit by their new speaking abilities. In their other classes they are able to speak confidently and without fear. Another point beginning speech students learn is that adequate preparation is vital for any oral class recitation. In advanced speech courses the stu- dents have an opportunity to develop further their speaking abilities by study- ing dramatics and forensics. It is easy to see why Mrs. Kesselem and Mrs. Ackerson, our speech teachers, play such an important part in a Carmel student ' s high school career. Mr. Huffer, who is Driver Education instructor, laughs at the puzzled looks of Dick Murphy, John Truesdel, Jeff Morton, and John Mohr when he realizes they don ' t know as much about a car motor as his girl students do. Carmel High School offers Driver ' s Training to all stu- dents. These girls are learning to handle a car carefully and safely.

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We Had Time For Fun A Whale Of A Team That Won ' t Eat D-Feet was the theme of the Freshman float that won second prize. The theme of th e winning float made by the Seniors was Grab A Victory illustrated by an octopus with one leg over the goal post. t Probably one of the greatest honors a girl in Carmel High School may achieve is being chosen Homecoming Queen. The requirements are a pleasant personality and a pretty face as shown by the 1959 Queen, Judy Parks, Junior and her court: Sue Devine, Freshman; Carol Pattison, Sophomore; and Jane Baur, Senior. Their escorts are Boo Sinnock, Dave Miller, Steve Godwin, and Donn Fry. The football season rolled around, with it came Homecoming. The students, their en- thusiasm at its highest peak, worked together to produce this event which all would re- member. The night before the game, a parade consisting of the team on the fire engine, the band, and all enthusiastic boosters of the team marched through the streets of Carmel. On the gridiron after the parade, around a large bonfire, the fans cheered for the team. In order to build spirit even higher, in the afternoon pep session, the cheerleaders and the football players placed Frankie, standing for Franklin, in the trash can where he rightfully belonged. All of this spirit and trust in the team was not in vain. The Hounds played one of the best games of the season when they defeated Franklin 33-6. This was our first Homecoming victory in four years.