Carmel High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Carmel, IN)

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The Help and Guidance of the Faculty Mrs. Mary S. Verplank was a teacher as well as the dean of girls. Her Alma Mater was Indiana University where she earned her B„S. degree. She taught at Salem before coming to C.H.S. She taught health and physical education here. Her extracurricular responsibility was sponsoring G.A.A. Mrs. Dorothy H. Ward, a graduate of Butler University, earned her A.B. degree and afterward taught Spanish as a graduate assistant at Butler. Before coming to C.H.S. she taught at Lebanon High School. Mrs. Ward was a Senior class sponsor, along with being sponsor of the National Honor Society and Spanish Club. Mrs. Mary Kathryn Williams taught at Salem High School before coming to Carmel where she taught Latin this year. She earned an A.B. degree at Ball State Teachers ' College and the University of Wisconsin. Her extra- curricular activities included the sponsorship of the Junior High Honor Society. Mrs. Rosalind A. Baliff, before coining to Carmel, worked at Jackson Central High School. This year she was the secretary to Mr. Forest M. Stoops, Superintendent of the Schools. Mrs. Amo Bower had the responsibility of managing both the grade and high school cafeterias. She attended Indiana State and Purdue Universities. Mrs. La Verne Kerchner was in charge of Carmel ' s First Aid department. She attended the University of Illinois. At Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago, she earned her degree of Registered Nurse. She spon- sored the F.N.A, Miss Eva Williamson earned a B.S.H.E, degree from Purdue and an M.S. degree in Education at Butler. She taught orientation, physical education, and health and was a guidance counselor at Carmel. Her extracurricular activi- ties included the sponsorship of the varsity and reserve cheerleaders and the boosters club. NOT PICTURED: Mrs. Katherine Townsend, who taught English classes during the second semester. She has an A.B. degree from Earlham College. L. Esther Whisnant was the school secretary and treasurer. Before coming to C.H.S. she worked for Harold J. Flask, Attorney at Law, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She attended the Murphy School of Business in Oskaloosa. tfS9 . m

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Activities W ere Organized With Mr. Charles Richard Nyers was the head football coach and the assistant basketball coach at Carmel. He attended Indiana Central College where he earned his B.A. degree. He taught social studies and U.S. History. Mrs. Helen Marcia Reeves attended Taylor University and Ball State Teachers ' College. She earned her B.S. degree in education and is now working on her Master ' s. She taught all high school art classes and fifth, sixth, and eighth grade art. Mr. William D. Schaffer earned his B.S. degree in agriculture and his M.S. degree in education at Purdue and Butler. He taught science and biology and was a sponsor of the sophomore class. Mr. Bernard R. Scott was another new teacher at Carmel this year, coming from Jackson Central. Indiana University where he received his B.S. degree, was his Alma Mater. The subjects taught by Mr. Scott were industrial arts and geometry. He was alsothe freshman class sponsor. Mr. Melvin E. Sharp attended Butler University where he earned his B.S. degree in education. He taught government, economics, sociology, and world history. His extracurricular activi- ties included freshman foot- ball and basketball coach, and varsity track coach. Mr. William L. Shepherd re- ceived his B.S. and M.S. de- grees from Butler and Indiana Universities respectively. He taught at Mitchell High School before coming to Carmel, where he taught health and safety and physical education this year. Head basketball coach and assistant track coach were his extra- curricular activities. Mr. John M. Suderman attend- ed Goshen College and Indiana University. He has Bachelor of .Arts and also Master of Music Education degrees. He taught junior high general music and high school chorus. Miss Florence Olene Veach came to Carmel this year, for her first teaching assignment after leaving Indiana University where she obtained her B.S. degree. The Home Economics department was headed by her, and she also was sponsor of F.H.A., Girls 4-H, and the junior class.

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Our School Functioned Well Due to the Hard FRONT: ROW: D. Beaver, F. Cook, R. Stoops. SECOND ROW: S. Marsh, J. Ott, A. Smith, P. Yount, A. Hesterberg, J. Larson, J. Wooden, J. Durler, V. Verplank, D. Wehmeler. THIRD ROW: J. Baur, P. Harrison, F. Childers, L. Fenstermaker, V. Ogle, K. Jakelsky, C. Rogers. P, Martin, S. Boyd, S. Kinnaman. These are the students who worked in the main office, the girls and boys deans ' offices, the nurse ' s office, and the atheletic department. The cafeteria staff, this year, consisted of the following people: FRONT ROW: L. Wilson, Mrs. Beaver, Mrs. Crow, Mrs. Windell, Mrs. Grubbs, Mrs. Bower, Mrs. E. Hinshaw. Mrs. R. Hinshaw, Mrs. Randall, J. Mayo. BACK ROW: G. Baker, P. Polley, Mrs. Harshbarger, B, Lawson, Mrs. Holloway, Mrs. Graham, F„ Fleener.