Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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WE LEARN... Tefle Geed Ciifoens . . . To lay the foundation for intelligent citizenship within the student. With this as their aim, members of the rifle squad, chosen because of their ability in ROTC rifle competition, stand ready for inspection. Booster readers chose Ru Ann Cruse, lieutenant colonel, and Joan Cole and Martha Dougherty, honorary captains, as ROTC cadet sponsors. The girls marched with the unit in Armistice and Army Day parades and conducted inspections.

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Day after day through classes, extra- curricular activities and contacts with students and teachers, we learn . . . To Be Good Citizens To Value Home and Family To Make a Living To Live Vigorously To Express Ourselves To Have Good Times i To Know Each Other

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.-,. Practicing good citizenship, Cletes Staf- ford pulls the lever to send Nationalist and Federalist senators and representatives to a mock legislature in the State House Nov- ember 18. Miss Stafford learned to use a voting machine when she represented Manual at Girls State last summer. Henry Newlin, John Sharp, Gene Hallock, Ed Mussmann and Dave Coppage also learned techniques of government operation at Boys State. Gracious in service . . . Loyal in purpose ... As they intoned their league pledge, Manual girls saw Joanne Angell installed as president of the Girls League of Manual, following election of officers to make up the GLM Council. The organization took charge of buying and packing Junior Red Cross overseas boxes and planned Hallow- een and St. Patrick ' s Day parties for 9B ' s. The group also sponsored a skating party to finance school activities and planned May Day festivities. Highlighting Manual ' s Education Week observances, Mayor Al Feeney 09, spoke to Redskins on Safeguarding Our Amer- ica. ' Skins also heard a discussion on Learning To Live Together in history classes, and English classes listened to a series of wire recording play-backs. Don Shipley captured first place honors in the Education Week poster contest sponsored by Manual ' s art department. Shirley Bauerle was named second place winner and William Kraas, third. Patricia Pad- dack received honorable mention. Believing that every American has the right to equality of opportunity regardless of race, color, creed or religion, Joyce Hil- gemeier wrote an essay which copped a $25 savings bond in a B ' nai B ' rith-spon- sored contest based on President Truman ' s Civil Rights Committee Report.