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

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lino in working- area were two of the Shop Department ' s gains from Manual ' s building program. And larger quarters called for new equipment. Art classes benefited from the new addition— using it as a model for sketching during the nice days of September. Twelve pieces of work by Manual artists were ex- hibited at the John Herron Art Museum in an all-public school show, October 15-29. Some of the art shown was also selected to be displayed at the Indianapolis Hob- by Show in November where four Manualites demonstrated sketch- ing. Drawing I classes participated in the Indianapolis Post Office Mail Early for Christmas poster contest. Redskin Revue program cover and poster contest kept Art Production busy in February. Music Department classes brought a welcome diversion in a day of school books for student members of our musical perform- ing organizations. Beginning in- struments, B-Band, and B-Orch- estra members tooted or fid- dled ' their way toward the A-Band and Orchestra. Choir and Glee Club hopefuls practiced in Girls ' and Boys ' Chorus classes. In Har- mony, pupils learned principles of music construction and even had a chance to try composing. Realism was the byword in the Business Department. New office furniture for the Office Training class gave each girl the type of desk she would have in business life. Office Training; girls, in ad- dition to their class work, process all the forms for department classes and schedules and do work for individual teachers. Home Economics students gain- ed practical skills in preparation for future homemaking. Foods classes prepared and served a luncheon for the Indianapolis pub- lic high school principals, and the meals for the inspecting officers visiting ROTC. Advanced Foods classes dabbled in foreign cookery, while the Boys Foods chefs, not to be outdone, prepared an Italian meal for themselves. Learning to manicure and sham- poo, as well as to apply make-up, kept Social Practice classes busy. A trip to a downtown department store to study decorated rooms highlighted November for Home Management classes. Family Living classes entertained several speakers including minis- ters and a couple who used 48 years of experience in married life to tell the girls about home manage- ment. The style show at the Proj- ects Fair ended the year for Cloth- ing pupils. Gym classes gave us a chance to exercise our bodies as well as our minds. All freshmen take the basic course which includes tumbling, apparatus work, instruction in sports, and dancing for girls. Ad- vanced gymnasts work more in- dividually. Instruction in sports was made more interesting this year with the addition of new film strips and recordings. Seasonal intramurals keep girls busy the year around. Boys play basketball in the winter, and both groups join for bowling. On succeeding pages are scenes from classrooms, laboratories, and shops that picture aspects of our manual of learning. Education for mind, hand, and heart has been Manual ' s motto since its founding in 1895, and those of us who are students aspire to attain this goal.

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7Ka(tGC4l 01 eaxrtwy Emmerich Manual High School ' s well-planned curriculum gives all Redskins a manual of learning. Courses of study leading to an academic diploma prepare us for entrance requirements for any col- lege in the country. Other pro- grams fill our needs for varied vo- cations and industries, and for homemaking. Space-age automation and ex- pansion hit Manual in 1962-63. From the beginning of the school year, the complicated clerical work, necessary in a school of some 2,200. was handled by an IBM machine located at the School Board Of- fice. Pupils had numbers as well as names, and machine-processed schedules and report cards. But the IBM machine and the new building addition, which add- ed 1 1 classrooms, weren ' t the only evidences of change apparent at Manual as the result of a nation- wide surge in emphasis on educa- tion and new scientific methods of teaching. Indicative of the in- creased interest in academics was the more than 200 seniors enrolled in senior lit. just five years ago there were 20. Freshmen boned up on basic grammar in their English classes, and at the same time practiced reading skills in the reading lab during freshman orientation. Sophomores were introduced to Shakespeare through Julius Caesar. Two English 5g classes studying journalism wrote and produced the annual Ivian kick-off campaign with The Steve Gallen Show. Their efforts were rewarded when the real star, Steve Allen himself, mentioned the show on his night- time TV program. Booming interest in foreign lan- guage made it necessary for the Language section of the English Department to form a department of its own. Work in the language lab was concentrated for Spanish and French students in their first and second year. Advanced pupils of the modern languages, while still using the lab, were introduced to more composition and to literature through European classics. A grammar base their first two years prepared Latin students for Caesar in their third year and Vir- gil, their fourth. Manualites were more concerned than ever with what was °oingr on in their world in 1963. Interna- tional Relations, an elective senior course in the Social Studies De- partment, boasted a class of 35 the spring semester. Areas of the world were studied in depth for their cul- tural, economic, and political sys- tems. Miss Ann Williamson, ex- change teacher from Scotland, brought a new viewpoint to her United States and world history classes. Disecting earthworms, deter- mining sound frequency, and tit- rating ammonia and hydrochloric acid were a few of the things Man- ual scientists did in 1963. Biology classes started the largest number of students ever on their way to the state-required two years of science. Semi-micro chemistry equipment, introduced to Manual last year as an experiment, was installed in all chemistry labs; but the old apparatus was retained for demonstrations. Earth Science, a course in astronomy and related subjects, was new. Five Manualites participated in the Indianapolis Science Seminar Saturday morning program. They heard lectures by community scientists and received counseling on individual projects. The Math section also boasted a new course, and for the first time it became possible for a stu- dent to earn 1 1 credits in mathe- matics. Two plane geometry classes of math majors experimented by incorporating solid geometry. The print shop ' s increasing four times in size and auto shop ' s doub-

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Communicating Becomes A Unimportant Skill Dramatization in English classes often aids the students ' under- standing of literature. These English 8 students are watching fellow classmates portray the witch ' s scene in Macbeth. An interested parent takes advantage of Open House to visit Manual ' s living language laboratory and to discuss her child ' s progress with department head, Mr. Millard Arnold. English Honors Day in May which recognizes outstanding work in the department is the topic of conversa- tion for these Booster staffers. Lynn Kinkade, Julie Schulz, and Patty Koopman survey the journalism keys they hope to win for their stories. Awards are given for the best news, jeep, feature, and sports stories.