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

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Mr. Howard Thrall, senior counselor, looks over Ginger Davis ' scholastic record for a scholarship recommendation. Below, Mr. Nathan Scheib confers with Rick Foster about college. Counselors Guide Us For Graduation Musts ' With Manual ' s student population increasing ev- ery year, counseling has become an important phase of the school ' s academic program, preventing a Man- ualite from becoming just an IBM number. Seven full-time counselors work to give every student the direction that will help him be successful at Manual and then in a vocation or college career. Every freshman is assigned a semester-long Orientation class, and the particular counselor who teaches the class becomes his counselor for three years. Home Room teachers also play a part in the program, checking every semester with each student to veri- fy his next semester ' s program. Counselors handle changes and special problems. Poor schoolwork, soci- al and personal difficulties also concern the coun- selors. Seniors graduate to Head Counselor Mr. How- ard Thrall, who handles the myriad details of college entrance and keeps the class posted on vocational opportunities. Mr. J. Ray Johnson, Director of Place- ment, helps find part-time and summer jobs for all four classes, and assists many Manual ites in obtain- ing full-time employment. Other counselors are Mr. Harold Bennett, Mr. Robert Doyal, Mr. Maurice Huckleberry, Mrs. Thelma Morgan, and Mr. Nathan Scheib. Mr. Robert Doyle consults eighth grade students at School 20 about programs for their freshman year at Manual. He traveled to all grade schools that feed into Manual to help future freshies prepare for high school. I 1

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In Music Department ' s Big Show, ' South Pacific ' Life gets pretty monotonous sometimes. Sailors, Seabees, Marines, and a native wait for Bloody Mary to liven things up. Never let her go. . . . Emile and Nellie decide that their different backgrounds won ' t keep them from loving each other. Rick Laue, Steve Eaton, Mike Crowder, Steve Land, Steve Price, Bob Yocum, Jerry Peters, and Ralph Wil- liams raise the roof with the show-stopper There Is Nothing Like a Dame. 1 4 %SFV li ' 1 ,„-,.„;, . 1 13

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We Look to Future on Opportunity Day ' Explaining equipment to Don Switzer and Steve Pieper is Miss )udy Williams from WFBM-TV, speaker on journalism. On Opportunity Day, March 9, Manualites attend- ed their choice of sessions to hear speakers from different phases of business, industry, private pro- fessions, training programs, and colleges. By talking directly with qualified persons in these areas, Man- ualites gained insight and, in many cases, encourage- ment, in selecting their careers. Aside from regular sessions, two special sessions were presented. College-bound juniors learned about the require- ments for college entrance and correct study habits. Seniors attended a session dealing with the problems of adjustment to college life. Dr. I. Lynd Esch, President of Indiana Central College, spoke to the student body prior to Oppor- tunity Day about the importance of giving serious thought to future career areas before they graduate. Opportunity Day is varied enough, and there are enough selections, that in four years ' time, a person has the chance to look into four different areas. This is one of the main purposes of the program, which has been in existence for quite a number of years. Selected seniors hosted the guest speakers throughout the day, many times being matched with a guest who represented an area in which they were interested. All guests were invited for coffee in the library before the scheduled sessions, and many stayed for lunch in the cafeteria. Miss Martha Akers, Indiana University Medical Center, and Stu- dent Nurse Jan Shives, a ' 62 grad, confer with Patty Cox, who plans to enroll in I.U. Nursing School in the fall. House of James students, Norval Bunch and Evelyn Ellman, put on a demonstration for an Opportunity Day Beauty Culture session tor which Linda Bertram acted as student hostess. ir