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

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Opportunity Day Yields Suggestions Galore Mr. Robert Dunn, Director of Counseling, talks to Senior Joe Tutterrow. Every Manual student is assigned a counselor. To project the thinking of Manualites to their future vocations, Opportunity Day has become an annual tradition. Set up by the counseling staff, headed by Mr. Robert Dunn, numerous visitors from colleges, businesses, and industries visit the school to brief students on their particular fields. An awareness of Opportunity Day and its goals is created for Manualites through an auditorium program early in the second semester. Dr. Wesley Haines, president of Franklin College, spoke at this year ' s session on February 20. Through Home Rooms everyone made several choices of sessions he preferred to attend. All stu- dents were then assigned one of their choices. Speakers invited are experts because of educa- tional background and experience and their con- tacts with others in their respective fields. During high school, Manualites participate in four Opportunity Days and may attend a different type session each year. This provides them with real knowledge of several vocations- Some 50 group meetings were listed on the preference sheets. Visitors attended a coffee hour in the library when they first arrived and were briefed on the day ' s activities. Many stayed on after the program and lunched with the faculty in the cafeteria. Nancy Holloway, Advanced Foods student, serves guest speakers Mrs. Molly Ward, Wm. H. Block Com- pany, and Mr. Jack Schwarzer, the U. S. Bureau of Apprentice Training at the informal coffee hour in the library before the Opportunity Day sessions with students began. 12

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Turnabout Day, Visiting Spark Education Week The Theme America Has a Good Thing Going — Its Schools guided the plans of American Educa- tion Week, November 10-16- Mr. Wayne Dunbar, chairman of the AEW committee at Manual, com- mented that Open House would provide parents and other interested persons an opportunity to see what Manual offers to its students. To aid teachers and the administrative staff at Open House, Ma- soma, Roines, and Student Affairs Board members handed out directories to visitors, so they could find their way around and locate teachers they wished to see. The play Green Blackboard was presented in the auditorium by members of National Thespians and Mask and Wig prior to the visiting period and was well attended by visitors. Students were given the chance to put on teach- ers ' shoes on Turnabout Day. Miss Ann Manning, chairman, organized this day of activities, for stu- dents and teachers during which top seniors be- came administrators and classroom teachers. The day ended with a tea and social hour in the Home Economics Department for all participants. The two dramatic groups also presented the play Cathy ' s Choice in an Education Week student aud to emphasize the importance of education. Turnabout 1 Principal Mark Janke works under the watchful eye of Principal Wayne H. Kincaid with whom he spent the day. Don White, Nita Horn, Marge Boyd, and Merrie Herbig played roles in Cathy ' s Choice, for a student aud. The cast of The Green Blackboard, presented at Open House, included Dale Petrie, Judie Blonder, Mike Wallman, and Mark Carringer. Carol Hill and Marge Boyd, who replaced vice-principals, and Mark Janke, who was principal, discuss their duties for Turn- about Day with Miss Ann Manning, who was Education Week faculty committee member in charge of turnabout teachers. 11

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Miss Shirley Kinder, House of James; Sheila Essray, Manual stu- dent; and Lori Queisser and jenny Mervar, Manual grads, work wth wigs and falls for the Beauty Culture discussion. ROTC Honorary Cadets served as hostesses for Opportunity Day. Sponsor Karen Dillon greets Mr. Clyde Evans, Christian Theo- logical Seminary, and Mr. Herman Stoelk, Purdue University. Mr. Nathan Scheib, counselor, who registered all speaker-guests as they entered the library, greets Mr. Rob- ert Desautels, AFNB representative, who signs his John Henry and receives his name tag and room as- signment for his discussion session. 13