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

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Varied program prepares students With a wide variety of courses; Man- ual ' s English department offers one of the premier curricula in the city. Selected juniors have the privilege of taking Histlish. This course is a com- bination of English V and English VI and U.S. History I and II. Mrs. Marilyn Dever makes the class exciting as the students partake in special projects such as com- piling Manual Manuscripts and writing the ever popular term paper. Humanities, taught by Mr. Fred Ben- nett, gives seniors an insight to govern- mental, historical, literary and philosoph- ical aspects of Western Civilization. Prefixes and suffixes are studies in Manual ' s Etymology course taught by Miss Carolyn Griffin. Public Speaking combines Radio, Speech and Dramatics. Mr. Carl Wright helps students to de- velop their speaking abilities in this course. The special courses augmented the usual English courses, which were com- plete with grammar, creative writing, and literature. Varied and relevant curricula are the strength of the English Department. ABOVE LEFT-Mrs. Marilyn McCloud and Junior Tim Smith laugh about an item in the English 6 text. ABOVE— Mr. Fred Bennett harangues Deanna Medsker about Humanities homework. LEFT— Freshman Veronica Wolfe checks a diction- ary definition for an English I assignment in Miss Ann Manning ' s class. ABOVE RIGHT-Mrs. Marilyn Dever collects as- signment papers in English 4. RIGHT— Sophomore students complete work- sheets on a story from Voices. 20 English

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Journalistic talents noted in Booster Many Manualites, who every alternate week of the school year receive a Man- ual Booster and glance through the con- tents of the pages, probably do not real- ize all the hard work put into such a publication. Behind the doors of room 140, the Manual Publications office where the school yearbook, the Ivian, is also constructed, many enthusiastic and hardworking editors, reporters, photog- raphers and advisors try to put together a newspaper that will not only inform but entertain its Manual readers. One can go into room 140 during any period of the day and find a number of different activities going on. Such activi- ties include, writing and typing stories, writing headlines, cutting and pasting Booster copy, laying out Booster and Ivian pages and even folding Boosters the day they are to be distributed. To make sure these tasks are completed the Booster staff, consisting of four editors Seniors Reva Williams, Mary Maxwell, Mark Stoddard and junior Dan Davis. The two faculty advisors, Mrs. Toni Hammer and Mr. Larry Morwick, assign specific writing projects to individuals enrolled in publications. The editors de- cided what topics and events they want in each edition of the Booster and then post assignment sheets that tells what story will be written by what student. The student will then, in turn, investigate all available sources in an attempt to write an interesting story. The hard work put forth by an enthusi- astic reporter can end in a feeling of self- satisfaction as at the end of the year when stories can be entered in a contest deciding the best story of the year. There is also a new award this year, conceived by advisor Larry Morwick, called the Ziegy award. This coveted award is not given for the best story or to the best re- porter, but to the student who fails to meet his or her assigned duties in the pub office and for constant procrasti- nation and goofing off during their time in room 140. Other awards gained be- sides recognition are those of self satis- faction and constructive learning. Booster reporter Teresa Kincaid com- mented, Working in publications has helped me become a better writer. Sometimes you have to rush to get a story finished but it ' s worth it. Seeing what you ' ve written in print makes it all worth while. 22 Newspaper