Frankfort High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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MUSIC . . . the day that the long-awaited Hammond organ finally arrived. In the summer ol' 1946 it was formally dedicated to l rankfm't High School hy an organ recital given hy Miss Ruth Noller of the Pearson Music Company of Indianapolis. Miss Noller played musical selections hy Chopin, Brahms. de liussy, and others. ' The organ was purchased hy the Sunshine Suciety. By selling greeting' cards and Frankfort Hot Dog' signs to be put on license plates, and with much help from the Sunshine alumni in spcwnsoring a benefit show, the Society raised money to make the final payments on the organ. Any student entering' high school has one great oppurtunity. and this is. to he taught to play the organ. All any student need do is to say he would like to play the Organ, and he will get his wish. A new teacher was added to the faculty especially to teach this new suhject. lle is lllr. Ross. whu came here from Chicago. lllinuis. lle grad- uated from DePauw lfniversity. receiving his bachelur degree. The organ has played a hig' part in our many emiyocatioiis tlirougliout the year. Our senior class of l'7-l7 has the honor and distinction to he the first Class to march to the music of the llammond organ at graduation time.

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GLHH Every morning at eight-twenty the senior English class assembled in Miss Kearns' room and the students let their imaginations travel to the past and to England for the study of Eng- lish literature. Starting with the an- cient Celts and Normans, the students studied the great men of literature from then to modern England. A visit to Purdue Music Hall. where the pupils saw Maurice Evans in his portrayal of Shakespeares Hamlet greatly enhanced the study. LA GUAGE . . . all Gaul is divided in three parts. How familiar that sounds to a Latin stu- dent. Yes, many hours were spent pouring over gerunds and gerundives made clearer by little stick people, with carrot noses. The same people sometimes appeared on tests. Super dupersf' And remember in Spanish Class at Christmas time, how we broke the pinate with the stick? Our lan- guage department has brought in pictures and slides showing habits and customs of the peoples. In taking Latin or Spanish, we were not only studying a speech of a people, but the joys and sorrows, the very life of the people besides. ln Latin we found that Caesar had weaknesses, and that Romulus, builder of Rome, fell in love with a Sabine girl. In Spanish we learned the problems and history of the Mexican people. Through Latin we learned that al- though some of the small things have Cll'1ll0'CCl, the fundamental needs and sensa- '- A tions have not changed in this hundred years. L

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if I ls KL 'Z 0' QZSLB X. ART . . . the excitement of making the first chalk portraits. Miss Gallup, supervisor of the art department. tries to teach not only art work but art appreciation. The art class. this year as in previous years. made chalk portraits of the nieinbers of the senior class play. They also made chalk portraits from life. Miss Gallup tries to encourage outside work and gives it credit. PUBLIC SPEAKING . . . that after a speech contest at l.t-hanou two of our students caiue hack with top honors for themselves and for the school. Pictured are our two great student speak- ers of Frankfort High who both won first place honors iu the Central Indiana Ura- torical Contest this year. 'loanue Toeppe and Wallace Mctiill have hoth shown out- standing talent in the field of puhlic speak- ing, and the school is proud of them. 1 , M