Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Bremer Bailey Lee DaVee To be found in the tool box of the social scien¬ tist are such diverse things as pamphlets on social behavior, statistical charts, time lines, maps, distance charts, and notebooks. John Bremer, head of the social studies depart¬ ment, has classes in government and social prob- Social Studies and English Build with Many Skill in reading, writing and speaking is the cornerstone of education. New aids in building these skills are the tape recorder, the gift of the Class of 1951, and the Reading Accelerator, used in the new remedial English course. Miss Mae McCoy, English department head, has McCoy Pfeiffer Caress C. Moore Rafts Shaw lems; Mrs. Frankie Bailey, history; Vincent Bisesi, world history; Miss Glendyn DaVee and C ecil Moore, junior high history and geography; Kenneth Lee, junior high history; Mrs. Hazel Ratts, geography and Latin America and the Far East, and Max Shaw, U. S. history. Tools a varied program of journalism, remedial English, and English 10 and 12; Mark Caress, speech; Miss Georgia Marshall, Mrs. Robert Pfeiffer and Robert Hastings, junior high; Mrs. Hazel Emry, English 9; Miss Georgann Shufflebarger, English 9 and 10; Mrs. Mary L. Johnson and Mrs. Pfeiffer, English 11. Emry Hastings Marshall Shufflebarger Page Six

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Of Experiences Dual purpose trimmings! They’re projects in the advanced geometry class and then they’re eye-catching lustre decorations on the Library Christmas tree. Glass blowing is an art for the per¬ son with a steady eye and hand. The biology classes, and anyone else that could sneak in, enjoyed the fascinat¬ ing demonstration by Mr. Frank Long, from the Indianapolis Chil¬ dren’s Museum. Mary Jane Porter pins the red and blue symbol on Robert Lewis that makes him a member of the Sports¬ manship Club, while Janet Poore ar¬ ranges one of the posters made by GAA members to remind the students of their manners. The Lancasters offered a breath¬ taking half-hour of entertainment, exhibiting an agile foot and a steady hand. The biology open house, sponsored by Mr. John Carson, was a huge suc¬ cess. It revealed to many parents new ideas which they would never have dreamed their children could get in a high school science course. Leadership, responsibility and par¬ liamentary procedure are learned by club officers. Georgia McFarland, Dolores Maxwell, Betty Jo Hess, and Lou Ann Hatter, as GAA officers, got several pointers from Mrs. McDonald this year.

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F. Smith Hazelett Thomas Blackboard drill of arithmetic fundamentals in the junior high gives the student a set of simple tools to which he may add in the algebra, geometry and trig courses offered later. In the use of these tools the mathematics department assigns practical problems for solution. Heading the department is Miss Margaret Rose, teaching advanced and refresher math; Francis Smith teaches algebra and general math; John Hazelett, arithmetic and general math; Foster Thom¬ as, arithmetic, and Mrs. Mathilda McKrill has one class in algebra. Math and Science Build Foundation for Technical Age After the general survey of science to which students are exposed in the junior high, most stu¬ dents take a year of biology as freshmen. Many who are preparing for college or jobs in technical and scientific fields elect physics and chemistry. In all these courses the science department stresses the need for scientific thinking to meet the problems of our technical age. Chemistry, physics and applied electricity are taught by J. B. Moore, head of the department; biology by John Carson, and general science by Merrill Cox and Cecil Moore. J. B. Moore Carson Cox Page Seven