Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Sheila Cragen explains the purposes and membership requirements of F.H.A., as the remaining club presidents await their turn at the first auditorium program of the year. In the ground-breaking ceremony for the new junior high building, held March 12, School Board President Warren Schnaiter hands one of the shovels to Mr. Repp, one of the contractors, as Supt. Curtis looks on. Brown Is New Principal as Kurtz Goes to Delphi A surprising turn of events came about this year with the resignation of Principal Royce Kurtz, who took over the superintendency at Delphi, Indiana, on April 1. Ward Brown, for¬ mer assistant principal, was elevated to the position vacated by Mr. Kurtz, while Max Shaw took over the duties of Mr. Brown. Martinsville High School became one of thirteen schools in Indiana offering a television course in English composition to seniors pre¬ paring for college. Originating from Indiana University, it is conducted by Dr. Harold Whitehall and meets every Monday and Thurs¬ day, under the direction of Mr. Shaw. Eleven seniors are enrolled in the course. The two acrobats swinging on the lad¬ der are Jerry Rose and Richard Kinley, part of the behind- the-scene stage crew who did their part in preparing the junior class play for presentation. When Mr. Kurtz became the proud papa of a new baby boy, the faculty sur¬ prised him with this decorated high chair. Page Ten I

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Still Useful in Developing Skills Just as drilling is necessary to find water, it is also essential in gaining an education. Al¬ though many new methods of teaching have been introduced, the use of class drills in math, English, typing, shorthand, vocabulary, spell¬ ing, and reading will probably never be super- ceded since repetition is still considered to be one of the fundamental laws of learning. At MHS many hours are spent in drill exer¬ cises, but these drills are frequently neither dull nor tiring. In many classes students create ways of making games out of their drill assign¬ ments. The favorite is a kind of “baseball game.” The class is divided into two teams. A student “throws” a question at someone on the opposite team. He either advances to first base or “strikes out.” The younger students espe¬ cially enjoy this. In such classes as typing and shorthand there is a great deal of friendly com¬ petition. Jimmy Leonard tries out the reading ac¬ celerator in Remed¬ ial English as Bar¬ bara Phillips, Miss McCoy, and Ronald Prather watch. This course is designed to improve the reading skills of junior high students. Understand all about it, Earl? Mr. Hochstetler shows Earl Lowry how to operate the end-mill which is the latest addition to our well-equipped machine shop. “Don’t tell me it’s still wrong!” says this junior high student as he struggles through a math drill given by Mr. Hazelett. Wouldn’t it be won¬ derful if all the type¬ writers in the typing room were electric? Wanda Bunch gets in some valuable drill using the electric typewriter. Page Nine

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Posing as four slaphappy sailors in this year’s stu¬ dent amateur show were Crone Knoy, Jim Schnaiter, Kip Schnaiter, and Bill Dixon. School Gets New Look Because of this year’s increased enroll¬ ment, basement locker room space was con¬ verted into two new classrooms during the summer months. Also new to the school is the beautiful display case in the front hall which was purchased with money donated by the last two graduating classes. From time to time different departments are responsible for preparing displays to represent their work for the year. Perhaps of most interest is the new junior high building which is being erected. When finally completed it will be a 28-room unit, but plans for the present call for 14 classrooms, administrative offices, boiler plant, and cafeteria to be ready for occu¬ pancy in January, 1955. Each month a special convocation was presented. The Student Council amateur show was probably the favorite of these. For the juniors and seniors there was the annual College Day with four former MHS students presenting a panel discussion on college ad¬ justments. Two famous artists, Liberace and Michaelangelo, were portrayed by Junior Telfer and Bill Paul. Mr. Thomas presents the American Legion citizen¬ ship awards to Nyla Crone and Charlie Oldham at junior high honor day. For their hours of study and hard work these junior high students receive their honor roll certifi¬ cates from Mrs. Davis. Page Eleven