Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW From chemistry lab to athletic field MHS provides facilities for building character and skills. Industrial arts majors consistently land good jobs in industry. The homemaking de¬ partment aims for the building of better home life. Other vocational skills are developed in the business and vocational agriculture depart¬ ments. To meet the problems of this technical age, the science department stresses the need for scientific thinking and offers practice in scientific research methods. The math depart¬ ment gives drills in arithmetic fundamentals in the junior high to acquaint the student with a set of simple tools to which he may add the algebra, geometry and trig courses offered later. The theme of the second annual Book Bazaar was “Ex¬ ploring the World Through Books.” Miss Shufflebarger and Larry Murrell show the prospective customers the good points of the books at their table. MHS offers students a chance to build along the lines of citizenship and patriotism. Each morning Robin Durrett and Tommy Dunigan could be seen raising the flag and in the evening taking it down. Eager parents look on as Mrs. Favour demonstrates the sight testing machine at the first school open house for par¬ ents. Many parents, who were interested in the future of their children, attended. Page Thirteen

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Jolly St. Nick kept a watchful eye on the front hall at Christmas time thanks to the combined efforts of Jason Bowers, Lorene Gray and Glen Greeson. Mr. Carson’s biology class gets some idea of what an amoeba looks like by peering through the micro¬ scopes furnished for student use by the science department. “William has the answer!” Mrs. Murrell must have asked a hard question since William Koons, the only boy in this bookkeeping class, seems to be the only one who knows. MHS has an advanced business de¬ partment to help those students who want to enter the world of com¬ merce. Thousands of dollars worth of equipment and well trained boys are the reasons for the success of Mr. Hoch’s machine shop class. Here Merrill Collins and Dick Quakenbush are learning how to operate this uni¬ versal horizontal mill efficiently. BUILDING

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Page Fourteen CLASSROOM AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR Probably the most important part in our whole education comes with the development of skills in reading, writ¬ ing and speaking. Nearly all courses make a contribution along these lines, with the English and foreign language departments offering intensive train¬ ing. While music and art offer vocational possibilities to a few talented people, these subjects help many others develop cultural appreciation. The school also provides facilities for the building of healthy bodies. A phase of the MHS character build¬ ing program is to give recognition to outstanding student-citizens. Mr. Thomas presented the American Legion awards to Carolyn Dutton and Tommy Duncan last spring on junior high honor day. An important cog in the educational machine is the teaching of skills that will be useful in vocations. Miss Rose shows Bud Tully, Jason Bowers and Stan Labertew some of the techniques involved in using a slide rule.