Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Artesians continually add fuel to the bonfire after their team captured the sectional title for the first time in four years. School spirit reached its peak at sectional time With the winning of the Sectionals came the unleashed enthusiasm of the MHS student body. The final gun set off a mass rush of MHS fans onto the floor. Immediately after the cut- ting of the nets, the traditional bonfire was ignited on the baseball field. With a whooping and hollering, students piled more and more material on the increasing flames. Tires, saw horses, miscellaneous lumber, and even a chicken coop were thrown into the victory fire by enthusiastic supporters. ' School spirit was greatly increased this year because of the efforts of Student Council, each of the four classes, and faculty members. Stu- dent Council provided Artesian pins for MHSers at a price below cost. The Council also displayed several morale-increasing posters. Each of the four classes posted their own sup- port for the hoopsters. Red suspenders were worn by several students to indicate that they were supporting their team. Individuals wore sandwich signs to their classes on the Friday before the Regionals. Pep Club illustrated the students ' interest and support, for it was the largest of all school clubs, having 221 members. The Arlesians backed their members and teams (athletic, musical, and scholastic) throughout the entire school year. As hundreds of fans watch proudly from the floor, Steve Sadler, star center of the sectional team, helps cut down the nets after MHS won the tourney.

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Student Life... WITHIN THESE WALLS— Representative of the native Martinsville brick, the 50-year-old brick structure on the corner of Main and Garfield still stands for and houses the best in education for its 1,256 Artesians. Many changes have been made internally but the Old Martinsville Brick remains as a safeguard for the traditions and memories of the last half century. The 1963 Artesian captures in picture and type the record of one year to serve as a reminder of many of these happy moments. This record will then become part of a long session of several records highly valued by an ever-growing list of MHS ' s family. CONTENTS Student Life 3 Album 19 Academic 61 Sports 71 Organizations 91

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Some days called for a different kind of dress The variety of student attire was regular- ly increased by the student participation in Tramp Day and by the donning of costumes by the cast of the various school plays. Annually a great part of the student body dresses as tramps and Raggedy Anns. The school was invaded by the tramps who had se- cured everything from broken-down hats to burlap sacks for parts of their outfits. And all of the fun was not the students ' for members of the faculty also participated in this Hallow- een celebration. When the day of a class play arrived, mem- bers of the cast were seen bustling around school wearing a great amount of make-up and often donning out-of-date costumes. Members of the cast had to stay in their make-up for two school performances, since the student body is too large for only one. During then ' lunch hour between presenta- tions, the actors and actresses were stared at, questioned, and complimented on their parts in the play. All members enjoyed their work, and were proud of the sweat upon their brows. A few students participating in Tramp Day sit in front of tlie school trying to determine who is blessed with the greatest poverty. Choir members don strange dress when they portray various foreigners in Amahl.