Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Spanish Club raise S.E.P. funds Fire, Fire, sing the MHS Madrigals in a noon hour rehearsal for the District Contest at Indianapolis. The local group received o perfect score of seven at the District event and also at the State Music Contest at Butler University on Feb- ruary 18. Madrigals also practiced on Monday evenings Artesions rush to the cafeteria between the main building and the annex during a light snowfall. MHS students from all four grades were divided between the fourth and fifth lunch hours. besides noon hours for contest as well as the approximately fifty performances they gave during the year. Most of the performances were during the Christmas season, with as many as three concerts on evening. Well its like this, soys senior Linda Conwell to seniors Ed Pitkin and Cathy James at an NHS committee meeting. The committee met during fifth period lunch to plan the March 3 convocation. MHS club members met at noon to plan many school activities. 13

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MHS ' ers participate in activities week; Bizcochitos! cries junior Doug Littell as he sells Argentine cookies to fellow junior Derren Sheetz. On Fridays during fourth and fifth lunch hours, Spanish Club members sold the cookies to raise funds for the Foreign Exchange Program. Variety is the key to adventure. Noon hour ac- tivities at MHS were as varied as the students themselves. Members of the Spanish Club sold Argentine cookies Fridays during lunch periods to raise funds for the Student Exchange program. Presidential campaigns, victory marches, and speeches were held on campus during the week of senior elections. Seniors wore badges and carried signs around the campus at noon. This year the MHS Student Council, in an effort to alleviate the boredom of the majority of students during bad weather, held an ac- tivities week. During this period of two weeks, March 6-17 films were shown, a study hall pro- vided, and ping-pong tournaments held. One group of students spent noon hours in the staff room completing the next issue of the ARTESIAN HERALD, or adding a few more com- pleted pages to the ARTESIAN yearbook. Others spent noon hours practicing for vocal and instru- mental district contests and the state-wide con- test at Butler University on March 18. As the year wore on the days got warmer, and spring fever moved in on unsuspecting pupils. The great outdoors beckoned and stu- dents left the gym to accumulate in groups to make the most of the warm noon hours before returning to afternoon classes. That ' s the way! exclaims ju- nior Pat Frame in a gome of table tennis in the girls gym during fifth period lunch hour. Junior partner Mike Hillmon smiles, hoping for an extra point. A tournament was held by Student Council from March 6-17, with trophies awarded to the winners. 12

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DECA ' s business program finds out jobs. in Ten, eleven, twelve ... says junior Ed Brock as he Vi rops copies of the Martins- ville Daily Reporter as a part of his duties at the local news- paper office. Ed worked from the beginning of eighth period to five o ' clock, Monday through Friday. $10.99, $12.95, $9.99, says sophomore Suzie James as she marks prices on the ends of shoe boxes. Suzie, like other sophomores found employment in the stores downtown Martinsville by meeting the job qualifications and submitting personal references. 14