Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Senior band members display trophies. Fine Arts Are Important Karen Canino sculpts a cowboy in art. Choir boosters of Merrillville have reason to be proud. Their M.H.S. concert choir has given the entire area musical thrills and entertainment galore this year. Hard work on the part of the conductor, Mr. Jerauld Reinhart, and of the various choir groups have thrilled audiences at their marvelous achievements in music. The Twelveteens produced beautiful choral arrange- ments for the third year. Making up this group are six boys and six girls who entertain social groups, women’s clubs, and banquets. Creativeness marks the goal of those students partici- pating in the art field. Many different phases of art have been dealt with in the past year, some of these being sculpturing, the pot- ter’s wheel, mobile design, abstract art, and oil painting. It has been a very successful year for the Art Depart- ment. 12

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f A UO s P v ' rr y Claire CrUfnan and Colleen Gill prepare hot cocoa for a morning shack. Sheet metal, electric and auto mechanics are the shop courses offered for the first time at Merrillville this year. Besides new courses, an addition to the school has been made to accommodate them. The purpose of agriculture has always been to train boys and adults in the various phases of farming as a vocation or as a part-time job. The business courses at Merrillville are aimed at train- ing the students to do their work accurately and effi- ciently. The only new course offered deals with clerical office pratice. Home economics has expanded considerably during the past few years. From the beginning when only a few courses were offered, home economics now encompasses such fields as sewing, cooking, home nursing, family liv- ing, child care, home management, interior decorating, and consumer buying.

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Bill Sherwood polishes bass horn. For a Well-balanced Life Merrillville’s band department has added many lau- rels to Merrillville High School during the past few years. Using a program that prepares the student during the grade school years, the band has been tops in its class in the state contests. Many individuals have brought home trophies from ensemble competition. Mr. Frank Meltzer, now in his eighth year as band director, directs the Christmas and spring concerts which have brought people from all over the Calumet area to the school. Band offers the student a different type of expression that is not prevalent in other areas of the educational field. It has been the aim of the band and music de- partment to make its facilities available to as many students as possible. The program reaches hund reds of students on both the elementary and secondary school levels. Janet Pruiett accompanies the choir.