Muncie Central High School - Magician Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Counselors Act as the ‘Guiding Lights’ During Our Expedition Through Central West Point Representative, Captain Eugene Kimezy, like representatives from 22 other educational institutions, prepares for his activities at the College Conferences. Words of wisdom concerning everything from classes and colleges to love and life-in-general are offered to the Central students by the riddle-ridder of the school, the Guidance Department, headed by Mrs. Crawley. Perplexed students found sympathy and help, and confidence in the especially trained guidance counselors, who were available for helping them to unravel problems every hour of the school day. Personal interviews are offered to the juniors and seniors, during which are discussed high school credits, prospective college and career plans, and personal advice. Hazy ideas about various colleges were cleared in the juniors' and seniors' minds by the Guidance Department-sponsored College Conferences, in which 23 colleges participated. Additional information concerning colleges is offered in the catalogues. Hard at work, Mrs. Edith Crawley, director of Guidance, and Mr. Malcolm Julian, counselor, look over schedules. Very carefully, Shara Gabriel, senior, takes an I.Q. test, which is administered by Mr. Harold Reinoehl, testing director, in the Guidance office.

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VEN an occasional handprint couldn’t detract from the newly pinked” halls of Central this year, and a more relaxed atmosphere of learning seemed to ooze” into the student body. Our mental growth (by far the most essential, valuable — and exhausting!) was strengthened with a variety of required courses. The year had its normal improvements, notably the new modern physics lab and the language booth. Each department supplemented classroom work with such activities as Orbit, Purdue Legislature and the math contests. Opportunities for the future were offered in the areas of college preparation, the trades, home planning, labor and business. Progressing through three years of school, a Centralite’s most valuable weapon at graduation is the result of his learning process. Wisdom is the common denominator of maturity. Our keynote for education: The all-important why?” Exact measurements are needed by Bill Smith for chemistry experiments. Classroom work was added to with such “specials” as laboratory work, skits, speeches, field trips and many other “out-of-the-ordinary” events that made our education good. 16

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Study! Study! Study! There seems to be no end to it! Seniors Jana Anthony and Phil Hoppes prove this by hauling all their books to the Muncie Public Library to ponder over the problems presented to them by their teachers. Central students always seem to be carrying their books, but there comes a time in the routine of study that it becomes necessary to dig deeper than usual. So it's down to the library! Variety may be the spice of life, but it is more definitely the spice of learning at Central High. Among the flavors in Mother Central's’' cupboard arc swimming classes, movies, and phonographs, seasoning the ordinary taste of book learning. Laboratory work give physics and chemistry students a taste of realism as they apply the principles of their textbooks in their experiments. Alvin the Chipmunk” visited the classes in spirit when students' voices queaked after inhaling hydrogen. The booth” is a recording area where foreign language pupils have a chance to tape their efforts at speaking the language. French and Spanish talking phonographs are also used, enabling students to hear the authentic dialogue of the country. Phonographs add flavor to English class routine also, as modern music is used to create a mood for theme writing during thought periods.” Nature's secrets are exposed as zoology hunters capture bugs while botany students examine plant life during field trips. Distributive Education pupils travel also to local business establishments where they learn by firsthand experience the functions of the business. Messy” describes one of the dramatics class’s firsthand experiences, as the pupils smear their brave companions with stage make-up. (The consolation? Turn-about!) Experience is also the spice and theme for other classes at Central. Typewriters click-clack as prospective typists try their skills. 18 Study of nature? A typical classroom at Central seems to be just that. Here can be seen the signs of boredom, the day-dreamer, the jokester, and the answer-man.