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

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Opera's First Lady, Miss Roberta Peters, was interviewed in the lobby of the Hotel Roberts by two Munsonian reporters Sally Maitland, junior, and Jane Brown, senior. A new method is tried by Brian Settles, junior, as he records Spanish in the language booth. We Read, We Gab and We Experiment All This To Fill Us Full of ‘Vital Facts’ • •

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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.

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Str-r-etch! Carol Smith (left) does that in the school library. Why are the good books on the top shelf for short people and on the bottom shelf for giants? Speech class? Yep, that’s what the men said. But this time it really swings as Mike Flowers (right) gives the beat, demonstrating his drum set. Whether f-i-s-h is pronounced fish” or feesh depends on whether the speaker lives north or south of the Mason-Dixon line — just one little peculiarity of American pronunciation. Such funny-sounding accents and colloquial slang were pondered and chuckled over by members of various English classes. Other classwork straying from the usual book-peering was the evaluation of students’ themes by their classmates. The words and characters of Shakespeare’s immortal plays were pored over and analyzed in the advanced senior Shakespeare class, taught by Mr. William Langdon. Thought themes” were written at To read a book for a report, Janice Prosser (left) substitutes an electric light for a fire. Abraham Lincoln had to lie on the hearth before the blazing fire to be able to read. 20