New Castle Chrysler High School - Rosennial Yearbook (New Castle, IN)

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when :iti7.eiis of this Indiana town decided (o put tlietr schtMjIs in order, tlicy learned t}ic power of concerted coinnmnity action. Here is a phtii which an town can follow. An article in (■ollier ' 5 educational series PHOTOGRAPHS FOB COLtlEK ' S BY HARRrET ABNOLD-PIS In Vocational Home Economics, girls Icam how »o care for babies — with the live article provided by older brothers and sisters or friends of the schi ol iiniong comniun ■ i x. Ik-r ' n i .■■■ r.v .•n ! M 1 ]nC. Z Ut-rvalli ,iiM ol li VnK i Iho rm .i ii.-n u mic it-v; V-i!W. r il .. rn :Ih- ! Nt I iianu- !; Cf :.i-.iii;, p- ' - ih. IV . up.. •■c ;!!•■■ ■■ i:-A .: nrjni-.;. .1- ■ Imc ' , i: .:[ - ■ fo , bv .irj h J- ., Clt wou IKK. ■■ ■■ ' : :ioniill N:) )nyir ]» po» or. i w l .: . lI K . ' iiics cf comparjblc can. ■.■., fi ' si cl --.--I.jJ ;i ' ( L t-o;ir ) hv the tinicworn planfcs of stubborn hi. ..., p.-: in l ' ' 4!, hi.; v... :-c- NVandpatlisin spill jpart. iLirncU 10 olhcc in 1 ' I44 b ;. iViiio- IXk Mci.i ' .vs, i.. a semibald man cr.!li, - c mn.i) ■Ailh siKiip hl.i k c o-.. He OV.US (he riu- L-k-.-tinn of Vocci. .1 ( hf ' .vlcr Mo.:l|.ms, Ph.t ni.K-;. l-rom the out- -. A ... Che In-.! stop U. ' A.::J vcl lie di.xl.iri. l, ■ ' W ' l. ' ve been pinch- mu pci n[t ' and idling our kids ' ■. , u.is the .onv.TTicd i.-v ' .i;i..i;i :i o[ -iloiii: ihc besi n could. kL-! lil.l ■ ■: ' l-,;ji: l .-.- l:i I ' M!, 1 roni hcic on ii ' s umng to he dilTcr- L-!H in ni ' . kind -■! sdiool s ,K-m. the kld ..pni. lii-l. [ w lOMthers neM, and ■ 1 ,,!nl 1 ..ill a(. ' lcfiUinc.J t..- hcli .Mill Ihc rest nl them ■ .u .ih. ' nl 11 ■■ ; vv.is ■!. taiui ilrm . - P;illle r ( the T;.v Kale lU- ins . .. ■ ' ri-.v- n; iho .. ' Hvidtni: 1 ' . -■. vv J ■ ' )) 1.-FU..1 li i--.il-.- Hu- cxph ' su-n lolloped unhin a lt c i;i. iKxM J.ii .in nicrCi-cJ s h.ui! leu HHtnihs In Oc cmber. I ' M. . the M i uiiVATiJeni u.i M]v.-..c ' cdcd by Joe ■ ■■.:•■[ ..■j.itn-t iht nijinti:- li. I r.,w. just in his second year as pnn tp,.! . .t iJic scniiii h:gh choDl. At ! L. ' 11 • this thin, m.T-.oiis Ihc -.ime lime the hiiht for an in- !;i..i V . ::-. -:L ' nii pclr-.-l -■! the ..■ivcd i,. r.ilL- hccijn in earnest II h id iIi. ' pi-h:,.! to Sl.l ' . lor ihc ' hool CAt ..I i ' M-4-4 II (lunped to SI 22 on an .issc cd valtiJtion of SI5.1S ,- 2tX ' . ' he tollowing year to SI. 46 on S1: .2 ' W ' .4W. Now a proposed five- -j I ' 7. -venl icv 10 false funds for a further buildinc program stands a bcttcr-than-cven chance of Wrinning m ihc coming cicciions. in IV44- the school hoard had been rounded out with the election of Rus- sell L. Fleming, Much has been .ic- complished since then. But Meadous. Klenune and the other self-confessed amateurs admit that they couldn ' t have done much if they had no! found the right man 10 run ihe sho«. ITicy arc sure that they did fmd hini in Joe Craw. Cruw is sturdily built, prcmalurcly gray. His gait, his smile, his mind and his car nrc ail pitched to a fast tempo. iWe coveted Ihe cily of New t ' astic and atl the surrounding country in half an hour. 1 His list of eMraciirricu- lar acliMlics is st.iggering. and he is in constant demand as a spciker. cl his real love is school adminis- traiion. He deprecates the praise now. accorded him on every side, There is a big job to be done. he an noiinced when he took over the super- inlcndcncy Any man ho knows (Conliinu ' d •■n [■•rj,. 2 ■ B ' lys have no luomipnlx iin rra lic:il Vrl , Here Sshil Sl,,.i( nmitV ' , at a priiitinu press jaiiitur ' . rixiTii ht inies a workshop where sivth - r.-iders prc- paic a pi ippit sliiiw. 1 lioy niade and painted duIU and sets Cadet teacher takes reading class while regular instructor docs individual work - YOU MISSED MANY POINTS ABOUT OUR PEOPLE AND ABOUT OUR BIG EVENTS AND LITTLE EVENTS . . POINTS SCHOOL IN 1947. SO, WITH WORDS AND PICTURES . . .

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THE KIDS EOME FIRST BY HIRAM HAYDN An effective guidance projcram re- siitl-i when Di-jn am] liTdpiils arc Irifiidlv . Sf;itcd on top ittp is Wi abeth liarriu.ulon. OL-an ol Cirls C ;i-,tlc liii;li-st:fmol studi I ■ lUv sriiuinc artiile. I iit CM ' ii llic bo -v admit thai school isn ' t so ha ! ' n I I iJuria, is ;i vjgon us IJiiIc cii .■: 1 ' . ■ jx. ' plt. siliialcJ m Ihc J ' crliic Blue River jilcy viiic fillj miles c.isl and .i.liltlc north of lndi:in.i(X)li% Mn h i l ils %igi r h:is goiH.- into il big mdiisinal planis and the rich agri- uiiluti.it L-otinii) surrounding it. But it has also, in the p:isl Ii c carv invigoraled il Kmg-iitgkviird school em ITiai niikcs Nc wia.sll(: a cilv woith Nliidjint;, rile struggle Ni: Castle bcg.in Inc yo.irs .ti;o isn ' t over yet, but the tii vn is on its w,i . And the ijK-r.i! ot the sloi is ,i riKHlcI for ihous.inds ol other Xiiicricin Lonimunil ' es for it proves that tht (ig.ht l. r Kelli-r schools tan he won without outside help, il Ihi- piobleni is l ,...cd squarely. I ISC u-ars aj o Nev. Castle uas dcstrribcd b svime ciMc i nluials U-, havuig the host school system in the - lale on ihc least money. Canstie observers scre lorted to agree uiih the latter part of this lattnu ' nt. The schools ucre badi undcrstntted. often a single Iciichcr stru led uitii as many as 50 ehitdrcn. Teachers were underpaid, hut afraul Jo protest. The superintend cat rclii cd to let ihem take thcii gricsanvcs to the board. Ilic ' ie en sehool buildings in the s strrn »erc not onI loo small (they siil) arc». but they luclivd iip-Io-datc equipment, fhe high school, fo ' i eX;im- ple. had aniiqiiaicd sticnoc lalwraiorics. a mate- shift library and no cateieria; il had to tent its evmnasium down the sircel. Kurlhormotc. text- books wer : obsolete, and ciluvaltoiial ntctho 4 were Irequenllv ten or more ea(s behind ihe times. Worst nf all. the school tax rate seemed mired at Sl-iS on an assessed valualion ol Sl?.t»47.U. ' ii The board and su|serink-ndenl used ihis to impre-s citi- zens with their ihrilltnev There was no prospect ot an ineicasc. That was in 1941, Toda . in )?4h, the pietiirc his shanged New (.asilc h.ts taeeJ its prohlem. and is well on Its wa to solving it. It has r.eached ttie p«)inl where the N,iiional liducalion . vosialion leconuncuds its schixil siem as out standi.} CoUiei ' s loi Oclobui 26, 1916 THIS IS ONLY HALF THE STORY AND WE THINK OUR PROGRAM, ABOUT OUR CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES, THAT GIVE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF NEW CASTLE HIGH

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fVv. THIS IS OUR STORY THE BEHIND THE SCENES STORY, IF YOU PLEASE, OF OUR EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURING IN FORTY-SEVEN WITHOUT THRILLS AND FRIENDS, THAT MADE OUR YEAR SO WORTH RECORDING