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

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Referring to many references and outside reading books was a requirement of nearly every class, and we found what we needed in our spacious library Interesting displays ot new books or book rockets rn roduced us to many new authors and topics. It Seems Easier To Learn Our new library, seating 72 people, is one of the showplaces of the building. Well-lighted and roomy, it houses 8,000 books and periodical references, which are used for research papers, reports, or iust pleasure reading. A leisure area furnished with brightly colored lounge chairs is especially inviting. Speech students find the modern filing cabinets quite convenient when they look for monologues, and they practice them in the quiet- ness of the two conference rooms. Old issues of magazines are here, too, for reference and pleasure. Pantomiming o girl getting ready for a date, Judy Buck captures the attention of every member of Mr. Don Scott's sophomore English Class.

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We placed more emphasis upon aca- demic subiects as we moved into our highly developed high school. Some of our classes were reorganized to keep up with our rapidly changing world, and two entirely new subiects were ottered. The new greenhouse made botany seem especially interesting to sophomores, and instruction in German made it possible for us to learn the fundamentals of another foreign language. Those of us who planned to attend col- lege were encouraged to take four years of English, four years of math, three years of social studies, two years of language, and two years of science. 43' Was ist das? German instructor Mr. Robert Rinehart asks Penny Tully and Vonda Hungerford. German was new in NHS this year In More Academic Classes Quick, Ann, more test tubes, cry chemistry students Carolyn Rush and John Huffman as they set up a lab experiment. 'bw V ll

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Other facilities do not attract as much attention, but they are iust as convenient. Every senior has his own locker which is large enough for books and coat. Display windows and cases make it possible to dust off well deserved awards and to put them in their proper place. Storage cabinets and book shelves now provide ample room for all equipment and have ended the clut- tered look to which we had become so accustomed at old NHS. Patiently waiting, Virginia Ford watches Phil Stin- son deposit his heavy Ioad of books into his locker. In Our Roomy, Modern Building An abstract design student, b Mar ann Patton who was named Altrusa Girl in art. Another outstandin art ii Y Y f 9 and observes her technique. Both students entered their work in the Regional contest I if Falk