North Central High School - Northerner Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Musicians in the school were the first to use the new equipment. Nancy House played the piano, one of 6 small ones purchased for the school, while Jim Harris beat a complicated rhythm on a set of drums painted in the school colors of black, red, and white. ciuqomenf in flue Weuf Developmental reading facilities were rated among the best in the state. Mrs. North assisted Bill Iles with the accelerator to increase his reading speed while Pat Rardon used a tachitron tachistoscope without assistance. Elton! id geaufi u , North Central parents and visitors inspecting the school expressed amazement when they saw the above-average equipment provided. They also were impressed with the use of color in the building, for nearly every hue in the rainbow is utilized in the walls, ceilings, floors, peg boards, and other furnish- ings. The plus equipment includes closed television circuits in each classroom, connected with aerials on the roof so that outside programs as well as those in the school can be televised, a private elevator and phone booths, a public address system that can reach every room, a switchboard for phones, and drive-in delivery entrances for transferring equipment and furnishings to the stage. Science rooms provide better facilities than those found in many colleges. Microscopes, test tubes, spe- cially equipped tables, burners, charts of all kinds, plaster models, chemicals, and many other items are used in providing a five-year science course in four years. Art students were especially fortunate in being able to use the most modern type of equipment. Becky Teague found modeling a clay dog easy, when her work was placed on an artist's turn-table.

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re iifouer Aff! 537 A asian? 4 ..-s Gary V.lI.lgllI'l, Mike Clark, Amy Collin, Martha Herrin, Georgianm Kerstatl, and Bonnie Barr greeted one another joyfully when they met in thc halls for the first time. 5 Jim Cluley and Bob Beekman tried to figure out the combination of one of the new lockers. Even the upper classmen were at a loss, for this was a new type of lock. Marilyn Knoebcl and Helen Hughes sneaketl a preview of the furniture Construction of the beautiful cantilevered staircase in the Student for the te.ieher's lounge, as it was delivered to the school. New equip- Center attracted side-walk superintendents , sueh as Lynn Parish and ment .irrivetl daily all that first semester. Susie Gaunt, all the first semester. 1. f.f':TE'.iSs ?2Xf4T?L?si':'QwQfy X, v M , ' 4 Vw-,fs-feffwf si 9 -if-'vw 32 tw t75:.,:,e ,HS ..,i. , , Q i s ls' : gifs-f ff '-ieikii X i Q , i 5 X l V' Ret. cf! . .. . 5 Tx-ii: Sl 31 .Af 72---ifji' slgyzsggffi-Qissesfv ss .A ' ws wie wif Q if wif H3 K fs: si-3Tufwwv.:kat.si sw, ..., 3,.,,,t.., lk? hz, 4 .Q K 3' KFXJ, ,. E 554 .aawiiishigegtsxqi-it ,ff sfwzatswsesf-..f.se,f.:s-fm?

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fLeffj Judy Martin studied her experiment in Mr. Prettyman's unus- ually attractive biology room, one of five composing the Science Wocfern, an 2460110- North Central recognized the need for a Develop- mental Reading program that would reach all of its pupils. One room is already equipped with 30 indi- vidual booths, 265 reading books, 240 special reading skill books, 30 reading skill films, and such machine aids as shadowscopes, accelerators, and tachitron tachistoscopes. Expansion is planned. Art students have all sorts of equipment to use in painting, drawing, sculpturing and making ceramics. An unusually large electric kiln, special combination seats and easels, large work tables, individual sculp- turing stands, and many other items make the three- room Art Department one of the finest of its kind in the state. Musicians are conveniently placed in a secluded area where they can practice to their heart's content Without disturbing anyone. Private rooms off each classroom provide still further facilities. Instruments provided by the school include oboes, bassoons, bari- tone saxes, clarinets, horns, percussion drums, and a complete dance drum outht, plus four glockenspiels. Tremendous windows that form the outer walls of the buildings fill the classrooms with light. Recessed fluorescent lights in the ceiling, and over the chalk- boards, make the gloomiest day seem bright. Department. fliigbtj Karen Roessler and Bill Buehler were interested in a realistic model of the heart. uerage in .90 .N cope A serve-self elevator, installed near the entrance of B-wing, is an extra convenience for deliveries, or for students who might End it dilhcult to climb stairs. Steve Striebeck played elevator operator as -lack Pigg, Linda Brown, Judy Davis, and Lynne Umpllrey waited for the signal to enter. 3