Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Curriculum Concentrates on the Individual BOTTOM-English classes give students different ideas and facial expressions. BELOW-NCTE Finalists Morris Lask, Holly Car- roll, John Goldberg, and Sylvia .leliffe await re- sults of the composition contest. 5 ifvgvf W V ii f Vkiasy 2 79 ! A 'Y'

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RIGHT- Now listen lady, says Milton Nixon, as he and Sally Eberhard follow lines in Mr. Hirsch's Dramatics class. BELOW-Concentrating on her proiection, Betty Brown forgets her nervousness in public speaking. LGWER RIGHT-Chasing the little white light, Stuart Hawkins improves his reading ability in the reading lab. This year the English department introduced a new curriculum to fresh- men. Newcomers thoroughly studied classics and m y t h o I o g y, and re- ceived a much stronger reading en- richment program. Incorporating 700 new books, the Charity Dye Library of- fered a wide variety of reading ma- terial. Pupils also studied in this quiet area during lunch and free periods. Sophomores tackled SILAS MARNER and JULIUS CAESAR, while iuniors re- viewed punctuation and grammar in preparation tor the English V essentials test in November. Seniors chanted the original Middle English CANTERBURY TALES in English literature and wrote precis and iournals in composition classes. A new course, Creative Writing, was ottered in January tor any student who demonstrated ability in writing and who was in English V or above. 9324 'im . 111+-'iw iw' I V251-f 'S .. 3? zg, if .1-.',,.. 'W' I ' R-wfff' ' 5229 fqlx ' 4. V' bs w9's' 'gina 4' 4 359 Wk fr fm? J' .I x j'fY-ul 'Fi 2 ,tr,lp if 'J 1 1, 'Q-, ' fgaf r- u '25, . 1, , v fa. . ' i,:, :. .' . g g., -15.62. 'I ,- -. .1 , ,I -I-1 f--,sg r'ff'3'w-1 It 'I - M ,M we . B' . A., if-. 3:4311-3 .. f if ya: , Q.. ,lf , igzlaagex 21-Q' 1 , .. 1 ,' fs . ' Q avi' i9Q'?'nftkg3,ff , , ,A .wh .TQ .. My . 5' ' '?.' I . iff- I'Ill..f':'!' . ic 3 0, Enriched E t' it G' I' , mi

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History Challenges Students To Read, Study Under the new leadership of Thomas Payne, the history department con- tinued its goal of enlivening history every day. To keep abreast of the times, U.S. History and Government and Economics students subscribed to such current affairs publications as TIME, U.S. NEWS and WORLD REPORT, and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Books and maps dealing with recently de- veloped areas in history provided a new approach to familiar courses. The presentation of world history changed through the use of a new textbook that stressed general concepts instead of specific facts. New psychology texts modernized that course by making it more scientific. One of the more visibly noticeable changes in the department was the physical arrangement of the reference room. Larry Burdick and Mr. Payne de- vised a plan to eliminate the con- gestion there by forming two separate cage lines, one for U.S. history and the other for world history. 6 Wu -.O mf, IW ,af TOP-Roving around the reference room, Larry Burdick records attendance and supervises history students. ABOVE LEFT-With all the fu of Daniel Webster VY r students raise debates over current events in U.S history. RIGHT-Deliberating the complications of our government, William Morgan prepares to meet his class.