Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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WZ My goodnessf -lust take a look at the flourish- ing classes now conducted at SHS. Don't we all look busy? XN'ell, you can bet your life we are- most of the time, anyway. XVe certainly could have plenty to do if we felt ambitious, couldn't VVS T This is the smallest and most unusual class in the entire school. Since Norma and Anna were unable to take trigonometry during the regulation period. a special time was arranged with Mr. Nay. Now that the bleachers are put away for the year, it's hard telling where you'll find this class. mzzmeq 5. af. s. The boys' Physical lidneation Department, un- der the direction of Mr, Ralph Johnson, helps build strong' and healthy bodies for the boys at Speedway High. Rope skipping, climbing, ealis- thenics and tumbling are all a part of the course. pu Just look at that Phil Brumley tumble, will you. The Industrial Arts Department at Speedway has been greatly improved with the addition of new drawing tables and machinery. There are three general divisions into which the department is divided. They include woodworking, metals and mechanical drawing. Mr. Trosky is the departf ment head.

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The .Xclvunced Home licononi- ics class, composed of Junior and Senior girls, as their llllllll pro- ject for the year. transforineil the girls' former shower room into a lounge for the faculty wo- men. lt was this g1'oup's privilege to choose all the furniture pur- chased hy the school for the lounge. Ready-l-2-3-play. Fa- miliar words to music room visi- tors cluring a rehearsal. As you see. everyone works hard in his -own little way, trying to improve -our hand. The first Chair trom- bone player seems to be having Z1 little difficulty. NVhat's the trouhle, Hanen? Is it really the horn P' gcfucalian ' tiovernment-the Senior'5 :urse-includes the study ot sity. state, :uid national gov- ernnientnl procedure. Yo- czttiunal reports and class meetings are also carried on as part of the curriculuni. From the looks of things here, llurton seems to have had his lesson prep:u'ed for the day.

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Due to crowded conditions in the high school building. the ma- jority of the study halls are held jn the Speedway Christian Church basement. VV e happened to catch Mr, Sallee-'s group with this shot. Say, Clona, are you actually reading your lesson or trying to think of something to say in a note F Boom! XVhat was that? Oh. just Harold Black, john Hum- phreys and Katharine Ziegelmuel- ler in the midst of some chemis- try experiments. Approximately 352,000 worth of new equipment has been purchased for the sci- ence department. Mr. 'llroth is our science instructor. Nlfinacf ' If x equals Sy and af equals xz, then what does a equal ? This problem could easily be solved by the first year algebra class. Miss St. ,Iohn is the mathematical wiz- ard who undertakes the task of explaining the principles of alge- bra. Nancy Frosch. having made an error, finds her classmates quick to catch it.