Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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Band Our present band director has directed the Speedway Band for the past eight years. He has had the helpful assistance of the student director and student manager. Selected members of the high school band traveled to Decatur Central. February 19. to participate in a hand clinic. There were participants from six different schools. The entire hand journeyed to Greencastle, indiana. .Xpril 27, for the District Band and Orchestra contest. lt has previously been held at Danville, indiana. Mr, Northcott has organized three hand ensembles, which give variety to the programs. They are a clarinet quartet, saxophone quartet. and a brass quartet. The patrons of the school, a large number oi business firms, and other citizens of Speedway, have worked with untiring' effort to assist in pur- chasing new uniforms. The hand gave several concerts during the year and have well earned their new outfits. Choir Th High School Choir under the direction of Miss Shull participated in a considerable number of programs this year in the community and else- where. They have sung' for P.T.A. meetings, the Y.XY.C..'X Variety Hour, the Monument Circle Christmas P1'O4Q'l'Zllll, the Lutheran Church, the Christian Church, Ifast Park Methodist Church, Terre Haute State Solo Contest, Local Music Contest. Coinnninity February Concert. Pike Township. and the .Xll-Speedway Concert in May. It is governed hy a council, elected by the members, who control the wardrobe and social activities. l.ike alleother youth choirs they want to sing popular music, but they find the other type wears the longest, Interpretation is studied and discussed with the students. It is necessary at all times for them to be learning' new music, as performing before the public never ceases. They are always active participants in the Indiana State Choral Festival .'Xssociation. z1ws.,11.s. H asm snag. BAND OFFICERS Student Directors jim Kelley Bob Hanen Director ,,,,,,, Mr. Northcott Student Mgr. Dick Musgrave CHOIR OFFICERS HITS: W Charles Sutphin l'res. jack Fulton 503. ,.., Donna Etter Trcas. Shirley Gaddis Librarians ,, .-'Xnnabelle Dicker- N4 son, ,lane XVagle liircctor ,,,, Miss Shull

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LIBRARY STAFF Librarian .,.,7,,.........7,,,,,,..,Y,,.,, Miss Stout Assistants ...7,,,, .....,., B everly Myers Jean Preble Betty Engle Bill Cramer Nancy Covell Kathleen Althott Anna Thompson Marilyn Farley Keith Campion TRAFFIC OFFICERS Captain .,,,i,,.....,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,,,, David Thomas Lieutenant ...... ,,...,. . lohn Nadolny 'Clerk ., ,..,.,,,,. -limmy Breen Sponsor , ,..,, . , Mr. Troth 4 o S 0 o ' I I Library Staff The Library Staff is composed of nine members with a librarian presiding over the group. The library has been enlarged in many different ways. Several donations of hooks have been received and a 1945 edition of the flI1'lPl'lt'U1Itl Em-yclofredia was purchased. A new tiling cabinet and picture file have also taken up more space in the room. The Honor Roll of men and women in the armed forces, which was given to the school by the graduating class of 1945, is hanging in the library. Library cards are issued to all students but if cards are lost. the student's privilege of going to the library is refused for two weeks. If a student loses a book, it must either be replaced by an- other book or money. A certain amount of pupils are allowed to go to the library from each class. Traffic Squad In order to avoid accidents these patrol boys. thirteen in all. have charge of the bicycle racks, building and street corner posts at all times when the pupils are going to school and at dismissals. The patrol boys are all lowerclassmen, but they have the authority to guard upperclassmen, as well as those in grade school. 'Traffic officers Ell out trafiic slips for the stu- dent violators. The duty of the traflic squad is to discuss the traffic slips to determine whether or not the otifense is serious enough for the vio- lator to appear in court. If so, they notify the violator to appear at a certain time to hear the Charges. The punishment is then decided. There are two courts, one for the high school and one for the grade school. A pupil can answer to either court but usually prefers the one in his own school.

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Spnfuii pafzacfe G3'3 zz: Our victories in the various fields of sports this year are largely X, due to the efforts of our coaches. Coach Ralph Johnson very cap- ' ably taught the football squad the fundamentals of the forma- tion to finish the season with four wins against three losses. Mr. .if johnson also coached the varsity basketball team in a very success- ? ful season with Clyde Sallee as his able assistant . . . Mr. Sallee, 3 a war veteran, taught at .Xlexandria High School before coming 5 to Speedway . . . The track team was assured of a successful g season by the return from the Navy of Charles Nay. Coach Nay Ay formerly coached at Central High School near Madison, Indiana. .9 The -lunior High and Intramural basketball teams were indeed X , fortunate to have Mr. Sallee and Mr. Nay as their sponsors. Our cheer leaders, jane Vtfagle, liatie Heaton. 10-Anne Hasey, and Norma Sauer, led our yells at the football and basketball games this year to inspire our athletes to their many victories. Long hours of practice and much brain work made our yell-leaders outstanding at the three tourneys in which our basketball team participated. Credit must go to the Speedway athletes for carrying out the orders of the coaches in our three sports. Our athletes were honored in many ways this year, the first of which was the football banquet at Kernels Lake. Later came the F.l3.I,..'X.'s Athletes' Dance. :Xt this dance many awards were presented. jim Crumley earned the Lions Club Improvement in Football award and the Basketball Improvement award was presented to Bob Kuykendall. Bob Cassaday gained the distinction of being the first Sparkplug to win both the Foul-shooting' Trophy and the coveted Blase award. All of the football. basketball, and track athletes were honored at a banquet on April 12 at Cumberland, Indiana. -lane XYagle and Mr. Sallee Mr. johnson Mr. Nay ,lo-.Xnne liasey and Katie Heaton Norma Sauer