Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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oaiu Ok. ivL ( laUu (RjoDmA. But chemistry is only one-third of the Science Department, pointed out Mrs. Bette Davis, biology teacher, so Sher- lock made his way to the two biology rooms. Browsing around among the flora and fauna, Mr. Sherlock found students identifying insect collections, making plant identifications, studying heredity by crossing fruit flies, and cul- tivating plants which had been grown from seed. Even Sherlock was baffled when he stepped into the gym and saw that little piece of apparatus with all the dials. The boys, in between testing and adjusting, explained to Sherlock that it was a pub- lic address system, given to Howe many years ago by the Men ' s 400 Club, fath- ers ' organization. The boys were putting it in order for use in an assembly pro- gram. Being a green thumb himself, Sher- lock joined Judith Barnes, Mrs. Davis, Charles Jones, and Mrs. Barbara Charles in the greenhouse. Those plants, when they had reached the necessary size, were given to students to transplant into gardens. Sherlock also joined a field trip which the students took in connec- tion with their insect collections last fall. While James Sommerville worked with the dials, Mr. Richard Hammond, Dick Bakemeier, and Cyrus McNutt ex- plained to Sherlock the mysteries of the P. A. system. Mr. Hammond, physics teacher, told Sherlock that some knowl- edge of radio and an interest in the sub- ject encouraged these boys to help with the public address system. Repair and maintenance work was also done by these boys.

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. diiL QnvQAiiqabUL. lOhaL At this time Sherlock jumped from politics to polygons, and with books under his arm he began to investigate the classes to uncover any of the clues concerning the most important part of our life at Howe— book learning. Mr. Sherlock wasn ' t partial to the fair sex, but his first stop was at Room 34 where Howe ' s sweet maidens were busy de- signing and making clothing. After learning all about patterns and stitches and the value of textiles, Sher- lock made his way upstairs to the chem- istry lab to find experiments and studies about the various elements taking place. After the students in first year chemistry learned the properties of elements and compounds, they made tests to deter- mine unknown substances. The wooden thing with the white chalk in the above picture baffled Sher- lock, but Beverly Dickerson explained to him that it was a skirt marker. Super- vised by Miss Lois Coy, Rosemary Buenting marked the hem for Elouise Aichele ' s skirt. Miss Coy told Sherlock that besides clothing, home making and social practice were also offered in con- nection with the Home Economics De- partment. Mr. Floyd Jefferies explained to Sher- lock that Joan Meininger and Alan Gise, Chemistry I students, were starting an experiment to determine the composi- tion of water. In Chemistry III, offered for the first time last fall, the students dealt with qualitative analysis and each pupil undertook a separate project in some field of advanced chemistry.

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T loidA dlowoik. Itoutd. (Above) From the gym Mr. Sherlock went to Room 220 where Mr. Seward Craig, head of the English Department, was talking with the teachers in his de- partment. By listening closely to roll call, Sherlock found out the pupils for this session were (left to right) Mrs. Betty Baker, Miss Hildegarde Kuhar, Mrs. Ruth Marie Griggs, Miss Alice Hankins, Mr. Darrell Gooch, Mrs. Mary Ann Elliott, Miss Ellen O ' Drain, Miss Elizabeth Smith, Miss Marthana McWhir, Miss Marjorie Schoch, and Mrs. Margarete Butz. Mr. Craig told Sherlock that be- sides regular English courses, Howe also offers journalism, speech, and dramatics. (Lower Left) A bookworm ' s paradise, stated Sherlock as he stepped into Howe ' s fully equipped library. Janet Lewis and Mrs. Margarete Butz showed Mr. Sherlock some of the newest addi- tions to the collection, and Joy Wilson and Miss Marjorie Schoch explained to him the uses of the card catalog where the 4,000 books were listed. (Lower Right) Sherlo ck, (being slightly baffled) decided he might need a new job when his investigations were over, so he promptly talked with Mrs. Mar- garet Rogofsky, Mr. Wade Fuller, and Mrs. Mildred Loew, Howe ' s employ- ment advisors.