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

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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.

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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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(j fAking JiuuJwtA. . . . (Upper Left) If you need your ankle taped, your temperature taken, or if it ' s iust a good old cough drop you need, see Miss Celia Smith, the school nurse is the Howe golden rule. Journeying to Room 121, Sherlock found Miss Smith and two home nursing students, Betty Dallas (left) and Barbara Ingersoll in- specting a complete model collection of equipment for a sickroom. (Upper Right) Sherlock found out that the girls who take foods not only learn how to cook, but how to set and to serve the table. He watched while Mary Bragg (left) and Sue Sweeney served lunch to Mrs. Ruth Shepard, Miss Helen Allen, Suzanne Shortridge, and Judy Miller. (Below) Even though Sherlock has traveled extensively and is a well-edu cated man, he learned a great deal from the guiding lights in the Social Studies Department. By creeping in on another teachers ' meeting, he was able to meet (left to right) Mr. Lewis Gilfoy, head of the department, Mr. Wade Fuller, Mr. Russell Curtis, Miss Dorotha Kirk, Mr. Hartwell Kayler, Mrs. Mary Diaz, and Mrs. Hattie Winslow. After the meeting Mr. Gilfoy told Sherlock about the many courses offered at Howe in his depart- ment. These include social studies, world history, U. S. history, American government, sociology, Latin-American history, and psychology.