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

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COUNTERCLOCKWSISE- MATH DEPARTMENT: Mr. Robert Belding, department heady Mr. Charles Gross, Mrs. Ruth Reed, Mr. Alvin Geier, Mr. Fred Lem- ley, Mr. Harrison Richardson. Not pictured-Mrs. Mildred D. Loew. PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS Approximately 850 pupils, about 65? of the entire student body, were enrolled in the Mathematics Department this last year. The department makes an effort to increase interest in the prac- ticability of its courses. Students enrolled in trigonometry found the height of our flag pole and established a level line between two bench marks to determine the elevation above sea level of the land. During Open House, card tricks, cross number puzzles, and pseudo-magic tricks were demonstrated. In the classroom the slide rule was used. The Mathematics Department desires to increase both interest and achievement through emphasis on con- cepts, meanings, and understandings, that is, the Why of mathe- matics, instead of the traditional 'emphasis on mechanical skills and rote learning. Classes in Algebra Hx and Geometry llx were offered in the second semester to students who had an A+ averaged in the first semester of the course, thus giving them more opportunities in the mathematics field. Purdue tests are given by the department to compare Howe's Work with other standards. , 21

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TONGUES FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT Amo, Hamas, amat or amo, amas, ama are two sets of ,conjugations you frequently hear students of Latin and Spanish rvreciting. Along With the ever present verbs, pupils of the Language Department learn an appreciation of the language and customs of the people who speak it. Slides and pictures are shown in the classes to demonstrate the language in use or to show life ,of the countries from which the language is derived. Records to aid in pronunciation of Spanish and Latin Words are played, in most of the classes. Supplementing classroom Work the- Latin and Spanish clubs provide a variety of programs for afterschool activity. The annual Latin contest, held 'every spring semester, stirs an added interest in Latin, the language which serves as the basis of our present-day English. The second floor show case of the Language Department re- veals5,1.rnany things of interest to Howeites not taking foreign languages. The displays range all the way from Christmas and Valentine's Day greetings in foreign tongues to scenes of Spanish CllSlGI1'1S and historical events. A true Roman banquet was served to celebrate the Satumalia last year in the Latin Club. The Spanish Club celebrated Christ- mas With a pinata and all the other usuals for a fiesta. 20 COUNTERCLOCKWJSE- LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT: Miss Mary E. Thumma, Miss Ruth God- win, Miss Thelma Cooley, Miss Narcie Pollitt, department chair- man.

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I HOME ARTS Slaving over a hot stove all day or cutting material 'til you think your fingers will never move again is nothing new to the students of the Home Economics Department. The girls in foods learn how to prepare good meals, with the right amount of protein, carbo- hydrates, and other such thingsmthe meals turn out to be pretty good, too Cat least they smell goodl. The busy seamstresses turn out some pretty snappy numbers that could hold their own in any preview of Paris fashions. We all admire and desire the clothes modeled in the annual spring fashion show of the sewing classes. Of course, we don't want to leave out the homemaking and social practice classes which are of interest to so many. Students develop skill in doing things by hand in the Industrial Arts Department. In drafting classes they learn to do neat lettering, and to make drawings of working machine parts, articles ot turni- ture and plans for houses. Boys in the wood shop classes plan and Construct useful articles such as tables, stools, desks, bird houses, toys, games, etc. Boys who take metal shop may make screw drivers, hammers, table or floor lamps, dust pans, and Christmas tree holders. In the printing classes the boys learn to set type and get it ready tor printing school forms, programs, tickets, and station- ery. Advanced students do most of the press work. 22 I COUNTERCLOCKWISE- HOME ECGNOMICS DEPART- MENT: Miss Helen Allen, depart- ment chairmang Miss Lois Coy, Miss Doris Hasler. INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT: Mr. Roscoe Pierson, Mr. Wathen Leasor, Mr. I-Iervie Vertrees, Mr. E. A. Pat- terson, department chairman.