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

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WE PRACTICE CITIZENSHIP .lane Reed was chosen by the Guy Doyal was Howe's repre- A fight to the finish was this senior class and faculty to re- sentative to go to New York to year's mock election. Federalist ceive the D. A. R. award given visit the United Nations in October. candidate for governor, Tom Cisco, by the local Irvington chapter. 5' 12 is proving this to Nationalist Gov- ernor, Earl Green. Shouts of Stay in the swing, Vote Fed, Vote straight Nationalist, green bow ties and hair ribbons, soap boxes-what else could this be but the mock elec- tion held each year by the Social Studies classes to get in actual nominating and election experience. This year's campaign was considered the most vigorous in the history of Howe. The election spirit was in the air from the day classes were divided into Federalist and Nationalist parties. Party caucuses were held and candidates chosen at the state conventions. Then came all the turmoil. It was rumored that teachers other than those in the Social Studies department did not quite appreciate all the elec- tion enthusiasm shown by party members. However, after it was all over, this election was acclaimed as one of the greatest successes ever.

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OUNTING CHANGE . Where does a cheerful smile greet you when you are in need of advice or sup- plies? Why, the bookstore, naturally. Good-natured Mrs. Mabel Burkart is al- ways there to help you with anything she can. She is never too busy Qexcept at the beginning of the semesterj to chat with you for awhile or to give a word of friendly advice to the student assist- ants who help her through the day. At 8:00 each morning, a stream of cars flows into the Howe parking lot, unload- ing hundreds of students who ride or drive to school daily. Compared with ten years ago, the number of cars in the parking lot now is tremendous. Models range from a 1920 Ford to an extremely modern i952 Buick. me Hurrying to and from classes day after day, is routine for all of us. Lockers that seem to open automatically for some of the seniors and never for freshmen are vital to our scholastic careers. How many times has the phrase I couldn't get my locker open, it was stuck, been used as an excuse to classes when we were late? Sometimes these are valid reasons, but it seems that hundreds of Howe- ites before us used them so often that teachers now find it hard to accept them. Before that last bell in the morning and between classes, pals and chums crowd in the halls and gather around lockers to discuss every day's events. ll

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AND SELF GOVERNMENT . . Pisismusi Cl5CO ix And if elected, I promise . . . This was familiar talk around the halls of Howe in November. ll il l ll lu l I Vigorous campaigning took place before 8:15 a. m. and in the four minutes between classes all during the day. Parades and soap boxes became common sights to all Howeites and faculty. Jane Reed and Guy Doyal were winners of the American Legion Good Citizenship Award pre- sented annually to the outstanding members of the junior class. 13