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

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scholarship, citizen American Legion Good Citizens Dan Breckenridge and Mar- garet Surface show Carole Fields their names on the Good Citizens' plaque. Carole, Altrusa and DAR Award winner, is interested, but anxious to show the Altrusa plaque. National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists Mike Nation, Ruth Ann McClure, Diane Nauta, Diane Jump, Ed Rogers, Carole Fields, and Elaine Arment collect information as they study in ship, and leadership Wearing the native costumes of France and Mexico, seniors Babs Fittz, Anne Owen, and Diane Nauta compare notes on their summer abroad. They received this opportunity under the Indiana University honors program in foreign languages. i the library. Eight other seniors received letters of commenda- tion. The National Merit Scholarship is one of the largest and most widely known scholarship programs in the United States.

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Howeites are rewarded for outstanding High educational standards and enthusiasm for recognition stimulate competition tor Howe and Howe students. Awards, prizes, and scholarships are continually being given for special talents, leader- ship, and hard work in all educational programs. Each spring the American Legion's Irvington Post honors an outstanding boy and girl good citizen in the iunior class. Good Citizens Dan Breckenridge and Margaret Surface, of the Class of l963, led the Senior Class of T962 at their Vesper Service. Carole Fields received the Altrusa Award and the DAR Good Citizen Award. The student body and the faculty chose her for excellence in leadership, scholarship, citizenship, and service. Elizabeth Smith received the DAR Good Citizen Award for the soph- omore class. Elizabeth also attended the Seattle Worlds' Fair last spring as the result of winning the Biological Science Fair regional prize. ,Art work of twenty-tour Howe students was dis- played at the John Herron Art Museum tor three weeks during October. Six other Howeites attended a drawing series and art lectures at John Herron. Senior Ed Rogers was a runner-up in the National Council of Teachers ot English achievement contest. He was nominated as a iunior for this award by his English teachers to compete in this contest. Fourteen other Howeites attended summer work- shops at Michigan State, Indiana, and Purdue Uni- versities, Lake Tippecanoe at North Webster, Indi- ana, and Kansas City, Missouri, for training in music, iournalism, and student council leadership. Sally Slater, Carole Fields, Ruth Tedrowe, Janice Carney, and Nancy Stewart were Howe's delegates and alternates for Hoosier Girls' State. Carole and Ruth attended the summer institute, and the other girls were selected as alternates. Relaxing after a day of campaigning at Hoosier Boys' State, Howe representatives Tom Gilkison, Mike Nation, and Ron Lee discuss classes in government, public speaking, and Iqw, 10 s T

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Howeites broaden their world scope b The English Department, headed by Mr. Seward Craig, offers a four-year program of enrichment in the language arts to Howeites. Punctuation and paragraphs alternate with poetry and prose, giving the student a well-rounded background. Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief . . . these phrases run through the minds of English V students at Howe as they receive the results of their Kuder Preference tests. These tests, given to indicate a gen- eral direction of interest or ability, guide the student in writing his research theme an a vocation of his choice. Students in other levels of English write re- search themes on other subiects of their own choos- ing -from alligators to the theory of pi. Howeites with special interest in English may elect courses in public speaking and lib-rary experience. where they may give impromptu speeches, or delve into the dusty depths of the Howe library. Each semester g classes are offered in all levels of English, allowing the better students to do more comprehensive studying and extra proiects. Bonnie Graham gives a sales talk to her attentive audience in public speaking class. Bonnie is trying to convince the class that they should buy her product poofs facial tissues. This speech course helps Howeites to gain confidence and poise. Jay Wise, senior, gains reading skill through the required non- credit reading lab course. This nine week course strives to develop the indiviclual's reading speed and comprehension. Checking out books is just one ot the duties of Howeites en- rolled in library experience. Students must also be able to repair book covers and shelve books, as Jodi Davis shows.