West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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The busy atmosphere of our commercial de- partment reminds us of the days we spent click- ing away on typewriters learning to hit AS D F and J] K L with MR. REPLOGLE encouraging our efforts. What a thrill it was when we could type ?? words a minute with only four months’ prac- tice. To the uninitiated the weird signs on the blackboard in the next room spell nonsense, but to us they soon spelled our ability to read and to write in shorthand. In bookkeeping the long columns of figures to add made us feel like one of the quiz kids; now we chuckle when we think of the gallons of ink eradicator we used! SOE DEL

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Ants is Page 20 What would we do without the art depart- ment to help us with our banquet and play programs, our posters, and the decorations for our dances. Mrs. GWEN HAMMER gave us val- uable time and helped us use our talent in these pleasureable enterprises as well as instructing us in painting, drawing, pottery, and leather- craft. We who are devoid of artistic ability are envious of those who can do such fascinating things in the art room. Here formal questions and answers are lacking, books need not be read, but time goes too quickly as we see our handiwork take form. Display in. the hall win- dows brings the climax we long for. We ap- preciate the contributions of the art depart- ment for the added grace and beauty it brings to our school lives. le

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Page 22 With many older boys accelerating their program and thus having no time for band practice, MR. MARSHALL HOWENSTEIN, has worked with younger students to produce a band which has played its part in heightening school spirit. Whether marching on the foot- ball field or playing from the balcony of the Purdue Field House, the music from fife and drum has kept time with the yells and cheers of enthusiastic spectators. We shall never for- get the awed silence of the flag raising with the Star Spangled Banner making us feel free and proud that we are Americans. A new group of baton twirlers replaced in good form the veterans of the last four years.