Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1956 — Page 9

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School Reporter

ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH By Barbara Fiechter

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Two major endof - the - year events make for one big day! Tomorrow, May 4, will hold both awards day and; open house eve-; ning at Central.: In the afternoon,! at assembly.l many Centralites;

will be honored for outstanding work done this year in the many phases of their school life. Come evening, Adams Central's doors will open to the public, who are invited to inspect all the rooms. “Fruits'' of the year's work in the many kinds of student projects will be everywhere in interesting, varied exhibits. .> > — A. C. H. S. — Now to explain a bit more about open house: in addition to the pupils* exhibits, the doors will open about 7 o’clock with the annual home ec style show as a ellmax. You (and that mwtns every one of our readers) are all invited to attend this annual event —summing up a year of Central's achievements. Central will be glad to see you! • — A. C. H. S. — Style show? Was a style show mentioned? Yes, of course, that’s what has had Mrs, Pete Ellis’ whole home ec department, (grades 7-12) a-buzz. To be a home

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ec girl this week, one had to be a fashion model, a poet, and possibly a stage hand or emcee! For the show, each girl wrote a short verse about her “creation.” to be read by one of the mistresses of ceremonies. The sophomores, the only class who will not exhibit garments in the style pajade, havto charge of the staging, emceeing, and other (come and sefe!) entertainment. A flower-bedecked stage will provide the background when each of the girls will walk to the footlights, modeling her project. — A. C. H. S. — Shall we take a glimpse at what ; Centralites will see tomorrow afternoon at the awards presentations? In addition, on the lighter side, the Greyhound Gazette staff has readied journalistic entertainment —if you please!—in a pan- , tomime dramatically labeled, "Birth of a Story: You Are There.” They’ll show just how easy it is for the cub to write an article for ( the Gazette. (Confession or tip. as you wish: there’s a catch in it’)’ .. —A.C.H. 8. —. . .„ I And ah! the awards ... Don Arnold and John Fruth's athletic _ department will be honoring many boys for their athletic abilities. More complete lists will be published later. — A. C. H. S. — In the commerce department, twelve typing I pupils of Mr. Fruth’s will receive first through fourth honors in three divisions: the one-minute perfect timed writ-

ings, five-minute timed writings (here five words are deducted for each error, and manuscript typing. — A. C. H. 8. — Industrial arts awards will be classified in nine categories: drawing and projects in eighth grade woodw’orking, freshman hand woodworking, and junior metals; senior electricity; sophomore advanced woodworking; and senior architectural drawing. Four ribbons will be presented in each classification, and a gold industrial arts pin awarded, in addition, to first place winners. These projects will be judged Friday morning out of the extensive industrial arts display to be set up at open house. — A. C. H. S. — Other awanls going to Centralites tomorrow will be the journalism aWar4« and library pins to the student librarians who have served the Central library'this year. — A. C* H. S. —- Thirty-five different awards, In addition to the bars for each year of membership in high school band aoid chorus will be given by Don Gerig. Two-year high school and lw»Hd members will each, receive a pin. and those who were in either -organization-three years will he presented with a letter. The seven members who have been in the music department for all four years have earned their chevrons, which they w’ill receive, too, next Friday. — A. C. H. S. — Looking forward is fun, but how about recollecting an event of last week? Still in the music department . . . Six hundred interested people attended last Friday's spring concert. Central, and especially Mr. Gerig’s five groups of musicians and the /wirlers, were glad to see them all. At the spring concert Central's musical open house. Mr. Gerig presented a special award for the first time this year. Senior Paul Kiley (who also entertained the audience with his piano arrangements) received a trophy for having been the most valuable music department _ member in his years of high school. This most valuable award, to be an annual honor, is presented

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to one senior who has contrtbnted most to Central’s music department. Selected by a committee of teachers, this uppOTclassman muHt be in the department four, years, and is also selected on the basis of attitude, cooperation, and academic achievement. Congratulations, Paul! — A. C. H. 8. — It's just too bad that there isn’t a crystal ball floating around somewhere. I.E.C. track meet time falls just after deadline for this column and —who can tell what happened?- (Just check tonight's sport page). One thing for sure, though: -Central was wishing the (Red and Gray the best of luck when they traveled to Muncie. Thirteen boys were on the first Central cindermen group to par. tieipate in an I.E.C. meet: David Smith. Larry Lautzenheiser, Tom Heyerly, Jim Steiner, Richard Hirschy, Donny Mendoza. Gary McMillen. Alan Habegger, Jerry Sprunger, Ron Corson, and Jerry Mitchel. — A. C- H- S. • — — Their annual awards already

presented at the parent-and-son banquet, Martin Watson’s FFA boys are feverishly preparing the tttßtrtcV" competition at Columbia City (Whitley county, as printed last week) next Saturday. Contest time is really drawing near for the seven teams entering that May sth "battle of brains” with representatives of twelve Hoosier counties. Again It’s said Central’s wishing you good luck, FFA chapter members! — A. c. H. S. — “Cavalcade of Bands” was last week's colorful junior-senior highassembly film. The Red and Black of the University of Illinois, the Yellow and Blue of lowa State, and White and Black Army marched (on film) for Centralites. In addition to playing -many songs the group flashily stepped out formations portraying some part of the number, as they did when forming a duck and an umbrella for "April Showers.” — A. C. H. 8. — Following close on the heels of volleyball, badminton playoffs for both boys and girls began Monday. The whole gym floor was set up as a 'large “badminton field” with fofrr courts in all available for tourney play. Results of these two tourneys will probably be Known next week. — A. C. H. S. — Brides being climactic for many ( Centralites in the way of awards, tomorrow will end no small part of the seniors’ careers. Exams, exams, and more exams were taken this week! As the four-day senior trip to Washington, D.C. gets underway next Monday, the class will have the exams over with early. It's a lot more pleasant to get the exam and —admit it —“worry” part through with before the final fling! — A. C. H. S. — Was something said about the home ec department being really busy this week? It wasn’t only the style show, for yesterday held the Rekamemoh club’s senior breakfast. served by the juniors. The 15 senior girls were honored and nearly all other club members were present in the brightly decorated cafeteria during the activity period Wednesday. Hostesses were the underclass Rekamemoh girls, and for breakfast entertainment, several “bards” of the sophomores and juniors worked on mystery senior verses. As the rhymes were read and each senior girl identified, graduating seniors

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took their bows. To end this last short get-together, Mrs. Pete Ellis, sponsor of the group, wished the seniors the best of luck in the future. ’ ? — A. C. H. S. — Senior trip, yes, and baccalaureate and commencement , . . A week from next Sunday will be baccalaureate, and the seniors will receive their diplomas the following Tuesday, May 15. And wait! — that’s the subject for week's column! Guess it’s better to wait and see , . . — A. C. H. 8. — DECATUR CATHOLIC HIGH By Margie York

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Four seniors: are eligible to: try for the Tri. Kappa scholarship award of 1100. This sum of money is to be investe.d in a college education. The fourj participants arer Rita Heimann,;

Monica (RUmschlag, J udy Parrish, and Mary Lou Voglewede. — D. C. H. 8. — Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month and breakfast will be served in the home ec room following the 7:20 mass. The freshman class will act. as host. This will put an e&l to the monthly breakfasts for thia school year, but to the seniors, it will put the official “finis" on one of the many activities that they will never again enjoy as high school students, - D. C. H. S. — The curtain has descended, the bows have l>een taken, and now the senior class play is in the past. But it was a wonderful experience and a lot of fun and the seniors iiope everyone enjoyed the play as much as they enjoyed bringing it to you. - D. C. H. 8. — The seniors were given a special treat Tuesday afternoon. Their class guardian surprised them with a little party in the home ec room during their last class period. Ice cream, pop, french fried potato® sticks and suckers comprised the feast. This is one of the happy times the seniors will always remember. , — D. C. H. S. — With the lop-sided weather we have been having. It is hard to believe that May is already here, but one look Into the four high