Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1949 — Page 10

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Schools Here |

Are Adopting New Methods

‘Changing Trends Reflected in’

Various Ways By DAVID WATSON Under the surface of a never-! . ending battle for. more building’ space to house school children of Indianapolis, education trends and methods have been quietly re-organized to keep pace with modern living. | Textbooks have been overhauled, building plans have been brought up to date, and the scope of the school child's activities has been broadened School administrators have fostered the seeds of increased creative work and stimulated the sharing of interests between teacher and pupil. One of the most important changes in the public school system here in the past 15 years has been organization of the book rental program. The parents of elementary grade children save thousands of dollars annually, since the purchase of texts is no

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THE INDIANAP®ALS TIMES

PTA to Hear IU Professor Thursday

Dr. Philip Reed to Speak at Washington High; Cast for Manual Senior Class-Play Listed

associate professor of neurology and psychiand acting director of the Marion County “yo ion Akers.

Dr. Philip B. Ree { atry, Indiana University,

Child Guidance Clinic, will speak at a meeting of the Parent Teachers Association at 8 p. m. Thursday in Washington High School.

Preceding the address, at 7:30 p. m., members of the high school

Three top supporting roles for

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Thirty-seven students at Cris-

|pus Attucks High School made {the honor roll for the report card [period ending Mar, 7. They incl {

ude: ® Kay Anderson, Ruth Baker, Lois Campbell, Rosetta Cartwright, Wilhemina Conley, Bernice Davis, James Mary Apn Edelen, Philip Emile. Doris Pranklin, Marjorie Hogan, Allward Hollan, Charles James, Clarence Johnson, Janet Johnson, Lillian Jones, John Kincy

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ROTC unit, under the direction of “Brother Goose,” senior class Virginia McGruder, Ler lis, Dor othy RAUP "TILE AND Yo : ); 0 Pp I : Sgt. Benjamin Paris, will Present play, to be presented at 8 P. ML. Pome Son i: Rascoe. Will Man- CABINET CO, ] a short program. Apr. 1 in Manual bins. Dorothea Shelton, Frances Smith.| 145 N. PENN. MA-2408 3 High Sel 1. will Mary Alice Smith, Nellie Solomon, Tommie 3 | ; gh School, Will swift, Mildred. Ward, Esther Warren, —— MA -— | New officers of the Howe High tbe played by Jovce Watts, Juanita White, Bessie Whitted “Ad " ment School Beta Hi-Y Club include Kathryn Bran- rhe Tatin Club f Cri At Ver 2. cnt . o v. e Latin Club o rispus - i Bob Luke, president; Dave Bow-| $e > Charlesitycks has elected Patricia Hay- Deafened Alsuga » . sher, vice president; Dick Allen, A id sh Joyce wood president and Valeria Tiny earing Uevice a a ; \secretary; Bob Schrier, treasurer; A ¥ , Thomas secretary Chicago, Ill. — Wide interest is FY) Jim Morris, sergeant at arms, and Fee > ac During Latin Week the club being shown ‘by thousands of ; ee (Neil Richards, chaplain. oD He Ye a 8 will present “You're Tied. to deafened people in an amazing : The Sportsmen, a new club, re-| a oe yy anak Latin,” a radio skit, over Station new hearing device which now cently was organized at Howe to ter oh Re th € WISH at 9:15 a. m. Saturday. enables them to fully enjoy music, | promote interest among students eget Lo ne The tenth meeting of the Cris- sermons and friendly companioh« ] in hunting and fishing. A film Other cas pus Attucks Great Books Group ship—and not be bothered by schedule has heen planned for Miss Hilgemeier members will be held from 7 p. m. to 9 bulky, heavy separate battery future meetings, along with talks joyce Lumpkin. Rita Shell es p. m. Monday in the vice princi- pack and’ wires. It is so tiny it on fly tying, rod making and re; Jane Manion, Lois Ann Tucker pal's office. Subject for disc sion fits in the palm of the hand. Users pair and general fishing lure Jackie Teifert and John Sharp will be Shakespeare's “Hamle." of this device report easily under * Mrs. Blanche Ferguson an. Wilk standing even faint voices. Ace

The annual style show at Howe

Ruby Dyer will High School will be presented Apr. ]

act as promoter, ? Attucks

bur Chenault of Crispus will be leaders.

cepted by the American Medical

6 by the Clothing 1I and IV{ Student com Association's Council on Physical classes: to an all-girl _assembly mittee chairmen# PLUG CP TA ty Ser Medtet The makers of Beltone “gr : : ‘ MISSISSIPPI Mec ne, ma f . om ie under the title Fashions Old and for the produc-# PORT ALLEN. La. Mar. 2¢ Dept. 29, 1450 W. 19th St, Chiadn ” i, NL —— sh Higa ’ %. “ i New, tion will include ; (UP) The U. S. engineers and cago 8. ne are So proud of their Public School No. 26 and (inset) George L. Hayes, principal. Approximately. 100 girls williJackie Kendall, § 200 workers were closing a break achievement they will gladly send participate in the production, de- properties; H 4 fin the Mississippi River levee at YOU a free descriptive booklet on Big Local Elementary Junior High School in the room and lunch was served signed to show the similarity Dbe- ma Behr and} Mulatto Bend tonight with thou- how to overcorie deafness and to them at the school. tween old styles and the New Catherine Or-= sands of .sandbags and stones. explain how you may test this

Look. Mary Stultz and Jane Keith will serve as narrators and Miss Lois Coy will direct the show,

gan, business, and Norma Brown, publicity.

tiny device in the privacy of your home without risking a penny, Write Beltone today.

#8 They hoped to have the flood that has covered 6500 acres shut off in a few hours.

Grew From Small Institution Housed in Church ONE OF! INDIANAPOLIS’ elementary junior high

‘For the most part, the handicapped childreng attended regular

largest ' class instruction periods, return-

longer required. schools grew from a small institution taught by a physician. ing to the health room only for sponsored by the Home Econom- Faculty com- yo een i $1 Rental Fee Hope School No. 2 t aiv 1 ) ‘ y ics Club : ~_ Charles Fisher m I CHC il ‘ “ ® e5 Dock John Hope School No. 26, now housed in an impressive brick rest and treatment. Private cars '®8 ©1Ud. Jfff mittees are it Bb BE ” ! a 31 reriia airs, pe huilding, was first established in Allen Chapel AME Church and its and taxicabs transported them . annual ROTC Dads’ Ds [eonard Nolte, stage manager; ; ‘ single 3 0 to the buil y y ads AY Lewis Finch, technical advisor; pupil. The rental income, spent Single instructor was Dr. 8. A. Elbert. v uilding. banquet at Tech High School will Miss Menka Guleff, assistant di-

A sight saving class for pupils pe held on Army Day, Apr. 6, in

When the slowly expanding public school system of Indianapolis rector of produc-

by school officials for more books and reference works, has broad- finally absorbed the private unit,| ~— with vision below normal stand-ithe Tech lunchroom and the ft tion; Otto W ened the reading ‘and work ex- it was moved to Broadway, .and then transferred to Crispus At- ards was also arranged by the forum will be held in Stuart Hall i Hon, : o ’ Special! perience of the children. 10th St. tucks when their course: was principal and staff of the school Martin B. Buckner, director of i a Hilb'vy Changing make-up in school # = = completed. 8 a = the National Security Commis- Lea Foner. COMPOSITION OR books adopted in Indianapolis has| FOR A FEW years it seemed ) LR BF AMONG THE oldest extra cur- gion of the American Legion, will ties: Anflin s LEATHER SEWED ON stimulated pupil interest in learn- that the newly acquired school STAFF MEMBERS at No. 26 ricular groups sponsored by No.'speak at a program following the makeup and . ing. Publishers are striving to could not settle in a permanent inaugurated the first fresh air 26 is Boy Scout Troop No. 31 for dinner, at which non-commis-| : tomes. Mi 's WHILE YOU connect their subjects with living. location, for it was later trans- room at the school in 1928, and boys and the Girls Reserves unit. gjoned warrants will be presented 2 Go Fre ia H wy In line with the new attitude, ferred to a four-room frame later developed a well-equipped During the Christmas season, Gaylord Allen, president of the busi — i Te uo WAIT SERVICE more illustration has appeared in building at Yandes and 25th St.[special room for use by handi- petween 80 and 100 pupils take Tech Veterans’ Association is} tor Re RB S elementary texts Still another move was in| capped pupils. part in school chorus activities general chairman, assisted by J. anna H u n ter | Throughout the school system store for the’ wandering” school. It contains a heat lamp, Hub- on the Monument Circle and in P.~Lahr, Louis Allen, Ray Horn-| ticket sromotion - books are in use which were It was shifted from its third lo-|bard Tank, electric baker, treat- downtown department stores. aday, K. D. Coffin, Cadet Capt. and ro rams: C written with more thought given cation to its present site at 16th ment tables, games and wheel The Newsette, student paper Lloyd Cast, Cadet Sgt. William Miss Brandes M rs Pes r al to vocabulary control. St. and Cumbia Ave chairs A physiotherapist and published by staff and pupils, is Funkhouser and Ci#det Pvt Black, public ity, and Volney 17 E. WASHINGTON — DOWNSTAIRS Big, difficult . words are no , An eight-room brick structure nurse watched over the children!issued six times each year. George Pierce. {Ward house, Co ’ i | fdlh ic onger dropped Ifito the “lap” of had been erected to house the jj CTR iii ii A _ _- i if onl and then forgotten. ’ pupils of John Hope School in NS” PA ——_ a HE ABT NR HRA A A Build Word Power 1880 and 1881, and in 1921 a 25Instead, a system of repetition classroom ' addition was made is used, encouraging gradual with a seating capacity of 600

development of word power. Newer trends are away from making arithmetic a tedious memory exercise, Teachers In recent years have introduced the reasoning processes behind ef mentary tables by Hlustrating the relation of figures to the pupils’ experience. Geography is taught with lantern slides and motion pictures, supplementing reading material. Recordings and the radio also add their assistance to modern education. In 1947 the Indianapolis schools purchased $30,000 worth of educational film. ‘A natioal survey rated the city among the top four in visual education, judged on a basis of the amount of film per pupil Throughout the changes made in equipment, administrators hav not neglected environment for learning. Interiors Altered “In the field of color psychology. | Indianapolis has altered the interior decoration of most of its schools. The dull buff and yellow room paint has been abolished and in

nearly all buildings replaced with, hood.

softer pastel shades. Newer build- | ings are painted in peach, pale blue or sea-foam green to relieve eye strain.

If sun-glare prevails in one part to the 24 men who served as Af the building. paint softens it chief executives for the first 100 while reflecting colors brighten Y€ar dull portion: Public schools, patriotic orders Some new buildings boast Clvic clubs and citizens will par “la brick installations in addi ticipate in preparing and presenttion to windows, and germicidal /N8 each program. Gov. Schricker ymps are mounted to promote former Gov. Gates, other ex-gov health ernors, judges, college and uni Tech's art department uses a versity leaders will be among the white “blackboard” and black Buest speakers ® chalk in one of its rooms » The program for Albert G In l Rooms and halls of current Porter, 18th governor of Indiana, a 1

construction, engineered for best Probably will be held in the State

acoustics, are resulting in bette .r | House or Governor's Mansion, roncentr: ‘tion and grade. improve- with brief ceremonies scheduled ment ’ at the graves of 10 governors At School No, 1 a child: voiced buried in Crown Hill the re-action of many pupils to Governors to be honored follow: the modern building trends and Jonathan. Jennings, 1816-33 -— Corydon, the feeling of many toward their Hendricks, 1831-25— Madison. oolwork. Taking his place in Apr 20 recently completed addition ! row 1823-31—-Brookville, Apr vid Gee, this is wondertul " 1 Brookville, Apr 21 ( I conld this room for a * Wallace, 1837-40--Brockville, Aps

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Health Officers to Study Restaurant Sanitation |

Problems f enforcing restaurant sanitation ordinances will be discussed by health officers from 20 Indiana cities when they meet for a conference Apr. 26 through Apr 28 at 1098 W. Michigan St. | James H. McCoy, sanitarian| with the Indiana State Board of) Health, will preside,

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By NOBILJ Alignments beg in both Democrat can parties this w tions for county Probate and Sup next Spring's prix The hottest pre! vers were center for the Marion office whase ext and fees in additic salary is attracti ants, Possible candid so far in the Den the clerk nominat Moore, county jur Toney Flack, pul mer nominee for ¢ Tharpey, liquor d 15th ward party | ley Feezle, membx of Works. Among those n Republican scrap nomination are R ter Township a Madison, ninth w man and possibl present county re

Tilson I The only anno for any race |

primary is A. Jac! county clerk, wl already started the GOP nominat trict congressman have completed tv years each in tl next year, In the Democ Circuit Court juds been mentioned s Earl R. Cox, forn for 12 years an former county D man. Judge Lloyd Cl: Circuit jurist, is ¢ some stiff opposi nation. Mentione ponents in the pr wood Blue, for three terms and law attorney. In the Democ Probate Court ju candidates includ: former Municipal

Robert Carrico, under Prosecut Dailey

Edwin McClure try again for the bate nomination Dan V. White, in Those mention lineups for the Si the Democratic bert Thayer, a Court nominee; judge of the 8 strate’s Court; Ji mer county att Blue, former can ecutor; Clifford ( H. Smith, Leo O Spencer, former judge and Loui: urer of the Dem tee, Three M On the Repul three attorneys tioned outside t judges in Superi include Glenn Fu deputy prosecu Hinkle, chief «c Court and John member of the |] " For county au crats are talkin Smith, 10th wa (Jack) Gillen, a crat; Harry Gas retary to May eighth ward c¢ Thomas Newett Center Townshif Some Republi talking about 1 GOP ward chai the auditor nom These prelim! developed follo two weeks ago lines in both p cutor, sheriff an nominations. RESEARCH TA ‘Hugo E. John: gineer of Batelle tute, Columbus, “Research Actio stitute” at a mee tech Club of Ing row noon in H¢

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