Jasper High School - J Yearbook (Jasper, IN)

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Sbnfor.AJafh 0 F F l C E R S President ........... . . C. STUEHRK Student Council Representative Sponsor . ..... . . With the starting of a new school year the boys interested in higher mathematics responded to Mr. Cathcart's call and combined the brain- trust of Jasper High School into the MATH CLUB, Junior and Senior Divisions. The Senior Division, composed of eight Senior boys took up the study of College Algebra, . D. MEHRINGER . . . . . MR.CATHCART Sines and Cosines and some of the higher mathematical theorems. ' The Junior Division composed of all Juniors, devoted themselves to the study of basic plane trigonometry. Mr. Cathcart's vast store of match and proficient way of teaching it made the bi- weekly meetings most interesting to all. unfor,AJatf it

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President ...... EARL BUECHLER Vice president . . TOM EVERSMAN Secretary . . . DOROTHY BECKMAN Delvafe The Debate Club of Jasper High School, winner of the debating sectional, completed an active and successful year, even though wartime conditions prevented much traveling. The question the club debated was Resolved that the legal voting age should be reduced to 18 years. The debating teams took part in the Annual Indiana State Teachers College Forensic Festival at Terre Haute on January 6, winning decisions from Hammond, Speedway, and Riley. Their losses were to Wiley, Speedway, and Hammond. Besides entertaining the student body and faculty of J. H. S. during convocations, they debated for civic organizations. The club was also active in school social life, sponsoring a dance and a party. The Debate Club was under the guidance and supervision of Miss Dorothy Heine. Members of the club were: Paul Byrd, James Block, Marvin Colton, Russel Colton, Eldon Colton, Charles Renneisen, Doris Kunkel, Tom Eversman, Dorothy Beckman, Earl Buechler, Joe Fritch, Tom Fritch, and Louis White. '

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in .Q .lt President . . PAT SCHAAF Secretary and Treasurer . . TOM HOFFMAN Vice-president . . JERRY KUNKEL Sponsor . .... . MR. IRONS CZWZQTJ The Camera Club, a group organized by those interested in photography, has been successful in its work although hindered by wartime restrictions on photographic equipment. The oFficers of the club held after-school sessions to prepare the amateur photographers for the final exam administered at the close of the year. This exam, given by the sponsor, Mr. John Irons, quizzed the members on the art of developing, printing, and enlarging. The activities during the year included a school dance held November 8, collection of snapshots for the Annual, and the Annual Photography Contest at the end of the year.