Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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Student Council HE STUDENT Council, the governing organization of the school, is composed of an executive board elected by the student body and members elected by classes and organizations. Officers for 1932-33 al-eg H0Wa1'f1 Myers, Dresidentg Vivian Stevens, vice-presidentg and Robert Nottorf, secretary-treasurer. The purpose of this organization is to promote in all ways the best interest of the school, to aid the internal administration of the school, to foster sentiments of law and order, to promote the general activities of the school, andeto develop in the student a growing appreciation of membership in a democracy by providing educational pos- sibilities and privileges of participating in such a democ- racy in the school. This year's outstanding accomplishments include the improvement of the student activity ticket. This year it was reduced in price from three dollars to two dollars and fifty cents. There were also more things included on the tickets, both the junior and senior plays and more bas- ketball games than usual. It likewise sponsored the lost and found box and aided in the prevention of stealing by compelling all lockers to be locked. Each day some per- son was sent around to see if the lockers were closed, and this thorough checking proved quite successful. The Student. Council entered a school float in the Dick- inson County Free Fair, gave entertainment between the halves of all home football gamesg and it supervised and sponsored many interesting chapels throughout the year. They made possible exchange chapels with Her- ington and Clay Center high schools, The glee club went to Herington and gave the chapel, and in exchange, on February 3, the Herington music department gave a very enjoyable vocal program here. Then, on March 21, the Abilene orchestra, directed by Mr. Harold George, went to Clay Center for the exchange chapel. Clay Center returned the chapel later, presenting several members of their dramatic department in songs and readings. Several committees functioned steadily throughout the year in this organization. These committees were re- quired to hand in written reports and also give oral re- Oflicers MYERS, President. STEVENS, Vice-President. NOTTUHF, Secretary-Treasurer. ports of their procedings at the close of each semester. There were seven committees. The chairman of these committees wore: Ruth Fengel, chapel chairman, Ruth Hurd, social chairman, Lennice Jean Baer, organization chairmang WVillian1 Green, publicity chairmang Lucile Murphy, athletic chairinan, William Gragg, lost and found chairmang and Allan Nottort, house and grounds chairman, To make the Student Council 2111 interesting organiza- tion, there is staged a contest on the attendance of the members. There are two equal sides. Each member that 1S present is given a certain number of points, and the side winning are to be treated by the losers at some social function. The annual Student Council banquet was held at the Callahan Tea Room, Tuesday, March 21. Spring Was the theme of the evening, carried out in table decora- tions and program. Howard Myers, president of the council, served as toastmaster, and introduced those who took part. Each member of the council invited a guest, and tol- lowing the banquet, the group attended a show at the Ly- Hric, which co-operated with the council and reserved a section in the theatre. The pastel colors of spring were carried out in the ta- ble decorations. The place cards were set with small green and pink candles, set in the center of a small flower seal. The nut cups and programs were alternated green and pink for every boy and girl. The center table was decorated with large candle tapers. with a center piece of mixed sweet peas. The menu was carried out as near as possible in accordance with the color scheme. The banquet was a success through the efforts of Lois Schrader, with the assistance of Harold Kelley and Allan Nottorf. There were forty-three members present. At the beginning of the year Miss Manrine Morley was head sponsor, but she later became Mrs. Charles Cruse. resigning from school duties. Miss XVinnie Scott took her place. The other sponsor besides Miss Scott, is Mar- vin Van Osdol. . . ens, Zook, Schrader, Dieter, l l ROW 1 - Makins, Bath, Welsh, Kelley, Hurd, Not- torf, Nottorf. ROW 2-Stew Scott, Zook, Hogan. ROW 3 -Engle, Murphy, Green, Scott, Gragg, Fcngel, Myers, Baer.

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Faculty KENNETH ROCK ESTHER CHRISTMORE MARVIN VAN OSDOL JUANDA HAWKINS HAROLD GEORGE FRED ALLISON MARGARET SCOTT MABEL PINSON VERA STEININGER VERA LAWVELLIN ETHEL GILES ROY MARTIN LORENE REYNOLDS PAUL COLLINS NEVA VVEISGERBER EARL ENDACOTT WINNIE SCOTT LEONA 'GRISWOTAIJ

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National Honor Society ROW 1 - Nottorf, Hees, Gragg, Emig, Welsh, Case. ROW 2-Keel, Engle, Rey- nolds, Long, Wells. ROW 3- Mnrtin, Morrison, Fengel, Baer, Kelley. llld ABILENE chapter of the National Honor Society was chartered by the National Society and was grunted charter number 674. Under this charter the principal and members of the faculty have the privi- lege of choosing 15 per cent of the upper third of the sen- ior class scholastically. There were fifteen chosen this year by Principal tj. Hawkes and four other members of the faculty. Three other points in addition to scholarship were taken into consideration: Leadership, the power of personality that blazes the trail for man's upward climb. Character, the composite of all the common virtues, which sets the seal of righteousness upon our every en- deavorf' Service, 'tthe beginning and end of our education, the altar of altruism from which God's blessings to man have been vouchsafedf' Prior to the initiation the following officers were elect- Quill and IXTEEN STUDENTS were awarded a membership in the International Quill and Scroll, an honorary so- ciety for high school journalists, A charter was granted to Abilene High School in 1928. Since that time up u11til 1933, thirty-six members have been chosen. On April 25. a Quill and Scroll certificate was received announcing the sixteen members accepted. Those stu- dents awarded membership were: John Allen, proof-read- erg Blanche Bowersox, news editor, proof-reader, Jane Case, editor, make-up editor, Arlene Cheney, copy-readerg VVilma Coulson, news editor, copy-reader, Virginia Emig, editor, proof-reader, Thaine Engle, business managerg John Graff, business manager, WVilliam Gragg, sports ed- itor, proof-reader, William Green, business manager of Booster and Annual, Alice Hees, 11ews editor, proof-read- ed: President, William Graggg vice-president, Alice Heesg secretary, Virginia Emigg treasurer, Lois Welsh. The society held its banquet and formal initiation cere- mony Tuesday evening, April 4, at Presbyterian church. Principal Hawkes was in charge of the initiation cere- mony with Mr. Roy Martin assisting as secretary. Sev- eral of the alumni helped with the initiation. Mr. M. H. Malott was the speaker of the evening and gave a very entertaining and inspiring talk. He said that the three ways to success were enthusiasm, intelli- gence to direct it,and courage to carry it out. The pins which were presented to the members during the initiation are symbols of the torch which stands for knowledge and the light which stands for giving your service to others. , The four letters on the pin are symbolic of the four qualifications of the societyg C for character, S for schol- arship, L for leadership, and S for service. Miss Lorene Reynolds is the sponsor, Scroll , erg Jane Keel, editor-in-chief of the Annual, Iona May Morrison, assignment editor, Rexford Phelps, feature writer, Lois Schrader, associate editor of the Annual, as- signment editor: Lois Welsh, make-up editor, copy read- er. Jane Keel, John Allen, Virginia Emig, William Gragg, and Jane Case received special praise for their high or- der of craftsmanship by Edward Nell, the executive sec- retary. The initiation ceremony for the new members was held during the middle of May. The local chapter's 1932 offi- cers of the Quill and Scroll: Pres., Harry Woodbury, vice- Pres., Ruth Schiller, Sec., Vernon Stevens, Treas., Phyllis Dentzer, helped in the initiation. ROW l-Allen, Case, Green, Schrader, Engle. ROW 2- Coulson, Phelps, Bowersox, Welsh, Rock, Chr-ney. ROW 3-Morrison, Graff, Emig, Hees, Graggl, Keel.