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

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Frances Kaufman N THE SALES CONTEST sponsored by the an- nual staff, candidates for annual queen were nominated by each class. The seniors had the greatest number of sales and their candidate was Frances Kauffman. Frances has a high scholastic record, and she is very active in the commerce and music departments of the Abilene High School.

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Joe Bonfield, Faye Verla Engle, Donald Makins HE STUDENT COUNCIL, governing organ- ization of the school, held its first meeting of the school year, 1933-34, September II, 1933. The officers of the council were: joe Bon- field, president, Faye Verla Engle, vice-president, Donald Makins, secretary-treasurer. The head sponsor of the organization was Miss Winnie Scott, who was assisted by Albert Hawkes. Twenty- three members, representing every organization in the school, made up the student governing board. The purposes of the organization are to promote in all ways the best interests of the school, to aid the internal administration of the school, to foster sentiments of law and order, to promote the gen- eral activities of the school, and to develop in the student a growing appreciation of membership in a democracy by providing educational possibilities and privileges of participating in such a democracy. Outstanding accomplishments of the year includ- ed the sponsoring of the student activity ticket at 32.50. The student council reduced the number of stolen and lost articles by checking hall lockers at various hours during the day and the owners of the unlocked lockers were given seventh hours. The council also sponsored the lost and found box, entered a float in the Dickinson County Fair pa- rade, and presented several chapels during the year. The athletic committee planned all the pep chapels, held before every game. At the first of the year the council had the yells and songs of A. H. S. mim- eographed and given to the students. Student Council Ojjiceffs Seven committees of the council functioned steadily throughout the year. These committees were asked to hand in written reports of their pro- ceedings at the close of each semester, and the rec- ords are kept with the minutes of the organiza- t1on's meetings. The chairmen of the committees were: Ruth Hurd, chapel, Peggy Morse, social, Margaret Whitehair, organization, Lynden Gamber, public- ity, Bill Shearer, athletic, Glenn Simmons, lost and found, Ellwood Baker, house and grounds. Every member of the council served on one of these com- mittees. The annual banquet was held at the Hotel Sun- flower, Thursday, March 15. St. Patrick's was the theme of the evening, which was carried out in the table decorations and program. The speakers, introduced by Joe Bonfield, toastmaster, included Donald Dieter, Eugene Dawson, Jean Murphy, Wayne Zook, Faye Verla Engle, and Supt. F. C. Gardner. Each member of the council invited a guest, and following the banquet, the group at- tended a picture show at the Lyric Theater. In April, the lawn was reseeded and shrubbery replaced. Also, the school ground was cleaned un- der the direction of the student council. As the last accomplishment of the year, the stu- dents of A. H. S. took charge of all city and county offices on May 25, under the direction of the stu- dent council. The public officers were nominated by the council and elected by the student body. S ludent Council TOP ROW--fLeft to Rightj-Londeen, Shearer, Dawson, A. Makins, Bonfield, Hawkes, E. Baker, Gamber, Simmons, Dieter, Larsen, Horner. BOTTOM ROW-W. Zook, Seaton, Yancey, Engle, M.'Whitehair, Scott, Morse, Murphy, Snyder, Hurd, D. Makins.

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Annual and Booster S tajjf TOP ROW Cleft to rightj-Froelich, King, Lauer, A. Makins, Bonfield, Lees, Giese, Donnelly, Sloop, Brooks, Owens, Dieter. SECOND ROW-Leonard, K. Whitehair, Hollar, Hurd, Gans, Van Duyne, Huston, D. Duck- wall, Gamber, G. Simmons. FIRST ROW-Rogers, A. Ayers, Romine, Stevens, Yancey, Hockensmith, Reneau, M. Whitehair, Harris, Weber, Thurber, Asling, D. J. Miller. T VVAS DECIDED that by raising the cost of the annual from fifty cents to seventy-five cents and using the magazine type inaugurated last year, it would be possible to continue the Or- ange and Brown for the students of A. H. S. Early in the fall, a staff was chosen to edit the 1933-34 yearbook. Margaret VVhitehair was chosen editor-in-chief, Hazel NVeber, associate editor, Ruth Hurd, organizations editor, Agnes Ayers, photograph editor, Bruce Nemecheck, sports edi- tor, and Elmer Hollar, business manager. This group, together with their advisor, Raymond Lees, have endeavored to bring to the students and fac- ulty of the high school an annual that will live up to the high standards which have been set up by the previous yearbooks. Under the management of Elmer Hollar, an in- teresting sales campaign was held to arouse the in- terest of the student body. Each class chose a can-- didate for annual queen, and the class selling the largest number of yearbooks had a page in the an- nual dedicated to their queen. The four girls chos- en were: Frances Kauffman, senior, Lois Coulson, junior, Betty Jean jones, sophomore, and jean Murphy, freshman. The seniors sold the most an- nuals, so Frances Kauffman was crowned annual queen. A different feature of this year's campaign was that money which had been checked in at the opening of school for locker rent could be used for the payment on an annual. The staff chose as its theme American History, and has attempted to carry this theme throughout the annual. The dedication is made to J. Earl En- dacott, instructor of American History in Abilene High School. As has been the custom of previous years, con- tracts were ,let to the Burger-Baird Engraving Company of Kansas City, Missouri, and to the Re- flector Printing Company of Abilene to print the annual. Organization pictures, group pictures, and snap- shots were taken throughout the year. Before Thanksgiving all the individual pictures of the sen- iors were taken. All the photography work was .lone this year by the Jeffcoat Studiti. HE ABlLENE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER has endeavored throughout the year to convey to the students and faculty the aims, deeds, and accomplishments of our high school. lt has been the policy of this bi--monthly paper to stimu- late sportsmanship and school spirit. ln order to give the members of the journalism class experience in the various lines of newspaper work, a new staff was elected three times during the year. The three editors-in-chief of the Boos- ter were: Alfred Makins, Betty Lou Harris, and Rosemary Gans, the news-editors were: Gwen- dolyn Romine, Stelouise Hockensmith, Lila Ruth Thurber, and Lynden Gamber. Other positions on the staff include: assignment editor, make-up edi- tor, sports editor, and business managers. Of all of these, the job of business manager is one of the most important. It is through the effort of these managers to collect advertisements from the busi- ness houses of Abilene, that the Booster is able to exist. Rosemary Gans, Junior Leonard, Glen Simmons, Lynden Gamber, Don Duckwall, Juanita Reneau, Hazel Huston, Stelouise Hockensmith, Robert Froelich, and Donald Dieter acted as busi- ness managers during the year. The entire journalism class acted as proof read- ers and copy readers. Raymond Lees, instructor, was the advisor of the staff. As the custom has been in the past, the journal- ism class had the privilege of putting out the Abi- lene sReflector, january 26. Betty Lou Harris, Stelouise Hockensmith, and Gwendolyn Romine were editors. The Booster was represented at the annual High School Journalism Conference held in Law- rence, October I7 and I8 by eight students, one of which, Margaret Wliitehair, was chosen to repre- sent all the girls at the conference in response to the address of welcome. A contract was let to the Reflector Printing Company for printing of the Booster.,' During the year twelve issues were published by the journ- alism students. Although few of the students who take journal- ism in high school will enter the newspaper field, the training gained in this class will be beneficial in future business life.