Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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THE PENNANT Elkhart, Town, School and Communz'zy5 152.55 N THE hurry and preoccu- pation of school life, we seldom stop to think of our- selves as a vital part of the community in which we live. We are not only an important portion of this community now, but most of us will continue to be identified with it when we are graduated and have taken up our life work. The beauty of our city invariably calls for the comments of admiration from visitors. We owe much of this beauty to the two winding rivers with the lovely flower beds and im- provements along their banks, as well as to the parks, which make use of the natural setting along the rivers. Island Park, at the point where the Elkhart River flows into the St. Joe, is one of the most beautiful and rest- ful spots in our city. In addition to the trees and flowers and water, pro- vision is made in the parks for many recreations, with a full supply of playground equipment for small chil- dren. Elkhart is primarily a city of home-owners, whose pride in their property has fostered well-kept lawns, flower-beds, and elaborate rock gardens. Our citizens are a law- abiding, church-going group as is at- tested to by the earnest support given the thirty-eight churches which flourish in our city. Since its early days, Elkhart has grown from a small settlement to a thriving industrial city, whose fac- tories and railroads have furnished the majority of the citizens with a means of earning a livelihood. Now a city of some thirty-six thousand in- habitants, Elkhart has a strong feel- ing of unity and the citizens cooperate in taking care of the unemployed and in sponsoring various community projects. Although principally an in- dustrial community, Elkhart has a definite spirit of progress, and fosters advancement along cultural lines. This creative spirit began many years ago when great musicians, lecturers and players came to the town. Elk- Page Four hart has always been interested in music, and its bands, orchestras and drum corps have been nationally fa- mous, while a most creditable array of local talent has appeared on such programs as the Fiesta, given each fall. Elkhart has sent many people of ability on into the world, and has many sons and daughters who have been eminently successful. We can be proud to be part of such a com- munity. The little log cabin that was Elk- hart's only school nearly one hundred years ago, today has expanded into a system of many schools, excellently organized to fill our needs. The high school has grown in proportion to the community and is peculiarly close to the lives of the citizens of Elkhart. Many members of the faculty have distinct and honored places among the people. The community and school have cooperated on numerous problems and common causes, and there is a strong bond uniting the town and community with the school. The high school auditorium is the scene of many school and com- munity affairs throughout the year, as well as our athletic field, which bears the reputation of being one of the most beautiful in the state. In the last five years the high school attendance has been doubling, until at present nearly eighteen hun- dred students crowd our halls. Lock- ers, classrooms, study halls and lab- oratories are overflowing with this increase, until we wonder how long we can continue in our present quarters. Each June the graduating seniors increase in number until the stage will scarcely hold them, and seats in the auditorium are at a pre- mium for congratulatory friends and families. In 1930 the custom of wearing caps and gowns was introduced by the graduates, and it has continued through to the present classes. It is generally felt that this costume is much more sensible and economical than the costly garb of previous vears. On Baccalaureate Sunday the gowns and caps are worn for the first time, the grey clad figures marching down the aisle, two by two. Again on Commencement night, the graduates, wearing caps and gowns, walk across the stage to receive their diplomas, their last formal appearance in the school of which they have been so active a part for the past four years. Many of our students go into the business world, adequately prepared for their work by our commercial and vocational classes, and while we do not claim to be a preparatory school, we take pride in the fact that many of our graduates go to colleges and universities. In 1873 five pupils were graduated from our high school. Since that day many hundreds of students have graduated. They have left us, as our inheritance, trail marks and interest- ing traditions. Perhaps this is Why Elkhart High School has a somewhat more dignified atmosphere than some of the newer schools, and why we follow many customs just because they are traditional. It is traditional to follow our athletic teams with loyalty and interest: it is traditional for the graduating classes to wear flowers on senior day: it is traditional for seniors to leave some gift to the school: the senior play, the yearbook, and, more recently, the awarding of the Legion Leadership medal . . . all these are part of our heritage. Because of these things, and be- cause of the many pleasant associa- tions with friends and teachers with- in the walls of this building, those who graduate never quite forget the school. You see them coming back for plays, games, concerts. You see them renewing contacts on coming home from college. You see them wistfully dropping into offices and classrooms, drawn back bythe spirit of the school and their love for it. Community, city, school . . Elkhart is a dear word to us all.

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fC'5he Pen ,M The Annual Staff presents la ir high school st i - t i - a i new type of yearbook in this ' speaks. I volume. During the present eco- The ' . of e nior p i S nomic depression, we are beconi- JV' has b e O Q. at eha ge ing accustomed to less expensive 7 ei Ai more portraits o th and less elaborate things, and w ts , ,. We i aye alsolchang d ,. have f0U11d 111 m3HY C3595 the l n of listing senior activities we prefer these forms to those of , n , e ls to the describing of our more aflluent days. We hope O . it s ' r's most outstanding that this Wlll be true of Our i ' . ieve ents, something of his yearbook. Even though flnan' , S O personal Y or of his characteris- cial conditions have caused us to Q NI ,,,,, Pag 4 - rigs 35 Saw them, and have Simpllfl' the WP9 0fPUbl1C3t10Q 3 written ese short paragraphs we feel that the value and vying WILEY, U HOLDEMA informally and naturally, some- pose hav? been retamed' BOARD OF EDUCATION. . ge 5 times emptloymg fhe slang which fl-he size of the Yearbook has seems to v e a distinctive part of been changed and the number FACULTY ..A,.Ap,A'- Page 3 Student S Vocabulary- pages d2Cr6aS2d somewhat, Among other changes, we re- only as a means of retrenching, SENIORS OF ,34 gret that it has been necessary to but also in keeping with the omit the photographs of the publications of the times. In Class Histories ,,..r. Page faculty, but we have, in this building the yearbook we have section, followed the plan of had in mind certain magazines Pictures and Activities. .Page many college annuals which list and publications which reflect only the names and official po- the modern trend, and we have CLASSES EAEHLA L I Page sitions of their faculty members, tried to make our book modern and have added some comments in every way. ORGANIZAUONS I Q L page on the functioning of each de- The 1934 Pennant has no partment' particular theme, since the ten- BAND ueelnnen A page I Every one enjoys looking at dency of recent yearbooks has pictures of his school-mates: for been away from the elaborate ORCHESTRA A Page this reason photography has and detailed art themes. As we played a greater part in the have built this yearbook, how- building of our Annual than ever, we have had a school-life DRAMATICS ' t ' ' Page ever before. This is the first idea in mind. By this we mean, yearbook to include in its pic- that the Annual should be a rec- SCHOOL LIFE ' ' ' ' Page ture section scenes actually taken ord of our daily round of classes, of classes at work within our meetings with friends, extra- SNAPSHOTS P age school. curriculum activities and social The Staff has made ever ef- events. In carrying out this idea, OUR SCHOOL AT WORK' 'Page fort to naake this yearbooi as we have depicted the average CALENDAR 4 I I A L V I A V I A L page representative as possible, and to Stlldent In these P33915 and have include within its covers all that tried to catch the spirit' of school ATHLETICS Students would most' like to life, as he feels it. This desire is have. Since the early inception reflected in the colored section, Coaching Staff , , , , , ,Page of the general idea of the book, in the center of the book, and in We have Worked and planned to many of the small sketches and Football . . . . Page make it as satisfactory as pos- Pictures. sible, holdin all the while to B k b ll P -g ' We have retained practically as et 3 ' A ' age an economlcal budget Wh1,Ch the same subject matter that has would not draw YOO h93V1lV been used in former years, but Track ' ' ' ' ' Page UP011 the Senior UQQISUYY- ln' the style of writing we have T . P We feel that this yearbook, in tried to break away from the mms ' age pictures and in writing, ex- stiff, meaningless phrases which G. i , S t P presses the spirit of the school, no one ever bothered to read, and lf S por S ' ' ' ' ' age and we hope that after reading have endeavored to write as the ADVERTISING Q L I I V 4 A A Page its pages you will think 50, too, Presented and published by the senior class of Elkhart High School, Elkhart, Indiana. Staff . . .Verna Olsen, Editor-in-Chiefg Jeanette Cole, Art Editorj Harry Ludwig, Business Manager.

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Mr. J. E. Wiley, Superintendent Mr. Wiley came to Elkhart, with Mrs. Wiley and their three sons, in July, 1921, to take charge of our city schools as superinten- dent. Since that time four new grade schools have been erected, ad- ditions have been built onto two other schools, and many improve- ments have been made under his wise leadership. Mr. Wiley graduated from De- Pauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and got his Master's de- gree from the University of Illi- nois. Before coming to Elkhart, Mr. Wiley was superintendent at Mattoon, Illinois. His interested face is frequently seen as he appears in our class- rooms, and now and then we have the privilege of hearing him speak on our club or assembly programs. T H E P E N N A N T Board pf Educ'atz'on The problems of the school budget lie in the hands of Mr. Wiley and the Board of Education. Mr. O. H. Helfrick is the president with G. W. Anderson and Mrs. Grace A. Carpenter acting as treasurer and secretary, respectively. Due to the efficiency of this board, we have been able to keep going throughout these trying years, and Elkhart is proud of the excellent state of her school Hnances. Where other cities have been unable to pay their teachers, or have had to close school entirely, our Board of Education has planned, worked, and even fought for the main- tenance of the school budget. Most of us fail to realize the fact that here is a group who have our interests and welfare at heart, who plan for us in many trying and exhausting meetings throughout the year, who see that there is money for the upkeep and maintenance of our build- ing, the paying of our instructors, the current expenses of heating and lighting, the many improvements that must be made, and whose wis- dom keeps it all running smoothly. The death of Mr. H. A. Compton was a real loss to the Elkhart school system, He was president of the Board of Education for fourteen years and a graduate of 1897 from our high school, he died in December of 1933. He was first elected to the Board in 1919 and resigned in August of 1933. During his fourteen years in office he signed the di- plomas for his five children. We owe much of our comfort, the completeness of our equipment and the opportunity of getting an education to the administration, the power and the minds behind our school. . . 1 Mr. John W. Holdeman, p - cipal of the High School, gra - ated from Indiana State Normal in 1901. After graduating he went to Indiana University in the sum- mer for two years and taught in Montpieler, Indiana, in the winter. He was the principal of Central School in Bloomington, complet- ing his M.A. from Indiana in 1920. He came to Elkhart in that year and has been principal since that time. We honor and respect him for his devoted interest in E. H. S. and all of its activities. His help- fulness concerning our problems as a class and as individuals has been greatly appreciated. Mr. John W. Holdeman, Principal Page Five