German Township High School - Laureola Yearbook (McClellandtown, PA)

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LITERARY SOCIETIES Both the Franklin and the Lanierian Literary Societies have done excellent work during the year. Many improvements have been made and several new customs have been established. Each Society held an Anniversary; the Franklins in honor of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, and the Lanierians in honor of the birth of Sidney Lanier. Invitations were sent to all the Alumni who had graduated before the organization of these Literary Societies and therein each was invited to become a Graduate Member of one or the other of the Societies. The following have been elected Graduate Members of the Lanierian Society; Ella Emery, Kathryn Emery, and Odessa Newcomer, all of the Class of 1909. Modest Newcomer and Jewell McCombs were elected to membership in the Franklin Society. Carl Bemies of the same class having become a Franklin during his Post Graduate Course there remain but two who have not yet expressed their preference. By permission from Dr. Thomas A. Edison the Franklins elected him an honorary member of their Society; The Lanierians elected as an honorary member of their Society l)r. Henry Van Dyke. The Public Joint Program, which was rendered on the evening of February 24, before an audience of 300 patrons and friends of the school, was a decided success in every way. The presiding officers of the Lanierian Society for the past year are in order: President, John Stetts; Secretary, Mildred Coffman; Edgar Shawmon, Blanche Riffle; Carl Grove, Caroline Weltner; Armour Haines, Floy Christopher. For the Franklin Society the following were officers; President, Iphmer Wilson; Secretary, Gertrude Campbell; Minor Franks, Irene Coffman; Michael Girod, Margaret Campbell ; Professor Sheetz, Esther Butler. At the beginning of the year we found the membership so large that we were obliged to hold the meetings in different rooms. However, the joint meetings at the end of every month were sufficient stimulus for the healthy rivalry which had hitherto existed when it was the custom for one Society to perform in the presence of the ether. On the 22nd of March an Inter-Society Contest was held, which was the most enthusiastic event of the year. The judges were S. F. Guy, Esq., Prof. Robert McCombs, and Mrs. B. S. Newcomer. The results were as follows: Franklin. Lanierian. Society Song ..................... 3 points 0 Recitation ..................... . 4 points 0 Essay..............................0 points 1 Oration ...........................0 points 4 Reading .......................... 2 points 0 Duet.............................. 0 points 4 Piano Solo ....................... 2 points 0 Quartet .......................... 0 points 4 Vocal Solo ....................... 0 points 2 Debate ......................... 4 points 2 Total...................15 17 it will be observed that each Society won five of the events; that the Lanierians won the contest by two points which w'ere allowed them from the debate which was won by the Franklins, and which counted for six points in the contest.

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ICaurrnla £ taff Editor-in-chief, Car! Grove. Business Manager, Minor Franks. Literary Editor, Iphmer Wilson. Art Editor, Margaret Campbell. Statistical Editor, Edgar Shawmon.

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FRANKLIN BASKETBALL TEAM Impher Wilson, (Captain , Center. Minor Franks, Left Guard. B. S. Newcomer (M’g’r), Right Guard. Dell Huston, Right Forward. Ray Lilley, Left Forward. Sidney Huhn, Substitute.