Indiana High School - L Indien Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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CIQHSESQQIES Pandorean - Webster - Commerdl Honor -eo oo ooo000,ooooooooQ00.00Q0000-0009090-09QQQOQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ Pandorean Literary Society for girls and Webster Debating Club for boys, two of Indiana High School's oldest and fore- most clubs, consist of students taken from the upper three grades. The purposes of these clubs are quite similar. Pandorean aims to cultivate among its members a love for good litera- ture, to promote public speaking, to help with school programs, to assist the girls in oooo-Qooeogooaoeoeoogoeoooo their social contacts, and to give training in public speaking. VVebster is an organi- xation devoted to the study of and prac- tice of oratory, debating, reading, essay writing. and parliamentary procedure. This year Pandorean Literary Society has placed special emphasis on poetry and creative work, while Vtlebster Club has concentrated on the study of all the affmrementioned subjects. Both elubs have been rather active this year. The outside activities of Pando- rean consisted of a progressive dinner at the homes of the members, and a number of members assisted in a Parent Teachers Association program. WVebster divided it- self into two divisions and held a contest. On hlay 8 Pandorean held a picnic at Rustic Lodge, inviting the boys of Wleb- ster to be their guests. The two societies meet every second and fourth VV'ednesdays of the month, VVebster under the guidance of Mr. P. B. Mechlin, and Pandorean under the lead- ership of hliss Helen Holstein. The Commercial Honor Club is made up of regular Commercial sophomores. juniors, and seniors who have maintained an average grade of eighty-five per cent throughout the four years of high school. The members are preparing to 'enter the held of business with the aim of becom- ing highly efficient bookkecpers, secre- taries, stenographers, and clerical workers. The club is sponsored by Bliss Anna llae Skelton, a teacher in the Commercial Department. Meetings are held in room QOQ and in the cafeteria. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Programs have been arranged by the Commercial Honor Club i11 which each member participated actively. Early in the year Mr. Greenley of the Hemming- ton-Band Typewriter Company spoke on the new and the old typewriter. In Feb- ruary Mrs. Arntz ofthe Commercial De- partment of the Indiana State Teachers College was a guest. Each student teacher of the Commercial ,Department of the high school helped a committee of students prepare various programs for the meetings. At one of the meetings ltlr. John Shuster ofthe Indiana State Teach- ers College spoke on the T. V. A. tTen- nessee Valley Authorityb and showed moving pictures on that subject. The Commercial Honor Club combined with the Varsity I Club and sponsored a Semester Dance. Pandorean Webster Commercial Honor XV i Page 526

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Student Council - Safety Patrol - junior Red Cross The Student Council is the representa- tive hotly of the Student Co-operative Organization. Its personnel consists of the presidents of the thirty-tln'ee hoine 1'oon1 organizations of the Junior-Senior school. The Council is a regularly or- ganized activity, holding meetings U11 al- ternate Wlednesdays. Menihers of the Council are elected for one seniester and lllily not succeed themselves. The presi- dent of the Council is the otlicer of great- est. responsihilitv in the school. as he is the president ot the entire student group. The principal function of the Student Council is to serve as a clearing house for school prolilenis incident, to the home l'U0lll. the class rooin, or the school in gen-eral. The Council suggests and works out solutions tor niany prohleins involv- ing scholarship. health. social hehavior. special activities and inter-school rela- tionships. It is sponsored hy Mr. liuhold. The High School Patrol is an organiza- tion ot students, carefully selected hy a Student Vouncil Connnittee from a list of applicants. The l'atrol is a school lt deals with proh- leins ot cleanliness, student trailic. and service organization. courteous hehavior in and ahout the school huilding and surrounding.gs. The lligh School Patrol is an organized activ- ity meeting on alternate lYe4lnesclays for the discussion ot its prohlenis. Its nieni- hers are recognized. while on duty, hy the l'atrol hamlge. Senior inenihers ot the Patrol receive the school service 1 upon action of the Student Council. This or- ganization is also sponsored hy Mr. Luhold. This year there has been an added in- crease in interest in the social traits of co-operation and helpfulness in Indiana lligh School. The Junior lied Cross has been organized as a result ot the realiza- tion ol' this need. This year this group of hoys and girls. representative of the entire student hotly, has taken charge of the high school division of the Red Cross organization. The club is composed of one voluntary lllCIl1llCl' from each asseni- hly rooni. The clulm ineetings are spent, in studying' the Junior Red Cross organi- zation lioth here and ahroad, and in plan- ning projects which will hring happiness or comfort to unfortunate individuals. The cluh sponsored a tea dance in order to raise money to send a representative to the National Junior Red Fross Confer- ence which was held at Yvashington, Student Council Safety Parol Junior Red Cross Page M5 D. C., in April. The representative chosen was Josephine 1IcCreight of the class of nineteen thirty-six. Miss Nic- Creight spent tour days in VVashington - - -- - ...... ----- and upon her return reported before the -entire student body the highlights of the conference. This eluh is under tl1e direc- tion of Bliss VVilliains.

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CLUBS and ACTIVITIES Publications - Senior Press - junior Press The journalism class, consisting of juniors and seniors, edits the school paper and the year book. The paper, The High Arrowf' is published bi- weekly by the staff and contains the reg- ular departments of a newspaper. The reporters Mc-over their assignments and get advertising, the advertising manager prepares the ads for the paper, and last- ly, it is assembled hy the editors. After the paper comes out, it is distributed by the circulation manager. The paper is en- tered in various contests throughout the st-ate and several times has won honors. This course is included in the regular curriculum of the school. and meets five periods a week. It is of most value to anyone wishing to become a newspaper man or woman after finishing school, but it also gives the student an idea of the value of money and teaches him to think for himself. This is especially true in the contacts that he makes when get- ting advertising from the business men of the city. Un .Xpril 27, the High Arrowv staff made its annual trip to Pennsylvania State College where it attended the State iligh School Press Convention, Al- though the ,Xrrow', did not bring' home any ot' the prizes, the trip was a reward in itself. The Senior Press Club consists of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth-grade stu- dents who are interested in newspaper work. This club is closely connected with the Journalism class. Several times the editor has made assignments to different members of Press Club which, if accept- 'ed. were published in the paper. .Vit the beginning of the year, the various de- partments ot' a regular newspaper were studied. each member being asked to take his clioiee of advertising. feature writing, human-interest stories, news stories. head-line writing, or editorial writing, Through the year, each person studies thoroughly his department and gives reports on it in the regular meet- ings held every two weeks. City news- papers. such as the Pittsburgh Press, are divided into different sections and criti- cized both constructively and destruc- tively. Mr. Joseph sponsors both the -lournalism class and the Senior Press Club. The seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade pupils int,erested in newspaper work and hopeful of joining' the staff in later years. make up the Junior Press Club. This Student Publications Senior Press Junior Press Page Q7 year, 0110 issue of the paper was devoted to the junior high school. In this issue, the assignments were covered and writ- ten up by members of the Junior Press Club. The articles were then edited and published in the paper. Thus much practical experience was gained as well as the pleasure of having one,s own arti- cles printed. During the rest of the year, the meetings are devoted to short talks and debates under the direction of their sponsor, Bliss Detwiler,