Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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THE 1924 CACTUS Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z 5 5 -lar . Qi ,gr 030inininininin1-ui01111-:I1-e1-u.-.-s-1-1-1 1- 1-U1-411-01-ti-1u1-u1-ii-1ti-1tf1-u11:m1- o 024 GALE DAR? 1 1 1 1 1.1.0 izinit-znlnivznzuz-1 11:11::1u1n1u1u1u1U11:14:1n1t:1u1n.14:1n1-.1.0.4 SEPTEMBER lO-Everbody tanned. healthy and full of pep. is back from a long vacation. Many new faces are seen as there are about two hundredjjfty freshmen and forty students from other high schools. 13-First Survey out-staff is making a fine beginning in getting out a paper 3 days after school begins. 18-The new coach. Gene Thomas. is presented to the school and he makes a fine speech amid cheers. Z0-Football practice is in full swing. Everybody is just dying to know who will make the team. Girl Reserves have a big banquet for new members and teachers. lt was a huge success. 29-Someone in the agriculture class discovered a picture of Dick Trueblood with Mr. Crane and some chickens on the front of the Prairie Farmer. OCTOBER 5-Audrey Call. now one of our alumnae. gives a farewell concert before leaving for the Sherwood School of Music. Chicago. Illinois. 6-Biggest day in the history of M. H. S. After a huge parade the Memorial Field is dedicated. We also had a fine football game. lMar1on 6. Peru 6.3 8-No Young Park of Korea gives an interesting talk about Korea and ex- hibits some beautiful handworked products from there. -Second defeat of the season in football, CMarion O. Muncie 225. Due to a big rain it looked more like a swimming meet than a football game. -Oh myf The fateful day is here! We all tremble as we walk to the desk of the Prof. to receive our doom. -Coach Thomas is just beaming today-wonder why? Wait and see. -We wonfff fMarion l3. Shortridge l29 The team gave the victory as a wedding present to the coach who was bound in holy matrimony on Thursday night. -Betty Riley is the winner in an essay contest on Why Marion Needs Parks and Playgrounds a subject that the whole school has been puz- zling over for the last two weeks. Everybody seems to be sleepy' Guess they were at the Mardi Gras too late last night Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z iqmqgi 1 Fav 1 3 l- . 5 :l a . A Q ' , 'Q ff . 557.6 . aw ff A-551 N SI'-if I'

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THE l924 CACTUS Vocational Agriculture Department Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Q SINCE its establishment in Marion High School our vocational Agriculture Q Z Department has grown in size and importance every year. The present enrollment of thirty-six is the largest that the class has ever had. Z ln connection with their school work the boys have been interested in Q clubs as usual. There were five of these clubs this year, Potato, Poultry, Pig, Bee and Corn. There will be an addition of two new clubs next year, the Z Lamb club and the Ton Litter club. The latter is in connection with the Pig Q club. Three members of this year's Corn Club entered the Five Acre Corn Contest sponsored by the Indiana Corn Cirower's Association. Russel Farley g with a yield of ninety-one bushels per acre fthe largest yield in Cirant County? Q and Hubert Drook with a yield of eighty-six bushels per acre both won silver X medals, Hal Chasey with a yield of eighty-three bushels per acre won a bronze Z medal. Z J The class has the use, of eight acres of school land on west Thirty-Sixth X street for its projects. ln addition to two gardens on the plot the members have Z a pen of a dozen English Leghorns from a high egg laying strain. The eggs g from this pen have been used for hatching purposes. X The Fifth Annual Egg Show was held at the High School, April 30 and X Z May l. More than forty dozens of eggs were entered. One week later the club Z journeyed to Purdue University to the Round-up. May 6 to 9. This year's : corn judging team at the Round-up consisted of Edgar Clanin. Chester Stuber. 1 Q Z Y Hubert Drook and Hal Chasey. The club presented a playlet written by Mr. Crane entitled A Class ln Corn Judging Everyone who goes to the Round Q 1 up looks forward with great expectancy to the plays p esented by the M H S 1 ff? FBMQY . k d me., i ii is-'af t 1 5gj. gi B V i r . . Q E 'iq delegation. B 2523, . as me v .see-. an , . , , , C . 'Fi-S'

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THE 1924 CACTUS Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z lmml 1 'Zeb 2... NOVEMBER -Mardi Gras still going--So is our money. Seniors elect their class officers. -Out of school early today for football game-Poor Bluffton-Marion 70 Bluffton O. -Dramatic Club is organized-now for some real-for-sure plays. -Last home football game-Marion 32, Newcastle 6. -Dr. Bulgin and Mr. Roper give an interesting program in the auditorium. -The whole school mourns the loss of a member of our faculty, Miss Lena Smith, who died suddenly today. -This is educational week-everyone is alert and busy to further the pro- ject. -Senior class plants an elm tree on the school lawn. Music Dept. stages a successful Comic Opera, Priscilla -School dismissed for Thanksgiving vacation. Well. that's one thing we are thankful for. DECEMBER -First basketball game. Looks as though were going to have a second Wonder Five. -Basketball team loses a fast game to Newcastle. -Second fire drill of the season-No one injuredl -Marion is badly defeated by Anderson 64-143 Dramatic Club gives an Xmas present to the school in the form of a play, A'Upon the Waters. Only two more shopping days 'till Xmas! JANUARY My! but we hated to come back to school. Big snowl Fourth street hill again becomes popular. Our old time rival, Fairmount, beat us there 30-19. What are we coming to? Sweetser-Marion game. Yea Marion! Marion 24, Sweetser 21. Hartford City-Marion game. Yea Marion again? Well, Warren only beat us one point! FEBRUARY Ground hog did not see his shadow. Marion again defeats Lebanon. The Wren appears at last Big success S200 gained for the llbrary M- .. im a ic.-.-- Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z ue F ,pls it g ma.. ,. Y . - . . I G ff 1-.Tc g , . 4. , Y - -, lx ms 52, k. . . 32 . ' fal