Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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ds -.1 THE l924 CACTUS 3 The Charles Alvin Ballinger Prize MISS J. Marie Ballinger, of the Marion High School faculty, has offered an annual prize consisting of the year's interest from one hundred dollars, to 2 the Senior who has made the highest average in mathematics in high school. 2 This prize is given in honor of Miss Ballinger's brother, Charles Alvin 3, Ballinger, who was intensely interested in education before his death in March of this year. The quailfications are as follows: the student must have done all l his high school work in Marion High School: he must have taken three terms 1 7 of algebra and three terms of geometry: and he must never have failed in any fl subject. The award will be based on high scholarship. The prize will be pre- f sented on Commencement night. 7 f The State Latin Contest Q The State Latin Contest was held again in the spring of 1924. The con- I. 7 test asstijmed enormojus lproporgonsdthis year, ln tillaeir rfspective schools and V' c asses t ere were eig t t ousan stu ents w o won rst p aces in oca contests. f There were lifty-two contestants at the finals. A f ln the county meet. held at Marion, there were seven schools, Van Buren. Jonesboro, Gas City, Swayzee, Sweetser. Fairmount and Marion. The Marion 4 High School contestants won four lirsts in the four divisions of county. Q In y the district meet, held at Peru. there were sixteen schools represented. Marion Q students won first places in divisions Il and IV. There were fifty-two schools X entered at the state meet held at Bloomington, but the Marion representatives ,yi did not place. f 1 7 District Commercial Contest The district commercial contest was held at Marion High School Saturday Z April 26. There were five divisions. 7 l. Novice Typewriting, won by Marion High School. Q Z. Beginning Shorthand. won by Fairmount High School. j j 3. Amateur Typewriting, won by Marion High School. if 4. Advanced Shorthand, won by Marion High School. A 5. Penmanship. won by Verlin Renbarger of Marion High School. X f By winning the most points the Marion High School Contestants won the pennant that was presented. X 1 The Novice Typewriting team was composed of Jennie Troyer, Eva Z Liepse, and Loraine Wilson. The Beginning Shorthand team was composed of Margaret Camblin. Marion Colling and Theodore Wilson. The members of 7 the Amateur Typewriting team were Jennie Vvlatts, Aileen Howell, and Gwen- ff dolyn Barrows. The Advanced Shorthand team was Catherine Morris. Mil- X dred Wilcox, and Bernice Bowman. The Penmanship team was Verlin Ren- barger. Robert Kells. and Catherine Morris. ij i There were eight high schools besides Marion represented. Bluffton, Dun- -F QQ kirk, Montpelier. Fairmount. Wabash. Windfall. Hartford City. and Jonesboro. TF? May 9 the state contest was held at Muncie at the State Normal School. g , All the Marion winners were entered. . , asm - .,, ,. J-1 W7 Lg, If Q . Q ' ME l- . A t 1 V my P ns., V S2421 '