Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

Page 5 text:

THE 1924 CACTUS LD Ll ' Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z i Z ci G Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z m m 'ia Qian ff ff Rag' 'km K H ,. , . rw 1 W wx H f - , E - -rsy x -i 'xx V .Lf

Page 4 text:

THE 1924 CACTUS Z Z ye Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z 5 -liammi ,l 3' fa SP A The Hi-Y Club HE Marion Hi-Y Club is one chapter of a national organization of High T School boys. sponsored by the Young Men's Christian Association. Z Though the Hi-Y Club has been organized in Marion High School for a num- Z' ber of years. it has been more active this year than ever before. through the school and Robert Daniels Nathan Searles Robert Flinn Nicholas Young Mark Ballinger The oflicers for the Darl Nall . Gordon Buhler Robert Charles Mark Ballinger The purpose of the organization is To create. maintain and extend, community. high standards of Christian Character. Z The four planks of the Hi-Y platform are: Clean Speech. Clean Scholarship. Clean Athletics and Clean Living. 4 The oflicers for the first semester of l923-24 were: 7' .. President X . Vice-President Q . . . . Secretary ., Treasurer X T reasurer 9 second semester were: . . President X Vice-President . Secretary Treasurer X held on Tuesday of each week. The program is: Z Club meetings are 6: l 5-Banquet lThe custom of having supper every Tuesday has been dis- continued and banquet meetings are special? . . - Z 7.00-Speaker of the evening. 7 7:30-Bible discussion led by Rev. Martin l.. Cirant of the Temple Con- gregational Church. The following speakers have made talks at Hi-Y meetings: Rev. Plem- X ming. Mr. Allen Messick. Rev. Rice of Detroit. Prin. John W. Kendall. Rev. Ellsworth. Mr. Mitchell Jones, Supt. Elbert E. Day. Mr. J. W. Harvey and Mr. Z E. S. Kinnear. f ln the fall of 1923 the club gave a Halloween Party at the Boy Scout Camp. east of Jonesboro. Aside from the smoke. this party was a success. Z A Faculty Banquet was held in the High School Cafeteria near Christmas time. X March 28th a Hi-Y-Girl Reserve Party was held at the Y. W. C. A. On May 6th was the Mother and Son Banquet. which was the last big social meeting J of the year. Z The membership has been greatly increased during the last semester. The E roll-call now contains forty-three names. With this increase in members the 5692439 club should Ucarry on to greater and better things in the years to come. for only a few graduate l Qs -xz-xi f -. 5 . g f? SIT, 655 lf 3? f eq GQ' rmanki Z ' 2- 2 C' -if. - 1 9' k' ai C W

Page 6 text:

THE 1924 CACTUS Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z - ian-Q 4 gf 'P Senior Kid Party THE Senior Class held a Kid party at the High School Auditorium. on April 15th. When the children first arrived, a program was given for them consisting of a piano solo by Mildred Harvey. a violin solo by Irene Ren- barger. and a dialogue by Darl Nall and Nick Young called 'lloshing the Jan- itor. After the program, kid games were played in the gymnasium, such as l'Three Deep and Drop the Handkerchieff' The prizes for the best costumes were prsented at this time to Betty Bader. Betty Millikan. James Wilson. and Bob Daniels. Later. refreshments dear to childish hearts. ice cream coner and chocolate teddy bears, were served in the cafeteria. Mathematics Club The future Euclids decided that 'lin union there is strength and so the Mathematics Club, supervised by Mr. Penrod and Mr. Pribble. was formed. A constitution was drawn up and adopted and all those taking Algebra 3. Geo- metry. or Trigonometry were eligible. The officers elected were: Royden Butterfield. President: Andrew Powell. Vice-Prsident: Clarence Foust, Secretary ancl Treasurer: Hefen Culp, Reporter. Meetings were held the first and third Thursdays of each month. and parties were given at the school. National Oratorical Contest A great deal of interest has been arouied this year in Marion High School by the National Oratorical Contest. The contest was originated by the National Bar Association, to stimulate greater interest in the Constitution among the high school students of the United States. It was sponsored in Indiana by the Indianapolis News. which spent around 510.000 for prizes. to create more interest and ccmpetition in the state. The large number of Indiana High Schools which were entered should make the sponsors well satis- lied with their efforts. Indiana was divided into districts and territories. with the final contest at Indianapolis. The states were grouped into zones and the zone winners received trips to Washington, D. C.. to give their speeches before the President of the United States with the supreme Court as judges. The local elimination was held on March 25th in our auditorium before a generala general assembly The cntr'e were Adeine Mart Margaret Lan Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z in Z A 5 Q S R . 3 I 3 I . , - g :' if I Q H X Q, M