Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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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 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'