Mentor High School - Cardinal Notes Yearbook (Mentor, OH)

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Girl Reserves The Girl Reserves, an organization which is a branch of the Young Women's. Christian Association, was formed at Mentor High School in 1929. The purpose of the club is friendship for all girls at all times. Any of the senior, junior, or sophomore girls may join this worth-while organization. A few of their outstanding events this year were the initiation and recognition. services and a sleigh ride party. Throughout the year the girls had slippers and interesting programs. Aside from sponsoring a booth at the annual carnival, the girls sent baskets to the! needy at Christmas and Thanksgiving. The officers of this organization are as follows: Barbara Christen, presidentg Muriel Squier, vice presidentg Doris Booth, secretary, and Kathryn Sprague, treasurer. The two members of the faculty who advise and guide these girls are the Misses Jones and Ebert. Miss Luse is an honorary member. The cabinet is made up of the following six committees: social committee, Jean Norris, chairmang service committee, Doris Hollandg ring committee, Carletta Treasterg financial committee, Kathryn Spragueg publicity committee, Doris Boothg and program conunittee, l-li-Y The Hi-Y, a branch of the Y. M. C. A., is one of the two boys' clubs at Mentor High. Boys from the three upper classes are asked to join this group, and these are voted in by the members. The aim of this organization is to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community a high standard of Christian character. When the members ha.ve been chosen, the initiations are administered. These so-called punishments usually result in the initiates coming to school with umbrellas, carrying books in paper baskets, and such mischievous acts of violence. This club meets twice a month during the school year. At the first meeting of the month. part of the time is devoted to the program that the group has decided to take for the year, and the remainder of the evening is given over to a gymnasium period or similar entertain- ment. During the winter months this club goes swimming at the Y. M. C. A. in Pai-nesville. The officers elected for the year are as follows: Robert Abel, president, Robert Linga- felter, vice president: Ray Gunesch, secretaryg Charles Fatica, treasurerg and Mr. Casey, adviser. The program committee, which provides entertainment for the organization, is Henry Maurer and James Agard. Kathryn Tear. Pep Clu The Pep Club is a newly organized society, having been formed in 1934. In order to be a member of this club one must be voted in. The cheerleaders automatically are made members. At the present time the club consists of about 30 members, all of whom are sophomores, juniors or seniors. The Pep Club's aim is to promote better organized cheering throughout the entire school and to encourage as much school spirit as is possible. School spirit should not lag with such an organization as this. This club has as its officers this year, Vera Rosecrans, president, John Hemphill, vice presidentg and Jeanette Matson, secretary. The cheerleaders are Vera Rosecrans, junior, Florence Osborne, junior, Lucille Evans, senior, and Jeanette Matson, junior. The first three mentioned have their awards for cheer- leading. Library Club The library staff has been organized this year as a club with Henry Maurer as president, Helen Enyeart as vice president, Jane Jones as secretary, and Miss Luse as faculty adviser. These student assistants aid the librarian in making all library facilities most accessible to the student body. Their duties include preparation of new books for circulation, cataloguing, mending old books, checking overdues, and shelving and charging books. In addition to these they assist the librarian in preparing collections of books for the elementary schools. Business meetings of the club are held on alternate Wednesdays. At these meetings means of giving more efficient library service are discussed, and informal book talks are given. Social meetings are enjoyed at intervals. Those of the staff who serve well may have credit of one of two 'types-eight service points or one-fourth credit toward graduation. TW E NTY-SEVEN

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Scholarship Clu The Lake County Scholarship Club is a club to promote higher scholarship ideals among students and has been in existence the past ten years. This year Mentor High School had twenty-six students eligible for membership in this group. Five of these are life members, having been associated with the group for at least three years. These include Janette Rodgers and Barbara Christen, four-year members, and Carletta Treaster, Kathryn Tear, and Charles Garcia, three-year members. Four of those remaining are two-year members. The annual banquet was held at Perry High School this year on Wednesday, February 20. Dr. l.. C. Wright, president of Baldwin Wallace College, was the speaker of the evening, choosing Educating the Margins. of Life as his topic. Mentor's club took charge of the school's assembly program on February 15 with Barbara Christen acting as chairman. The entertainment was divided into two parts, the first serious, the second amusing. Talks on various phases of scholarship featured the first part, while accordian solos, a vocal duet, and a one-act play constituted the second part. Student ouncil The one representative governing body of Mentor High School is the Student Council, which was first organized in 1926. The presidents of each class together with three other students chosen from the senior class, two from the junior, two from the sophomore, two from the freshmen, and one from each of the junior high homerooms make up the membership of this organization. The officers for this year were the following: Bill Linsz, a senior, president, Carl Pinkney, a junior, vice president, Muriel, Squier, a senior, secretary, and VVoodrow Russell, a senior, treasurer. The advisors of this organization are Miss Jones and Mr. Masonbrink. At the weekly meetings the Council discusses and helps solve problems that have come up before the student body. It is also responsible for the appointing of students to the various major positions in the school and to several committees. It has been its custom to sponsor a carnival each year, which, incidentally, has always been a tremendous success. The money raised by this social event is used partially to help defray the financial obligations of the school paper, The Com-Mentor. As another project the Council gives the school a new flag each year. This year they purchased paint und supervised the painting of the arch on the stage. To be a member of the Council is a real honor, carrying with it many responsibilities. Anyone serving as member of this group automatically loses his position if his merit standing falls below eighty. Com-Mentor Staff The school year 1934--1935 marks the first decade of publication of' the Com-Mentor, the school paper. This paper is issued at intervals of two weeks by the students of Mentor High School, twelve numbers are published during the year. The Com-Mentor has won several state and national awards and is a member of the National Scholastic Press Association. This publication contains news, feature stories, editorials, alumni news, and original colunms written by the staff or members of the student body, The advertising is contributed by local merchants, and the printing is done by the Painesville Telegraph. ln both 19341 and in 1935 the junior class financed and edited one edition of the Com- Mentor. The staE is composed of an editor-in-chief, news editor, business and advertising manager aml assistant, circulation manager and assistant, department editors and assistants, class reporters and typists. During the past year Janette Rogers has served as editor-in-chief, and Henry Maurer as business manager. Mrs. George is faculty advisor. English credit is given to the members of the staff. The experience that is obtained should prove helpful to one interested in pursuing any type of literary work. Secretarial Staff The secretarial staff has furnished some much needed assistance around the school this year. included in this group are the cafeteria checker and cashier, the general treasurer, and the pupils who assist individual teachers as private secretaries. This last named group do the typing and the mimeographing of tests, outlines, and other supplementary material used by the teachers in their various courses. This plan was designed to give the commercial students actual experience in secretarial work. The students were assigned as follows: Bernice Callaway to clerk of Board of Education, .Iune Lingafelter and Arthur Bond to Mrs. George, Lucille Evans to Miss I.use, Alvin Arm- strong to Mr. Krauss, Kathryn Sprague to Miss Ebert, Edith Davies to Mr. Stocker, Beatrice Dewalt to Miss Boynton, Andrew Frazier to Miss Persons, Charles Fatica to Mr. Oswald, Robert Eaton to Miss Jones, Marjorie Morgan to Mr. VVical, Robert Lingafelter to Mr. Masonbrink, Sybil Wragby to Miss Craig, Vera Rosecrans to Mr. Casey, Lorene Smith to Miss Page, Thelma Kurth to Miss Brenaman. The general treasurer this year is Lora Logan, while the cafeteria cashier and the checker are Mary Torok and Helen Torok respectively. TWENTY-SIX

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Band A source of enjoyment that will last as long as life itself is open to those who learn to know and love music. Our Mentor High School band, which consists of approximately thirty- five members, started its third year with hopeful ambitions. Under the direction of Mr. Stocker, the band rehearses twice ea.ch week, has played for many assemblies, and has taken part in the concert given to increase the funds of the music department. This organization went to Berea, on April 20, 1935, to compete in the Northeastern Ohio contest for the first time. It played Iowa Band Law by K. I.. King, as the warm up , Son and Strangerv as the selected, and La Feria as the required number. The officers of the band are Ray Jenks, president, Lucille Evans, secretary and treasurer: and Jack Thayer. librarian. Clarence Cole is the student director. Orchestra The orchestra of Mentor High School is composed of approximately twenty-eight mem- bers, directed by a competent leader, Mr. Stocker. The officers of this organization this year were Ford Davis, presidentg Betty Allciiin, secretary and treasurerg and Jane Jones, librarian. A new position in the orchestra is that of student director, which was filled during the year by Stanley Shanower. Music is provided for assemblies and graduation by this organization. This year, as in former years, the orchestra went to the spring music festival which was held on April 12, at Willoughby High School. They played The Two WaItzes from Brahms. Some of the members of this group were chosen to play in the massed orchestra later in the evening. In order to raise money to help buy music, the orchestra participated in the concert given in the school auditorium on February 13. Mixed Chorus One of the most advanced of the musical organizations is the mixed chorus of about fifty-five members. Mr. Stocker formed this chorus this year, choosing its members from the boys' and girls' glee clubs, and it has progressed rapidly under this able direction. The group participated in the Berea contest as did a special octette composed of Louise Wagner, Barbara Christen, Mary Fog, Vera Rosecrans, Bill Linsz, Dave Andrus, Jim Ahlman, and Stanley Shanower. The mixed chorus has also participated in two informal concerts and in several assemblies. Two of their numbers which they render especially well and which are quite difficult for any high school chorus are Listen to the Lambs by Bett and Lo, a Voice to Heaven Sounding by Bortnianski. They sang as their selected number at the contest The Long Day Closes by Girls' Glee Club An organization that holds the interest of a large number of girls of Mentor High School is the ever popular girls, glee club. This group has about fifty-five members. The purpose of the glee club in the high school is to encourage and develop organized choral music. Under the direction of Mr. Stocker their aim is being achieved to a great extent. This group rehearses once each week. Several representatives of this club were selected to sing in the massed Northeastern Ohio chorus April 19, 1935, at Berea. This group, along with the other musical organizations, participated in the concert held February 13, 1935, in the high school auditorium. The officers of the girls' glee club are the following people: Jean Norris, president, Eunice Stevens, secretary and treasurer, and June Lingafelter, librarian. Vera Rosecrans holds the position of student conductor. Boys' Glee Club The boys' glee club, which has thirty-seven members and is composed of boys from the freshmen to the senior class, has, under the able direction of Mr. Stocker, accomplished amazing results. Bill Linsz, the student director, often leads the boys in their rehearsals, which are held once a week in the music room. This group sang at a P. T. A. meeting, at the annual concert, and also in several assemblies. At all performances, they were highly appreciated by their audiences. A group of these boys went to Berea, on April 19, to form several ensembles and to be in the mixed chorus contest. The officers are Bill I.insz, presidentg Tom Guthrey, secretary and treasurerq and Ray Guncsch, librarian. Sullivan. TWENTY-EIGIIT