Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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Character, scholarship, leadership, and service four sometimes awe-inspiring words signify Torch Club, the goal of every upper- classman and the greatest honor to be bestowed upon a student of Ottumwa High School. Membership in Torch Club is awarded only to those students who have shown, with- out doubt, that they are the outstanding mem- bers of their class. Gaining actual admittance into Torch Club is no simple task. Prospective members are decided u|x n by elections, balloting living done by a secret committee of faculty members, who must consider carefully the merits and demerits on the record of each student eligible for membership. High scholastic marks are not the onlv requirement for this unsurpassed honor. Equal- ly important are those distinctive traits of fine character and leadership coupled with actual service to the school. Any junior or senior jx ssessing all of these qualifications is truly deserving of the honor of membership. Though Torch Club, sponsored by Miss Enoch, has no projects or activities, several meetings or picnics are held throughout the year, and at one of these meetings, officers are elected. Members chosen to act as officers this year are Hart Williamson, president; Mari- lee Knebel, vice-president: Bob Angle, secre- tary. Invaribly Torch Club members strive to set an example for others. Therefore, if you notice a student with his head held a bit higher his grin a bit wider, his step a bit surer, notice the small, but prominent, pin on his sweater a flaming torch and a keystone bearing the letters C. S. L. S., the emblem of Torch Club, National Honor Society. Betty Amos Bob Frazer Marilee Kncl el Charles Stewart Bob Angle Virginia Burt Gene Glenn Mary Ann Horner Icannc Mclntire Colleen Sil crt Hart Williamson Miss Knock Pack lb

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Occa Rawlings Ruth Roth W. A. Rozehoom Marie Schick Wnltlo E. Scott I ’iRuc Sowers Ethel Standing A. E. Tallman E. W. Tiedc Paul Troeger Elmn Vacha Elizabeth Ver Heul Mildred Wilson Evelyn Eaton Ida Blanche McCarroll FACULTY OCEA RAWLINGS English. B. A. RUTH ROTH -Sociology. B. A. W. A. ROZEBOOM -Business Training, Bo kkeep- ing. School Treasurer. B. A. MARIE SCHICK History. B. A. WALDO E. SCOTT—Orchestra. B. S. LaRUE SOWERS- Mathematics. B. A. ETHEL STANDING—History, Psychology. B. A., M. A. A. F. TALLMAN Chemistry. B. S. E. W. TIEDE Commercial Arithmetic. Bookkeep- ing. Business Manager, Athletics. B. S. PAUL TROEGER Biology. Agriculture. M. A. ELM A VACHA Geography. Counsellor. B. A. ELIZABETH VER HEUL History. Latin. B. A. MYLDRED WILSON Typing, Stenography. Com- mercial Club. B. A. EVELYN EATON Registrar. IDA BLANCHE McCARROLL Secretary to Prin- cipal. B. F. A. Page 15

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Ruby Carr gets a big kick out of Bob Anderson and Fred Nvdle washing dishes at the Torch initiation dinner. Torch Club Officers: Hart Williamson, President; Bob Angle. Secretary; .'lari- lee Knel el. Vice-president: Miss Fnoch. Adviser. Ronald Hui cr Joe Lein ha user Krc«I Nvdle Doris Smith Richard Spurlock Annette Stein Jack Trnutwein Pack 17