Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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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

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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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In every large institution it is deemed necessary to have a group to control order and see that the rules are enforced. The organiza- tion for this purpose at (). I I. S. is the Student Council. The duties of this group are numer- ous and imposing. Of these, placing and con- trol of the student reserves, operation of a lost and found department, a checkroom, and (he collection of absence slips, are but a few. The most important task conducted is the trial and sentencing of rule offenders. Every student is given a fair chance to prove his in- nocence before being sentenced by the judge, a Student Council member. All is not work, however, for Miss Rose Miller, the Council's adviser, and the other members arrange a party at the close of each year. Where but in America can such a democ- racy be found among the youth in the schools! Hob Angle Marlha Cudworth Don Ferguson Gene Glenn Fred Nvdlc Kd Diekmann Charles Ferguson Jerry bong Joy Montagnc Joan Perry Jim Davis Ray Hamcrslcy David Lodwick Genevieve Savage Rose Miller Page 18