Salina High School - Trail Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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tion was adopted and in addition swimming lessons were begun for boys at the Y.M.C.A. ln l924, girls' athletics were started, with the girls earning letters through a point system. Records of the beginning of the C.K.L. are not complete. The first league consisted of seven teams, they were Salina, Abilene, Mc- Pherson, Chapman, Ellesworth, Herington, and Lindsborg. The present league was formed in T939 with Salina, Abilene, Her- ington, Chapman, McPherson, Clay Center, Manhattan, and Junction City. Herington withdrew a few years later to enter another league. Down through the history of our Salina High School, we have enioyed the support and loyalty of a number of teachers. We would like to give honorable mention to these faithful instructors who have been with us for many of their active teaching years. Among these are: J. E. Andy Anderson, E. G. Barber, C. A. Brooks, O. E. Hodgson, Helen Mitchell, N. E. Orendorff, W. R. Pfenninger, R. R. Reed, B. E. Sites, Helen Stillwell, H. R. Heywood, Florence McCall, W. E. Simpson, W. W. Waring, Anna-Lora Miller, C. F. Le- bow and Edna Maude Smith. The contribu- tion they have made to the schools of Salina should have a high rating among many of the former Salina High students. The past 75 years have been marked with many changes. What will the future bring? Instead of driving souped up hot rods, will we be flying helicopters and jet aeroplanes? What will our school be like? Will teaching still be in individual classes or will students sit in their homes and attend classes by tele- vision? Will atomic power completely take away the necessity of gas and coal heat? In years to come transatlantic travel may be as common as inter-state travel. As the popula- tion of Salina has grown greatly in the last 75, so shall it continue to expand in the years to come. ln 75 years our grandchildren may speak of T953 as the olden days. The new senior high school makes a spectacular sight when lighted at night, with the large spotlights turned on the ma in architectural fea tures -101

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ern lighting, finest acoustics, and is arranged so it is easily accessible to music and dra- matics departments and can be reached from outside or inside without disturbing classrooms. Even as the building has changed, so has the curriculum of the Salina High School. Before 1900 most of the subiects that were taught were iust the bare essentials such as English, history, and social science. As the years passed, vocational subiects were added for the benefit of each student. One of these subjects was glee club, which has become our present mixed chorus classes, with their annual presentations of a musical and variety show plus many outside public appearances. Among the new subiects introduced about the turn of the century was printing and shop. Since these beginning days the industrial de- partment has seen the most changes of any department. From the boiler room of Wash- ington, where welding was first established, this department has undergone many addi- tions of machine classes and is one of the most important departments of the school. Although shorthand was taught for some- time before, more subiects of this type have been added, such as typing, bookkeeping, and office practice. One of the more recent additions in the commercial fields is the dis- tributive education class, established in 1947. This class enables a student to carry on a part time iob and he is also taught how to meet the public in various kinds of business life. The language department has not changed greatly in the past 25 years. In 1925 Latin was a four year course with the last two years known as Cicero and Virgil. Now only two years are taught. From these language courses, clubs were organized. The Spanish Club, La Sociedad Castillana, was begun in 1925, with thirty members. As the years continued, the club has expanded to more than fifty members at the present time. ln 1945 the club's name was changed to La Cumparcita. The Latin Club was organized in 1924. The last language club to be organized was the German Club which was started in 1951 . The Dramatics Club was organized in 1918 but was reorganized in 1945 by .lack Kelly. Dramatics and Music Clubs, which first met in 1949, are the only clubs in which students must be voted to membership. A few of the more recent club additions are Writers' Club which was started in 1950, and Library Club in 1951. Sports, of course, is one of the big attrac- tions of the school, although Salina High athletics did not begin until 1900. Athletics came with the completion of the new Central High with its new accommodations for such activities-these being baseball and tennis. No other means of recreation were added until basketball, in 1904. Both boys' and girls' teams were organized. Track began several years later, also about this time the Athletic Association and S Club. Later the Letterman's Club was organized. ln 1911 boys' and girls' physical educa-

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Student go ernment guide I l FRONT ROW-Joann Triplett, Elain Kocher, Sally Davis, Jody Conrad, Barbara Anderson, Sally Scriven. SECOND ROW-Mary Swedlund, Vera Carlson, Joanne Fountain, Arlene Darby, Myrna Moon, Patsy Sutton. THIRD ROW-Gene Pease, Jerry Lewis, Jim Leffingwell, Arlyn Hill, Larry Smith. FOURTH ROW-Barbara Wood, Carol Manchester, Lee Weaver, Norita Pratt, Dorothy Serrault, Bonnie Gawith. BACK ROW-Bill Lewis, Patsy Humphries, Irene Belcher, Shirley Collins, Stanley Drevets, Dennis Sampson. NOT lN PICTURE-J. D. Patterson, Sharon Lynch, Dan Daly, Jane K . osson Under the able guidance of president Jim Leffingwell, the student council planned and carried out many successful events. ----I The soft drink machines in the con- :ourse were sponsored by the council. Some ofthe school assembly programs were obtained by them. They also bought the uniforms for the Usherettes. At each home game a committee from the council decorated the goal posts ond helped the P.T.A. to sell hot dogs. Through their efforts, the ela- borate homecoming festivities were talren care of. At Christmas o com- mittee decorated the tree in the hall and sponsored the scene con- structed by the art department. Also they sponsored the Red Cross drive and obtained about S100 for the March of Dimes. They collected the money for the mem- orial fund which went to Miss Q Eldu Duerkson and Miss Delores 311- I . b Q ruiuv-vc ' I HI resin---l' HE OFFICERS lei? to iEg::lJdBUle3:e'crY, .lim Lefflrlgwe P larlsomtreasurerp-l0dY 0 A more profitable year was Griffing. possible because of the organiza- tion of 1952-1953 Student Council. ..11-.