Wisconsin High School - Wisconsin Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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i. .L .lf . 'ii X ll ll M7 JUNIOR CLA tg, fu., 'kilwtret-U19 is J D, u u , Qt . .X a 4 9 s W s J. N JJ 6 L A tl 2 i V l is l I i I 1 l l I ff :W F M. if OFFICERS : President Vice-President Secretary - Treasurer Having success Qin! SS li.4 thi. First Row: Daniels, Hansen,iiIohnson, Wflsoni, Thomas, Krueger, Pratt, M strand, Marsh, Snyder. Second Row: Desch, Curtin, Mutchler, Jones, Sommers, Plummer, Anderson, Buxton Johnson, Sheldon, Strong, Dawson. Third Row: Jollos, Fish, Schuettc, O'Malley, Batdorf, VVitzemann, Kolb, McCormick Lutbeg, Gillen, Bowden. Fourth Row: Blankensee, Corry, Frank, Mueller, Rockwood, Rash, Kerr, Zanoya, Clay- ton, Sanderson. Fi t Ro : F1211 , Sanderson, Lorenz, Hendrickson, Kriel, Thompson, Lewis, Royston W en, ill, mes. if flied! Qj ,ir fi ' -t QS! ss A, QL. Ks it - Dick JAMES BILL LIUTCHLER JSEANNE BTUELLER - BILL JONES fully passed all requirements in our Freshman and Sopho- more years, we are now worthy Juniors. This year we were even busier and more successful than in our last two years. We enthusiastically took part in all school activities. Members of the Junior class took part in the all-school and one-act plays. Many Juniors are in the glee-clubs and the newly organized A Cappella Choir. Several of our group are officers of various clubs. Nearly all of the boys and some of the girls take part in sports with great interest. A few of the boys are letter-men in various sports. One of them is Dick James, our class president this year, and next year's football captain. And then Prom! Because there was no Sophomore Shuffle due to scarlet fever, Prom was the one big dance of the year. At the very first of the year when we found ourselves juniors and with the Prom confronting us our enthus- iasm knew no bounds. And so, by an overwhelming majority, Tom Lorenz was elected Prom King. Then, what a time of suspense there was! XVe had to wait so long to know who the Prom Queen would be. Finally a little more than a month before Prom was held the whole school knew that Mary jane Thomas was the Queen of the Junior Prom. Under our capable King and Queen and two faculty advisers, Mrs. Burr and Mr. Hinderman, we, the Junior Class made good in our Prom and all our activities. Page Thirteen

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in relation to body health, the prolongation or furthering of life, bacteriological study in relation to infection in health, intelligent marketing and community hygiene with relation to personal hygiene. This course has accomplished the purpose of bringing to our attention the importance of health in moulding our life activities. Education for Leisure Time is an entirely new subject and was formulated for the previously mentioned adjustment idea to prepare young people for an increased amount of leisure time in the future. The difference in teaching procedure of this course from the others is that so many more instructors had a hand in executing the proposed plan at some time or other. The former coach, Russell Rippe, did assist, and the present coach, Clyde Knapp, will assist in leisure education in the world o-f sports. Drama, music, art and literature were jointly ha.ndled by Miss Hoard, Miss Springhorn, Miss Rector, Miss Boreh- ers, Mr. Claxton and Mr. Lees. To motivate interest, such activities as music request programs and special literature and drama studies, were attempted. Imaginative journeys, taken on a tentative XVestern trip were written up by the Alpha group and several of the students presented their compositions o-ver Radio Station XYHA. Another leisure activity unit termed, Know Your Auto- mobile, was led by Mr. Hinderman and Mr. McMullen, in an effort to educate boys and girls alike as to what makes our common machine servants run. The fourth constant of the adjustment program is Education for Vocations and College Life, which, by the title is self-explanatory. Extensive studies of the most important colleges and universities allowed our group to print a booklet giving full particulars concerning the different schools. In pursuing the vocations study, accomplished men of their respective fields, gave talks on the nature of out- standing voca.tions. The discussion of these four constants brings to an end the adjustment idea. For intellectual improvement. electives, taken by all students of the VVisconsin High School, were dressed up to suit the whims of the experiment directors. Such changes as, alternation of class days twhich also was the case in many adjustment studiesj, different teaching procedures and new study materials, were effected. With this sketchy review of the experiment in schooling, perhaps you can gain, as least, an inkling as to the purposes of the experiment and a partial knowledge of its actual working. Although this writeup has been purely ob- jective so far, it would not be complete without a word from the students stand- point. XVhen we were notified of the curriculum change, there were many do-ubts and misgivings as to the value of an experiment, under which we were to act as human ,guinea pigs. XVith the beginning of the school year, explanations were attempted to make clear many of the doub-tful points, but little enlighten- ment was gained until a month or two passed. XVe were all inclined to disbeliev- ing the merits of the new system and openly expressed our cynicism, thus making the teachers' jobs more tedious. VVe fo-und ourselves endowed with greater free- dom of study and action than ever before and some of us undoubtedly took more liberties than we should have under such circumstances. The first year, being as much an experiment for the teachers as ourselves, was quite successful. Few mistakes were apparent. Only such activities as fencing classes and rhythm classes, in the Leisure Time group, could be classed as time wasters. These relatively useless activities have been replaced by more beneficial ones and the experiment can be said to be safely past the haphazard guessing stage. During the junior year, the work was more difficult, with a gradual dropping off o-f many Leisure Time activities and an inclination toward more serious work. These tendencies persisted throughout the entire year and the Senior class of the follow- ing year had only six subjects as a result of the terminatio-n of Leisure Time. As a mark of gratitude, we, the Alpha group, express our appreciation to the teachers who have worked so hard to bring us through the three trying years of experiment. -A GUINEA Pic: Page Twelve

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if sl lnffffff' V, soPuoMoRE Ji C L A S S tp. Q !.f..,fi-'-1,1-A-VM-L L1 UL gp C 4 , f LMLQ4 s .. fd First Row: Volk, Nesbit, Pekel, Truax, Wilkie, Carroll, Stoneman, VVittwer, Lillegren, Olson. ,MJ Clouw- D , Second Row: Marks, Odegard, Peterson, Sakrison, Anderson, Saeck, Kessler, Ewbank, Hogan, Jackson, Walton. . if Third Row: Clayton, Pekel, Hanson, Holt, Riesser, Kubly, Klein, Buerki, Sanna, Colbert. ful lf Fourth Row: Hendrickson, Hopkins, Winckler, Wolff, Kalbskopf, McNeel, Whitnier, ' ,- 09'-4 Doig, Rogers, Findlay, Aberg. ff' Wt! ' Fifth Row: Stoeber, Brodhead, Waters, Gr eley, iicent, Jackson, Harrington, Mucks, Buck, Slidell. X -'yvlfrlfr gf OFFICERS! , President - - DARWIN XVATERS it Vice-President - CoRNEL1.-x ROGERS ' i 5' Secretary - MARY ELEANOR TRUAX ,CYXX Treasurer - - ZXIERRILYN OLSON if . , . . .. fc? V ,J Much ado about nothing' seems to describe the Sophomore activities to X date. Enthusiasm was stimulated when the date was set in November for the 02 annual Sophomore Shuffle. Plans were formulated a.nd approved, the or- chestra was hired and the decorating committee was all set to take off with an orig- inal, new and attractive plan for converting the old gym into a fantastic winter playground. Buzz! Buzz! everybody was excited, for, after all, this was the first and only Sophomore Shuffle we had ever promoted. Boom! zowiel and a couple of whamsl Up Hew the registry of scarlet fever cases and down went the lid on all social activities! l ! No parties, no entertainments, and worst of all, no Sophomore Shuffle. VVe revived our disappointed spirits by generously donating to one of Madi- son's needy families at Christmas time. The response was so great that three bushel baskets were filled with staple foods, meats, and fresh fruits and vege- tables, enough for many delicious meals. Then, following the Christmas vacation when the scarlet fever epidemic seemed to be subsiding we revived our plans for the Sophomore Shuffle. VVe did lots of talking, dug up our first plans for decorations, punch, orchestra, invita- tions, etc. But before we had gotten into action Mr. Ryan interrupted us with news of another han on social gatherings. No Shuffle, said he, so we burned our blue-prints, and decided to cancel our plans permanently. So, the class of nineteen thirty-eight will go down in history as one class who managed to be happy without a Shuffle. Page Fourteen