Abilene High School - Orange and Brown Yearbook (Abilene, KS)

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Che Abilene Iijigb School Booster Daphne Swartz '16 Paul Hershey '17 Dudley Wyandt '18 Reporters Gretchen Rugh '19 Lesta Kauffman '17 Raymond Kehler '19 Earl Eisenhower '17 Laura Lucier '18 lllarle Davis '16 Lynn Wagoner '18 John Haskell '16 HERE appeared in the Abilene Daily Reflector, on the evening of October 29, a new section with a heading all its own, which attracted no little amount of attention. lt was the first edition of the Abilene High School Booster. With the exception of high school notes published weekly in the local papers, the Abilene High School had never had a newspapers-at least not within the memory of the present faculty and student body, so, of course, the first appearance of one could not fail to attract notice. This high school paper, for it was not as yet the Booster, came as a result oi' one of Prof. French's original ideas of which he seems to have an unlimited supply when something is needed to keep things moving. After the appointment of the editorial board, which was composed of three peoplefone from each of the upper classes-the next step was to decide upon a name. Finally, the editors decided that the name should be significant of the paper's purpose or aim, and so it became the Booster. The next task was the choosing of a staff, for no newspaper is complete without the reporters. Accordingly, a meeting of each class was held, and a boy and girl were elected in each to report class news. About this time Merle Thorpe, head of the Journalism department of the Kan- sas University, came to Abilene to give the first of a series of entertainments held at the High School Auditorium during the winter. In chapel, he related some of his experiences as a newspaper reporter4and real thrillers they proved to be. Then as a special treat, he gave an informal talk to the fourth year English class, which has this year taken up Journalism to some extent. ln this interesting talk he explained the underlying elements of the news story, the human interest story, and the editorial. Thus it came about, that the Booster board was duly in- spired, and three embyro journalists were started on the way to fame. The first copies of the Booster were far from perfect-the editorials seemed stiff, and the news stories were stilted. But there seems to have been a gradual im- provement. In some way, the words have overcome their tendency to refuse to fit in the proper places, and the whole paper is loosing its stuck-up-if-yOu-FIGHSQ 1112111- ner. Whether the Booster has boosted A. H. S. at the proper time and in the right direction, only time will tell. It is certain, however, that the Booster's reputation reached far and wide. Upon special invitation Mr. French spoke on the value of a high school paper of that type at the North Central Teachers' Association in Minneap- olis, and from all reports his spiel was an unqualified success. .lust to what extent the Booster will expand in the coming years, no one can tellg but there are strong hopes of a time when it will be an independent, self-sup- porting' newspaper published in the Abilene High School. EIGHTEEN

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P-4131 TXV ICNTY HERBERT KRAYBILL ilndustriall Football '15. Same old story, Same old song, Same old fellow, All day long. 33 HARLEY LITTLE flndustriall Baseball '13, '14, '15, Capt. '16 Basketball '14, Capt. '15. Football '13, '14, Capt. '15, Tennis Club, '14, '15, 'l6. Student Representative '16, My high school course from A to Z Is only one incessant Cram, Which bores to death a boy like me, Who doesn't give a -rap. 32 BRUCE ENGLE fCollegeD Class Vice-President '14. Class Treasurer '16. Football '14, '15. Travk '15, '16. Glee Club '16. Latin Play '15, Annual Staff '16. 'fLuna est in mente Brutif'