Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Upper left: lean Trautnian, lune Gerhartz, lean Gebhardt, Eleanor VanDyke, Bernice lens, Gloria MacGregor . . . Upper right: Catherine O'Neil, Virginia Karnps, Pat Ruth, Wfiyiie Reichel, Betty Hooyman. Lower left: Mary Van Roy, Dorothy Rohloff, loann Riedl, Dean Smith, Bill Hatch, Laura Belle DeLong . . . Lower right: Vera Tilly, Ray Bleier, Robert Weise, Ruth Schwandt, Don Hilgendorf, lames Kluge. Ready Reference The library this year is centered almost entirely around the war. Newspapers, magazines, books, and pamphlets which will be most helpful to the students are always at hand. The war information bulletin board always has some display of interest to the stu- dents. The pictures taken by the Post-Crescent and other papers of various high school activities and persons are posted. In the school paper, the Talisman, the library has a column of book reviews headed Library Lingo. This column helps everyone to know the outstanding books in the library, and it gives an accurate description of each book. The sophomore English classes study a unit on the library each year to acguaint them with the library in all ways. Each sophomore class visits the library and is given a talk on it by a librarian. Our library is one of the best eguipped of any state high school, and the students are efficiently helped to make the fullest use of it. The student librarians are chosen on recommen- dation of teachers and must excel in scholarship, leadership, dependability, and popularity. Those that are chosen are more than proud of their job. The library and its helpers do their part in the war effort and it's an excellent job. The library is under the guiding hand of Miss Mielke and Miss Stilp, who are always there to help a student with some reference guestion that has become too knotty for him. There are many special fields in which the library is proud to have the most detailed source material. Every student is kept informed on the daily progress of the war by means of a map which is changed every day. The most outstanding of the many services rendered the students is the exten- sive section on vocational guidance. There are books and pamphlets on almost every known voca- tion, and more addresses may be acguired in order to get material direct from the source. The influ- ence of this excellent library is felt on every depart- ment in the school as all the librarians strive to fill every intellectual need of the student body. Student librarian Eleanor Van Dyke prepares ti new set of books for circulation. Page 13

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Upper picture, standing: Hoffman, Playman, Heule, Ziegler, Hooyman, Marston, Schaefer, Bailin, Kamps, Henke, Hamilton, Ketten- hofen, Miss Tredinnicky seated: Mr. Krueger, Miss Graef, Miss Brooks, Mr. Helble, Miss Robinson . . . Lower picture, standing, lunge, Wickesberg, Meltz, Q'Neil, Leisering, Ferron, Wallens, Miss Anderson, Tornow, Deschler, Miss Wolf, Goldbeck, DeWet, seated: Smith, Hedberg, Donahue, McCarter, Harkins. Bob DeWet, Marion Leisering, Betty Hoffman, and lune lunge are organizing their committees for the victory edition of Patterns of Stardustt' . . . Mrs. William Van Ryzin, who told the club about her experiences in Hawaii, is guestioned avidly by Catherine Q'Neill, Mary lo Dona- hue, Pat Schaefer, Mary Kettenhofen, and Mary McCarter. Page 12 Literary Lights The talent among the students of Appleton High School is really brought to the fore when they try their ambitions in writing for the Patterns of Star Dust, which is a publication of creative writing sponsored by the Edward Weissmiller chapter of the Quill and Scroll. The work that goes into the publication is appalling, but the result makes it worthwhile. The meetings of the organization are held on the third Monday of every month, and there are many speakers at these meetings. Each student elected into Quill and Scroll has something of which to be proud, for it is the only active honorary organization in the school. Qnly the students who have completed at least a year of work on the Talisman or Clarion editorial or business staffs, who are juniors or seniors with a high scholastic record, and who are recommended by their advisor are eligible for membership. ln addition to its regular program the organization this year has made several afghans for the Red Cross, and the emphasis of the program has been on an aware- ness of our world situation. Many speakers have served to increase the members' understanding and to open new avenues of endeavor. The club also helps to edit the Student Handbook, which is published for the con- venience and help of every student in school. Quill and Scroll not only fills the role of an honorary organization, but it has proven itself to be extremely functional.

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In Many Tongues The rooms at the end of the first floor house the language department. Latin, German, and Spanish are taught by Misses Elsie Kopplin, LaVerne Knie- busch, Lila Locksmith, and Sophia Haase. Each classroom has an atmosphere of its own. Books in the particular lan- guage taught in the room are kept for use by the language students and teach- ers. The works of Virgil, and Horace are read by the advanced Latin classes, Goethe is read by the second year Ger- man students, and better Spanish liter- ature is read by the Spanish students. Music plays an important part in the development of a good accent and knowledge of constructions. Songs are learned and sung by the students in their respective tongues. At Christmas time each class has a chance to sing carols in the halls for the student body. This year the Latin classes sang on the third floorj the Spanish students sang on the second floor, and the German club sang on the first floor. Spanish has been given a new stimulus this year by the emphasis that has been placed upon our South American neighbors. The other languages have not lacked in their appeal, however, as stu- dents who are preparing for a scientific or legal career have discovered that the more they know about foreign languages, the better it will be for them. As a knowledge of the people and customs of the countries in which the language is spoken is students. lim Groh, and Betty Ann Crosby are studying a map of Rome for their Latin class . . . Miss Haase leads her German class in song . . . Mr. Omar Dengo ot Costa Rica conveyed the good neighbor policy for lim Kluge and the Spanish studied, foreign language students gain a more sensitive and thorough interpretation of the prob- lems of other countries. Each language group has its social activities ex- pressed by a club. Many speakers are brought in to increase the students' knowledge of the countries and their customs. Many meetings are also held for pure relaxation and to provide a place for the stu- dents to know each other better. Through the medi- um of a foreign language, many students have known their fellow students better. ELSlE KOPPLIN: Latin, Latin club . . . SOPI-HA HAASE: German head, German club, English . . . LAVEPNE KNIEBUSCH: Latin, Latin club . . . LILA LGCKSMITH: Spanish, Spanish club . . . Page 14