Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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g t Upper picture, standing: Rosenblatt, Verstegen, Leisering, Rosenthal, Wood, Davis, Lathrop, Hill, Barry, Gambsky, Miller, Schloss- man, seated: Van Ryzin, Gerhartz, Robertson, Buesing, Tischhauser . . . Lower picture, standing: Frawley, Engmann, Heiss, Bergs- baken, Farnum, Riggles, Eisner, De Braal, Gage, Cohen, Reider, Wallens, Gayhart, Smith, Laux, Sauter, Schuetter, Pelczynski, seated: Callahan, Letter, Kluge, Miss Locksmith, De Baufer, Hamilton, Van Ooyen. Goodwill Ambassadors The Spanish club, Amigos Siempre, is under the supervision of Miss Lila Locksmith. The meetings are held every second and fourth Monday of the month. The club, which was organized in November, is now recognized as a full-fledged language club of Appleton Senior High School. The Spanish students who have res ceived the reguired standings are eligible for club entrance. The officers elected were Ruth Robertson, president, lim Kluge, vice-president, Shirley Buesing, secretary, and lune Gerhartz, treasurer. The purpose of the Spanish club is to develop a deeper interest in Spanish, to bring the teacher and students together in a sociable manner which cannot be achieved in the class room, and to bring out the cultural side of the Spanish language. lt also serves as a hospitality group of the school. Lenore Schlossman and lim Kluge are the complaining diners as Glen Rohm serves in silence . . . Spanish club officers: lune Ger- hartz, Ruth Robertson, lim Kluge, Shirley Buesing. Page l7

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I Upper picture, standing: Goettlicher, Gauerke, Houfek, Heise, Gebhardt, Doerfler, Dingeldein, lunge, Boyle, Bauernfeind, Dorman, Dohr, lunge, seated: Brandt, Lundy, Miss Haase . . . Lower picture, standing: Richter, Steffen, Schaefer, Playrnan, Sommers, Radtke, Renter, Sylvester, Trautman, seated: Wergin, Koletzke, lvfory, Kassilke, Liethen. Linguists The national emergency really hit this year's advisers, Mr. Henn. Then the new college program German club hard. First the long arm of selective which was instituted to rush the education of senior service reached out and grabbed one of the club's boys attracted Dan Garvey, the president of the club. ln an effort to keep the club roster filled some of the reguirements have been relaxed. First year German students are now eligible to enter the club immediately. Some of the highlights of this year's activi- ties were the annual Christmas party, the sing- ing of Christmas carols in the halls, and an ocs casional party. The club held regular meetings at the homes of its members. The programs con- sisted of topics given by students, student plays, and refreshments. The building of a strong Ger- man vocabulary was encouraged in anticipation of future foreign service. To stimulate this prac- tice the conversations at meetings were carried on in German. To stress the value of original German cul- ture the lives of Germany's great masters were reviewed on several occasions. These talks cov- ered the fields of music, literature, and art. At the end of the school year the under- classmen were hosts to the seniors at the annual lllrgeltiiglge take time out for refreshment at the end of a strenuous giirggnvgfggsggggfg'Silflijagiagggetatirilit Page 16 Heinz Heise, Warren Doerfler, David Brandt, Bill Lundy, and

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,111 -1.11m lf- . l' 'FU -2-1 v 1-- We must win the war! This is the new theme under which the social science and history depart- ments of Appleton l-ligh School have carried out a different program this year. The war has added many new problems to our daily lives and has made other problems less important. For this reason a shift in emphasis has taken place in these courses. The general aim is to better prepare the student to meet, understand, and solve the many perplexing problems of our modern world. A great deal of stress is placed on our country's major war aims and war issues, and an attempt is made to prepare the students for their places in the war effort. The Colonial Period has been omitted from the study of American history. This step was taken so Worldly Wise that a greater emphasis might be placed on modern problems. The world history course has been changed to a study of modern history. These courses now feature our neighbors in Canada and South and Central America. More time also was spent study- ing the customs and ideas of Africa, the Near East, the Far East, and our island possessions. The idea of studying history for history's sake has been discarded. lnstead, more time was spent in an explanation of the fundamental reasons for our being in the war and the issues for which we are fighting. The boys and girls were naturally interested in the Marines, Navy, Waacs, Air Corps, Waves, and the Army. Therefore, various branches of the armed forces were carefully studied. This included the process of induction into the differ- ent services and application for officer training courses. The social science and history departments are the only classes in school that are really next to the war and follow it day by day. Every day the progress of the war is studied and all of the battle fronts are thoroughly discussed. lt is here that the student actually begins to comprehend the war and all of its aspects. The relationship of all countries to the war is carefully studied so that a better understanding of the action is derived. Because we are living in a time when history which will probably never be surpassed for its magnitude and effect on the shaping of the world is being written, much time is being devoted to current problems. Thus you see why this course is actually nearer the world conflict than any other here at high school. KENNETH EDGE: History, oratory . . . MARVIN BABLER: History head, track, B squad football, sophomore basketball . . . MRS. MAR- LYN OLSON: History, social science . . . Page l8