Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Upper picture, standing: Kettenhofen, Rupple, Kuzenski, Mr. Krueger, Zimmer, Lang, Oswalt, Miss Rigneyp seated: Kasper, Reichel, Miss Millis, Wickesberg, Hedberg . . . Lower picture, standing: Mr. Simon, Durkee, Giesbers, Gustafson, DeDecker, Hildebrandt, Ehlke, Fund, Feuerstein, Miss Livermore, seated: Hooyman, O'Neill, Coppens, Ulman, Schaefer. Commercialists The purpose of the Commercial club is to promote a better knowledge and understanding of the business world. Educational talks are given at the social and business meetings by local business men and women. The social meetings are held once a month at the homes of the members. Among its activities this year, the club included the printing of football programs for the homecoming game, the donation of a large basket of food to a needy family at Thanksgiving, and at Christmas, and of course, their annual picnic. The club, which was organized in 1934, is open only to seniors majoring in commercial Work. An unusual feature of the club is that there are no dues. All the club's money is raised by their sponsorship of programs for the homecoming game. The sponsors of the club are Mr. Krueger, Miss Livermore, Mr. Simon, Miss Rigney, and Miss Millis. The officers of the club are president, Marcella Coppens, vice-president, Catherine O'Neilly secretary, Wayne Reichelg and treasurer, Laraine Ulman. lanice Wickesberg, Wayne Reichel, Earl Ehlke, Laraine Ulman, Marcella Coppens, and Catherine O'Neill are planning a club program. Page 29

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Mr. Krueger carries out the typewriters given to the government assisted by volunteers Ellis Batley, Duane Rector, Earl Ehlke, and Wesley Backes . . . The busy office practice class is turning out work for war agencies daily. Another contribution to the war ettort by the commercial department was the selling ot ten type- writers to the government. Because ot the acute shortage ot typewriters, the government gladly accepted them, and probably more will be taken in the future. The commercial department has done more than its share to turther the war etiort in many ways. Constantly striving to maintain the high place it holds in this liberal arts school, the commercial department has continually followed the career oi a student through and beyond high school. Every effort has been made to tind a position tor the com- mercial graduate. Well-rounded personalities and pleasing secretarial smiles come out ot the depart- ment and its tine commercial club. The training is divided in two sections, a general training group tor business theory, and a vocational division tor more technical and advanced study. The stress was on practicability in our com- mercial department this year. Placements in Apple- ton and Valley business circles ot Appleton com- mercial students have always been high due to this policy. Two tormer Appleton High School commercial instructors, Miss Eleanor Tredinnick and Miss Mar- jorie Stritzel, have lett the school tor work in direct contact with the war. They have taken positions in Madison as civilian radio instructors tor the Army Air Corps. Very capable replacements, Miss Frances Millis and Miss RoseAnn Rigney, were brought in tor them. With the addition oi so much war work to their every day duties, the commercial department ot Appleton High School is setting a splendid example tor education everywhere. Because oi the critical shortage oi typewriters juniors who are not majoring in a commercial course will not be able to take typing next year. This is a torerunner ot the many restrictions which the com- mercial department expects next year. However the department expects to have enough machines on hand to carry on most ot its business courses during the coming year. HERBERT SIMON: Commercial, Commercial club, assistant track, assistant debate . . . ROSEANNE RIGNEYZ Commercial, Com- mercial club, Talisman . . . NARTORIE STRlTZEL: Commercial, commercial club . . . FRANCIS MlLLlS: Commercial, Commercial club, back stage . . . Page 28

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Economy Wise This year more than any other year we must realize how important our home economics course is. The course has never been as fully extended as it is at the present time. This of course, is largely due to our part in the war. The faculty advisers have done very wonderful work in organizing their classes and planning the units co-ordinately. They have had to make many changes of plans for this year's work and make many additions to their regular units of work. Since food rationing has begun, people have been paying more attention to the food they were eating. The fact that foods of the same abundance have not given us the same benefits is now being fully realized. When mothers go marketing now, they buy the foods which provide the proper nutri- tion for their children. A course is very advantage- ous in this manner. The pupils not only learn what foods to buy but also how to prepare them to the best advantage. The home arts students have had quite a bit of practice in re-styling old clothes, such as making skirts out of old clothes and making suits for them- selves out of men's suits. Along with helping the war effort and doing their bit as good citizens, they also helped themselves. This was good practice for them, and the experience of sewing for someone else was very helpful. When clothes rationing starts, they will be very fortunate in being able to do this. This year the home arts classes have been doing Red Cross sewing. They have made numerous afghans and some dresses. It is a big help to know that they are serving the boys who do the actual fighting. The boys in these classes fully realize by this time just how important this course has been for i,,l-. .111- 11, i...-...-1-v .i 4, i ara, , tv ,yi L ., x 5' If ', -e is : 5 .2 A s T - . ax- - J them. They really will have a future ahead of them in their army life. If no other job is suited to them, they can always be a cook. After all where would the army be without their cooks? Now that the girls are entering the service as WAACS, WAVES, or the SPARS, they, too, are in practically the same position as the boys. They fill the shoes of men to relieve them for active duty. All of the girls in service have their own particular job to be done so the girls taking the home arts course have their jobs cut out for them. The teachers have contributed so much to make this year more advantageous for all of their stu- dents and we all hope that they will continue their good work in the years to come at Appleton High School. CATHERINE SPENCE: Home arts head . . . MILDRED NICKEL: Home arts . . . ELNER STEINER: Home arts, Clarion. Page 30