Arkansas City High School - Mirror Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Class of '36 NOBLE MAYHILL-Industrial Secretary oi' conference MARTHA JANE McGALL-College Prep. Treasurer of conference, Girl Reserve, Mirror stuff CHARLES McCLUREfCollege Preparatory Course NELLIE MCGILL-College Preparatory Course NEWELL MEEK-Industrial Glee Club, Messiah, intramural basketball MARK MENDENHALL--General Course MAEDINE MILLER-College Prep. Glee Club, Messiah, Triple G Club, G. A. A. MARIE MILLER-College Prep. Glee Club, Girl Reserves, vice-president of con- ference PEARL MONETATHCHI-College Prep. Glee Club. Messiah, vice-preident of conference LURALINE MORRISgCo11ege Prep. Ark Light staff, vice-president of conference PAGE 23

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Speeclcrs are Jolly -lypists, H-the Youngest!! ls Speech play Come on, roll those peanuts. I think I'm going to win. And she did. Betty Brenz won the peanut rolling contest at the Speeders party in January for the initiation of new members. The goal of every typing student, Speeders Club, was under the direction of Miss Daisy Matney, typing instructor. Require- ments for the club are that Hrst year typing students must write 40 words a minute the first semester, and 45 words a minute the second semester. Second year typing students must write 50 words a minute, and all are required to have 85 per cent accur- acy. The club meets the first, thi1'd, and fifth week of every six weeks on Tuesday evening. Officers a1'e chosen every six weeks by means of a speed test. The one making the highest score in speed plus accuracy is the president, next highest vice-president. and third highest secretary and treasurer. First six weeks officers were Merna Wright, president, Alice Lewis, vice-president, Jessie Wright, secretary and treas- urer. Second semester officers were Alice Lewis, president, Mer- na Wright, vice-president, Genevieve Wright, secretary and treasurer, Virginia Day, Ark Light reporter. 'Twas Friday the 13th, but the play must go on--so the public speaking class, defying the fates, presented The Young- est by Philip Barrie as their annual speech play. The Youngest is, as the title implies. centered around the ambitions of the youngest son, Richard, of the wealthy but dominating Winslow family. He wished to pursue a literary career but his elder brother, Oliver, who holds the strings to the family purse, is very opposed to his ambition. He and Mark, the teasing brother, can not understand why Richard is not willing to work as they do in the pin factory left to them by their father. His mother and his married sister, Agusta, agree with his bro- thers, but his younger sister, Muff, and Allan, his brother-in-law feel that Richard has a right to choose his own life. These sentiments are echoed by Nancy Blake, a friend visit- ing Muff. She makes a bet with Muff that she can arouse Richard to dominate his family in a week. Muff readily takes her up on it, and there follows general family revolution. Richard makes his own terms, to which his family are only too ready to agree, and wins the fair Nancy. The leading roles were taken by Virginia Day HS NHUCY, and Jack Hall as Richard. John Tufts portrayed Oliver, the elder brother, Douglas More played the part of Mark, the smart aleckg Alice Newman took the part of Muff, the fun-loving younger sister, Lucille Sharpe played Augusta, the bored, married sister, Alan, her husband, was played by Willis Payton, Doris Treaclway portrayed Mrs. Winslow, mother of this odd brood. Kathleen Piisterer played Katie, the maid. The play was directed by J. D. Davis, public speaking in- structor. Bob lVlcClanahan and Bob Faulconer were business managers and Helen Dor1'ance and Will Etta Long were property managers. PAGE 22 li ETTY M ATT!-I EWS General- ,l'c-p Club. H015 MQCLANAHAN College Prep., Pep Clulu, lmnrl, orvli- estra, senior play, buisness manager ol' public speaking play, conference pres- irlelit, special arm. Ll'XlNAlilJ McKl'II'lVl'2lt fioilugc l'rcp., Glee Cluli. MAIJl lLlNPl MILLER' - Collette Prep., fseniui council. IWCS' ident ul' Girl ltcserxcs Ul'l0l l. DAVID MITCHELL College Prep., Glce Club, secretary of sttulenl. council. Mirror Stall. Messiah: opera, vim:c-Iwesiclcnt nl' Pep Club.

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printers Are Kept Busy Recording School Activities An all-important question asked of high school journalists is Does your school have its own printing press ? Our printing department prints the college and high school annuals, the Ark Light, tickets and programs, calendars, and all record cards and office forms. This department is a pre-vocational course in the art of print- ing, which provides an opportunity for self expression and de- velops technical skill. Good printing requires foresight in planning, initiative, stick- tol-it-iveness, and an understanding of human reactions to the printed page. It develops the complete personality. Printing, The Mother of Progress, and education are insep- arable. This activity provides the opportunity to apply the Learn by Doing philosophy to our teaching methods. A system of rotation of positions is employed, in which the fellow who does the make-up work changes with the cylinder pressman, the stereotypers alternate with the job pressmen, and the advertising compositors rotate likewise. The linotype operat- ors do not rotate as this is a separate course. This plan of varia- tion ofers a more thorough training in the different phases of the work. Student printers who make 'B's are eligible for membership in the Pica Club, the social organization enjoyed by the printers. The club meets every other Friday in the print shop. Pica officers for the first semester were Ross Turner, presi- dentg George Pitts, vice-presidentg Jack Maze, secretary-treasuw er and Ark Light reporterg and Howad Clark, sergeant at arms. Ross Turner was re-elected president for the second semester and Jack Maze continued to be the combined secretary-treasurer and Ark Light reporter, Alvin Scott succeeded Pitts as vice- president, and Frank Henderson was elected sergeant-at-arris. The Pica , the paper published by the printing students, is issued at irregular intervals. It shows excellent training and the boys get experience in editing and supervising a small paper. Many field trips were taken to commercial shops by the class. In these shops they viewed and inspected bigger projects and how they are carried out and supervised. One of the most in- teresting of these was a trip to the Wichita commercial shops. Five graduates from the high school print shop are now em- ployed by the Daily Traveler, which fact in itself shows the vocational success of the department. Harold E. Gish, printing instructor, has an excellent way of getting things done, otherwise the department could never mas- ter all the projects they are required to do. He has always been willing to cooperate with the students whose work encompasses his department, giving the Ark Light and Mirror staffs valuable aid and information. PAGE 24 IIUROTHY MORRISON liulustriul- Ark Light reporter of con- ference, cnnferexu-e health chairman GRACE Nl-IWMAN College Prep. Girl Reserve program elmaifrinzui. Student Council representa- tive ol' Hnnor Society, opera, confer- encnve president, Messiah Glee Club. W0lt'l'I'l l'AY'l'llN College Prop. Glce Club. Hi-Y, Honor Szzcicly, Messiah, i-zimliilaitc: fur Sum- rncrlic-!:! Sclwlarsliiir. IIUNNA l'UltlN'l'ON Cornnicrciul Cinursc. CHAltl,l'lNlC RAMEY ln lustrlal Course.