Avilla High School - Panther Yearbook (Avilla, IN)

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THE SPEECH CLASS In the fall of ' 41 ten pupils were enrolled in the speech class under the direction of Miss Miller. Their first project was to learn a few poems and to give them before the class, the assembly, and P.-T. A. They also kept a scrapbook in which they collected many different kinds of poems and readings. The class next centered their attention upon the radio, and in front of the assembly they gave three broadcasts which proved to be quite enter- taining and beneficial for the class in this kind of work. One morning the sound of bells, a beating of a dish pan, dropping of books, and singing were heard coming from Mr. Eiler ' s office. Now don ' t get excited; it was the speech class giving another one of those radio broadcasts which were so much fun! On Friday morning, February 6, the class gave a program on Cour- tesy before the assembly which was for entertainment as well as for showing the puipls what they could do around school to be more Cour- teous. This type of program proved very successful. The next projects were two one-act plays. After many hours of study and practice, Sixteen and Oh, Say Can You Sing? were ready for production and were given before the assembly and P.-T. A. Every month the Reader ' s Digest was used for reports which were given only before the class for the purpose of becoming accustomed to facing an audience and being able to speak. Their last project was orig- inal speech construction which proved they had many able extemporan- eous speakers. The class enjoyed doing this type of work as it has every- thing else it has done throughout the entire year. Page 20

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AVILLA CHAPTER The Future Farmers of America entered its fourth year of existence with Mr. Land as our sponsor. Officers for the year were Richard Frey, President; Max Newman, vice president; Art Zolman, secretary; Jim Miller, treasurer; and Veryl Weimer, reporter. The activities of the department were local, county, and district corn husking con- rests; pest contest; roller skating party; initiation of green hands; presentation of demonstrations and exhibits at the Farmers ' Institute; various judging contests; game bird restoration project; as wfiU as other minor activities. The Avilla Vocational Vegetable Judging and Variety Identification Team consisting of John Lobdell, Richard Stuart, Calvin Rynearson, and Glen Wolf won first place in the Noble County Contest. This is the second consecutive year that Avilla has won this honor. A team consisting of John Lobdell, Calvin Rynearson, Philip Stout, and Paul Bianski placed fifth in the State Muck Crops Vegetable Judging Contest while our second team consisting of Richard Stuart, Donald Myers, Bob Blotkamp, and Glen Wolf placed eighth in the State Contest. Thirty-six teams competed in the State Contest. The Avilla Vocational and 4-H Dairy Judging Team consisting of Donald Castator, Paul Gienger, Philip Stout, and Jim Miller won top honors in the Northeastern Indiana Dairy Judging Contest held at Huntington in August. Donald Castator was high in- dividual scorer in this contest while Paul Gienger and Philip Stout placed fourth and fifth respectively, in individual scoring. The Crops Judging Team consisting of Art Zolman, Raymond Pfleidner, Dale Fischer, and Robert VanGorder placed second in the Annual Noble County Crops Judging Contest held in Albion in November. The Adult Farmers ' Evening School was continued this year with good attendance and interest. The part-time course in farm shop work attracted considerable interest from the group of younger boys and men. The Future Farmer Chapter along with the Junior Conservation Club, which it spon- sored, established a Game Bird Restoration Project on the Oren Shafer farm in Allen Township. This is in cooperation with the State Conservation Department under the recently passed Pittman-Robertson Act. In addition to this, our club reared and re- leased 5 5 pheasants in the Avilla community. Raymond Pfleidner was crowned the Avi lla F. F. A. corn husking champion; Max Newman was second; and Bob Blotkamp, third. Raymond placed second in the District Contest held near Columbia City. During the month of November, Paul Gienger, one of our members, appeared with Mr. Nye, County Agent, on a Noble County 4-H broadcast from station WOWO. Paul is a six-year Noble County Dairy Club member and was awarded the 4-H Club Production Medal for 194L Two carloads of our members attended the International Livestock Show at Chicago in December. Besides visiting the Stock Show they also visited the Chicago Board of Trade, Armour ' s Packing Plant, Radio Station WLS, Chicago ' s Chinatown, as well as other points of interest. The Avilla Vocational Agriculture Department was selected by the Purdue University Department of Agricultural Education as a resident teacher training station for both 1941 and 1942. Two senior students in agricultural education were sent to Avilla High School for two weeks of resident practice teacher training. Of the practice students, who came here in 1941, Mr. Ralph Wentz is now vocational instructor at Wolf Lake while Mr. Paul Lieurance is employed at Union City. The Avilla Vocational Depart- ment feels proud of the fact that it was rated sufficiently high by Purdue University to become one of the twenty-five schools in the state selected to serve as practice teacher training centers. Dean Cramer and Ralph Simon were selected as delegates to represent the Avilla Chap- ter at the State F. F. A. Convention held at Purdue University in April, 1941. Page 19

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