Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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7 e TROJAN ll(The Brat ELIZABETH SMITH Mrs. Forrester.... MacMillan Forrester Bishop Ware....... Mrs. Ware......... Dorothy Ware...... Jane Depew........ Angela Smythe..... Steve Forrester... Margot............ Timson............ “THE BRAT”........ .......Ellen Bunch ......Boyd Finney ......Frank Jordan .....Helen Lathem .....Blanche Evans .... Helen McGrath .Elizabeth Hubbard James Higinbotham ....Elizabeth Smith ......Ernest Sweet .......Opal Moran THE BRAT”, a three act comedy was presented by the senior class in the high school auditorium on March 16. The play was attended by a large crowd, and was very well received. It was directed by Miss Gertrude Kirtland. supervisor of English. A luxurious setting and exquisite costumes added much to the excellent acting of the cast. Opal Moran, who carried the lead of the “Brat , was exceptionally good. She made the gauche little slum girl the outstanding topic of conversation for several weeks. James Higinbotham was very handsome and very much at ease as Steve Forrester, who of course won the fair lady’s hand in the end. Boyd Finney played the part of the famous author with suitable dignity. The play was a lively story of a noted author who scoured the slums in search of a. model for his new book. When he at last found her, he took her to his home—a proceeding which greatly displeased his society mother and friends. Being such an eminent person, all three eligible young ladies, Angela, Jane, and the Brat tried to impress MacMillan with their charms. This controversy was enlivened by Jane’s acid humor and the Brat’s spontaneous friendliness. Angela, the fashionable debutante, wfas at last successful in the contest. When the book was finished. Mrs. Forrester convinced MacMillan that the Brat should be sent back to the slums from which she came. As she started to leave. Steve bounded into the family circle, announced his ideas, and departed for his western ranch, taking the Brat with him as his bride. Page Twenty May, 1932

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7TROJAN APRIL All-school Carnival..............................1 Scholarship contest at Concordia.................2 Preliminary music contest........................5 Dana A Capella Choir.............................6 National Honor Society Chapel...................13 Senior Sneak Day................................14 Grade School operetta...........................15 Track Meet with Glen Elder......................15 Vocational Agriculture contest at Miltonvale.. .20 N. C. K. L. Music Contest at Concordia, Beloit won second place....................23 State Typewriting Contest.......................23 Kindergarten play, Ted's Dream..................25 Music Contest at Emporia.....................25-26 State Scholarship Contest at Concordia..........29 G. A. A. Play Day...............................30 MAY State Vocational Agricultural Judging Contest at Manhattan..................2-3-4 Junior-Senior Bicentennial Banquet.............6 Track Meet at Manhattan........................7 Domestic Art, Manual Training and Art Exhibit............................9-13 Public Speaking and Journalism classes present two one-act plays................10 Regional Track Meet........................13-14 Regional Tennis Meet.......................13-14 State Track Meet...........................18-20 Final Examinations! ! !....................19-20 Baccalaureate ................................22 Senior Class Day..............................23 Commencement .................................23 School closes!................................24 TROJANS We’ve fought our battles as Trojans; We’ve smiled through bitter and sweet. We’ve grown to the ardent faith Of a Trojan from head to feet. We’re strong for being the winner But cheer when a loser too. It takes courage to keep up the fight. But that’s what the Trojans do. We’d like to leave that spirt With the Trojans who are to follow, To hold and guard our ethics, And be Trojans of tomorrow. —Maxine E. Ramsay. May, 1QS2 Page Nineteen

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n§ge TROJAN PEGASSUS, the beautiful winged horse of Zeus, still continues to make his flying exploits, stopping only at certain favored places. With out-spread wings, he carries his burden to the heights of Mount Helicon, where flows the sacred fount of inspiration. Five members of our class were permitted to quaff these draughts of inspiration, and, with the aid of I’egassus, reached the height of election to the National Honor Society. Beloit High School made application for membership in the National Honor Society in April, 1931. The National Honor Society was organized in 1921 by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. It was the result of various high school honor societies, the first of which was founded in 1900. Membership in the National Honor Society is based upon four qualifications: scholarship, character, leadership and service to the schools of the nation. It is what the Phi Beta Kappa and the Phi Kappa Phi are to the colleges, except that the National Honor Society takes into consideration the four qualifications, mentioned above, in membership, where the two college oganizations take into consideration scholarship only. The pupils in the upper one-third of the senior graduating class are eligible to membership as far as scholarship is concerned. Election of members to the National Honor Society is by the members of the facultv of the high school. Not over fifteen per cent of the graduating class may be elected to Peg assus Bridled hS OPAL MORAN membership in the society and chapters rarely elect the full fifteen per cent. The emblem of the National Honor Society is the keystone and the flaming torch. The keystone bears at its base the letters C, S, L and S, which stand for the four cardinal principles of its organization : scholarship, character, leadership and service. The charter members of the Beloit High School chapter of the National Honor Society were: Robert McClelland, Maxine Petterson. Rachel Donabauer, Winifred l.eslie and Josephine Cole. In a special chapel program solemnized on April 13, 1932, five new members were initiated into the society. The five new members, chosen by the members of the faculty, front the senior class, were: Paul White, Mary Agnes Hicks. Paul Ilodler, Opal Moran and Boyd Finney. These students ranked in the upper thirty-three per cent of the class and excelled in leadership, character and service to the school. Mr. Chestnut, principal of Beloit High School, administered the oath to which the new members responded with the pledge of the society: I pledge myself to uphold the high purposes of the National Honor Society to which I have been elected: I will be true to the principles for which it stands: I will be loyal at all times to my school and will maintain and encourage high standards of Scholarship, Character. Leadership and Sendee. May they ever hold the flaming torch high! May. 1932 Page Twenty-one