Blume High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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02011it110ilrioiuioinioinill1 1 ioiuinixwininiu1113010141 1 2 111 141211141111 1 3 g ' ' ' THE ' RETRAOSPECT E D D ! U ! U I ! I ! I1 i 1 r , Q I 'Top row, left to right--Robert Metzger, Robert Siegel, David Oakley. ! Second Row-Mr. Adams, Vernon Tester,- Everett Stroh, Earl Moyer, Delbert ! Ruck. ' i Third Row-Junior Burk, James Rohrbaugh, John Schrlenker, Frederick Koch, C ' Harold Headapohl, William Kaeck, Alfred King. ! ' Fourth Row-Daniel Schneider, Leonard Perkins, Delmar Keysor, William Bishop, Q Q Future Farmers of America . ! I I i The 1-ooal chapter of the Future Farmers of America was organized in 1928. ! .3 Twenty-three students are 'active members at present. The officers of the club for ! !, this year are as follows: president, John Schlenker, vice president, James Rohrbaugh, E secretary, Leonard Perkins, treasurer, Walter Zweibel: reporter, Delmar Keysor, and - il Aldo Elsass, farm watch dog. ! It 'This organization was founded November, 1928 in Virginia and was known as ! il the F. V., First Farmers of Virginia, It adopted the ideals of Washington and I ii Jefferson, Famous Virginia Farmers. The organization was popular from 'the start i 'S andthe idea spread rapidly 'to other states. At that time, the 'name was changed 'to 5 gl its present title. H Q ll A i 5 Thirty-five states and the Territory of Hawaii have more than 1800 local chap- i li t-ers with approximately thirty-five thousand members. , E' The purposes -of the organization are C15 to promote vocational agriculture in ! is the high schools of America, C25 to create more interest in the intelligent choice of ! i farming occupations, 13,5 to 'create and nurture a love of country life, C43 to provide - -' recreational audi educational activity, Q53 to promote thrift, Q63 to afford a medium ! i of cooperative buying and selling, C73 to establish the confidence of the farm boy in U i himself and his work, 083' to promote scholarship, and C93 to develop local leadership. i i The emblem of the club is made 'up of four symbols: the owl, for wisdom and i i knowledge, the plow, symbol of labor and tilling of the soil: the rising sun, emblem- : - atic of progress and the new day for agriculture, the cross section of the ear of ! i. corn, indicating its national soope. The emblem is surmounted by the American ' i eagler E The official colors are blue and gold. E i 1 A Q I b.Ol14iZ1xi4r34li4l11n-1111422111 1 111 1 3 111111 111 1 111111 111 11311 1p:u:0Ai0iu10,Z4

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,ozozozazoxozoznxnzcx ri 1 111101111011r:n1n:n1o1o:n:i:u1o:u11l1o1n1o1o1o11n1l THE RETROSPECT . Top Row, left to right--Zelin Baber, William McCreight, Adrian Ballweg, Fen- ton Hlamilton, Lee Hanran, La Rue Metzger. Second Row-Niorine Bailey, Donna Metzger, Janelle Weber, Karolyn Neidemire, Iris Bailey, Eldon Jackson, John Louis Smallwood, Richard Wisener, Richard Hiner, John Wisener. ' Third Row-Bernice Davis, Edith Smith, Vivian Luntz, Emily Swink, Ruth Clapp. Mary Ruth Smith, Margaret Bush, Shirley Kolter, Mona Linder, Rose Buffenbarger, Ernest Cornell. ' Fourth Row-Orva Cannon, Dolores Case, Ruth Price, Celia Brautigam, Ruth Koch, Dorothy Goetz, Ruth Underwood, Ruby Miller, Eva Buffenbarger, Dorothy Lanning, Cornelius Loew. Fifth Row-Marcelle Bimstein, Marie Bishop, Dorothy Smith, Donna Kauffman, Margaret Seitz, Carmen Shaw, Eleanor Jane Abe, Wilma Jane Shaw, Ruth Hermann, Olarice Underwood, Roland Morris, Ned Dingler. Mixed Chorus The students of Blume High were given a wonderful opportunity at the begin- ning of this school year. They were offered a chance to join the mixed chorus and a. number survived the strenuous, embarrassing tryout. To these we should extend, our gratitude because they have shown an enthusiastic spirit throughout. The chorus met twice each week to drill their voices to keener value. No popu- lar songs were sung during the entire year because they contain too much slang. All thought that singing classical songs entirely would become very dull, but, on the contrary, they learned that good classical music really can be appreciated. Thev ex- hibited their unrivaled performance twice in our auditorium at musidal festivals. After the first festival the chorus was divided and nearly all went Christmas oarol- ing in the different parts of the city. As many from thel chorus as could journeyed to Bluffton on December twentieth to hear Hiandel's Messiah, Although the sing-ing they heard was much better than theirs, there are some in the chorus who have ac- quired skill that is rare and remarkable. It has been a custom in previous years to have a boys' and a girls' glee club instead of a Mixed Chorus. Although glee club work wasn't offered this year both boys' and girls' glee clubs were organized out of the chorus. Several boys' quartets, mixed quartets, and girls' trios were -organizedd to try out as representative of the school. Also several soloists were practicing for the Eisteddiod. The tryout was held on March. 22 in the Blume Hi auditorium. Two capable musicians rendered the decis- ions and thev were as follows: soprano solo-Dolores Case: alto solo-Margaret Bush: girls trio-Marszaret Bush Orva Cannon, Carmen Shaw: male Quartet-Ned Ding- ler, John Wisener. Pich.a.rrl VVisener, Lee Haman: baritone solo-Lee Haman: tenor solo-Ned Dingler: violin solo-Cornelius Loew: piano solo-Dean Kohler, and' mixed quartet-Lee Haman, Eleanor .Tane Abe, Dolores Case and .Tohn Wisener. Mr. Steiner was our music instructor this term. Although he is a. very good sing- er, he is still a better leader and we wish to thank him in behalf of the whole stu- dent body for his work in our school. fo I I !. Q. Q !1 4 'i li gr lf 2 in 10101011114 in 11 iuirxininioioioilvim211rInirxisx1-1111vi1D21iiiliwlirliulillinioidticnioida

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ioiuioioio 1 914: 1111411111010 infill 1 uiniuzuiul-01 inzuiquiuz- 1 1 I THE RETROSPECT Top row, left to right-Dolores Case, Donna Metzger, Mr. Taylor, eMalcolm Mus- ser, Glenn Bowman, Roger Bailey, Clarence Miller. Second Row-Gertrude Lyman, Emily Swink, Vivian Luntz, Mary Jane Y-oungs, Annabel B-owsher, Ruth Koch, Jane Seitz. Third Row--Leonard Perkins, William McCreight, Buster Chesbrough, Lula Mae Terwilliger, Lena Ruth Vossler, Caroline Weimert, Mary Ellen Maxwell. Fourth Row-lfVynema Slusser, Neva Belle Hoge, Do-rothy Smith, Lenora Jones, Shirley Kolter, Elizabeth Cartmell, Mona Linder, Carmen Shaw, y Commercial Club The Commercial Club was organized this year under 'the splendid leadership of the Commercial teachers, having as their basic idea, the identification of commercial students as a progressive group at Blume High Sch-ool. The purposes of the Club are: To foster a higher and finer social spirit among the students of the department: to present to the students through lectures, plays, programs, the problem of business life and a better conception -of the commercial world as it is today, to give awards for typing, which formerly had been given by the typewriting companies but has been discontinued by them, and to sponsor commercial contests which are given each year. The plans of the Club have been retarded this year as the club was organized in the second semester of school, but it is hoped that in the Fall the cornmercial students may work with renewed energy and interest, and carry it forward surmount- ing all obstacles. The officers of the club for this year are as follows: president, Clarence Miller, vice-president, Glenn Bowman: secretary, .lane Seitzg and treasurer, Roger Bailey. The Commercial department, an infant member of the school organization, is fast developing into a progressive division -of the educational life in the high school and community. I add community because we feel that the work of this Depart- ment is of vital importance in bringing about greater efficiency and intelligence in the business life of Wapakoneta and its vicinity. Students in the Commercial Department have instruction in shorthand, type- writing, bookkeeping, and commercial arithmetic, The English Department offers in addition to these subjects, a splendid course in Business English, while economics also holds an important position in the supplementary business training. gg, 910101010-loin: :mini 1 11112 1 111 2 1010101 1 iyioioirlioinioioioiuoa