Boone High School - Scroll Yearbook (Boone, IA)

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,QGAJ4 7 X 76 time making sweaters for themselves, The officers t'or the past year have been: President, Mary Jane Peters, and secre- tary, Betty Morrissey. Miss Handy is the sponsor. Every Friday, period six, thirty girls and twelve boys have met in the shop for Arts and Crafts Club. Under the supervision of Mr. Lein, the club mem- bers have made many leather, wood, and plastic articles. The Art Club. under the capable direc- tion of Miss Nygren, has spent consid- erable time studying textile design and making chalk and charcoal drawings. A project which we have all noticed in the third floor hall is the patriotic mural showing various phases of the armed forces. Many patriotic posters have also been made by the club lor the commun- ity. The object ot' the Radio Club was to learn the facts about radio. Under the super fision of Mr. McIntyre. the club m ,ers have spent many interesting l 's ,hglding and repairing radios. iess and Checker Club. sponsored by Mr. Steeples, met every week for a series play. Each week the club mem- bers challenged a different person, and at the end ot' the year those persons having the most victories were declared the champions. Last year winners were: chess, Donald Maffet: checkers, Carl As- pengreeng and Chinese checkers, LaVerne Babbitt. The meetings ot' the Commercial Club have been varied and interesting. At one club meeting a beauty operator spoke, at another Mrs. Hoist showed pictures of Mexico, and at several group meetings business training students told of then' office experiences, During the tall the club enjoyed a pot luck supper at school. This club was sponsored by Miss Weber. Mr. Cunningham and Mr. McIntyre are the sponsors ot' two active Camera Clubs. Their object has been to give some of our high school camera tlends further knowledge in the field ol' photography. The members have learned how to use the developing tank, how to make contact prints and enlarge pictures. The three things required ot' members of Camera Club have been: 1, to have the use of a canicrag 2, to take at least one roll of tilm per semester, to develop it and make a print from each negative: 3, to pay thirty-tive cents per semester tor ma- terials. This past year, the boys' swim club was put on a war-time program basis. 'ine boys learned how to carry rifles while swimming and also how to swim through oil fire. More emphasis was put on underwater and breaststroke swun- ming. In the girls' swim club the time was spent studying diving and life-sav- ing. Both the girls' and boys' gym clubs have concentrattd on the game of basket- ball as w'ell as the exercises in the physi- cal fitness program.

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G7lie fifty-four members of the Theatre Guild spent the first semester studying one-act plays. During this time three one-act plays were presented to the group. Under the direction of Miss Ring- land. the Guild produced on March 26, the comedy 'tLady Be Good. During the past year, the speech club has been working on one-act plays and monologues. Several club members co- operated with various groups to present one-act plays to different community or- ganizations, The club also found inter- pretative reading very interesting, Miss Lamb was the capable director of these speech activities. The debate team, head- ed by Owen Fitzsimmons and coached by Miss Lamb, is one of the more active minor activities of Boone High. Members of the team, which met every Monday and Tuesday during the first semester, were Robert Mickle and Wilma Barnes, affirmative speakers, and Marie Clarke and Owen Fitzsimmons, negative speak- ers. The proposition which the club worked on was-Resolved: That a Fed- eral World Government Should Be Estab- lished. Early in the second semester the debate team sponsored the appear- ance in a senior high assembly of the Iowa University Debatcrs. The B-Y-Ettes and the Hi-Y Clubs are, perhaps, two of the most active clubs in Boone High School. Headed by Nell Charlotte Millward, the thirty members of B-Y-Ettcs have been doing war work consisting primarily of rolling bandages and doing odd jobs for the Red Cross. This year the Hi-Y Club was reorganized and got off to a good start the first sem- ester. The officers of the club w'ere: President, Carl Jolliffg vice-president, Russell Cooper, secretary, James Van- Nessg treasurer, Donald Spong, and chap- lain, Stanton Markwalder. The second semester officers were: president, Stan- ton Markwalderg vice-president, Don Ben- song secretary, James Van Ness, treasur- er, Bill Lambg and chaplain, Bill Lamb. During the year the club had a hayride, sponsored a dance, and had a Halloween party. The first of the second semester the club brought Dr. Glenn Cunningham, the world's greatest miler, for a very in- teresting assembly program. The helpful sponsors of the Hi-Y are: Coach Gale Fisher. James I. Davis, Y.M.C.A. secre- tary, and Drexel Peterson. Under the direction of Miss Carmody, the Home Ee Club has been studying wardrobes and materials as well as work- ing on their own individual craft pro- jects. Mary Krenz acted as club presi- dent with Marilyn Wiley as secretary. Knit tw'o. purl two, would be the first words to greet you if you ShOu1d enter Room 7 on Mondays, sixth period. This is where the knitting club members click their needles, gab'l a little, and also manage to find time to knit. For the past year the girls have been knitting blocks for an afghan for the Red Cross. Three ol' the sixteen girls spent their 001,64 it

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