Central High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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treasurer. Seniors are Herbert Daily, Nancy .Jane Davies, Helen Hillhouse, Mary Pruett, Udell Engle- brecht, Helen Meacham, Helen Wood, LuVerne Fleak, Shirley Jackson, Benton Dawson, Bert Baker, Barker Killgore. Gunaikes who simply are peppered in Central, meet every Thursday morning' under the able direction of Miss Naomi White, one of the most popular school teachers. It is a club that is well-worth the pride of its members. From the ranks of its outstanding members came the Football Queen, Virginia Paul, and the Basketball Queen, Irene Hoss. Most its members have excellent scholarship standings. Being- the president of Gunaikes is the job Olga Delight Sprinkel thinks is the most fun of anythingg. Marjory Gritiin is vice- president, Mary Willis Richards, secretary, Virginia Paul, treasurer, Betty Boteler, pledge-mistress, and Florence Krepps, is sergeant-at-arms. Miss Lucille Neff, now Mrs. John Dill, was the founder of the Gunaike Literary Society in 1913 for the purpose of studying the lives of great women and to promote school activities. One of the featured social events given by the club is their annual spring' banquet, in order to install the new otficers. This year the new pins that they ordered were received just in time for all the girls to wear them to it. The pins were tiny open gold books, with 19343 across them and a G guard. From this group are chosen the student sponsors of the Senate, as from the Entre Nous are chosen the sponsors of the Forum. This year Virginia Paul, Gun- aikels treasurer and Football Queen, and Mary Willis Richards, the secretary oi' Gunaike, received this honor. Those members who graduate in the class of 1936 are Virginia Paul, Regina Bonnicelli, Marjory Grif- fin, Ann Swan, Olga Delight Sprinkel, Florence Krepps, Helen Gertrude Clark, Florine Guthrie, Carolyn Pegg, Mary Willis Richards, and Betty Boteler. Last but by no means least comes Senate Sex - which is a well-known phrase around Central and more than likely you will see it on every bulletin and in every show case. Outstanding in its enthusiastic support of all athletic activities, the Senate Athletic Society has done much toward our athletic fund. The Senators have held many offices in school politics and its spon- so1', genial J. E. Sullivan, and president has led the Senate on through another successful school year in the school's history. Theodore Edwards was president until the time of his graduation at mid-term. Victor Lewis is vice-president, Archie Swanson, secretary, and

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of Forum and has directed the members through a very important year of activities. The club furnished printed programs to the Central football enthusiasts, and rented parking lots to help the congested trafnc. Charles Looney is vice-president, Terrell Covington, secretary, Charles Hugh Proctor, treasurer, Bill Pool, sergeant-at-arms, Marion Cohenour, pledge-master. Mary Powell and Nancy Jane Davies are Forum sponsors. The Forum Debating Society was organized in the year i914 with the purpose of promoting and main- taining an interest in debating and other activities among the boys of the school as its object. Graduating members this year are as follows: Billy Nichols, Bill Pool, Loy Weber, David Lloyd George, Joe Teaff, Kenneth Ihrig, Charles Looney, Marion Cohenour. Howell Parks, Ed Edmondson, Terrell Cov- ington, Frank Schaller, Walter Pearson, Stanton, Cope, Phillip Stolper, Jere Thomas, C. W. Clymans, Bert Hen- derson, Herman Powers, and M. L. Penn. Foreign minded, or at least foreign tongued mem- bers of the Spanish Club, have grown from a very small organization to one of the most important and ae- tive clubs in Central, and according to their sponsor, H. Aubrey Paden, they are planning for bigger things next year. Margaret Caroline Foltz is president, Martha Greely, vice-president, Jesse Wallace, secretary, Mar- guerite Fowler, treasurerg and T. J. Herber is sear- geant-at-arms. Associate members are selected from various Spanish classes and a1'e voted into the club. After a few weeks they are made active members Many interesting programs have been arranged by this Spanish Club. Graduating members are as follows: Margaret Caroline Foltz, Martha Greely, Marguerite Fowler, Ann Swan, Jose Duran, and Ruby Jackson. Los Amigos, the Spanish Club, was organized in 1929 by Miss Isabelle Work but under the name of Los Aficionados. The aim of the club are to promote interest in the Spanish language and Spanish countries, to devel- ope knowledge and understanding of Spanish people, to urge members to exert their best efforts in the interest of the club and their Spanish classes. Mr. H. A. Padcn is the present sponsor. Miss Bonna Miller is sponsor of the Latin Club which is very active in club activities. Some of the highest officials in Central are proud to acknowledge their membership in the club. They arrange programs for assemblies and weekly meetings. Lu Vern Fleak is president, Barker Kilgore is vice- presidentg Vernice Beverage, secretaryg Inez Gould, ..ssavs9mfcv:-:fun Iain:--':--. --- vf'rf::'-11.22-'sfs1a9. v W.. va- m'

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the pledge master is Eliot Carter. Virginia Paul and Mary Willis Richards are the Senate sponsors from the Gunaike. Members who will graduate this year are as follows: Troy Woodward, Wayne Richie, Bill Boyd, Harold Wright, Elliott Carter, Jack Taylor, Eddie Parker, Theodore Edwards, Paul Jones, Archie Swan- son, and Brock Robinson. The Senate Athletic Society was founded in 1919 for the purpose of advancing and supporting athletics and advancing school progress. It is sponsored each year by one of the faculty selected by the members. Meeting are held each Wednesday. Another of Central's feminine clubs is the Girl Re- serves. This club has a membership of between fifteen and twenty and is constantly increasing. The officers of this club are as follows: Vernice Beverage, presidentg Wilma Jeane Romine, vice-president, Shirley Jackson, secretary, La Homa Sanders, treasurer. The aim of the club this year for the first time is to furnish the ethics requirements which every senior must fulfill. Other aims are to raise the ideals of the girls and help to furnish them with clean, wholesome enjoy- ment. Find and give the best is their motto. Miss Elizabeth Bonnell sponsors this organization. The Make Up Club, sponsored by Miss Corinne Ches- nutt and with a roster of 17 girls, is the cause or reas- on for the successful characterization by members of the dramatic groups in Central. The members are trained in the use of grease paint, powder, and eye-brow pencils. For a small charge, enough to cover the cost of supplies, all the characters of the play casts are paint- ed, combed, and brushed to Ht the part they are to por- tray. The boys' club for service to the dramatic groups is the Stage Craft. Under the direction of G. T. Mc- Kinney, the sponsor, and Paul Jones, student manager, this club sets the stage for all assemblies and programs presented in Central. The members may be readily ,H - -. Ez- ..,-- . ' .. -....,...Yv.... . ,... 2 4- L 1 ' recognized. They are as follows: Victor Lewis, Bill Boyd, Bobby Boyd, Loy Weber, Joe Teaff, and Marion Cohenour. This year a new club, The Model Airplane Club, was founded in Central with Noel Downen as its sponsor. The purpose is to encourage an interest in aviation and in accurate model airplane building. Realizing the fu- ture in a business of this kind, numerous boys in Cen- tral are members. Paul Anderson is president of the Model Airplane Club. Cecil Venable is vice-president, Gene Buster, secretary and treasurer. Central's clubs, since they were organized, have grown in membership and prestige, and are making a place in the high school for ambitious and enthusi- astic boys and girls.