Central School - Deeds and Misdeeds Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS BOY SCOUTS There are three active Scout troops in Decatur at the present time. The K. of C. Troop No. 64, under the lead¬ ership of Jim Murphy, the Lions Troop No. 65, under the leadership of Bud White, and the Rotary Troop No. 61, under the leadership ,of Mr. Thomas. The Scouts from Central are divid¬ ed about equally between troops 61 and 65 and each of these troops has been making much progress in the past few weeks, both in the number of tests passed and in the securing of new members. Mr. George Boggs of Fort Wayne, took charge of the Rotary troop for several weeks this spring and with the help of Sim Burk, and his Rotary troop committee, succeeded in getting the troop started in fine shape. However, Mr. Boggs accepted a new position near South Bend and since he left Mr. Thomas, our Scout Commissioner has been taking charge of the troop. The Rotary Troop has purchased a new American Flag and Troop Flag for the troop this spring. James Burk has been assistant scoutmaster for the Rotary Troop for some time. Jim is an Eagle Scout and one of the boys from the Anthony Wayne Area Council who attended the Jamboree in Europe last summer. Much of the success of Rotary Troop is due to Jim’s efforts. Troop No. 65 is now sponsored by the Decatur Lions Club and Rev. Franklin and his Lions’ troop com¬ mittee are backing the troop in every worth-while enterprise they undertake. Scoutmaster White was in charge of Troop 65 when the troop was spon¬ sored by the Evangelical church and succeeded in building up a fine organ¬ ization. He has been selected by the Lions club to continue as scoutmaster of this troop and we are expecting great ad¬ vancement in this troop during the summer. White is a popular Scout leader and much of the credit for the success of Troop 65 is due to him. MISS CLARK Miss Clark is girls’ physical train¬ ing director. She herself is a foun¬ tain of boundless energy, never re¬ laxing. She puts her pupils through their exercises until they too catch her enthusiasm, thus making the physical training period one of relaxation and profit. -o—- GIRLS’ ATHLETICS It will seem rather unusual to many of you to read such an article as this. As it is going to be so informal. Why not be informal and relax? That is what we try to teach in the gymnas¬ ium. Don’t be so stiff, now relax your muscles and sit at ease as this is not going to be a mystery story. We try to teach the boys and girls to be in¬ formal as in games and formal by calisthenics. Central Sc hool has shown much in¬ terest in their Physical Education classes this year. Once a month we have “Wash Week’’ which is giving to every girl a bath or a shower. Dur¬ ing the year we have basketball, base¬ ball, volley ball, tumbling and calis¬ thenics. At the Civic Section basket¬ ball game Central was well represent¬ ed. About thirty girls dressed as clowns gave the tumbling act which everyone enjoyed. —Miss Clark. — 31 —

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS GIRL SCOUTS Bottom Row: Rachel Lehman, Harriet Fruchte, Marciel Leatherman, Mary Catherine Garner, Kathryn Kohls. Middle Row: Irene Sell, E ' dna Beane, Mary Kathryn Tyndall, Betty Short, Pauline Affolder, Rumain Elzey, Betty Frisinger, Laura Christen, Eula Meyers. Top Row: Evelyn Kohls, Alice Jane Archbold, Gertrude Brandyberry, Ruth Thomas, Captain; Marjorie Johnson, Martha Erma Butler, Martha Elizabeth Calland. GIRL SCOUTS One of the most popular activities for girls during the past year has been the Girl Sccut Troop, sponsored by the Tri Kappa Sorority. This troop was organized in the fall of 1927 and has been doing splendid work dur¬ ing the past four years, under the leadership of Mrs. Bryce Thomas. The member s, as well as the entire com¬ munity, should be grateful to Mrs. Thomas who so unselfishly gives of her time and her talent that the girls may enjoy the benefits and the pleas¬ ures of being members of this worthy organization. The troop now boasts of twenty-six wide a-wake, interested scouts, many of whom have won merit badges for first aid, scholarship, needle craft, life¬ saving, home nursing and original compositions both poetry and prose. The two girls having the highest number of points by June 1, 1931, will be sent to the Girl Scout Camp in Northern Indiana with all expenses paid. Eileen Burk and Kathryn How- er attended this camp last year and returned with an enthusiastic report of two delightful weeks’ vacation. However not all of our time was spent in work. We also enjoyed a number of purely social functions. Mary Kathryn Tyndall entertained with a Hallowe’en party, Mrs. Thomas a St. Patrick’s Day frolic, and Marceil Leatherman had the Christmas ex¬ change party. Besides these formal affairs we also enjoyed several hikes which were both recreational and edu¬ cational. Marcella Brandyberry, as assistant scout leader, has been very helpful both to us and to our director, Mrs. Thomas. The Scouts of the Anthony W ' ayne Area Council have shown their love and appreciation of the work of Gene Stratton Porter by purchasing her home on Sylvan Lake and making it into a Scout Camp called Camp Limb- erlost. — 30 —

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DEEDS AND MISDEEDS AMERICAN PENMAN AWARDS The American Penman certificate of proficiency is the highest award issu¬ ed by the A. N. Palmer Company and is much coveted by those who have acquired a high degree of skill in muscular movement penmanship. Martha Elizabeth Calland, 8A, Made¬ line Spalir, 8A, and Corolene Town¬ send 7A, have won this signal honor for this year. Handwriting is of such importance that a person unable to write is classi¬ fied as an illiterate. Even in this machine age it is used so extensively in industry, in commerce, in society and in the professions that the schools must provide for its teaching. If this is true for the adult, and that it is true can be proved, handwriting skill for the school room is of even more importance for it is used mere than any other of the school room skills. Handwriting is an acquired art. With this fact in mind our program is so arranged that every class has at least three periods per week for the study and the practice of this sub¬ ject. That we have attained a fair degree of success is shown by the fol¬ lowing awards which have been issued by the A. N. Palmer Co., to pupils of the 7A, 8B aand 8A sections thus far this year. Another shipment will go forward at the close of the term: High School Martha Elizabeth Calland, Pauline Affolder, Marceil Leatherman, Virginia Brokaw, Naomi Ladd, Eileen Wells, Madeline Spahr Helen Gay, Martha Jane Linn, Vera Jane Schlickman, Ellis Squier, Corolene Townsend. Finals Evelyn Kohls, Alice Jane Archbold, Mary Foreman, Kathryn Hill, Marceil Leatherman, Pauline Affolder, Helen Gay, Martha E. Calland, Kathleen Odle, William Elston Martha Erma Butler, Marion Jackson, Calvin Mag- ley, Sephus Jackson, Mildred Gause, Mary Jane Schaffer, Jeanette Baery, Madeline Spahr, Louise Kiess, Idora Lough, Corolene Townsend, Robert Engeler Eleanor Werst, Lee Anna y Morrison, Phyllis Krick, Ellis Squier, Marlowe Hoagiand, Madalene Crider. Improvement Richard Brodbeck, James Harkless, Donald Gage, Harriet Fruchte, James Beavers, Marjorie Johnson, Donald Bailer, Stanley Hollopeter, Eula My¬ ers, Mable Parmer, Genevieve Light, Martha Jane Linn Mary Ann Bauman, Russell Friedt, Bob Kruglr, Berniece Hanni, Raymond Roop, Ralph, Peter¬ son, Cover McClure, Charles Whitman, Harry Moyer, Clarence Michel, Robert E. Johnson, Gladys Doan, Naomi Ladd Lenore Teeple, Elizabeth Meihls, Mary Ogg, Eileen Mills, Ellis Squier, Celesta Shaffer Robert Meyer, Mar¬ jorie Johnson, Ruth Porter, Martha Linn, Agnes Nelson ? Marlowe Hoag¬ iand. Progress Pins Dale Myers, Kathryn Shell, Agnes Nelson, Madalene Crider, Harry Moyer, Walter Summers, Glenolda Reffey, Virginia Beery, Robert E. Johnson, Lloyd Myers, Lily Hodle ? Thelma Gage, Marlowe Hoagiand, Lawrence Johnson, Clarence Michel, William Schafer, Bob Ashbaucher, Eileen Jack- son, Wilma Miller. -o- One fine day ye editors opened the question box tc find some dear soul had poor eye-sight and had deposited a pencil, chewing gum papers, and a comb case instead of literary mater¬ ial. Tsk, Tsk, what is Central com¬ ing to? (Owner, please notify the editors The case and the pencil have vanish¬ ed but the chewing-gum papers can be returned) — 32 —