Clay Township High School - Geronimo Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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SCIENCE CLUB Officers were: President, Dud- ley Greeson, Vice-President, Rog- er Oldham, Secretary, Mina Lou Hostetler, and Treasurer, Wayne Birkey. The aims of the club members were: To increase their knowl- edge of science, to ,learn to per- fect their skills in science, to give service in their community and nation, to understand the impor- tance of science in their lives, to help others understand science, and to help carry out the pro- gram of Science Clubs of Ameri- ca. Any boy or girl who was in- terested in the aims of the club and who had a high school over- all scholastic average of C was eligible for membership. Club sponsor was Mr. Palmer. SPEECH CLUB Officers were: President, Sharron Fawcett, Vice-President, Mary Frances Hedrick, Secretary, Waneta Wilson, and Treasurer, Max Miller. The purpose of the club was to give students opportunities beyond the class room to express themselves orally through olebate, poetry, original oratory, readings, anol conversation. The club members entered contests that were held at different surrounding colleges. Readings were memo- rized, poems were interpreted through meaningful reading, and lO-minute and 5-minute debate speeches were prepared and delivered on Resolved: That the United States Should Adopt the Essential Features of the Russian System of Education. Club sponsor was Mr. Wagner.

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ANS Ph ea Hoskins and John W hfffey IOO PLIBLICAT Rosdff e YO-arg and Janet Hedr k lc 4 f Pr ,K Wm Melvf n W- mgard and No fine PO Well Shiro n New man an d larr ,V Pmers l l There were four steps in laying out the school paper. The layout was the first process. After all news had T been written and dummied, each page was planned so that the margins were even and enough space was left for headlines. r the paper was laid out, each student typed, proofread, and corrected his own page. artwork. lt took much practice to be able to make perfect headlines with adequate spacin d . Sometimes pictures were drawn on the page to add attractiveness. er. It took two students to run the mimeograph and one student to s apers distributed. t each learned the different skills involved. Afte Then came the between letters and wor s The final step was to print the pap sheet. The pages were then stapled and the p Each staff job was rotated among the students so tha 9 lip

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C CLUB The C Club was for any boy in high school who had earned a letter in any sport including base- ball, track, cross country, and basketball. The goal of the club was to promote a better understanding of athletics and to be a service organization to the school. Officers were: President, David Spangler, Vice-President, John Whitley, Secretary and Treasurer, Jay Agness. Club sponsors were Mr. Bowles and Mr. Klein. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Officers were: President, Joe Glassburn, Vice-President, Mike Zehring, Treasurer, Larry Harts, Reporter, Rex Kling, and Sentinel, John Horner. Some aims and purposes of the club were: To develop competent, aggressive, rural, and agricultural leadership, to create more interest in the intelligent choice of farming occupations, to participate in worthy undertakings for the improvement of agriculture, to participate in co-operative ettort, to encourage and practice thrift, to create and nurture a love of country life, to strengthen the contidence of farm boys and young men in themselves and their work, and to encourage improvement in scholarship. The club motto was Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve. Club sponsor was Mr. Brewer. HM veggie- ggagui,Mf,c ...ai malta... f fa