Danville High School - Log Yearbook (Danville, KY)

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PATRQNIZE OUR ' I - 16 PAGES TODAY ADVERTISERS g I SEGT10N--1- VOLUME VI. DANVILLE, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19, 1934. NUMBER 4. MARGARET SMITH ELECTED PREXY or PRESS cnour Eighty-Five Delegates At- tend Convention Dec. 7, 8 At Centre College. NAUTILUS WINS AWARDS University of Kentucky Se- lected As 1935 Meeting Place. Miss Margaret Ellen Smith, member of the staff of THE LOG was elected president of the Ken- tucky High School Press Associa- tion, which closed its two day session at the Woman's Depart- ment of Centre College Saturday, December 8. Other oiiicers who were elected to hold office during the 1935 season are: Ernst Wood- ard, Male High School, Louisville, vice-presidentg Miss Joyce Archer, Barret Junior High School, Louis- ville. secretary. The Association met this year in Danville as the joint guests of Centre College and the Danville High School, but next year will return to the University of Ken- tucky in Lexington. The meet this year was privileg- ed to have the following speakers: Vance Armentrout, associate edi- :or of the Courier-Journalg Grover Page, Courier-Journal cartoonist, and Neil Plummer of the Journal- ism Department of the University fContinued on Page Twol RINGS ARRIVE The first order of junior rings arrived the week following the Thanksgiving holidays and were ielivered to their purchasers im- mediately after all payments were made. Present plans call for' another order of rings a little later in the year. and all those who failed to get -their ring or pins in the first Jrder may have another chance. DEDICATION This edition of THE LOG, which is twice regular size, is dedicated to the members of the Danville High School football squad, and their coach, J. Rice Mountjoy, whose pictures appear in the sec- ond section of this issue. To these boys go much credit for the wonderful record they achieved during the past year in football, but we fe-el also that their coach, J. R. Mountjoy, is due high praise for their success. SENIORS RECEIVE ANOTHER BLOW The idea of senior dignity, al- ready battered beyond recognition, has been thrown away complete- ly! A duty-room, especially for the Seniors, has been started to take care of the ever-growing stream of tardy 12tlh graders. The boys are the principal offenders thus far. According to Mr. Allen, home- room teacher for the senior boys, the number of tardy students in his room have been averaging above. ten per day. Now in punish- ment for their sins, tardy seniors will be required to stay in thirty minutes after school. Admirals To Engage In Net Tournament -, XMAS VACATION STARTS FRIDAY On Friday afternoon, Dec. 21, joyous students will lay aside their school duties and worries for the all too brief respite of the Christmas vacation. According to all indications, the holiday will be a happy one in spite of the gloomy shadows cast by oncoming exam- inations. Santa Claus will over- throw the entire Danville school system for a period of eleven days. After this short glimpse of hap- piness unobstructed by lectures, tests, reviews, and home-work, Danville High denizens will sadly return to their tasks, on Wednes- day, Jan. 2. On Tuesday of the next week, the big, bad wolf, exams, will proceed to gobble up its usual quota of hapless pupils. In other words, Christmas vaca- tion, the lull before the storm, is ,about to begin. ' 0h! Doctor ls Presented By Members Ot Mixed Glee Club The mixed Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Catherine Mathis, presented the operetta, Oh, Doc- tro! on the nights of Dec. 6 and 7. The leading role was taken by Jack Stith as Dr. Drinkwater. He shared honors closely with Lucille Wylie as Glory Drinkwaterg Jean Marie McConnell as Honorg Tiny Williams as Philipp and John Pow- ell as Bob, Other leads were taken by Ruth Van Winkle, Dorothy Marcum, Violetta Wilkinson, Emmy Lou Turck, VViharton Allen, Glenn Shearer, John Creech, Dorothy McGowan, y Charles Allen, Jack Huffman, James Bolling, and War, ren Griffith. Much laughter was furnished by Barry Griiiith in the role of a colored servant. The scenery, due to Mr. Whalin and his manual .training class, was very brilliant and beautiful. It was softened to lovely pastel hues by the lights which were in charge of Phil Foley and James Connelly. These things, added to the pretty costumes of those in the chorus, furnished a very colorful and picturesque background for the story. The success of the operetta was largely due to Miss Mathis' inces- sant work. Credit also is due Miss lContinued on Page '1 wo7 1 T Four Teams Entered In First Blind Net Tournament. Danville's basketball represen- tatiye of the Ihigh school will have a busy vacation week ahead of them, according to an announce- ment made yesterday by Coach Mountjoy. The intensive practice schedule came after it had been announced that Danville High would be one. of four teams rep- resented in the first blind basket- ball tournament ever held in the, central part' of the state Friday, December 28, at the University of Kentucky gym. Coaches from Danville, Lexing- ton Henry Clay, Paris and Mt. Sterling locked heads some weeks ago and agreed to the net tourna- ment but declined to announce their plans until yesterday. Plans call for the teams repre- senting the four schools to goto Lexington Friday afternoon at 1:30, and draw for positions. Those drawing one and two positions fContinued on Page Twol I OE BROWN, ALL - STATE Joe Brown, husky center for the Admirals football team during the past season, was awarded the pos- ition as center on the Courier- Journal All Kentucky higih school football team. The team was se- lected by Earl Ruby of the Sports Department of the Courier-Jour- nal and a committee of coaches throughout the state. - Two other Danville players, Captain Ray Cundiff, and co-Cap- tain Jack Lunsford received men- tion. Cundiff was voted to the sec- ond team, and Lunsford received honorable mention. These boys are to be congratu- lated upon the honor they receiv- ed, as well as the honor Uhey bring to their school.

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8 THE LOG Old Fort Station Sa 3.1'i.t'?.?.!11i S All With a Smile PORTHOLE PEEPERS. I. C. Awl. Despite the protest of several unkind critics, this column is en- tering the second round, still go- ing strong. We have, however, felt enough pity for the poor read- ers to eliminate all attempts at poetry. Merely personal piffle: Camp- bell made the remark that he look- ed uglier since his soup bowl hair cut. We don't think he looks any uglier .... George D. is Worried about his chickens since all the girls are going around with feath- their hats .... Jo-Jo ers in Brown, who has been our very best woman at last Misses hater, has admitted defeat - ask him about Dot S... . . Smith and Steiger are still yelling, Why didn't you give us a break and introduce us to those handsome Lexington cheerleaders? . ...Jimmie H. didn't run fast enough Hallowe'en night, after some guys got through unrolling some paper Ask him how many yards he picked up in that down- pour with the cops escorting him, also being weighted down by the huge umbrella .... Why doesn't Sarah Marguerite J. keep her chewing gum in her mouth at foot- ball games? . . Nothing seems so desolate as the tennis courts at this time of the year .... We don't know whether to envy or to pity classes to work on the football field. In a sudden spurt of energy your dauntless correspondent turned in- vestigator and uncovered this: Danville High has 561 students en- rolled, starting with Abercrombie and ending with Zumstein. The S's head the list of names with 60 Simpsons, Siegels, and Smiths -- only 6 Smiths and nary a one is of masculine gender. The C's are only one point belhind with 595 the Q's, V's and X's look like my test papers, a big zero for all of them. Buford Guerrant, the pool shark, will be unable to continue his pro- fession, so his pater says .... This leaves Clemens Caldwell as number one unit. Now that the operetta season has begun again, the teachers will not expect the warblers to have their lessons. This is small conso- lation for practicing after school, in every vacant period, and even at night. Lost-6th Period Typing Class. Finder please return to C, Crock- ett. P. TT.. News At the November meeting of the Danville High School P. T. A., tory of book week and the eighth grade presented their book pag- eant, The Prickly Prince. Mrs. McBrayer Moore gave a wonder- ful address entitled The Library: an Open Doorf' Both the address and the eighth grade entertain- ment were greatly enjoyed by the mothers. Mrs. Wilkinson, representing membership committee, reported that she had the names of forty- eight members. There were a num- ber of mothers whose names she did not have as members. Mrs. Frankel announced for the Ways and Means Committee tlhat reserve seat tickets for their play to be given Thursday and Fri- day, November 22 and 23, will be twenty-five cents. The characters are to be taken from the comic pages and portrayed by the par- ents. Mrs. Van Winkle, Mrs. Frankel and Mrs. Creech attended the dis- trict P. T. A. meeting at Irvine in October. They were greatly im- pressed by their welcome into the city. Included on the excellent program was an address by Mrs. Sheelhan, the state president, who is from this city. Mrs. Creech pre- sented in brief form to the local high school P. T. A. her address. Mrs. Cummins asked all the mothers to aid her in securing as many old clothes as possible. 'Ilhe need for them is very great and Yuu:'qwn friendly . I THURS. 8: FRI., Nov. 22-23. on the stage- JIMMY RASCHEL and His Orchestra, Screen- Joan Blondell - Glenda Farrell Hugh Herbert - R0b't Armstrong in KANSAS CITY PRINCESS SATURDAY! 2 Big Features! The Big Football Show! UGRIDIRON FLASH -and- A riot of melody and fun- HSTUDENT TOUR SUNDAY and MONDAY! ZANE GREY'S Epic WAGON WHEELS Coming Soon- Trans-Atlantic Merry-Go-Round 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch' 'The Merry Widow Flirtation Walk The Count of Monte Christo Anne of Green Gables The Pursuit of Happiness and many other big hits! Why is it that we hear Jimmie Connely always singing Sugar Blues ? Could it be that ia fair maiden from the woiks has that the b0YS who get 9XC1lS9d from Martha Brown gave a short this- any donation will be appreciated. much influence? 2 0 0 0 , 3 ex co Fire Chief Gasoline Will Give 1 2 ' You More Miles For: Your Money O X . The Same Price As Ordinary Gasoline GASOLIIII 0 ooooooooo bonus 3 oevoo ooooooooo

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2 THE LOG OH! DOCTOR fContinued from Page D Ferol Mae Burley, who assisted in tne dances. Another person who did com- mendable work was Miss Frances Bradley. Her Junior Dramatlc Club gave the ballet, in Whlch Lloyd May, Irene Pope, Nancy Bean and Christine Tewmey had leading parts. ' Those who assisted Miss Mathis in the production were: Accomp- anist, Miss Elizabeth Rhe Tillettg stage, Mr. Whaling Lights, P1111 Foley and J immy Cmmeuyi Make' up, Mr. Bill Dorsey and Mr. Foleyg Ballett, Miss Frances Bradley? Posters, Marvin Clem? Advertls' ing, Jimmie Robinson. The decorations for the produc- tion which received much favorable comment were under the direCti0U of a committee of which Mrs. Chas. J. Turck, was chairman. A delightful interlude between acts of the operetta was Provided by the tap dancing team Qf Char' latte Sale and Madge IWW, both students at the high school. Thsll' ut received much applause and they Were forced to give an encore' at both performances. Those who participated in the production in the choruses are: Morning' Glory Dance: Martha Floyd, Jane Fant, Mary Marshall, Lucille Wheeler, Mae Frances Guffey, Irene Vaught, Lucille Sin- gler, Conspirators Dance: Tom Huffman, John Stuart, Henry Woody, Joe Lovell. Angelus Chor- us: Margaret Cheek, Grace Lovell, Eleanor Rubin, Margaret Ellen Smith. Rain Dance: Mary Russell Burton, Mary Alice Johnson, Arl- geline Jett, Margaret Steiger, An- na Margaret Bradshaw, Mary Munn. Bandit Chorus: Ruth Dex- ter, Edith Webb, Helen Williams, Lettie Harbor, Olan Dozier, Joe Hart, Lloyd Spoonamore, Black- well Brown, Rue Morgan, William Rice, Ansel Singleton, Clayton Anderson, Joe Campbell. Cowboy Dance: Leo Burka, Sherman Fer- rell, Marvin Clem, Logan Caldwell Spanish Dance: Jessie Alexander, Velma Hill, Norma McKenney, Bee Worthington, George Kapral- lis, Henry Wright, Eldon Ruppe, Philip Weissinger. Members of the Junior Dramatic Club who were in the Ballet are: Evanetta Reed, Dorothy Denham, Ruby Scalos, Doris Guthrie, Ruth Creech, Jean Clark, Sylvia Seigel, Elizabeth Thompson, Sara Lee, Norma Jane Thompson, Barbara Roberts, Betty Stagg, Rachel Townes, Dorothy Hatfield, Mildred Porter, Mary E. Derkson, and Charlotte Sale, all Water Spritesg and William Thurmond, William Perros, Leeland Spoonamore, John Stigall, Robert Kinnard, Guy Jones, Godsg with Leona Cross, Glenna Edwards, Agnes Kelly, Thelma Calhoun, Jeanne Dollar, Lucille Singler, Charlotte Stagg, Jane Brown, Anne Sheehan, Lena Haw- kins, Hklfefn Pnesfaon, Paiuline Smith, Ruth Hamner and Vera Zumstein as Goddesses. SMITH IS PREXY fContinued From Page 11 of Kentucky. The meeting was under the di- rection of Professor Victor R. Portmann, director of the K. H. S. P. A. and a member of the De- partment of Journalism at the University of Kentucky. This year's Association ofiicers stated that the meeting, which was attended by some eighty-five delegates, was the largest in the history of the organization. Outgoing oiiicers of the Associa- tion are: George Watson, Paducah, president: Helen Claire, Dayton, vice-president: Hamilton Howard, Atherton High School, Louis- ville, secretary. One of the greatest delights of the Association for Danville dele- gates was the announcement of the awards. THE NAUTILUS won first place as the best designed an- nual, and second place as the best all-round annual. First place for the best all-round annual went to THE PILOT of Dayton High School. Dayton, Ky.. and second place for the best designed annual went to THE HOMESPUN of Somerset. In tihe paper contests, The Hi Spy of Mt. Sterling. won first prize in group 1 fa total enroll- ment of less than 250i for the Best Front Page. In group 2 fin- nluding schools with more than 250 enrollmentl The Gavel. Notre Tlame High School. Covington. KV.. won first: The Newporter. at Newport. Ky.. was second, and The Bell. nf' Tilghman High School. Paducah. won third. For the best all-round paper in Group 1, Mt. Sterling Hi Spy again won first. In group 2, the Brook 'N' Breck of Male High Sclhool of Louisville, won first, University Hi Lights of the Uni- versity High School, Lexington, secondg The Bell, Tilghman High School, third. For the best advertising, The Bell of Paducah, was firstg The Hi Times of Henry Clay High School of Lexington was second and the Hi Spy of Mt. Sterling was third, In the best feature contest, The Ormsby Village News won first on the article Pioneers, Past and Present. Second place went to the Lantern of Shawnee High School, Louisville, on the article Dis- tracted Doodads. Third prize went to The Gavel of Notre Dame High School, Covington, for Pooh ine Finds Interviews. The Daytonian, of Dayton, Ky., won first in the Best News Story, for the article Dayton Dedioates New Athletic Field Today. The G-Wei, Cbvington, won second with the St0T'Y Plot Thickens as Sen- iors Rehearse Mystery Play, Third Place went to The Hi Spy of Mt. Sterling for the story Hi SPY Awarded Second Place in Feature Contest. The University Hi Lights of Lexington, was the winner of the contest for the Best Sports Sec- tion. Second and third places went to The Hi Times of Henry Clay High School and The Bell of Pa- ducah respectively. The Best Editorial cup went to Uhe Newporter on the topic, The School of Life. The Hi Spy, Mt, Sterling, on the topic Joy to the World, won second. The Ormsby Village News was the winner of the third place on the topic Marys Worst Enemies. Those who went as delegates from THE LOG were Margaret Ellen Smith, Welch Peel, Lucille Wheeler, and Jimmie Robinson. NET TOURNAMENT 'l Continued from Page Onej will open play at the University of Kentucky gymnasium at 2.30, and the other two will engage. at 3:30, The losers of the afternoon games will meet that night at 7:30 in a consolation game, and the winners will meet at 8:30 to decide the winner. The four teams who will engage in the tournament are probably the four strongest teams in Cen- tral Kentucky tihis year. All ex- cept the Henry Clay Blue Devils play at least one game before the tournament. The Blue Devils' first game comes January 4. The tournament has been or- ganized to arouse interest in bas- ketball in Kentucky. This plan has been successfully used for several years in Indiana, the mother state of basketball, and was copied by Kentucky. THE ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS In Italy there is no jolly patron who stuffs goodies into the stock- ings of good little boys and girls. No- child with a trustful, shining face hangs his stocking at the fire- place for Santa to fill. Instead, in the warm, balmy month of May, the people there celebrate the day when a monk entered their coun- try. Here the people think of no fairy-like benefactor, but hold this monk in reverence.. Saint Nicholas was born in the third century. In his early youth, he became a monk. His uncle, who held the position of the metropoli- tan of the diocese, died, and Saint Nicholas took his place. All' the rest known of him is legendary. lHe is said to have been the patron of school boys and un- married girls. He also became the patron of mariners. Then he start- ed aiding girls desiring to get married. Pawnbrokers began hanging three golden balls outside their shops as a smybol of their patronage to him. He became a patron of animals, and now in several countries a complete holi- day is given to beasts of burden. Gradually, the religious char- acter of Saint Nicholas dropped away. He became famous in all Italy, Russia, and Norway. Child- ren began to think of him ,as a fairy, so his character changed, as did his name. He became Nic- olas, Nickalaus, then Kolaus and finally Klaus and Claus. The San or Santo became Santa. So, to the English speaking world, he is known as Santa Claus. However, he has never lost his saintly character in Italy. Known reverently as Saint Nicholas, he is honored, not when the world lies wrapped in a blanket of snow, but when flowers are peeping shyly through the moist earth.