Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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Officers of the club are pictured above. Jane Royce tseatedl, presidentg fleft to rightl Lillian Fagen, secretaryg Lois Demmin, German chairmang Don Skacldcn, treas- urerg Bessie Shahady, Spanish chairmang Rosie Shahady, Spanish chairmang and Alice Shank, Latin chairman. The teachers of the four modern languages are the club ad- visers. Phyllis Wheatley An interesting visit for Mr. Medley was the Phyllis Wheatley meeting. This club is a negro organization sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. and resembling the Girl Reserves. In fact, the Phyllis Wheatley Club makes use of the triangle of the Girl Reserves, for their meetings and stresses the spiritual, the men- tal, and the physical side of life for girls. International Club The foreign language department has an organization called the International Club. Its two aims are to promote international un- derstanding and good fellowship, and to in- crease their knowledge of the countries, lan- guages and customs. The club meets the sec- ond Monday of each month, at which time each language department gives a five to ten minute program. Highlights of the year's meetings were the talks given by Miss Elea- nor Mielke and Miss Josephine Wherry, fac- ulty members, on their trips abroad the pre- ceding summer. The Phyllis Wheatley cabinet is composed of fleft to rightl , Martha Davis, presi- dentg Ivadelle Faulks, vice-presidentg Barbara Jean Neat, secretaryg Josephine Mc- Cain, program chairmang and Mary Jackson, publicity chairman. The faculty advisers are Miss Helen Hoffman and Miss Mildred Glindmeier. 21 I l l E i -....l

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Science Club Mr. Medley had taken biology when he was a sophomore and greatly enjoyed working in the laboratory. Because of his apparent in- terest the club advisers, Miss Dague and Miss Ernest, had encouraged him to join the Science Club. There were meetings, parties, and field trips, the latter was particularly appealing to him. Becoming well acquainted with the three major sciences, chemistry, bi- ology, and physics, he could name almost any tree on sight, tell you all about the oxidation- reduction reaction, or explain to you how the electric wiring in your home worked. Dur- ing the year, he made a notebook of drawings with nature as its subject and also carried out several experiments with gases. When summer and vacation time came, Mr. Medley realized how much he would miss these expe- riences in the practical application of science, but resolved to continue these experiments in his leisure time at home. The members of this year's cabinet, from left to right are Betty Boink, secre- tary, Jean Randolph, social chairman, Byron Robinson, vice-president, Norman Mayer, program chairman, Eileen Shephard, membership chairmang and Dorothy Lindley, 20 literary chairman. Seated is Jim Bost, this year's president. The cabinet for this year as pictured above is as follows, left to right: Bernice C. Hutner .... ............ .... ........ V 1 c e-President Joyce Murphy ...... ............. P resident Don Blary .....e., e,.. - Secretary-Treasurer Emerson Beck ........,.......... ,... P rogram Chairman Seated is Mr. Johnson, the club's adviser. Wranglers Club Because he realized the value of knowing how to speak properly and the help that Wranglers' Club could give him along this line, Mr. Medley was one of the first people to join during the new school year. The meetings through the year interested him a great deal and he was always on deck at the regular time in Room 114 on alternate Thursday nights. He also enjoyed the close friendships that he secured at these meetings and at the Well-planned Wranglers' parties. Mr. Medley always looked forward to the fine Thanksgiving assembly presented by his club every year on the day of Thanksgiving Vacation dismissal. g

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Girl Reserves After fifteen minutes of continuous study for a test the next hour, Mr. Medley let his eyes wander to the front board. There they rested on an announcement of the next Girl Reserve meeting to be held as usual on Wednesday at the Y. W. C. A. This started Mr. Medley thinking, and he decided he did know something about this club even if it was made up of girls. They were the ones that joined with the Hi-Y to give one of the best dances of the year. This year's Oh, Johnnie dance is pic- tured below. Another big event was the annual stunt meeting in the spring, when the four classes competed against each other, and at this time a lot of friendly rivalry reigned as each class pre- pared and presented a stunt they hoped would be judged the best. These good times could be traced to the efforts of the officers, assisted by the members of the cabinet picture in the upper left hand corner. Left to right, first row, Rosemary Jones, president, Dorothy Taintor, vice-president 5 Mary Anderson, secretary, Miss J. Taylor, Miss Thompson, advisers, Elizabeth Swayne, treas- urer, Nell Rose Putnam, Jane Royse, and Lois McNamee. Sec- ond row is Jean Randolph, Jean Holmes, Marjorie Payton, Joan Randolph, and Ruth Adams. Mr. Medley found out that he always had a fine time at the regular weekly Hi-Y meeting. He met and became fast friends with many fine fellows. Yes, sir, it was a real boys' club in charge of Y. M. C. A. officials. He also learned that it was a regular treat to hear a lot of the distinguished speakers which the club secured for the weekly talks and discussions. And then there were always those periods of physical exercise which ap- pealed to everyone. The social side of it interested Mr. Medley, too, and as he puts it, I don't believe Ifll ever forget the good times I had when I was in the High School Club . The members of the club cabinet as pictured below are, left to right: Keith Kerr Cseatedj, president, Bill Wayland, treas- urerg Ted Debenham, program committee g Bob Cowan, program committeeg Jack Westwater, chairman, program committee, Phil Erickson, chairman, social committee, Bill K. English, program committee. Absent: Norman Mayer, vice-president, and Ted Gilleland, secretary.