Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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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.

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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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Big 12 activities also attracted Mr. Medley's eye in the spring. Among the activities that come at that time of the school year, Big 12 literary activities were among the outstanding. Among the literary numbers which had representatives were ora- torical declamation, original oratory, dramatic reading, comedy reading, verse reading, and varsity debate. Of cours-e, there were always the Big 12 music activities, which included large repre- sentative groups from vocal and orchestral departments of all the schools in the conference. All in all, Big 12 Spring Confer- ences were som-ething to look forward to. Big 12 Inter-Class Debates Mr. Medley found that anyone in high school could try out for Interclass Debate early in the second semester of each year. The finals of these debates were always held in the auditorium before an assembly of the entire student body. An appropriate subject for debate was always used, and in the year 1940 the sub- ject was The Future of America fEconomics, Educational, Mili- tary, and Politicalj . The freshman team was composed of Mary Ann Terry and Bob Poisallg the sophomores included Bob Furste and Barbara Meadeg the junior team was Jeanine Moore and Bob Hasch, and the seniors were represented by Walter Lindley and Lowell Perry. The winning Senior Class team was presented the silver cup, on which their names were engraved. This was al- ways one of the biggest occasions of the school year.