Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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Introducing FACULTY First Row—Mr. Brown, Mr. Krick, Miss Worthman, Mr. Ketchum. Second Row—Mr. Anderson, JYIr. Millikan, Mr. Dorwin, Mr. Andrews, Mlrs. Holthouse, Miss Lewton, Miss Whalen. Third Row—Mr. Adams. Miss Fris- inger, Mr. Sellemeyer, Miss Haubold, Miss Kauffman, Dorothv Christen, Mrs. Macy. Eleven.

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They Are the Craftsmen “Now Students— — This illustrious group of people yearly under¬ take the somewhat difficult job of pounding some knowledge into the heads of the students. They come faithfully through rain and shine and even on Monday mornings to teach more of the fine arts. How much they actually accomplish is nev¬ er known. They, at least, attempt to do the thing for which they are trained, and we are left with the decision as to whether or not any of it will soak in. Miss Whalen was our instructor in the some¬ what difficult job of getting the most out of Shakespeare. This charming lady also was spon¬ sor of the junior class and director of the junior play this year. Mr. Dorwin was the social science instructor who dabbled his fingers in the political pie with his classes daily. He was co-sponsor of Howling Hosts and Mr. Andrews’ right hand man. He re¬ tired as president of the Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce. Mr. Brown was the principal who taught civ¬ ics and sociology to the seniors. He waited until the pupils were that tender age before trying to get them to find something to improve the social state of affairs. He had more things to do and less time to do them in than anyone known. Mr. Anderson was teacher of commercial subjects and originator of those clever little skits so enjoyed at high school parties and other high school activities. He was also co-sponsor of the Commercial Club and has excelled in having good times this year. Mr. Millikan was a newcomer this year. He taught commercial subjects and frightened poor little freshmen with that terrible scourge of man¬ kind—Algebra! He was Mr. Anderson’s right hand man in the job of the Commercial Club. Mr. Adams—Ah, higher mathematics! Mr. Adams was looked on with awe by most of our little freshmen for he was really awe-inspiring, but they soon made friends with him. Did you know that he lost his sense of smell from smelling hose vile concoctions in chemistry? Mr. Ketchum was the keeper of the boys’ shop below stairs and suspected to be the leader of that unearthly screech¬ ing which came from below at any hour of the day. He was sponsor of the Freshmen and also taught history. Miss Lewton was the smiling Eng¬ lish teacher of the Freshmen. She has yearly devoted her time to proof-read¬ ing of the annual and always found split infinities and other terrible grammati¬ cal errors that the wonderful staff managed to make. Mr. Andrews was the coach of the Athletics and teacher of trigonometry to a group of boys. This year he was co-sponsor of the Howling Hosts and with the help of Mr. Dorwin managed to hold the spirits of the boys down to normal pitch. Miss Clark—(Mrs. Holthouse) was teacher of Girls’ Athletics. This year took unto herself a husband, for which every one expressed his joy and best wishes. She sponsored the Pep Champs and to her goes a lot of the credit for the Pep Champ dance. Miss Worthman was teacher of domestic sci¬ ence. She came this year to the school and was everyone’s friend as well as the senior sponsor. She also directed the senior class play this year. She was the originator and advisor of the Home Ec. Club. Miss Haubold was the attractive music in¬ structor who was responsible for the heavenly sounds from the music room on Friday. Miss Kauffman was our Rembrandt of Deca¬ tur. Always so calm and so collected, she was a fitting friend to Miss Haubold. Miss Kauffman tried so hard to instill into the heart of the aver¬ age school child an appreciation of art. Mr. Sellemeyer was the band instructor and originator of the Girls’ Band, the like of which hasn’t been found in the state of Indiana. He is right now busy with the organization of a boys’ band which he hopes will equal the girls’ band. Miss Frisinger presided over the den of Caesar much to the grief of poor little Latin stud¬ ents. This was her first year at Decatur, and it is hoped she will continue to be her own shy self next year. This ends our parade of the craftsmen, but our list would not be complete without the ones who were important cogs in the school year. Mr. Krick, the superintendent, can best be described as a typical Horatio Alger hero, being a home town boy who made good. Mrs. Macy, better known as Angie, has been with the school a good many years and thoroughly knows the ins and outs of D. H.S. Miss Christen, Dorothy, will be remembered for kind answers as the information girl. She also was the private secretary to our W. G. B. Ten.

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Just the Raw Material SPONSOR AMOS, TELLS THE OFFICERS. Dixie Miller, Betty Boss, Mr. Ketchum, Robert Stapleton, Ned Johnson. Freshmen are freshmen the world over. They come into a new phase of school life, unmoldod, unshaped, just the raw human clay that must be punched and kneaded into some semblance of a ligh school student. Four years of processing in¬ evitably makes a good product, one that may be guaranteed to stand life’s vicissitudes. So pity not the lowly freshmen! In the fall of 1936 eighty-one of these fresh¬ men entered high school and timidly crept through the halls, constantly getting lost. They stood in awe before the statue of “Honest Abe” and quak¬ ed in fear at the approach of upperclassmen. Mr. Brown, the principal, observing their sad plight corralled them into the assembly, introduced them to the high school instructors, and gave them in¬ structions as to how to find their various class¬ rooms. The upperclassmen, however, were not so considerate. First, they gave the freshmen a vig¬ orous initiation before they were admitted into high school as true members of the student body. The freshmen submitted like lambs and there¬ after were taken to the bosom of Decatur High School. Mr .Brown, feeling the class in need of further guidance, suggested a class meeting for the election of officers and a class sponsor. The class was as¬ signed to the fatherly supervision of Mr. Ketchum and his cohorts. Ned John¬ son, Dixie Miller, Robert Stapleton, and Betty Ross, who served as president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. The class boasts three sets of twins, some very promising boys for the basketball team, and some that are sure to shine on the football team of ’39 and ’40. There are also a sprinkling of musicians and many embryo Romeos and Juliets. Oh, 3ms, they also claim the principal’s son and the superintend¬ ent’s daughter. They say a little pull goes a long way. What more could a freshman class desire? It seemed that the girls were unanimous in carrying the banner for scholastic ability. Peg¬ gy Gaunt, Betty Jean Fuhrman, Katherine Weil- and, Ethelyn Burnett, Irene Light, Thelma Smith, and Vivian Hitchcock helped make this possible by appearing on the honor roll. Aided by Miss Haubold, musical supervisor, they organized the Freshmen Chorus. This chor¬ us is sort of a rookie camp for the coming mem¬ bers of the Decatur High School Glee Club. There are also members of this class in both the High School Band and the Decatur Girls’ Band. Sever¬ al of the girls belong to the Girls’ Athletic Asso¬ ciation. Just to show that a freshman does have uses, three of them were chosen to assist the seniors in the student day sale. Since that project was quite a success, these young and inexperienced sales¬ men may lay claim to part of the glory. The class, mixing youth with patriotism, chose crimson and gold as their colors and chose as their flower the red rose. Then they showed their boundless ambition by choosing as their motto, “We will find a path or make one.” FRESH MEN First Row—John Acheson, Kathleen Acker, Pauline Acker, Irvin Anderson, Charles Andrews, William Archbold, Esther Baumgartner, Robert Baxter. Second Row—Edward Beavers, Marjorie Beer, Harry Bleeke, Hollis Bonifas, Anna Brandyberry, William Brown, Ethelyn Burnett, Evelyn Burnett. Third Row—Fred Conrad, Fred Carson, Duane David s on, LaVon Debolt, Alice Drake, Richard Drake, Barbara Duke, Robert Eg ' ly. Fourth Row—Mary Eichhorn, Robert Eichhorn, Richard Fennig, Richard Foreman, Kathleen Fryback, Betty Fuhr¬ man, Peggy Gaunt. Fifth Row—Cecil Clause, Robert Gentis, Mary Girod, Violet Gir d, Richard Hammond, Warren Harden, Ralph Haw¬ kins, Mary Maxine Hilton. Sixth Row—Doris Hitchcock, Vivian Hitchcock, Dorothy Hoffman, Phyllis Hunter, Ned Johnson, Helen Kelly, Robert Koeneman, James Kitchen. Seventh Row—Lewis Koldewey, Irene Light, Robert Lord, Arnold Martin, Harry Massonne, Dixie Miller, Karl Miller, Marjorie Miller. Eighth Row—Patricia Moser, Junior Owens, Robert Porter, Elizabeth Reynolds, Margaret Ritter, Betty Ross, Vera Sauer, Richard Schnitz. Ninth Row—Raymond Sheets, Max Smith, Thelma Smith, Richard Spencer, Robert Stapled n, John Stoner, Ervin Thieme. Tenth Row—Edward Toney, Richard Walter, Dorothy Watrous, Kathryn Weiland, Dorothy Werling, Helen Will¬ iams, Jean Zimmerman. Twelve.