Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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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.

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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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The Freshmen Thirteen.