Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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They Sound like Angels, But--- But they were only a group of very human boys and girls. Perhaps they were just a little diabolic (if the angry gleam in Miss Haubold’s eye was an indication) but perfection, if not attained, was striven for. The glee club rendered tones of Celestial Quality. Well, maybe not—but then they were good! The Decatur High School Glee Club had a very successful season for this year. On Novem¬ ber twenty-four it gave a songfest in the high school auditorium. That night the public respond¬ ed by occupying every seat and chair available to listen to the very fine chorus of voices. During the various seasons, such as Thanks¬ giving, Christmas, and spring, the singers gave appropriate songs for chapel programs. The glee club also was demanded by various organizations of the city and consequently they sang at these club meetings. Several times they were invited to suppers to sing, and after singing, did they eat? On Palm Sunday one of the greatest, if not the greatest, cantatas ever given in Decatur was heard by a full house in the Zion Reformed church. The rendition of this cantata will long be a memory for both the choir and the audience. The main factor of the success was not in the singers themselves (though they were better than the average) but through the leadership and per¬ sonality of Miss Helen Haubold, the directress. Sometimes Miss Haubold became provoked at the antics of the boys, and sometimes with the girls, but even this did not make her popularity wane. Both Evelyn Adams and Marjorie Miller should receive praise for their accompaniment to the pro¬ grams. GI.EE CU B First Row—Maxine Debolt, Virginia Breiner, Janet Sohrock, Helen Jean Kohls, Neil Highland, Bob Brodbeck, Don Death, Louis Smith, Bob Beavers, Lois Sovine, Donabelle Fenimore, Maxine Martin. Second Row—Evelyn Atoms, Jeanette Winnes, Zula Porter, Peggy Staley, Alyce Baker, Mari n Drum, Ed Eich- horn, Doyle Gay, Paul Harden, Bill Sohrock, Dorcas Hoag-land, Catharine Jackson, Gladys Miller. Third Row—Phyllis Hoagland, Naomi Ward, Kathryn Kohls, Melba Kraft, Bernice Beineke, Catharine Murphy, Bob Worthman, Zelno Drake, Arthur Heller, Marjorie Foughty, Eloise Millisor, Evangeline Fuhrman, Anna Jane Tyndall. Fourth Row—Eleanor Niblick, Flora Marie Lankenau,Goldine Kreischer, Jeanette Christen, Jayne Krick, Ralph Hurst, Wendell Smith, Harold Zimmerman, Bob Franz, Don B ixler, Pauline Light, Gwen Blum. Twenty-nine.

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HOME EC. First Row—Marjorie Beer, Violet Girod, Mary Eiehhorn, Marjorie Foug ' hty. Helen Roop, Elva Martin, La Vera Meyers, Mary Maxine Hilton, Thelma Smith, Elizabeth Reynolds, Mary Fuhrman, Kathleen Fryback, Marjorie Miller, Jean Zimmerman, Betty Fuhrman. Second Row—Pauline Acker, Betty Ross, Helen Kelly, Kathleen Ac-Ker, Dorothy Hoffman, Vera Sauers, Eldora Bak¬ er, Onnalee Milllsor, Viola Hunter, Helen Williams, Marcella Tutewiler, Hilda Williams, Fay Mauller, Bernita Lytle, Har¬ riet Miller, May Mauller, Dorothy Watrous, Juanita Hitchcock. Third Row—Martha Summers, Maxine Smith, Mary Girod. Peggy Gaunt, Patricia Moser, Dixie Miller, Phyllis Hunt¬ er, Ruth Cook, Marian Burke, Kathryn King, Dorothy Werling, Alice Drake, Margaret Ritter, Vivian Hitchcock, Irene Light, Anna Brandyberry, Evelyn Burnett, Kathryn Weiland, Ethlyn Burnett. They Cook! They Sew! This new club that has been started only this year owes its existence to Miss Worthman. This club wishes to be very proficient in their main pur¬ pose, the art of entertaining. Their various enter¬ tainments were planned to learn the art of table etiquette. They placed themselves in the hands of Faye Mauller as their president (one of those girls that gets things accomplished), of Marjorie Miller as their vice-president, and Dorothy Hoffman as their secretary and the one who handles the funds. The newshawk with a nose for news was played by Rosemary Brown. A long list of projects at the start of the year thinned out considerably. Some of these were: Thanksgiving Tea for the teachers, a Christmas musical for their mothers, a Valentine party, also various banquet committees were unable to over look their skill. This ambitious group of girls also decorated their club quarters very effectively. Lovely new curtains were hung amid much pounding of thumbs and gnashing of teeth. Window boxes were placed in the windows and watched carefully for any signs of life- The pop-corn stand came in¬ to the path of these girls and was accordingly re¬ finished and superintended by them through out the basketball season. As a climax to this year of activity they held an exhibit showing the worthwhile things accom¬ plished. A very novel plan was instigated by the Club. Instead of having dues and all the accom¬ panying regulations, they have a bank and when¬ ever a penny is left over, it is dropped into it. Thus they learn economy. ' “A graceful hostess and a charming guest” are the true key words of the Home Ec. Club. Twenty-eight.

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YU HA BETA SIGMA First Row—Vernon Affolder, Jay Alton, Lawrence An spaugh, Neil Highland. Second Row—Robert Beavers, Dan H lthouse, Bill Brown, John McConnell, James Highland, Hubert Zerkel. Third Row—Bill Hunter, Fred Kirsch, Guy Koos, Harold Zimmerman, Donald Bixler, Lewis Smith, Dorus Sialter, Dick Girod, Monroe Fuhrman, Robert Maloney, Fred Carson. A Good Deed Daily Forward came the scouts decked in new re¬ galia bearing the banner of Beta Sigma Alpha, The reorganization of its original charter obtain¬ ed by Bryce Thomas from the State Legislature in 1928 placed it with the extra curricular activities in D. H. S. The initial meeting brought forth the formalities which included election of officers: Lewis Smith, president; James Ehinger, vice-pres¬ ident ; Dick Girod, secretary and treasurer. With a civilized attitude, the first sign of ac¬ tivity merited a banquet which was attended by all the superior officers of the Anthony Wayne Area. Well attended was this affair and a better acquaintance was established. The next occasion found them with a—yip and a yay and the ac¬ companying yelling. The Beta Sigs assembled a- long the St. Marys River with entirely independ¬ ent airs and vivacious countenances, and with burning enthusiasm—they burnt their hot dogs. And like all good scouts they ate their burnt hot dogs and came back for more. It seems that the first requirement of a scout is to be able to eat anything without getting sick. To belong to this organization one must at¬ tain the rank of a first class scout. With a pri¬ mary purpose of permitting former scouts to con¬ tinue their work with an older group of fellows, their main objective is to promote the brother¬ hood of scouts and the ideals that scouting itself stands for. A real need is felt for an active or¬ ganization that will help to keep former scouts in contact with each other as this does, by using banquets and meetings at which many high scout officials are present. The Athenian Oath We will never bring disgrace to scouting by any act of dishonesty or cowardice. We will try to uphold the ideals of the scout movement promoting the scout brotherhood throughout the world. We will revere and obey the scout law and do our best to invite a like respect in others. We will strive unceasingly to quicken the pub¬ lic’s sense of civic pride; in these ways we will transmit scouting greater, better, and more worth while than it was transmitted to us. Thirty.