Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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Row 1 R Wrlght N Schauer M Lothson P Dlehl ROW Z W Kahle R Ladd B Stevens G Embree P Arndt C Nelson Not p1ctured .T Oswald Qu1ll and Scroll IS an lnterna t1onal honorary soc1ety of hxgh school Journahsts The major pur pose of th1s organ1zat1on 15 to en courage and reward Journal1st1c achlevement among deserv1ng hlgh school students There are several requuements wh1ch must be met before adm1t tance to the soc1ety IS granted Ap p11cants for membersh1p 1n Qulll and Sc roll must be Jumors or sen 1ors and must be 1n the upper th1rd of then- class They also must have worked on school publ1cat1ons the Barblet New Penn1es or the Kal1bre In add1t1on appl1cants must have 100 xnches of pubhshed materlal or must have worked on school pub11cat1ons 1n such related flelds as bus1ness art photography and ed1t1ng Bes1des th1s all pro spect1ve members must have the recommendatmn of the1r faculty Page 17 adv1ser Cand1dates must then be approved by the Execut1ve Secretary of Quxll and Scroll Mrs Rutledge the adv1ser of the D T H S Barblet IS the faculty sponsor for the local chapter of Qulll and Scroll The DeKalb chapter of Qu1ll and Scroll was establlshed on March 28 1928 At that t1me It recelved 1ts charter from the mnternatxonal head quarters whlch are located at North western UH1V8TS1ty One of the founders of Qulll and Scroll 15 Dr George Gallup famed or1g1nator of the publ1c 0p1I'l1Ol'1 poll In order to promote and encourage wr1t1ng among hxgh school Journa l1sts Qu1ll and Scroll sponsors several contests each year Entr1es 1n these contests are ed1tor1als and essays about currentevents sclence and dramat1cs Z . , . , . , . . I . , . , . , . , . , . . I - . - 1 ' l ' ' ' u 10 - . . . . , ' . 1 , .. . 1 , 1 . - - . , ll f' ll ' IO - . 1 1 . ' , n M . ,, . . . - 1 l I I ! ' 1 , ' I U .

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1 I Row 1 J Embree M Lothson .T Vaughn .T Hawk1ns B Hammond Row 2 .T Golden A McCord J Holdndge .T Hayes P Ingham P D1ehl N Schauer Row 3 G Embree W Kahle B Stevens C Nelson B Br1ggs J' Harmes B Johnson R Ladd C Johnson K Barrett .T Budd Throughoutthe Un1ted States s1nce 1922 the Nat1onal Honor Soc1ety has prov1ded recogn1t1on for Jun1or and Sen1or students who have been out stand1ng durlng the1r h1gh school days The local chapter 1n D T H S was organ1zed 1n 1925 Just three years after the nat1onal found1ng The f1rst requ1rement for mern bersh1p 1n the Nat1onal Honor Soc1ety IS that the student be 1n the upper one th1rd of h1s class Each Jun1or and Sen1or who has met the scholar sh1p requ1rement 15 voted on by the members of h1s respect1ve class The faculty then votes on the nom mees subm1tted by both classes Students are elected 1nto mem bersh1p on the bas1s of scholarsh1p character leadersh1p and tra1n1ng Th1S organ1zat1on 1S recogn1zed as a valuable 1ncent1ve for students not only to excel 1n the1r stud1es but to develop such tra1ts as leadershlp 1n1t1at1ve and respons1b1l1ty Not p1ctured I Oswald D S1lverman Not more than f1VC per cent of the members of the J'un1or class may become members not more than f1fteen per cent of the Sen1or class may be adm1tted to membersh1p Students elected dur1ng the1r Junlor year reta1n membersh1p for the Sen 101' year Each year a student assembly IS held to 1n1t1ate new members 1nto the Nat1onal Honor Soc1ety Durmg a very 1mpress1ve ceremony the selected students are presented small golden emblems of the organ 1zat1on After the oaths of member sh1p are taken by the appl1cants the prev1ous members l1ght candles carr1ed by the new ones Th1s Sym bol1zed spread1ng the l1ght of educa t1on .Tust as the members of the Nat 1onal Honor SOC1CtY have been leaders dur1ng the1r years 1n h1gh school so are they expected to be leaders 1n the years to come Page 16 4 1 1 , X 1 2 , Q r - 1 ,I 5 I A 1 , L C 1 , 4 4 4 Il .',' Q J , A xr' 4 . L 'fb 1 , K ...f x V I? K G 'S .v '- . K' U9 .. Q , bp ' F . X 1 . , . , . , . , . . I . , . , . , . , . , . , . . I . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . . . . , . , . , . . . . , . . S . . . . . . , .- , . . . . . - n I 1 ' 1 . . - , - . . . ' ' - - I 1 9 0 ' . . . . . - , J a 1 - '

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