El Reno High School - Boomer Yearbook (El Reno, OK)

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THE NATIONAL The El Reno chapter of the National Honor Society was organized in 1933. with a membership limited to liften per cent of the graduating seniors. The purposes of the National Honor Society are four- fold. The society endeavors to create enthusiasm for scholar- ship. to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership, and to encourage the development of character. On May 11, the annual club initiation and banquet were held. The idea of the club emblem was carried out in the decorations of the banquet. The emblem is a keystone sur- mounted by a flaming torch with the letters C., S. I... and S., which represent character, scholarship, leadership, and ser- vice. One of the members Virginia Miller, was unable to i ar- HONOR SOCIETY ticipate this year because of an accident. During the work, however, the others knew that she was with them in spirit, and profited by that knowledge. Twelve new members were taken into the club this year. All of the members, along with a capable sponsor, have rendered service to the school. An interesting project of the local chapter is the keeping of a scraplKJok containing the pictures of all of the members, along with a short biographical sketch of their high school days. This project was started last year under the direction cl Dorothy Shackletl and Marion Hensley. Club officers for the year 1936-37 were Frances Lea Hedges, president: Helen Jackson, vice-president; and Greta Carter, secretary. NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE the semi-finals at Weatherford: one team, to the quarter- finals at O.C.U.. and one team, to quarter-finals at Edmond. Participation in individual events was an important part The National Forensic League is a national honor society for high school students who are outstanding in speech work. It also sponsors an annual national tournament and is the official high school speech contest organization. The El Reno chapter is one of the oldest in Oklahoma and at present is the largest chapter in Oklahoma. It has thirty members and functions as the center of all extra-cur- ricular speech activities. The four highest ranking members of the chapter are Mary Sue Garner, Charles and Frank Og- den. and Margaret Lanman. Mr. E. E. Bradley, sponsor of the local chapter, is also the Oklahoma District Chairman. He is serving his second year as director of forensic activities in the El Reno schools. The chapter had its most active year this season. In debate thii-ty-seven students participated in more than two hundred debates. The leading El Reno team was the Ogden brothers. They participated in thirty debates, winning eight- een and losing eight, while four were non-decision contests. Other students who established good records in debate were: Margaret Lanman. Marjorie Hunt, Pauline Bruce, Norinc Holland, Sam Shackelford. Billie Jeanne Torpey, Byron Gam- bol, Jim Canon, and Olsen Hodges. El Reno was second in the Mid-State conference this year. Three teams went to the quarter-finals in the Classen tournament; one team, to of the program this year. Outstanding in this phase of the program was Miss Rosemary Fox. Rosemary won every con- test entered in Oklahoma. She took part in the National Tournament at Jacksonville, Illinois, May 3 to 7. Norinc Holland was first in girls extemporaneous speaking in the Central State Teachers College contests and took part in the state contest. May 1. In one act play contests, El Reno won first in the Mid- State contests, second at Weatherford, and failed to place at Edmond. Miss Rosemary Fox was judged best actress in all performances of the play. The play was presented in the state contest. May 1. El Reno also qualified for the state finals in radio play. Other students who participated in the program this year but failed to qualify for membership in the local chapter of N. F. L. were: debate, Helen Kutch, Dan Johnson, James Cromwell, Ruth Stevens. Martha Jane Hodges. Elizabeth Cox. and Ned Daniels. Lois Irwin participated in humorous read- ing and interpretation, and Wilmot Bolinger took part in the one act play, the radio play, standard oratory, and extempor- aneous speaking. ADELANTE Adelante. the El Reno chapter of the Pan-American Stu- dent Forum, is an active Spanish club in the high school. It is a national organization and has enjoyed a very active year, with a membership of thirty-five. The purposes of the Pan- American Forum are to promote good will and a better feel- ing between the Spanish speaking countries and the United States, and to gain a clearer knowledge of the Spanish language. Adelante has successfully carried out these aims. The club meets every first and third Thursday, with the major part of the conversation being carried on in Spanish. Representatives from Adelante have attended meetings of “Las Dos Americas,' the Spanish club at the University of Oklahoma at Norman, and have appeared on several of its programs. Activities for the year were the annual initiation party, Christmas party, annual spring fiesta. club picnic, and nu- merous smaller socials. April 11. Adelante gave an elaborate feature assembly, with Spanish costumes and numbers. Officers for the year were: Marie Jones, president; Car- ter Lee Rohde, vice-president: Lenore Miller, secretary; Mil- dred Sturdavant, treasurer: Evelyn Jennings, song leader. Sponsors were Miss Irene March and Miss Ernestina Cortazar. AMANUENSES The Amanuenses Club was organized last year by Miss Florice Lyday and had as its first president. Miss Bonnie Schuldt. It is the only commercial club in high school and one of the newest clubs. Its purpose is to stimulate a greater interest in commercial work. The membership of the club is limited to those students majoring in or carrying commer- cial subjects. Officers for the past year were Virginia Miller, president; Irma Fae Harrison, vice-president; Ella Marie Cox, secretary- treasurer. During the absence of Virginia Miller, Irma Fae Harrison assumed the duties of president, and Bob Jones was elected vice-president. Miss Florice Lyday was sponsor, and Mr. O. F. Carlton, co-sponsor. The club presented a very suc- cessful assembly play April 1, A Saturday Morning in an Office. Officers for the school year of 1937-8 are as follows: Roy Faubion, president: Gertrude Svanas. vice-president; Ella Ma- rie Cox. secretary; Albert Simmons, treasurer. Outstanding social events for the year were the Christ- mas party, the initiation followed by a party, and a group picnic. Virginia Miller is the only member not in the picture. (24)

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%vV vIT eAW iff i 'r I ♦ CLUB 5 £ jGIC iNfL t :;d •|)ce«t. arc better thine» than word» are. Action» mightier than boasting». -Hiawatha. The two words, the clubs”, signify many good times, a little hard work, and the forming of true friendships for the students of El Reno High School. So essential are these or- ganizations to the happiness and success of the student body that the clubs have grown from the oldest, the Forum debat- ing society, organized in 1914, end the Bonita Marcia Catta literary society, also organized that year, to the present num- ber of fifteen, of which the Six-Foot-Ninc, a service club, is the youngest. Among the various types of clubs sponsored now are: an honor society, debate clubs, pep organizations, literary so- cieties. departmental clubs, a religious organization, a letter- man’s club, a girls' interclub council, and a service organiza- tion. Each club has its own purpose to develop, but in all there is one common purpose, that of giving definite training in citizenship. Opportunities for the furtherance of leader- ship, fellowship, cooperation, fellowship, and the expansion of the individual mind are obtained through participation in club activities. In these, full charge is taken by the students, leav- ing the sponsor only the responsibility of advising. Through offices held in clubs, students are trained to give orders tact- fully and to follow the instructions of fellow students cheer- fully. Both the faculty and students appreciate the part the clubs play in caring for the extra-curricular activities of the school. If through the work of clubs, the members have been made happier and life has been made fuller for them, the efforts of all involved have not been in vain. The clubs of El Reno High School are accomplishing these ends. (23)

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY First Row-Jacqueline Nievar, Loretta Rukes. Helen Jackson, vice-president. Greta Carter, secretary. Frances Lea Hodges, presi- dent. Ruth Seamands. Hazel Teague. Second Row—Miss Josephine Hodnett. sponsor. Iona Palmer. Helen Clare Humphreys, Mary Sue Garner. Leona Gustafson. Lor- raine Filkins. Agnes Svonas. Nina Warren. Third Row—Frances Thompson, Ralph Clovis. Virginia Devitt, Fairry Hamilton, Raymond Williams, Albert Baker. NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE First Row—Bobby Woodhouse. debate; Charles Ogden, debate and extemporaneous speaking; Frank Ogden, debate and oratory; Norine Holland, debate and extemporaneous speaking; Margaret Lan- man. debate and oratory; Pauline Bruce, debate; Marjorie Hunt, de- bate and dramatic reading; Sammy Shackleford, debate: Boyd Wilson, debate; Byron Gamble, debate. Second Row—Jimmy Blair, debate; Jimmy Canon, debate: Billie Jeanne Torpey. debate and humorous reading; Lerene Hcbberd, de- bate: Mary Sue Garner, debate, oratory, and extemporaneous speak- ing; Frances Lea Hodges, debate, oratory, and extemporaneous speaking: Helen Jackson, debate and extemporaneous speaking; Charles Blake, debate, extemporaneous speaking, and oratory; Roy Faubion. debate and extemporaneous speaking. Third Row—Billy Putnam, debate, oratory, one act play, and radio play; Olsen Hodges, debate, extemporaneous speaking, and ra- dio play: Helen Little, debate and oratory; Geneva Flowers, debate; Mary Bell Wickwarc. debate; William Osborne, debate and extem- poraneous speaking; Royalyn Hildebrand, debate, dramatic reading, and interpretation; Rosemary Fox, debate, dramatic reading, one act play, interpretation, and radio play; Mildred Gardner, debate; Harry Low. debate, radio play, and humorous reading; Mr. E. E. Bradley, sponsor. ADEL ANTE First Row—Miss Ernestina Cortazar, sponsor, Billie Jeanne Tor- pey. Lcnora Miller, secretary-treasurer, Marie Jones, president. Car- ter Rohde, vice-president, Evelyn Jennings, song leader. Mildred Sturdavant. Harriet Golden. Miss Irene March, sponsor. Second Row—Margaret Nell Jones. Ruthanne Rhodes. Luella Haydon, Mary Sue Garner. Virginia Devitt, Thelma Smith, Alice Roush, Edith Rae Talley. Third Row—Josephine Douglas. Helen Phelps. Kathleen Kester. Isobelle Fike. Ruth Hulbert. Ruby Tiedt, Hubert Marsh. Fourth Row—Elmer Schwab. Ernest Doke. Dick Hobaugh. Lloyd Patzwald. Clay Albright. Joe Wallace. Daniel Johnson. AMANUENSES First Row—Jacqueline Nievar, Gertrude Svanas, Juanita Perdue. Irma Fae Harrison, vice-president, Ella Marie Cox, secretary- treasurer, Agnes Svanas. reporter. Edna McRae. Dorothy Williams, Hazel Teague. Second Row—Maxine Thompson, Mary Montgomery, Ruthanne Rhodes, Elinore Siegrist, Doris Smith. Evelyn Lorenzcn. Myrtle Ann Timberlake. Rose Ann McClain, Bernice Bowman. Third Row—Albert Simmons. Francis Thompson, Donald Rob- erts, Robbiedee Williams, Miss Florice Lyday, sponsor. Adah Van Wagoner, Roy Faubion. Bob Jones. Fourth Row—Bill Spencer, Charles Hubbard, Albert Baker. (25)