Elyria Public High School - Elyrian Yearbook (Elyria, OH)

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Latin Students Augment Interest In Classics sp X. Report Research, Make Ingenious Yule Cards, Picnic, Too Sapientes Club Left to right: lst Row-Miss Young, Elizabeth Collins, Elizabeth Prunner, Mary Emily Scott, Josephine Faulkner, Alice Kolineck, Eleanor Robson, Lois Ann Nell, Bernice O,Donnell, Nancy Oldfield, Miss Parmelee, Miss Jones, 2nd Row-Margaret Herold, Jeannette Linville, Betty Jackson, Emily Pitkin, XVanda Wfykrent, Evelyn Shirack, Neomia Davis, Lillian Dowdell, Liberty Campbell, Agnes Fav. Xlargaret Halpin, Tom Stephens, 3rd Row-Almeda Martin, Paul Hayes, Homer Price, Dick Bell, Leonard Moody, John Price, Harry Wasserman, Bob Rheineck, Bob Bannon, Gordon Holton, Le- Roy Moody. The Sapientes Club of 33 members is carrying out the pur- pose of its organizers to pro- mote an interest in Latin cul- ture, to establish a closer friend- ship between Latin students, and to study a little more deeply in- to the classical background of Latin work. Any sophomore A, any junior or senior, who has maintained an average of B in Latin the pre- vious semester and an average of C in each of his other subjects, with no failures, is eligible for membership. The activities of the organiza- tion have been directed by Dick Bell, as First Consul, and his as- sociates: Mary Emily Scott, Sec- ond Consulg Jeannette Linville, Scribag Josephine Faulkner, Quaestorg Elizabeth Collins, Auctor Rerumg Homer Price, Praetorg and Wantla Wykrent, Aedile. Last semester the Sapientes were headed by Betty Jane Jack- son, First Consul, Dick Bell, Emily Pitkin, Josephine Faulk- ner, Homer Price, Robert Lee, and Jeannette Linville assisted. Wfhenever possible the pro- gram is appropriate to the sea- son. At the December meeting several members presented a play, lo Saturnalia, which dealt with the old Roman festi- val held at the same time as our Christmas festivities. The Sat- urnalia was further explained in a short talk by Margaret Hal- pin. All joined in the singing of the Latin version of Oh Come, All Ye Faithfulf, Each member had previously made a Roman Christmas card with a Latin in- scription. These were on dis- play at the meeting and were given away by lot just before the club adjourned. At the January meeting Rob- ert Lee gave a talk on the two- Twenty-One headed god, Janus, for whom that month was named. Dur- ing the year other talks on Greek and Roman Theatres, The Value of the Study of Latin, and The Vestal Vir- gins were presented. This year the Club required new members to decide their own initiation. lnitiates were given can rubbers which they aimed at a hooked board. Under each hook was an explanation of the task which was to be per- formed by initiates. Ten min- utes time was given for prepa- ration. These tasks included re- ports on interviews with teach- ers, translations, recitations, songs, and speeches. This year's activities for the Sapientes closed with the May picnic. The Misses Jones, Parmelee, and Young have acted as advis- ers.

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18 Students Assist Mr.Wood With oon Movies Make Posters, Care for Equipment, Arrange Auditorium Noon Movie Workers Left to right: 1st Row--Mr. Wood, William Stegman, Joe Tonry, Virginia Watt, Charlotte Chase, Mar- ian Barnes, Herbert Baldauf, Ralph Krugman, 2nd Row-Vernon Comerford, Bob Mallory, Ed Baldauf, Henry Linsky, Kenneth Chapman, Wally Forbes, Dan Campbell, George Campbell. Earl Krugman. Assisting Ralph Wood, mana- ger of noon movies, are eighteen students who perform many duties, such as taking the pen- nies, changing nickels for pen- nies, operating the machines, and preparing the auditorium. From 11:35 to 1:35 four shows, each thirty minutes long, are shown. The boys who take the pen- nies at the west door during the various periods are: Edward Baldauf, Kenneth Chapman, and Henry Linsky. At the east door Daniel Campbell, George Camp- bell, Wallace Forbes, and Earl Krugman are on duty. Marion Barnes, Charlotte Chase, and Virginia Watt are Cashiers. Bob Mallory makes the signs and posters for advertising pur- poses. ,Iames Pahl also does quite a bit of work on the pos- ters. Last semester Bill Stegman also helped. They have suc- ceeded in turning out very at- tractive and compelling signs. Robert Eary, '34, attends to various tasks, among which are the oiling of the machinery and the threading of the films. Joseph Tonry is Mr. Wood's general assistant, and does many odd jobs. One of the most im- portant of these is preparing the auditorium for the movies. First of all, the screen is care- fully lowered by means of a pulley. This screen, which was put in last year, is made ot an imitation leather and is called a sound screen because it is pierced by countless small holes which let the sound pass through. It has a coating of special paint on the side upon which the pictures are projected. In some screens of this kind the seams are not invisible and therefore when the picture is shown there will be a dark streak down the middle, but the screen in the auditorium is very excel- lent in this respect. After the screen has been lowered, the speaker or horn Twenty is also lowered by means of a pulley and is placed behind it. This horn is live feet square at the open end. The sound, coming out of it, goes through the small holes in the screen out into the auditorium. This horn,' is connected by wiring to the sound amplifier in the projection-room. Vernon Comerford, assisted by Herbert Bauldauf and Ralph Krugman ,operates the machin- ery in the projection-room which is across from room 207. There are two projection machines so that as soon as one machine is through with the first reel, the other may start the second reel so quickly that there is no break in the picture. There is also a microphone in the projection- room so that the operator, if he wishes, may make an announce- ment to the audience. The counting of the pennies taken at the doors is entrusted to Joseph Tonry.

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To National Light Squad Saves Electricity 35 Are Elected School Appreciates Their Dependability Light Squad First Row-Earl Pallas, Leonard Moody, Bob Penfound, Judson Weyman, Henry Hart, Bob Smith, John Price, Tom Vaughn. Second Row-Paul Hayes, Bill France, Leroy Gotro, Frank Bedocs, Merton Mason, Louis Hecock, Robert Dyke, Harold Blake. Beside the monitors another group of boys have been selected to make the in-between-classes traffic less congested, by assum- ing the responsibility for addi- tional lighting of corridors and for turning off lights after classes begin again. The light squad of 16 boys renders a real service to the stu- dents and teachers as well as to the Board of Education and the tax payers. Principal Shively feels that the lessons in thrift shown by these boys in their cheerful co- operation should be of inestim- able value to each student and teacher. On dark days students emerge from class rooms to find that gloomy hall ways have been flooded with electricity and that dim corners of locker alcoves have been transformed into light places. Students have not had to grope about for light switches to banish dimness in corridors nor have the latest comers to class or study hall needed to think about turning off the cor- ridor lights for the ensuing 45 minute period. Two boys are assigned to each period of the day: one has the responsibility in Lincoln and Washington Buildings, the other, in the Technical Building. Twenty-Two L I L l l L I I I u Honor Society Principal Shively announces the names of 35 students as members of the National Honor Society on May 21. Of these 24 are 12 A's, four are 12 B's, and 7 are 11 A's. This is the largest number to be elected at any one time since the chapter here was organized in 1926. The largest number heretofore was 14 in 1929. Membership selection is based on scholarship, service, leader- ship, and character. New members this year are as follows: 12 A's Richard Bell Earl Demos Josephine Faulkner June Gregory Ellen Howenstine Betty Jackson Robert Lec John Lersch Louise Lersch Jeanette Linville Emily Pitkin Jean Plocher Elizabeth Prunner Robert Roe Betty Schaefer Mary Emily Scott Florence Sellers Jeanette Sheppard Jane Shively Anna Stolz Merle Van Oster Gilbert Walker- Wanda Wylqrent Virginia Zaiser 12 B's Beverly Foley Lucille Mohrman Cora Louise Ramser Virginia Stewart 11 A's Robert Crandall Emma Curtiss Margaret Herald Carl Davis William Lersch Richard Fey Homer Price