Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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EM E RSO N I A Emerson was the first school built to the design of the Work-Study-Play system. Frank Knotts, the first Gold Star boy, created the Emer¬ son crest and shield. The formal opening and closing of school sessions by means of bugle calls was originated at Emerson by Major W. W. Edwards. The Gary R.O.T.C. banner was designed at Emerson. Mr. E. A. Spaulding set up the first animal husbandry yard at Emerson School. Emerson started the first art collection. The first regular theatrical stage used in a school build¬ ing was constructed for Emerson. Emerson had the first indoor swimming pool in Indiana. The first school newspaper started at Emerson. The only Gary school having a daily register meeting is Emerson.

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BOARD OF CONTROL While the directors and assistant directors are busy grinding out Emersonian achievements and activities, the student directors, the Board of Control, keep their cameras working well beyond the eight-hour day and the five-day week. Party caucuses, campaigns, nominations and elections are not con¬ fined to discussion in civics classes. The Board of Control is the laboratory of the civics class. It functions as good citizenship by the practice of co-operation and responsibility. In the spring of the year officers and representatives to the Board are chosen by members of the student body. The constitution provides for a senior president, a junior vice-president, a secretary, cheer leaders, a girl and boy representative from each class, representatives from the various clubs and from the auditorium department. The major offices for the 1937-38 term are filled by Eugene Carnahan, president; George Rand, vice-president, and Frank Kotora, secretary. The Board of Control is divided into four main divisions, the most important being the Building and Grounds Committee. The duties of this committee are to preserve order in our building and beauty on our grounds. Violators of the committee’s statutes are reprimanded at the daily session of the student court which is presided over by Clifford Hansen, chairman of the Building and Grounds committee. John Reid, faculty advisor, sits in on the sessions, but penalties are set and executed by students. Responsible students are stationed throughout the day at various points in the corridors. These individuals, known as hall guards, main¬ tain order and direct visitors. The monitors are under the immediate supervision of appointed directors, called head hall guards. Serving in this capacity are Dorothy Cooper, George Starkey, Joe Boswell, Clifford Hansen, Victor Naspinski, Tom Kane, Chester Wasy, and Fred Meese. “Boost your team!” “Support the annual!” “Attend the opera!” The Booster Committee of the Board of Control is responsible for these endless entreaties. Acting as chairman of this group is Lottie Herrold. Membership consists of selected students and the cheerleaders. Michael Verkuilen is faculty sponsor of the committee. The third branch of the Board of Control is the Scholarship Commit¬ tee. It meets monthly to compute the percentage of honor students and those eligible and ineligible. Pauline Wineinger is chairman in charge of this committee. It is composed of a representative from each register appointed by the register teacher. D. C. Connerley is the faculty sponsor. “Tickets, tickets, please!” This familar phrase is the cry of Richard Mitchell, Athletic Finance Chairman, and his assistants, James Holman and George Lesenyie. Mrs. Margaret Beedy, office clerk, assists them in distributing the tickets to the athletic events and collecting the money. The boys take the tickets at the door. Coaches Rolfe and Brasaemle are the sponsors. Help in managing introductions gracefully, getting through the mazes of the Big Apple, thanking a partner properly, and having the correct regulations for a successful dance are a few of the many responsibilities of the Social Committee. The student body is particularly appreciative of the matinee dances originated and promoted by this committee. Estelle Smith was this year’s chairman. Gertrude Jane Reynolds is sponsor. fourteen

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STARS OF 38 Lights are dimmed; a shaft of light, piercing reaches the silver sheet, the history of “38”, four making, is on the screen! A medium close shot debut of “38” disclosing and enthusiasm than th perienced since motion p talking. Reel one discloses in view Eugene Carnahan, fr dent, and Lottie Herrold quainted” at the Christmas class colors, green and changed to blue and silv i duced at the staging of Frolic. the play son Hat ing. by I Tn Rp ray Jun “38 sors Th hush i he da ‘Hit P years picks ip the more set h|u ctures pan ishman “getti i] danci white, are R el two finds the camera focused on iresentation of the sophomore class i “Cinderella”, starring Edith Jack- as the coy Cinderella and Dean •ens as the pursuing Prince Charm- Other admirable roles are played elson Johnson and Carmen De Voile. ie scene dissolves to a view of merry les two-stepping midst red hearts doilies at the Sophomore Hop. :el three: A fade-in reveals an ar- of delicate beauty displayed on or Rose Day. We see the class of topping the sales of their predeces- by selling a record of 10,500 blooms, ie scene shifts to the hall of lights smell of grease-paint to immortalize is M. Barrie’s “Little Minister”. Nelson Johnson veri¬ fies the old adage that all good things come in small packages by creating a memorable “Little Minister”. 11s; a cness, •ade”, n the talent ex- began ramie presi- ig ac- The later intro- he Fre TTman SENIOR OFFICERS Reading Down: Wallace Dorothy Cooper McCormack PRESIDENT Hi-Y Honor Society VICE- PRESIDENT Senior Play F. A. B. Opera Nelson Johnson SECRETARY Rifle Team Pres, of Hi-Y Junior Play Doris Richardson GIRLS’ TREASURER Tri Sigma Pres. Girls’ Band Treasurer G. A. A. Edward Niemiec BOYS’ TREASURER Football Team Track Team Hi-Y Page sixteen