Francesville High School - Francillian Yearbook (Francesville, IN)

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. -. X Q. W.-pe-or :WN : in V. fi , Tl-IE FQRANCILLIAN ' ' CREED OF THE FRANCESVILLE SCHOOLS HWE believe in the Francesville High School, in her traditions and achieve- ments, in her continued growth and service. In this belief we will endeavor: To attain honesty, courage and depend- ability: to display courtesy and respect for the rights of others: to achieve excellence in scholastic attainment: to direct our enthusiasm: to develop character and personality through wholesome living: to respect authority: to value personal health: to conduct ourselves always in a sportsmanlike manner: to use every opportunity to foster school loyalty. All this to the end that we may be better students and citizens and nurture the good life under divine guidance. HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM THE Public Schools of Salem Tolwnship at Francesville were issued June 2, 1927 bythe State Department of Pub-lic Ins-truc-tion a continuous commis- sion on the six-six plan for grades one to twelve. 1927 by the State Department of Public Instruction! a continuous commission on the six-six plan for grade one to twelve. Two curricula of studies, classic'al and vocational, have been offered in the past to the high school students. This year a 'third curricula, commercial, the only one in the county, was added. The class of 1937, the largest to ever graduate form the Francesville High School, has tive students graduating with the maxi-mum of commercial credits, and fourteen will graduate wl-th commercial majors. The seven cardinal principles of secondary education, Le., Health, com- mand of fundamental processes, worthy home educ-ation, worthy use of leisure, and ethical basis in the organization of the curriculum. to social, moral and civic life should receive membership, vocation, civic chara-cter, should form the Those subjects contributing the major emphasis. , To the next admrinistration, I 1'-ecommeni the addition of the Technical and Music curricula. Science and Music majors should be as worthwhile as the other three. This year the enrollment was the largest in the hi-story of this school -197 in the grades and 160 in the high school. Because of the crowded condition of our school and so few classrooms, it has not been possible to inaugurate the program that this fine comunity is entitled to. It has been mandatory to combine classes, alternate classes every other year, or eliminate them entirely. ' One-half ofthe 32 credits required for graduation from a commissioned high school are mandatory. The other one-half is elective insofar as condi- tions of the locall school will permit. Training for life's work, rather than for college entrance, should be our aim. Such is possible at Francesville. , G-uy G. Sharp, Principal. CONSTITUTION the consent of the principal, or by of the the principal. Student Council ARTICLE I-Name The name of this organization shall be, The Student C-ouncil of the Fran- cesville High School. ARTICLE II-Puripose The purpose of the Student Council shall lbe to provide a means for stu- dent 'participation in school activities and promote the general welfare of the Francesville Hig-h School. ARTICLE III-Meetings The meetiings shall be called by the President of the Student Council with Section I-All members shall at- tend all meetings if possible, and shall drop out automatically and another one shall be elected in their place if the excuse for .absence .is not acceptable. The majority vo-te of the council shall 'decide whether or not the memlb-er absent shall be excused. ARTICLE IV-Membership Section I-The :membership of the Student Council shall consist of four Seniors, three Juniors, two Sopho- m-ores, one Freshman, one from the Eighth grade, and one from -the Sev- enth grade. 1937

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THE FRANCII,LLlN gan, Richard Overmyer, Ila Page, William Shaw, Claude Tiede, Janet Tiede, Ruth Ann Weaver, Ruth West- phal, Elizabeth Wuethrich and Leon Wue-thrich. The class presidents have been as follows: 7th, Donald Alleeg 8th, Richard Overmyerg 9th, Leon Wueth- rich, 10th, Eleanor Gitzlaff assisted ity the following odilcerfs: vice presi- dent, Richard Overmyerg secretary, VValdo Lehman: -treasurer, June Culp, reporter, Janet Tiedeg with Miss Low as our sponsor and Mr. G. G. Sharp 'as our principal. This year Mr. Sharp introduced us to some new things. Each class made a co-nstitution with as many amend- ments as they thougiht necessary. We also started paying class dues, 10c each, a month. The school also has HOVV THE STATES GOT THEIR NAMES More than half the states of the United States have Indian words for names. Twenty-three have names that are purely Indian. They are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Con- necticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- sas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michi- gan, Minnes-ota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebnaska, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla- homa, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tex- as, Utah and Wisconsin. In addition, ,there is Indiana, the Mex- state of the Indi-ans, and New ico. The World Mexico is derived from the Aztec word mex-itli, which was the name of national war god of that tribe. As for Oregon, a half dozen differ- ent explanations of this name have been offered. Some of these are In- dian, so that Oregon may belong with the 'states listed above. Most of the other states, such as Washington, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey, were named in honor of various persons or places. Other state names are foreign words descriptive of the locality. Thus Col- orado is Spanish for red and Florida is from a Spanish word for flowers. Were any of your'boyish ambi- tions ever realized? asked the sen- timentalist. Yes, replied the practical per- son, when my mother us-ed to cut my hair I often wished I might be bald-headed. convocation each Friday with the assistance of each class in the school. The Sophomores have 1140-t partici- pated in any high school plays but strveral of the pupil-s have 'taken part in the operetta, directed by Mr. Shull. Mr. Sharp has allowed each class two parties a semester. We have al- ready had 'three this year. We are very glad to add that Eleanor GitzlaE an-d Vivian Kearney entered the county's first year Latin contest. Eleanor won first place. We also have several boys who play on the second team in basket ball. We're expecting them to be great stars some day. Since our class still has two years of high school yet, we hope to proflt by it. TRY THIS ON YOUR OFFICE BOY A young man working for a Jewish secon-d-hand clothing store asked for a raise. The proprietor produced a. pad and a pencil and started to figure. Dere are 365 days in the year, Ikey? he said. Yes, Mr. Solomon. You work eight hours per day? Yes, sir. Dat makes 122 days you voik in a year. Yes, -sir. But dere are 52 Sundays ven you do not voik, Ikey, vich leaves 70 days. Dere are 14 legal holidays and two extra Jewish holidays, vich leaves 54 days. Yes, sir. Now you get one hour for lunch a day, vich counting eight hours as a voiking day, amounts to more than 40 days. , Yes, sir. Dis leaves 14 days. Den, Ikey, d-on't I giff you two-weeks vacation each year? Yes, sir. Veil, Ikey, said the proprietor, ven do you voik. Every day look at a beautiful pic- ture. Read a beautiful poem. Listen to beautiful music and, if possible, say some reasonable thing.-Goethe. Those who can do things do them. Those who can't go arounid explain- ing hvow the other folks are doing everything wrong. 1937 242 '

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THE FRANCILLIAN 1.l1 Section II--The Class President of each of the six classes in t-he hfigh school shall be an ex-officio memsber of the Student Council. ' Section III-All members shall be elected at their regular class meet- ings I-during the first week of the school term in the falll for a period of two school semesters. ARTICLE V-Officers Section I-The officers of the Stu- dent Council shall consist of Presi- dent, Vice President, and a Secretary. Section II-The election of- all of- ficers of fthe Student Council shall take place at the first meeting of the Council at the beginning of the school year. Section III--All ofiicers shall be elected by a majority vote of seven. ' Section IV-All -officers shall hold office for a 'period of two school se- mesters. ARTICLE VI-Officers' Duties Section I-The duties of the Presi- dent shall be to preside at all meet- ings of the Council and a-t all audi- torium programs. Section II-The duties of the Vice President shall be to perform these duties in the absence of the Presi- dent. Section III-The Secretary shall keep a definite record of all meetings of the Council, and -of all programs given unider the direction of the Council. ARTICLE VII-eCommittees Section I-The Standing Commit- tees, consisting of three members each, shall be-Auditorium, Decora- tion, Welfare, and Library. Section II-The duties -of the audi- torium committee shall be to prepare the program to be giiven ibefore the school once each week in a one-hour convocation iperiod. The duties of the Decoration Com- miftteevshall be to decorate the Study Hall for holidays and special occas- ions, and to Gym before the home basket ball games. The duties of the Welfare Commit- tee shall be to welcome parents and visitors to all programs and see that they have a seat. The duities of the Library Commit- tee shall be to aaid in any phase of the work and care of the library. Section III-All ,persons elected -to the chairmanship of the standing committee shall be members of the council at the time of such election, and they shall hold office for one semester. Section IV-The members-hip of all committees shall be for one semester. Section V-Any memaber of the Councail or the student 'body may be elected a memuber of -one and only one committee during any one se- mester. ARTICLE VIII-Quorum A quorum of four-flfths of the to- tal membership ii. e. 103 sh.all be pre-sent before any business shall be transacted by the Council: and a majority of the membership fi. e. 77 shall c-oncur upon any business brought before the C-ouncil, before any decision may be declared 'of1'Lc:la1. ARTICLE IX-Amendments This constitution may ibe amended by a two-thirds vote of the council membership. provided the proposed amendment has been handed to the Secretary in written form, and has been read at one previous meeting. Approved and 'accepted by the Stu- dent Council 'of the Francesville High School on thzis 9th day of September, 1936. Signed: Joe Manion, Senior Class President Lenona Kelley, Maru Reish, Wilhiite Foster, Jeanne Lehmann, Junior Class President Mildred Wuethric-h, Merl Anderson, Eleanor Gitzlaff, Sophomore Class President. Kieth Irven, WendeH Onken, Freshman Class President Ila Reish, Eighth Ye-ar Class President Sherman Byrd, Seventh Year Class President Guy G. Sharp, High School Principal, Sponsor The man who boasts that he can't be fooled twice the same ways is usually a sucker for some other way. Oh, the moonligh1t's fair tonight along the Wabash, From the fields there comes the breath of new-mown hay, Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming, On 'the banks of the Wabash, far away. -Paul Dresser. 1937