Frank B Willis High School - Delhi Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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NATIONAL PQRENSIQS LEAGUE Left to right: Row I - D. O'Keefe, J. Felts, L. Harris, B. Paynter, K. Evans, M. Teele, B. Coover, J. Seidl. Row 2 - N. Osbom, J. Strimer, J. Allen, N. Slagle, J. Green, J. Cross, M. Seidl, T. Hughes, A. Johnson, B. Roberts. Row 3 -Mrs. Evans, B. Shearman, B. Graham, D. Landsittel, J. Bossert, B. Maxwell, A. Hackel, G. Marburger, J. Merrill, A. Cavanie, J. Elliott, C. Blair, L. Bayliff, L. Dixon, Mrs. Hearn. A The debate team had a very successful season. The officers were Bill Poynter, president, Hal Wyss, vice-president, and Kay Evans, secretary-treasurer. Seniors debating on the A squads' this year were John Elliott and Bill Poynter, iuniors, also on the A squad were Bob Maxwell, Mickey Seidl, Bill Bossert, and Alain Cavanie. The season started at Ohio State on December lOth when the A squad had a very favorable showing. Some of the various tournaments attended were, Middletown, Springfield, Co- lumbus North. Concluding the year the A squad traveled to the Ohio High School Speech League district contest, the N.F.L. finals and the State Finals which were held on March the l7th. ln the annual Prince of Peace contest Bob Maxwell won the district contests at Springfield and quali- fied for the State Championship contest. Earlier in the year .lerry Allen and Mickey Seidl were entered in the district and county tournaments respectively. The N.F.L. earned money for the year by sponsoring a concession stand at the football games.

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY r First row: Julia Drake, Elizabeth Dixon, Joanne Kofoed, Cynda Bayliff, Sandra Green, Betty Coover, Diane Gorsuch. Second row: Lynn Evans, James Bossert, Dick Crose, John Elliott, George Marburger, Bill Gra- i ham, Don Barringer, Alan Cavanie. i , The twenty-second annual National Honor Society initiation was held April 6, l956, at which time fifteen seniors became members of the Willis High Chapter of National Honor Society. The honor is bestowed by the faculty on not more than fifteen per cent of the graduating class. Qualities to be taken into consideration are Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character. Those initiated at the impressive service were: Donald Barring,er, Cynda Bayliff, James Bossert, Alain Cavanie, Betty Coover, Richard Crose, Elizabeth Dixon, Julia Drake, John Elliott, Lynn Evans, Diane Gorsuch, Sandra Green, William Graham, Joanne Kofoed, and George Marburger. Introductory remarks were made by Mr. Graham, who is chairman of the faculty sponsoring com- mittee. Miss Whitted read the names of the new members and gave their outstanding activities during high school. Mr. McCloughan made the presentation of the class, and the response was given by Mr. Graham. Mr. Hopkins then introduced the speaker, Mr. Roy Bossert, who gave the address. As isthe custom, the faculty entertained the new members at a luncheon at Bun's Restaurant. ln T952 a new policy was adopted by the faculty for the election of members. ln order to take the voting out of the realm of the subjective, ci rating system was devised. The upper third of the graduating clbss-those who are eligible for National Honor Society-was rated on the basis of the qualifications mentioned above. The students were then ranked from one to thirty-five in order of their rating, and these scores were added together to get the student's standing in these qualifications. J The National Honor Society originated in l92l, and to Edward Rynearson, a graduate of Ohio VVesleyan University, goes much of the credit for the founding of the society. Members of the National Hbnor Society Committee were: Mrs. Patingale, Mr. Graham, Miss Whitted, and Mr. Moist. They were assisted by Mrs. Homer Wyss.

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LATIN CLUBS LATIN I ' Left to right: Row 1-B. Wilson, J. Holmes, J. Cross, D. Hopkins, B. Mack- ley, G. Baughman, C. Warden, D. War- dle. Row 2 -J. Hilborn, J. Moore, L. Schaffner, B. Patrick, B. Maxwell, L. Axline, H. Hearn, J. Green, T. Rybolt, J. Wickham. Row 3-M. Blackledge, J. Hutchisson, J. Jones,'B. Murphy, D. Baird, B. Ufferman, D. O'keefe, G. Crawford, N. Willey, M. Rider, S. Kellar, S. Borland, J. Cain, J. Reed, S. Ross, S. Glaze, C. Deyo, P. Rayburn, C. Fisher, Mrs. Evans, C. Ellis, W. Ebright, L. Bob- ula. Row 4-J. Brown, K. Hardin, L. Jackson, S. Lowe, G. McDonald, R. Montgomery, J. Arnold, L. Hall, S. And- erson, H. Cain, Mrs. Evans, J. Barris, J. Hudson. The first and second year Latin clubs who called themselves the Olympiads, held, their meetings this year on the last school day of each month. Crowning their list of big events was the- spring banquet. Here, the members, garbed in the traditional tunics and stolas and enjoyed a meal as the Romans might have centuries ago. These costumes were made by the members during class periods. Other gala events were the state J.C.L. convention at Ohio State University on April l3, the Christ- mas gift exchange, and the showing of slides by Mrs. Crowl. The Latin ll class officers were Mary Judy Teele and David Landsittel, presidents, Janice Ramey and Linda Carlisle, vice-presidents, and Judy Strimer and Margaret Vance, secretaries, and Nancy Byerly and Bill Roberts, treasurers. - The Latin I class officers were Robert Patrick and Lois Axline, presidents, 'Jim Hilborn and Tom Rybolt, vice-presidents, Linda Schaffner and Judy Green, secretaries, and Judy Moore and Harriett Hearn, treasurers. LATIN ll Left to right: Row 'l-R. Gallant, S. George, C. Lobdell, B. Roberts. Row 2 --N. Byerly, J. Ramey, J. Strimer, M. Teele, R. Maxwell, D. Landsittel, M. Vance, L. Carlisle. Row 3-D. Shaw, D. Ramey, S. Hasty, J. Felts, L. Harris, T. Hughes, N. Patrick, J. Fidler, A. Hackel, P. Clark, N. Avery, J. Courter, C. Blair, J. Crowl, B. McNamee, Mrs. Evans, D. Miller. Row 4 - H. Wyss, G. Opel, P. Fillinger, J. Allen, J. Seidl, B. Perfect, N. Slagle, A. Johnson, J. Hoff- r man, L. Bayliff, P. Glaze, B. Shearman, , G. Downing, R. Lowry. 2 L