Gilman High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Gilman, IA)

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SOPHOMORE CLASSES Alberta Stewart. . . . . . . . . 4 President Nadine Stonewall . . . . . . . . Vice-President Mildred Muekler. . . Secretary Bonnie Shank . . . . Treasurer Class Color. . . . . Green and White Class Flower . . . . Lily of The Valley Class Club Name. . . NSoar1ng Sephsn Class Motto. . . . . nClimbing to Successu Glass Sponsor, , . Mrs. Rhum Class Symbol ........... L aes We started the year with sixteen members, but one left after six weeks. The first big event of the year for us was the in- itiation of the freshmen pupilst As the custom goes, the freshmen were dressed in off costumes of all kinds, which they were to school all day. An assembly program was held in the afternoon and the actual initiation took place in the evening. After the fireworks were over, games were played and refreshments served. Later, as a return appreciation, the freshmen gave the sophomores a party. English has been divided between the study of liter- ature and grammer. In this class, under the direction of Mrs.Rhum, we organized a club, nSoar1ng Sephsn and had meet- ings according to Parliamentary Law. Later we incorporated this club into our class and had class officers as club off- icers. History class has been devoted to the study of men of ancient times, of whom we know so little. After completing a semester of business arithmetic, this class obtained new books and took up general business. The Sophomore class had five boys on the basketball squad for the year. They are Robert Kvinlaug, Gene Patter- son, Bud McAteer, Wayne Paul, and Danny Parmley. Nadine Stonewall and Ethelyn Holmes were our distin- guished representatives as cheer leaders for the year. The Sophomore girls were the victors in the high school basketball tournament with a score of 27-24, and the boys came in for a close second in their tournament with a score of 26-25, being defeated by the seniors. In Biology we have studied the lives of various animals, also learning the essential parts of all flowers and the working parts of the human body. The final activity rf the Sophomore class was the pres- entation of Q one-act play near the close of the year, which proved to be hilarious entertainment for all. Six sophomores are members ef the Crops R Soils class. Q21..

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JUNIQR GLASSES President .... . . . ..... Richard Spencer Vice-President . . . .Isla Jeanne Moxley Secretary. . . . . .Duane Muckler Treasurer. . . . .Joanne Huston Sponsor. . . .Miss Gray Flower. .. . .American Beauty Rose Colors . . . . .Silver E Blue Motto. . . .WNothing Great Is Lightly Wong The juniors started out at the beginning of this year with high spirits and big hopes. We're not saying that we're getting discouraged or anything but we are wearing down slightly!!! Possibly there's a reason--I'll name a few, We first took up the courses of history and English as the major subjects. Then, there were a few variations along the lines of speech, geometry, agriculture, and salesmanship. The second semester brought a change both in subject and teacher. We changed from salesmanshlp to economics and from Miss Haas to Mr. Rhum. Mr. and Mrs. Rhum should know the juniors quite inti- mately by the time school is out. Mr. Rhum has to put up with us through history and economic classes while Mrs.Rhum struggles with us in English and speech classes. The Juniors are feeling an added responsibility with the year for which plans for the junior-senior banquet are re- quired. It will be a new experience and probably a thrilling- one for most of the girls since they will get to wear a formal for the first time. I've heard some of the juniors say that it is going to seem pretty dull around school here next year without the seniors. I think that same thought runs through all the student's minds though. It simply means that the Juniors will have to stir up some excitement to make the old school seem natural. Maybe you'd like to know a little more about our sub- jects--so here goes. In history we've been studying all a- bout the American civilization. Civil wars, Spanish Ameri- can wars, etc... In English we've spent most of our time on literature. But definitely! It seems that we've taken everthing from Bret Harte's local color stories up to Walt Whitman's stylish poetry. We'd covered a lot of territory! In economics we've studied about allfreallylkinds of social life so we ought to be able to get along better in society and also in the business world. Speech is giving the stu- dents more poise and is trying to teach the student to be more at ease before the public eye. -20-

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The freshman FRESHMEN GLASSES PPGS1dent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lewis Green Vice-President . . . . . . . . Jean Sawyer Secretary. . . . . . Gordon Lavender Treasurer. . . . . Louise Westerfield Sponsor. o 0 o a o o c 0 o l o v o 0 Mrs The freshman enrollment of 14. leaving lj in the After being sophomores early class entered Gilman High School with an Since last fall, Paul Hamre has moved, class at the present time. duly initiated into high school by the in the fall, the freshmen threw a party, inviting the sophomores,CWh1ch is really gratitudeb. algebra class studied first addition and subtraction of signs, which they are still struggling to master. After that, in order, they covered equations, mon- omials, binomials, and polynomials. When they proceeded with fractional equations, it became difficult for most of the class, and, as a result, some of the class are still much in the dark after long hours of study. The rest of the class covered graphs of linear equa- tions and systems of equations. The work this year proved very interesting and most of the freshmen enjoy algebra more than they thought they would. Interesting topics in English included punctuation, parts of speech, writing letters, and book reports. We know this study has been very beneficial to us and will come in handy in the coming years. The freshman science class just has seven freshman girls in lt. They have covered some very interesting topics this year. Theylearned about the different classifications of plants and animals, how they behave, and how they are fitted to the conditions around them. They have found that the earth is slowlyb changing in many ways. Also, that geologists have many different ways to discover the history of the earth, Reports have been given this year on new science discoveries, and other art- icles which are included under science. The class visited the boiler room, and Mr. Waltemeyer explained how the stoker worked and the pipes which carry heat and water to different parts of the building. All of the boys are enrolled in Manual Training, which is taught by Mr. Rhum. The first semester was spent on ms- chanical drawing, while the second semester was spent out in the shop putting some of the things into practice which were learned in the classroom. Many interesting and useful art- icles were made in shop. All of the boys were enrolled in Farm Crops and Soils, Csee pages 30 and 315, and the girls were all enrolled in Home Econom1cs.Csee page 321. Besides classwork, activities enjoyed were baseball, basketball, glee club, and instrumental music. -22-