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

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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-

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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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JUNIOR HIGH In English the Junior High has attained the goal of bet- ter written expression, and an acquaintance with more and better llter ture. We wrote monologues, plays, character sketches, and ghost stories and poetryg and,of course,we were introduced to such items as gerunds, phrases and clauses. Social studies for the seventh grade conveyed them to many odd places on the earth. Yes, we can truthfully say we have traveled from Togo to Siam, from India to Hammerfest, Norwayg and from our own industrial region to the frozen tun- dra of the North. During the months of September and October a large chalk mural made by our class was displayed. Eighth grade spent a good deal of time dealing with Am- erican history. They studied the constitution and its con- vention, the opening of the new frontiers and the settlement of our various other industrial centers. Our political sys- tem was thoroughly investigated. In science the seventh grade studied magnetism as a highlight of the years' work. Other topics included the changing surface of the earth, the 92 elements from which our existence depends, and natural science. The eighth grade under the supervision of Mrs. Erickson made scrapbooks about scientific subjects. Under the direc- tion of Mrs. Kelly the arithmetic classes rapidly progressed. Our ourside activ t es boas ed of a good showing in the magazine sale for the U athletic fund. Our Junior High furnished a musical background for National Educa- tion 'Week Program.'L h Two evenings of dra SX jg-QQ? X matic production fc , 5- :gay use public climaxed - -- . x,,X'Ee-I the years' English i jv.'7sff P'-N activity, We had a EEE, , ,2?jl'k large enrollment in '43 ' Q 3 if X the First Aid course XCR of the Red Cross. Jiri.-5'-9.-,P Scouting and 4-H are X15 the clubs in which we -:fig V are most interested. ,XQ James Paul and f X ' f' Dale Stonewall placed 1,f-X ,ff first and second re- f - L' speetively, in the I I local spelling con- fl test held March 24. - t X Bask tball was a qgf popular winter- sport 'rear-ms' .TT-xfemsff BELL!!! in the Junior High. ..25..