Hagerstown High School - Epitome Yearbook (Hagerstown, IN)

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WE DO OUR PART Roll Call a Success F you are interested in the work of schools in foreign countries, in relief work in case of emergencies, such as tires, Hoods or earth- quakes or in the annual roll call, just ask any member of the Red Cross organization to tell you about them. The members have been especially active, and if the size of a club or organization is one test of its merit, the Red Cross might have a right to feel the 'tleast bit conceitedw because 78 students joined at the beginning of the school year. Many shoes were in need of repair at the close of the roll call for senior Red Cross members, which was held from November 11 to November 30, because the loyal members. under the direction of Miss Alida Morris. canvassed the entire town and solicited mem- bers. They obtained 124 subscribers and sev- eral donations, making a total of rli186.85, a new record. In the early fall, a. Red Cross council was appointed. Officers of this council were: president, Elizabeth Bruceg vice-president. Anne Faurotg secretary, Betty Teetorg and reporter, Effie Foulke. The Red Cross is truly a worthy organiza- tion in any school. It has many benefits for the members. For instance, in the case of roll call soliciting, the student learns the proper way to approach a prospective member and how to clearly explain why he should join. He also learns the satisfaction of a subscrip- tion and the disappointment of a refusal. The real worth of the organization was the satisfaction and happiness gained from know- ing that, as a member, each contributed his share to the welfare of the nation. Fifteen

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OUR BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN TO BE Accuracy A lways E'l1l1 bet our best hats that not a waste paper basket in tl1e sehool lills up as quiekly as the one i11 the typing rooni. If you should step lllfll tl1e l'O0l1l and see a stunlent eoinpleting an exereise, you would llllllli he was doing it for a slow 1notio11 picture. But we ean't even begin to describe ll1Clll when they're on the last line of the exereise and then make an error, Tl1at's when one's Span- ish and Latin COIHP i11 hainly. My, and the noise they do make! ln fact there 's so ll1llCll noise that one class didn 't hear the H1-e bell ring. But lfl1t'1'6'S 0110 good thing' about that. You can make a lot of noise and points aren 't taken off. Ready, go! Those were the words of Miss Van Horn when a eontest was held for the amlvaiieerl stualents in order that they llllglll show their ability and eiiieieney, Pins were given as rewards. l?uel954 Van you llllilglllt' soineone saying they Uilllil reall their own writing? NYell, itfs not s111-prisiiigr to the Sll01'tlHillll elass at all. You ean nlake the lillllllltsl looking' little Curly- iiigques and yet l'2lt'll one has a l1lL'2llllIlfI. The trouble is 1'l'llllfllllH'l'lllil' the 1l1OH1lll1Q' of the little clash, l'lll'Yl', ete. At the beginiiing of the seeoncl seniester. Miss Van Horn llietatecl letters to the a1l- yaneeil elass of 120 words a niinute. lt 1loesn't seein possible that yo11 eoulcl get every word that was said. XVl1e11ey'er you feel like doing' soinetliing' aee11r:1te. just do a little bookkeepiiig. lt's just loads of fun 11ntil you try to balanee your books and lincl tl1ey're out of balance about flil-13.27. You would think that some of the seniors were H1'Sl'-Q'l'2ltlG1'S wl1en you see them eounting on their l'll15.l'9I'S. But they usually get them right. unless they see double or Count one finger twiee. The one thing that Miss Van Horn stressed in Till' eo1n1ne1'eial eourse was ACCVRACYX Hrst. last, and always. Sirteciz