Hancock High School - Owls Hoot Yearbook (Hancock, MN)

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1940 THE OWLITE .ee Pagelt EIGHT!-I GRADE BACK ROW-Zip Bell, Margaret Endicott, Ruth Claire Grandjean, Donald Fiedler, Douglas Rasmusson, Fannie Becker, Maxine Suhrbier, Hartzell T ll. Schmidga FRONT ROW-Erland Charles, Eugene Steen, Richard Cushing, Donna Camlp- bell. Miss Norman ladviserl, Elaine Jacoby, Donald Cary, Donald Marquart, Milo Thompson. Class activities of the eighth grade centered around their home room period programs. Class officers were elected every six weeks in order to give everyone a chance to learn how to conduct meetings. Every Thursday during the second hour the class had home room under the supervision of Miss Norman. During the year a number of things have been done. One time the topic for discussion was Manners An amateur contest was given with each person participating. Washingtorrs and Linco1n's birthdays were ob- served. A program was given at Thanksgiving and Christmlas time. During the early part of February the group had a skating party at the rink and lunch later at Murphy's Cafe. , Four girls of the class-Donna Campbell, Ruth Claire Grrandjean, Elaine Jacoby, and Maxine Suhrbier--formed a junior girls' quartet which sang at different occasions. These girls were also members of the glee club. Zip Bell and Hartzell Schmidgall are mem- bers of the newly formed school patrol. They were chosen because of their dependability. Elaine Jacoby is a member of the school band, playing the saxaphone. Donald Fiedler was a member of the football team. Milo Thompson was mascot-manager for Mr. Wartman and the basketball team. Maxine Suhrbier belonged to the tap teafm formed in February.

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NINTI-I GRADE THIRD ROW-Hilmer Sandine, Shirley Ann Swanson, Faye McDowell, Virginia Huntley, Lorraine Smith, Marlys Nieland, Edith Zeltwanger, Tillie Jepma, Marion Domek, Jack West. SECOND ROW-Howard Schmidgall, Betty Schsmidgall, Haroldine Bush, Marjorie Reed, Robert Reese, Gerald Andert, Kenneth Osterman, Irene Croom, Edith Durkee, Betty McCarthy, Warren Morton. FIRST ROW-Kenneth Schmidgall, Howard Krupke, John Boon, Robert Giese, Mr. Loken radviserl, James Thompson, William Wente, Luverne Munson, Junior Wiese. At the beginning of the year the class elected the following ofiicers: ,Warren Morton ...... .. president Jack West ....... vice president Hihner Sandine - - secretary-treasurer During the year the class discussed many interesting problems in home room under the supervision of Mr. Loken, class adviser. These' home room discussions were held on Monday mornings during the first hour. The class sold candy at some of the basket- ball games, and the money was put into the class treasury to be used at a later date. The ninth grade donated the largest amount of dimes for the March of Dimes in January. The ninth grade pupils have been very active in many of the activities of the high school. Off the thirty-two students, most of the boys and girls belonged to the glee clulb and mixed chorus under the direction of Miss Utne. The ninth graders who played instruments in the band were Jean Taplin, Billy Wente, Har- oldine Bush, Virginia Huntley, Junior Sandine, Irene Croomi, Faye McDowell, Marion Domek, and Betty Schmidgall. The newly organized tap team also- had a. large number from the ninth grade-Marion Domek, Betty Schmidgall, Edith Durkee, Tillie Jep-ma, and Haroldine Bush. Billy Wente some- times led the tap teaxms in a few numbers. Basketball was the chief interest of a num- ber of boys-Junior Wiese, James Thompson, Robert Reese, Robert Giese, Hilmer Sandine, Jack West, Kenneth Schmidgall, and Kenneth Osterman. Three ninth graders were members of the football squad this year-Hilmer Sandine, Robert Reese, and Jack West. Edith Zeltwanger was the only ninth grade girl in the girls' sextet. During the winter Jean Taplin was vaca- tioning in Texas and the southern states, but she returned to complete the work of the ninth grade with her classmates.

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Page15 f THE OWLITE 1940 SEVENTH GRADE BACK ROW-Gilbert Haugen, William Meyers, Marion Page, Mildred Theilmann Arlene Marquart, Joyce Thurston, Ruby Swenson, Donald Jepma, Philip Hess. FRONT ROW-Phyllis Swanson, Alan MacArthur, Dean Zeltwanger, Arlene Cary, Mr. Wartman fadviserl, Patricia Bush, Jack Fiedler, William Schmid- gall, Esther Becker. The main activities of the seventh grade centered around their home room period which was held during the first hour in the morning under the direction of Mr, Wartman. In order 'to make the activities more interesting, the group organized into a club with ofiicers being elected every two weeks. At various meetings of the group discussions of manners, hobbies, plays, poetry, and other 'interests took the interest of a large number of the seventh grade pupils. Each member of the class had an opportunity to be chairman for at least one meeting in order to give everyone the experience of conducting a group discussion or program. Since the seventh graders were new in the high school, their subjects such as home eco- nomics, industrial arts, physical education were of particular interest because they had never spent as much time on these subjects. Besides these courses they took English 7, Social Science 7, Mathematics 7, Geography 7, and Science 7. One member of the class was a member of the junior high basketball squad-Donald J epma. Philip Hess was a member of the ba.nd.