Hancock Place High School - Momento Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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M35 Gi Tr RALPH A . .Pr05' EN. VW' s C. RALPH JOURD HN' ' vsRN H0 IAM nosuzn. PHS' .e Z6 W 'ILL - Cl eine Jima! feaofy coufczlcarr afflge new , SHIRLEY SENN PAT LINDHUHST WARREN FELDIDRTH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The purpose of the National Honor Society is to promote scholarship, leadership, character, and ser' V1Ceu Nbmbers must have superior grades in all subjects and must exhibit the above desirable characteristics. The candidates are voted upon by the faculty and are initiated in a public assembly. This year we took as our projects the sending of congratulatory letters to the honor students and the posting of the Honor Roll. Being a memberof'this exclusive society is one of thehighestrecognitionsa Hancockstudentmayreceive. NELLA LOU BYRD MISS RILEY Sponsor

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Gm ZZ,- Fach year the school selects a student to compete in the National Americm1LegionCkatorical Contest. The oration which must be original deals with some phase of the U. S. Constitution. Don Bruggeman was this year's Winner. .fblfa QQZI7 For the first time in recent Qur Demosthenes years, Hancock was represented in interscholastic debate, As a memo ber of the Missouri High School Debating League, Hancock students met students from eight other schools in league debating activities. The question was Resolved:thatthe American people should reject the Welfare Staten. In addition to our debating, we playedhost horfivedebates between some of the other schools. The students enjoyedthe opportunitycyfhearing these formal arguments. Philip Guesz, Pat Simmons, Mr. Nye, Charles Christrup. Carol Gerhardt and Dave Franklin absent.

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Sitting: Dee Stevens, Mary Belle Gray, Arlene Evans, Robert Stancil. Standing: John Cantwell, Patsy Bezona, Bob Wilhauck, Gloria Miller, Miss Frizzell, Marcella Kellogg, Bob Heck, Barbara Boetcher, Gloria Jacobs. o8z'!f'0m'0n.b Seventeen of us book minded stuf- dents gave up our study periods to work as librarians. Some of our duties are to check the books in and out, take carecnfthernagazines, and keep the library orderly. Cooperation between the student body and the librarians has been ex: cellentthisyear. We hope this rea lationship continues and grows with the expanding library. POW El' Membership on the Growler staff was confined largely to those stuo dents in the third hour journalism class, although in the spring, Mr. Nye, our sponsor, permitted pros- pective reporters to write occasion- ally for the paper. Staff positions were changed evo ery ten weeks, in order to give more students an opportunity to serve in editorial positions. Sitting: Cerda Bingold, Bose Williams, Herbert Kawelaske, Florence Quigley, Willian Matthes, Irvin Schaeffer, James Craig, Jean Zelch, Joyce Blake, Lois Stibal, Nona Taylor. Standing: Lee Bryan, Bobert Stancil, Charles Bisch, Bill Maloney, David Ploesser, Eugene Dale, Richard Eichhorst, Mr. Nye.