Horace Mann High School - Horace Manual Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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In addition to these monthly lectures, Miss Sharpe and President Barbara Weigel sponsored trips through the State Bank and Post Tribune. It is easy to see, therefore, why, with all of these events, time for social get-togethers was limited. One exception, however, was a beach party held in May. Since it was everybody’s first jaunt” of the season to Lake Michigan, it was thoroughly enjoyed—sand in the hot-dogs included. Anyone, I believe, will agree that such activities represent quite an accomplishment for a brand new organization. A camera, a niece and a nephew—Miss Brown’s chief in¬ terests in life. . . . Although Miss Sharpe professes to be no authority on poetry, she does enjoy reading and collecting poems. . . . Mr. Leith is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi and the Pi Omega Pi (In case you aren’t well informed, that’s an honor.) Mrs. Roy owns a large collection of cook-books and recipes. She is deeply interested in dietetics and nutrition. . . . Tatting and reading are the favorite pastimes of Miss Sokel. . . . Miss Welhelm plays an accordian. . . . Mrs. Shreve hikes long distances and frequently goes on short fishing excursions. . . . Miss Williams is almost a professional dressmaker; she is also fond of knitting. . . . Interior decorating interests Mrs. Johnson, who keeps a scrap book of magazine clippings on the subject. . . . Friends of Mrs. Whitlow are always welcome-to drop in for the evening, for she is quite fond of entertaining. . . . Miss Shirey is an active member of the Y.W.C.A. She is the chairman of the Memorial Library Committee.

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The National Senior Honor Society at Horace Mann is far more than an honor roll system for recognizing outstanding students; it is, as its name implies, a nation-wide institution. At present the organization embraces 1,653 chapters in the United States and sixteen in the dependencies. The society was organized in February, 1921. The Horace Mann Senior chapter was chartered as Number 901 in 1929, with fifteen charter members. To date, 22 5 members have met the requirements of Scholarship, Character, Leadership, and Service set by the national council. Of these, 143 students have attended college. The Junior Honor Society is also allied with a national organization, which functions under the same officers and regulations as the senior society. There are-now 206 such chapters in the United States. Fifty members were selected when the Horace Mann chapter received its charter in February, 1931, as Number 46. 298 Junior High School students have been elected to membership since its inception. New members are honored annually by the Junior Society at a spring party. The Senior group holds two yearly meetings with the other chapters in the city. The first of these is a forum, at which high school problems of general interest are discussed and suggestions interchanged. The other meeting is a banquet, at which the members do their best to prove to each other that their humor is as fully evident as their dignity. STUDENT COUNCIL Top row: Webster Cash, Eileen Kaplan, Betty Condit, Jean Barnhizer, Edith Martin. Sccontl row: James Burtle, Wesley Jones, William Bachman, Winnie Sprowls, Vernon Landcck, Beth Ludberg, Jane Ringer. Bottom rou : Bob Von Bereghy, Robert Lucas, Mr. Fowble (sponsor), Ted Lorig, Billy Gcisert, Peggy Webb, Alice Huber. In the absence of the president, Ted Lorig, the meeting was called to order by the vice-president, namely. Bill Geisert, and then, following the usual order, the secretary, Winifred Sprowls, read the minutes and the treasurer, Vernon Landeck, the treasurer’s report. In the course of many meetings the Horace Mann Student Council decided to visit another school in quest of new ideas; to sponsor a memorial for Mrs. Pickard; to revise the hall-order system by making two council members captains for each hour; to adopt a new system of electing council officers and to allow mid-year classes to have their own class officers. Having put through such numerous measures of noble account, the Student Council then adjourned for the year ’36-’37.