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

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1931 was a big year for the male division of Horace Mann ' s faculty. Coach Kerr began the training of our football team. Mr. Buck and Mr. Holliday brought in¬ struction in applied and theoretic sciences, respectively. Our mathematic department was marked by another advance in the guise of Miss Davison. Mr. Whiteman organized the Chemistry Club with a rather unusual purpose for an organization of this type. Every year at Christmas time the club as¬ sists needy families and has as its pride and joy” a rapidly growing scholarship fund for worthy students. That same year the senior class presented Little Women”, making dramatic history. Under-classmen were first rewarded this year by entrance into the Junior Honor S(Kiety, sponsored by Miss Stephens. Miss Wheeler, Miss Greensfelder, and Miss Brown joined our faculty in 1932. As a result we have our present sponsors for the Spanish Club, the Annual, and the Camera Club. On October 11, 1933, sixty members of biology classes banded together and formed the Biology Club. Then came 1934 ... the senior class came Smilin’ Through with great success in its class play. Bob Landeck was our out¬ standing man that year in a number of ac¬ tivities. The “freshies” startled upper class- men with a dance declared the best yet”

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ELVA RUSTON Assistant Principal 1927-1938 in behalf of our rapidly growing Mann-U-Script. Mrs. Schiess is sponsor of the New- staff which originated that year. To the world at large 1929 is synonymous with “crash and depression”. To Horace Mann School, however, 1929 meant ascension to greater heights — scholastically, ath¬ letically, and socially. On June 18, 1929, forty-two seniors marched ceremoniously up the aisles of the Memorial Auditorium to become the proud possessors of the first diplomas ever issued by Horace Mann. Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Frolik, and Mr. Mc- Hargue joined our history department. A more extensive offering of specials was made possible when Miss Moe, Miss Skinner, Mr. Reising, and Miss Flanders, appeared at the scene of action. Miss Sherrick and Miss Stephens arrived to enlighten the students on the intricacies of foreign languages. Mrs. Suley’s coming marked the first growth of our science department. Mrs. Roy began her supervision of our health department. The fast growing social life at the school made an Advisory Council expedient. An enviable record was established when our football team, inspired by Coach Crown, was acclaimed state high school champion and our chapter of the National Honor Society, with Miss Jennings as .sponsor, received its charter. It was in this year, too, that under the expert guidance of Mrs. Pickard this publication, known as the Horace Manual, came into being! Our first annual!! And were we proud !! Yes — all this in ' 29. After three years of struggle for life, in 1930, the Dramatic Club finally became a recognized body. Meeting daily at 1:15 with Miss Bachman, this group discussed plays and make-up. John Kenward and Alice Hagerstrom were the first president and treas¬ urer resjjectively of this new organization that soon won wide recognition through its production of lie in the play contest. Miss Gorrell, who came that same fall, is now sponsor of the club. Miss Sharpe, Mrs. Zeigler, Mrs. Cline, and Mrs. McCarthy further enlarged the special departments which helped to improve our dexterity in the arts. Miss Heyburn and Miss Johns willingly brought their learning that they might, in turn, make our experiences richer. Miss Johns now leads the Discussion Club in its forensic activities.

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. . . and all with a twenty-five dollar orches¬ tra. Miss Hillegoss and Mrs. Holmer be¬ came a part of Iann ' s teaching body. The Art Club, originating in 1934, had at the conclusion of the year a series of eight murals to show as its achievement. The sophomores in 1935 trailed with Alice through wonderland in its class play, while the seniors hit a new dramatic high with their production of “David Copper- field . Rose Mary Rose acquired the dis¬ tinction of being the first girl to preside over the Student Council. Mr. Cunningham and Mrs. Roper have been here since 1935. And once again in 1936 classes resumed — this year without the presence of one of the school’s kindliest but most effective leaders. During the summer Mrs. Pickard passed on, leaving a great void in the heart of the student body. No one can ever re¬ place her! With Tom Harmon as “all-state” quar¬ terback, our football team had no difficulty in again winning the state’s highest honors. The Camera Club and the Mann-U-Script became parts of our extra-curricular regime: Mr. Leith came and the Business Club be¬ gan. Mrs. Sorrell and Mrs. Simons also ar¬ rived in 1936. Our parents and teachers began to meet more frequently at our newly organized P. T. A. meetings. Tbe spring of ’37 marked the ninth class to be gradu¬ ated from Horace Mann School.