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

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Another year has passed and the panorama of Horace Mann has unrolled to June in the year 1938. Miss Bryan, Mr. Bunker, and Miss Evan have been added to our faculty. The tenth class is about to pass from the portals of our school. Instead of presenting further occurrences, which by now might be termed ancient history, the Senior Class of ' 38 offers for your approval this annual as a jiermanent record of the events of the past year. Daphne Williams Ruth Isaccson Margaret Briggs Verna Sokol Helen Stowell Alice Beumer Elsie Shreve

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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.

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Student Council. 1927-1938 We Be become — jelj ouernm Sweeping into [X)wer on a wave of popularity last spring, the Studentocracy Council has enacted many noteworthy measures. Nominating committees are now elected by register classes: a school paper has been established; social clubs have agreed to con¬ tribute annually a definite sum to the Pickard Memorial Fund; matinee dances have been rescued from the pit of oblivion, and revived with the aid of the Preps’ Orchestra. March: After hours of sorting and tabulatirlg, and assigning, the Council managed to send almost everyone where he belonged’on V ' ocational Uay. April: Elections for the new Council. May: Citywide Council Convention at Horace Mann. The Council of ' 38 has left office with a creditable