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

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WJe i3e ln to duertise “And don ' t forget, hand your articles to Mrs. Schiess before noon on Tuesday, Editor-in-Chief, Dorothy Freeh, warns her eager staff of rejwrters. Then begins a search for news of athletics, social functions, activities, of various organizations, class elections and plays, or anything else that will make interesting reading. The reporter who hesitates is lost, for it is amazing how quickly the list of news-tips jx)sted in Room 312 is completely signed. Tf any reixjrter allows three weeks to slip by without produc¬ ing an article, he is minus a position on the staff. When Tuesday afternoon rolls around, news articles, written on paper of all sizes and colors, are examined and revised by Editor Freeh and Mrs. Schiess. Then they are typed on white paper by the technical members of the staff and are sent to our local newspaper office, where again they are revised and cut. Surviving articles appear on the School Page of the Gary Post-Tribune on Saturday night, and reporters lucky enough to have ““made the line ’ rejoice. dJe l decord the (dduents tLe l ear ' The school was empty except for the weary Annual Staff. Amid such questions as “Where’s my folder? — I know I put it here yesterday.” “Shirley, when will you have the calendar finished?” “Lorraine, are the Senior write-ups done?” “Paul, why don’t you take a picture of - ?” “Keck, have you got the books up-to-date?” “Saxton, what are you doing now?” the 1938 annuals were nearing completion. Now, since we’re afraid you’ll have a nervous breakdown as we almost did, we’ll take you back to the drowsy afternoons in the fall at 3: IS. Then room 309 wore a leisurely air. Those were the good old days when the staff was working on identifications of pictures and making brilliant plans, when candy sales were bringing pennies into the till. In October we invited the Annual Staffs from Emerson and Lew Wallace to a buffet supper and press conference. We gleaned many different ideas for the year-book from round table discussions with our guests and from our guest speaker, :Mr. Nelson of the Scholastic Editor. On December 10, we made merry in honor of Mary Henry, Shirley Bornstein, and Eileen Kaplan whose birthdays arrived on the same day. Along in January, the industrious Business Staff met to map out a campaign for selling the annuals. Remember the signs “Buy your annual before prices go up on March IS”? What a rush ' .here was the final day! Finally came that frantic Saturday before we went to press. With a lot of prodding, the write-ups were laboriously re-written, and pictures fitted together. Our masterpiece was assembled and sent to the printer. We breathed a sigh of relief as we crawled away to catch up on our sleep. As a last fling after annuals had been distributed, we had a beach party with plenty of food and plenty of fun.

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WJe ncoufa e the lZ)n With a most promising group of neophytes and a well-seasoned group of stand-bys, the Dramatic Club has made four extraordinary contributions to the school ' s dramatic life. In addition to The Wonder Hat and The Pot Boiler, the club took over the respon¬ sibility of the Thanksgiving program which may soon equal the Christmas Pageant as a traditional Horace Mann event. The contest play, What Men Live By, was one of the most effective productions of the year. As a part of the study of technique the club made trips to Chicago to see Victoria Regina and various other plays. In the capacity of make-up slingers for all major productions, the members have become indispensable to the Auditorium department. The social events of the club were a trip to Hobart, where the contest play was pre¬ sented, a mid-year initiation, and the annual toboggan-chili party, at which as usual, the snow failed to put in an appearance. Junior Honor Society, 19.H-1938 ■ AJe euudpdthe . cLo iaPiLip the Unclepcia dmen Led by Robert Lucas, Jean Lauer, Betty eff, and Judith Sholtis under the able supervision of Miss Stephens, the Junior Honor Society has had an active year. A roller skating party given in February was so successful that the members have decided to make it an annual event. At the candle lighting ceremony held in May, twenty-five students were inducted into the Horace Mann Chapter of the National Society. The annual Spring Party, which is always celebrated with great hilarity by old members as well as new, swung itself in and swung the year out.