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

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Click! Click! Another camera is busy taking pictures for another camera fiend. We have about twenty .such addicts in our midst, brought together through the Camera C(iib for the purpose of fostering a deeper interest in photography. Inspired by its enthusiastic faculty )nsor, Miss Julia Brown, the Camera Club has really gone places and done things. This year the members have concentrated on learn¬ ing dark room procedure. Closeted in P resident Fletcher Thompson ' s dark room the development, printing, and enlarging of pictures have been demonstrated. A trip to Chicago and an interview with a commercial photographer completed another successful year. We€Jo.etLWoMofCo. If anyone wonders what accounted for the crowd of interested listeners in Room 210 on the third Wednesday of each month during the past year, we want him to know that it was the monthly meeting of the Business Club. Who could help being intere.sted when Mr. Jonnasch was demonstrating the Bur¬ roughs Bookkeeping Machine; when Miss Wise was explaining the various positions available in the Gary State Bank; when Mr. Edwards was telling about the telephone business and the use of the tele¬ phone: when Mr. Ball was giving details of the legal profession and r uirements for secretaries in that field; when Miss Klinedorf was talking on opportunities for students in the Civil Service field; or when Mis s Brown was showing movies of her last summer s trip to Europe. The club had some extra-special affairs, too. With the aid of ice cream and cookies, the cheer of the Christmas season |)ervaded its December meeting. Then later in the year, it departed for Chicago to visit the Board of Tradef the Quaker Oats Company, the Merchandise Mart, the National Broadcast¬ ing Station and Henrici ' s Restaurant—the club as a whole guarantees Henrici’s to anyone who wants a good meal in a pleasant, old-fashioned atmosphere. As a clima.x to their activities, these energetic souls donned their beach togs and rushed out to the lake for a spring picnic.

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We ele elease our l lietoncal ■ner ' Lei The Discussion Club is a unique organi¬ zation for it affords pupils an opportunity to talk and talk — unhindered. The number of participants varies, attendance depend¬ ing somewhat upon the topic to be debated and the mood of the students. Whether there be two or twenty, a meeting is held each Wednesday at four-fifteen. Subjects . are decided upon a week in advance thus V c-assuring the ambitious a chance to gather rnformation. •Although the club strives to conduct it¬ self with due dignity, discussions frequently become heated. Theories are torn into shreds. Opinions and counter opinions flow freely. Everyone forgets that he cannot set¬ tle world problems in a single session. •All, however, who have been privileged to participate in these forums emerge with a wholesome attitude of tolerance, a bet¬ ter understanding of modern problems, and increa.sed facility in expression. Camera Club. 1936-1938

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Spanish Club, 1937-1938 We Wc u Lf ' e tile panisL ipanish ■La Cucaracha-I-a Cucaracha — The lusty singing of many voices in a strange tongue — clear liquid voices. The Spanish Club is in session. After school on the first Monday of every month, the members tune and stretch their vocal chords. President Wiggers calls the meeting to order and then off they go —singing in their adopted language the rhythmical Spanish tune—“La Cucaracha-La Cucaracha.” In spite of being a comparatively new group, the club has shown remarkable energy and capability in its activities. Quite an interesting feature was added this year to the regular meetings in the form of talks and subjects related to Spanish culture. Several students gave especially prepared reports and one of the faculty members. Miss Greensfelder, talked on Mexico. Having a yen for spicy Spanish dishes, the club treated itself to a native supper. With the suggestion of its sponsor. Miss Wheeler, it also held a co-party with the Emerson organization, and later a combination initiation-celebration in the gymnasium. Mann-U-Script, 1937-1938