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

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and Foibles January, 1949 With the end of the first semester in sight, exams loom up and sit on my conscie nce day and night. January also means we ' re approaching the last semester of school for our seniors, an awesome fact indeed! Basketball for the boys continues in the spotlight, with everyone joyous over our winning the Holiday Tourna- February, 1949 What is teaching in a girls’ school in England like? Miss Eunice Johns, Horace Mann teacher who taught in England last year on the exchange teacher plan, told us some of her varied and interesting impressions at an all girl assembly, February 17. After hearing that the girls wear uniforms and no makeup, I was glad to be here! A badminton tourney was staged by the G.A.A., with the “feathered birdie” getting the worst of it decidedly. March, 1949 Part of our F.B.L.A. ' ers visited NIPSCO this month to get a look at the business world in action. They also saw home H.M. graduates with swell positions, even being paid for their work! Look out, typewriter, here I come. . . . The female Electrons are delving into the elements of radio, a complicated enough subject but useful. Volley¬ ball is the style for those with the muscles. How can those points stack up? . . .

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The Patchwork Quilt of Girls’ Activities in 1949 G.A.A. Top row—Shelia McCormack, Katherine Pruitt 4th row—Helen Gaines, Mary Jane Baranko 3rd row—Paula Webb, Ruth Atkinson 2nd row—Manetta Manhart, Myrabelle Halpin, Marcia McCormack 1st row—Rose Ann Purcell, Evelyn Coplin, Virginia Stroia, Marilyn Smith, Anna Lee OFFICERS AND SPORTS HEADS Top row—Shirley Nelson, Joan Bender, Nancy Nezovich, Mary Lou Droback, Shirley Pittman, Alice Halpin 1st row—Zella Doty, Vice-Pres.; Nancy Nezovich, Pres.; Doris Cooley, Sec.; Donna Lord, Treas. F.B.L.A. Top row—Erna Fritzsche, Irene Godra, Helen Praschak, Miss Sharpe, Grace Mirza, Pat Miccolis, Rita Pschowlis, Mary Procopy, Hitty Davison 3rd row—Doris McCay, Irma Martenelli, Janice Kenninger, Theresa Kutch, Nancy Parlock, Naida Portlock 2nd row—Lorraine Fitzsimmons, Dorothy Carlin, Catherine Hackett, Rita Mayer, Donna Daugherty, Irene Ferchak 1st row—Janet Norton, Leah Rottenberg, Mary Ann Pry, Joan Durkin, Efthia Lagos, Manetta Manhart Top row—Marion Hackett, Genevieve Cole, Joan Scott, Marilyn Finne¬ gan, Ruth Pittman, Gilberta Hernandez, Dolores Pittinger, Joan Paska, Delphine Bertin 3rd row—Betty Frame, Georgia Schuster, Evelyn Olander, Norma Quade, Marion Naylor, Clara Dombrowski, Concettine Nigrelli 2nd row—Joan Bender, Allene Cooper, Helen Odishoo, Susan Allenback, Marianne Marino 1st row—Renee Fekete, Joyce Neihuus, Dolores Ogrin, Beth Armishaw, Eloida Colina, Aurora Colina, Alta Crowder GIRLS’ CLUB COUNCIL Top row—Martha Laubscher, Evelyn Olander, Dorothy Markelja, Mau¬ reen Englander, Dolores Ogrin, Janet Norton, Hannah Odisho 3rd row—Marlene Welsh, Phyllis Williams 2n drow—Marilyn Burns, Rosemary Kacir, Jackie Godfrey, Pat Smith 1st row—Janet Nordstrom, Bonnie Hollifield, Janythe Stanier, Jane Ann Clements