Huntington North High School - Modulus Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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THE MODULUS Lady Lights STARTING out on one of the busiest years in the history of the organization, under the leadership of Georgiana Redrup, President; Eliza- beth Ewing, Vice President; Marjorie Barnhart, Secretary; Mary Kithcart, Corresponding Secre- tary; Helenjane Meier, Treasurer, and Miss Hazel Cage, Advisor, the Sunshine Society had as its initial work caring for the Fi-eshman girls on their first day in school. Besides this activity, the society began many new things for the better- ment of its work. One of the most important of these is the Coun- cil Meeting which is held each month. Among the other proj- ects by the girls are ticket sales, appreciation hours, installa- tions, parties of unusual nature, charity work, special services for clubs, pa- trons, and teach- ers, and outside music for the meetings Sunshine Society Officers: Kithcart, Redrup, Barnhart, Cage, Meier, Ewing As in keeping with the annual custom, big sisters were appointed for each incoming girl, to see that they were shown over the building and their classes properly arranged. In the first week of school a luncheon was given for the teach- ers, served by the Sunshine officers. The Kiwanis club sponsored the Marine Band concert, and be- cause of the ability of the Sunshine Club for sell- ing tickets, they were asked to assist in selling seats for the concert. The formal initiation for the new girls was held in October, with about fifty-five initiates. The stage was beautifully decorated with can- dles and flowers. After the service, a tea was giv- en for the mothers and friends of the girls. Besides having the regular appreciation hour, the alumnae of the Sunshine Society served a lovely tea in the sunken garden for the girls pres- ent. One of the organizers of the club, Mrs. Mil- dred Bucher, gave a short history of the prog- ress of the society. The garden was beautifully decorated with lights and candles on the tables. All societies in the state try to install at least one new chapter each year. Huntington estab- lished its first one at Churubusco. Of course the only way to get to the big city was by the way of Fort Wayne. And it happened that in order to arrive at our destination we must pass the Wayne Street pop corn stand. Of course the girls all wanted to hurry on home, the cars stopped and they bought some of this delicacy just to be doing some- thing. S p e c i al mention s h o u Id be given to the teachers who gladly consented to take the Sun- shiners to the big town of Churu- busco. However, cutting out the sarcasm, the girls at the school were lovely and were an ideal bunch of Sunshin- ers. Each month there is a Council Meeting, which in other words is only the chairmen and sponsors of the difl ' erent committees. These get togethers are really to plan business for the fu- ture meetings, but on the whole, they are just a chance to see everybody and to hear the latest news. But don ' t get the idea that these are fun because many important things are accomplished by planning the affairs of the organization to be brought about in the future. The one party held this term was sponsored by the Big and Little Sister Committee, and was in the form of a Hollywood affair. All the girls came dressed as their favorite movie star, and al- though there were many Mitzie Green ' s and Rod LaRoques, there were some who seemed new in the stardom of the picture city. Always money is a prominent question in I ' aije Ten Jiecember, 1030

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THE MODULUS The Other Half ALTHOUGH the Sophomores and Freshmen have not risen to a high degree of promi- nence as yet, there is plenty of time for them to move forward. They have ambitions hke all children (Pardon!) Their ideals are surprisingly high. Some of them wish to be Lindberghs, build- ers of Woolworth buildings, and to pos- sess wealth as great as that of Henry Ford. Now, with such ideals as these, we can ex- pect to find their names in headlines — some twenty-five years from now! (We ' ll all watch for it!! !) In the election of officers the Sopho- mores have Russell Hubartt, President ; Donald Freehafer, Vice-President ; Char- lotte Lowey, Secre- tary; and June Rarick, Treasurer. The Fresh- men have as their officers : Richard Krieg, Presi- dent; Mary Snyder, Secretary; and Helen Cull, Treasurer. Socially, their advisors, Miss Alice Kline and Miss Beatrice Brown, foretell big times ahead. A Christmas party is on the schedule for the Sophomores, with picturesque decorations of holly wreaths and berries. The Freshmen had a Hallowe ' en party, and their decorations w-ere in keeping with the Hal- lowe ' en season. Numerous black cats and witches served as clever decorations for these babies of the school. In choosing the committees, Russell Hubartt, President of the Sophomores, was assisted by Miss Alice Kline, Sponsor of the organization. The groups are as follows : Social Committee: Carl Bailey, Mary Kith- cart, and Allen Meier. Decoration Committee : Max Steele, Esther Strickland, and Darwin Forst. Refreshment Committee : Joe Moore, John McClure, Eudora Stephan, and Dorothy Steele. Although the Freshmen seem young to the upper classmen, they have taken unusual pains in not letting known their ignorance of the ways of High School. The upper classmen realize this, and real ' y admire them for it. The Sophomores have a sophistication that is beyond their years. They don ' t hesitate to show Sophmore Officers: Hubartt, Lowey. Kline. Ranck. Freehafer. their superiority towards the Freshmen, and walk around the halls with their heads up and eyes straight ahead, looking neither to the right nor to the left. These sophisticated Sophs, however, have gone out for sports, and are hoping to have a football team and a basketball team that will make us all sit up and take notice. In summing up the activities of the Sopho- mores and Freshmen, we can see that they are far from Rip Van Winkles, and we have to hand it to them! Freshman Officers: Krieg, Brown, Cull, Goodin. December, 1930 Page Nine

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THE MODULUS the life of any organization, and the Sunshine Society is no exception to this rule. One of the most profitable of money making schemes was selling Revue tickets. Mr. Day gave the Society Ihe right to sell these; and because of diligent work of the teams, who were headed by Helen Sparks, Charlotte Lowey, Colette Kindler, Ber- iiiece Hippensteel, Dorothy Hannon, Mary Farm- er, Ruth Robbins, Miriam Kiracofe, Helenjane Meier, and Berniece Brenn, much was cleared. A very lovely meeting was sponsored by the Social Committee. As outside talent, they brought :o the school Ethel Jean Weber who sang a solo ind Mary Louise and Louis and Mrs- Magdalena McEnderfer who entertained as a trio, two harps uid a violin. All meetings are not serious by any means, IS is illustrated by the Krazy Kat Theater meet- ng which was in the form of a Quaker meeting md a pantomime. As a conclusion to the pro- gram, every one sang some very crazy iongs. Rapidly passing from the humor- )us to the serious, the Thanksgiving ippreciation hour, given by the Relig- ous Committee at the Presbyterian ;hurch, was one of the most beautiful services ever given by the society. Mrs. Fempleton, the author of many inspir- ng speeches, gave a prayer which indeed caused nany a person to remember their many benefits. Musical selections were given by Dea Michael, Miss McMullan, the religious choir and a musical •eading by Dorothy Hannon. Mrs. Goodin, a 5unshine mother, gave the talk for the afternoon. Each year some charity is always the aim of :he girls, and besides the Needlework Guild, a sweater was given to a boy in the Irene Byron Home in Fort Wayne. At the recent death of f rthur Kiser, son of Mr. Riser, affectionately :alled Jim, the Sunshine girls were flower bear- ers. At one of the meetings of the Child Conser- ration League, several Sunshiners made a call md told the ladies about the purpose of the or- ganization and of its coming projects. Besides these, several outstanding activities, the society had fittingly remembered all of its members who were unable to attend school. The aim for each year is to spend approxi- mately seventy to eighty dollars for flowers, cards, and other remembrances to stay-a-beds. There are ten committees in the society : Re- ligious, Miss Altman, Miss Moore, Mrs, Temple- ton, and Miss Tyner as sponsors with Frances Doudna, chairman; Social, Miss Emma Kline, Miss Easter, Miss Leedy, sponsors, and Miriam Dumbauld, chairman; Dramatic, Miss Ridgway, and Miss Beatrice Brown, sponsors, with Berniece Hippensteel and Pauline Heiney, chairmen ; Mus- ic, Mrs. Branyan sponsor with Helen Sparks, chairman; also Miss McMullan and Mary Cather- ine Trovinger in charge of the Freshmen and Juniors, with Miss Watson and Mary Catherine Stoffel in charge of the Sophomores and Seniors ; Health, Mrs. Sayle and June Rarick; Athletic, Miss Miller and Margaret Baker; Needlework Guild, Miss Geraldine Brown and Wilda Mae Lu- cas; Costume, Miss Alwood, Miss Langley and Dorothy Hannon; Scrapbook, Miss Weiford, Miss Rupert, Miss Cage and Etta June Deeter; Art, Miss Gray and Margaret Goshorn ; Big and Little Sister, Miss Alice Kline and Helen Jane Cook. This year the Sunshine room has been taken care of by the different committees who were chosen at the Council Meetings. A schedule was made out by the week. Several new gifts have been added to ones given to the room. Some of the tentative projects of the year are : sales of Christmas wreaths, fruit cakes, and Senior name cards. Committees will be appointed for these plans, and it is hoped that these will be profitable not only in a representative way but also in a pecu- niary manner. The Sunshine Society has organized a cheer section for the basketball games. The member- ship is limited so that only the girls who are in- terested will be in the section. They are furnish- ed with megaphones that cost twenty cents and will be taken care of bv the yell leaders. Regular practices are held to learn new yeUs and how to use the megaphones in the most effective way. The Sunshine girls will sing Christmas car- ols on the eve of Yule day. Each year this is done to carry out the purpose of the organization — to spread cheer to the shut-ins. Sometimes many interesting things hanpen on these trips. Another new thing in the society is the Sun- shine Mail Bag. To those girls who are shut in for some time, letters are written bv the commit- tee in the club and put in a mail bag and taken to the invalid to be opened one a day. This way the news of the school is brought to the sick. December, 1930 Page Eleven