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

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THE MODULUS Paper Wads AT last the longed for and greatly anticipated Christmas vacation has arrived. We push lessons back in our minds just as we stuff our books into the recesses of our lockers and close them with a delighted sigh. Christmas has beckoned us on from its distant heights for so long that we can hardly believe it actually has arrived. But it has surely and steadily crept upon us, and we now are anticipating it just as keenly as the Christian world has anticipated it each year for two thousand years. On that first Christmas Eve, the shepherds left their flocks on the hillside and hurried to the manger where the Holy Child lay. Gradually and surely time sped on — and it was not so long ago that diminutive lassies and quaint little gentlemen were hurrying home from their fashionable schools in stage coaches in order to be with loved ones during this special season. And even today — the factories cease, men and women hurry home from college — the courts pause in their judgments — and the whole world pays its tribute to the same Little Babe that stirred the shepherds so greatly on that first Chrismas. And the same spirit that came to the world that night makes life worth living today. If there is anyone who has lost the thrill of the ap- preciation of a loving kindness — the gratitude of a remembrance, however small — or the spirit of giving— this season of Yuletide joy is lost ori him. Christmas will soon be here and past. School will soon resume again and we will all returr with bigger and better resolves for the new year THIS issue of the Modulus initiates a new ers in journalism of the Huntington Higl School. This year we have endeavored to wavei from the set rule of high school annuals and tc present to the students of Huntington Higl School a publication that will not only include the regulation type of content found in annuals bu1 also the minor events and activities of the car riculum which we all wish to remember. W( feel that by so doing we are giving the student; the distinct advantage of an annual and maga zine publication. Thus the completed book wil not be one which can be leafed through once anc then very advantageously relegated to the attics but one of timely interest now as well as year: to come. The write-up and pictures of the event; are thus appearing while they are yet an evem of the present rather than one for which we mus ' search the cobwebs of our memory in order t( remember. We are placing the results of our effoi ' ts be fore you. All we can say is — we hope you like it 3Jtt iEptttortam GRIEVED faces and saddened hearts among the portals of Hunt- ington High School on the morning of October 31, marked the silent tribute paid to one of their number, Doris Hollet. To us who knew Doris, her willing service and companionship is a mem- ory time and death cannot erase. Doris was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hollet on April 30, 1914, in Hunt- ington. She attended Riley School for Doris Hollet eight years and entered her Junior yeai in High School this fall- She is sur- vived by her father and mother anc one younger sister. Her death occurred only a few hours after she had helped entertair her class at a Hallowe ' en party and i week before she was to take part in the Bars and Stripes Revue. And with these loving thoughts oi her comradeship, we dedicate this space in our Modulus to her memory. Page Two Pecemher, I93t

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THE MODULUS PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTON, INDIANA STAFF VOL. XX DECEMBER, 1930 No. 1 Miriam Dr-Mi!Aur.i) Editor-in-Chief. CoXSrtXLA ElSEMIAlKH Faculty anrl Class Editor, GeOEGIANA RlDRlI ' Activity Editor. M. x RUIIICEL Sports Editor. Wygtlk Smith irls Sports Editor. Ci-OTCE Nichols Feature Editor. John Wann Art Editor. John Spahr Plwtograplier. Maxine Ade Business Manager. DORANCE OVEEMTER Bookkeeper. M. McCabe Day Faculty Advisor CONTENTS Paper Wads - In Memoriam - The Powers That Be • ' From Caesar to Einstein This Vocational Business 5 Specialists All Grown-Up Freshmen ' ' Coin Collectors The Other Half Lady Lights High and Dry - Of-By-For the Pupils ' ■ We 1 Cubs Revue Queen Revue Nominees ' Footlights Ballyhooers Gridiron Groans Our Modern Maidens ■ ' Our Own Calendar ' High School Library H. S, Song Hits

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THE MODULUS The Powers That Be J. M. Scudder pWENTY-FIVE years ago, when Mr. Scudder came to Huntington High School, it was still oused in the old Central building which super- sded the present modern structure. The female ortion of the two hundred and fifty students ppeared each morning in long braids and wear- ing the characteristic bustles of the times. Long since the bus- tles have been pressed and laid away in mohair trunks ; the braids have yielded to the bar- ber ' s shears and are now obedi- ently growing out again as fash- ion pivots its way around the wheel of time. Where at that time there were only ten teach- ers to impart words of wisdom 3 the interested, darlings, we ow have about thirty such of- enders to a grand total of six undred and fifty scholars. And doubt in after years when we link of the beautiful structure f our education we will have isions of burnt pies, hammered lumbs, and escaped snakes, all 2presentatives of departments lat have been added under Mr. cudder ' s jurisdiction. During most of this long irm, he has been guarded, assisted, and instruct- i by Miss Metta Leedy who serves as his clerk, he stands guard at the door to send any petty offenders on their way. And without any flat- tery we can truthfully say that we couldn ' t do without her. Next we come to the — V man Mr. Scudder af- W fectionately calls Bud- ' ▼. dy. This man is of un- Bk usual power and influ- ence for his stature. If you doubt this just ask ' ■ ' ' ' ' anyone who happens to violate a rule of Hunt- ington High School and is caused to account to the principal. They might feel like replying, It isn ' t the school, it is just the principal of the thing! In addition to his duties as supervisor, Mr. Byers enjoys the renown ofp teaching the most popular class in school. It is also interest- ing to note that Romeo and Juliet, the famous love drama, is on this course of study; and while we are not trying to take any of the personal glory from Mr. Byers, it might be possible that some of the innocent Sen- iors are anxious to learn the art making as explained C. E. Byers Wiss Metta Leedy Miss Fredith Langiey E. V. Fitch of love here. Fv ' ftH before we can enter the ' » B sanctuary of Mr. Byers ' office we must confront a Certain Person of Importance that reigns there in royal state. Of t H course we refer to Miss Fredith H Langiey, whose autograph on . ' B pass slips and the like is prized as highly as those of King George himself. Sometimes she must appear stern with us, but after all, we know she is only human. Perhaps the greatest of the powers that be is the inevident, all powerful, school board. This is composed of three members. E. V. Fitch serves as President. Mrs. Mildred Coolman as Treasurer, and J. L. Brenn as Sec- retary. We are proud to say that each member of the School Board has children in the public schools, and thus knows the needs. Coolman J. L. Brenn ecem ' ber, 1930 Page Three