Independence High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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me QPQRNGEVBLACK li I-Qi-Y Girl Reserves Activity Period The student body looks forward to activity period because it breaks the monotony of the week's work. Occasionally there is no resting time during the five days of study, and spirits fall to Zero. Everyone groans with disappoint- ment and looks forward eagerly to the next recitation hour. Not every high school has the privilege of having such a period, Therefore, We should be thankful to our teachers for the time they spend in planning material which makes it possible to have those hours. Between the second and third hours, on Thursday, the junior high chapel is held. While it is in session, senior high school organizations hold schedule meetings. Friday morning during the same hour, the upper-classmen gather in the auditorium for their assembly, at which time, the junior high students go to their respective activities. There is a hustle and bustle to arrive on time at the meeting places: boys and girls are on the run most of the morning. Another good factor, in the student's eyes, is the shortened hours or the activity mornings. -wg v- ,V All students who do not belong to the organizations meeting are supposed to stay in their second hour class rooms till the bell rings, signifying the end of a long hour. Usually only a few are left in their classes, and they are given extra work to do or permitted to study on any material needed for following hours. Page 21

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lt oPXANoEveuRcK I95I Page 20 Miss Underhil1's Class Supervised Study The split-period system has worked quite favorably in our own high schools. So for the benelt of the reader, We should like to explain this method of study in operation. By the ringing of a bell in the middle of the customary hour period, the student realizes that the first half or reci- tation period is over and the last half-hour may be devoted to study. A great deal may be accomplished in a half hour of in- tense concentrated effort toward the next day's assignment. And, of course, the privilege of supervised study is duly appreciated by all conscientious, industrious students Cplanning to attend a movie the same evening.D The instructor is enabled, to a limited extent, to enjoy a few leisure moments, which undoubtedly are appreciated after the completion of a strenuous thirty minutes of eloquent, argu- mentative lecturing. , So permit the management to sanction its approval to this type of study.

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l rr OPQXNGEVBLACK 195: NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Top Row, Left to Right: Linville, lVIu1Tcw, Gillfn, Wa'::e, Killiam, Salatlziel, Clement, Davis. Bottom Row: Bloomer, Work, Hoopes, Jarrett fsponsorj, Mibeck, McCoy, Sparks. The National Honor Society No chain is stronger than its weakest link. Neither is any organization stronger than its several component parts, and especially those which are necessary for membership in the well known organization, the National Honor Society, with the four highest standards that can be obtained during a student's high school career. Even though they consider election to this society a great honor, stu- dents look upon it as a challenge to greater efforts in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. The first requirement for a student to be eligible for membership is scholarship. But that alone is not sufficient, so a student must prove himself or herself outstanding in service to the school and community, and outstanding in leadership. With these three requirements met, their character needs no questioning. The supposition is, therefore, as in the American Army, that every student's character is excellent unless he shows it to be otherwise. Remove any one of these requirements, and we find, indeed, a bare and uninviting skeleton. The success of this society has been due to the excellent supervision of Mr. Friley and faithful sponsorship of Miss Jarrett. ' One public initiation is held each year at special chapel, when gold pins bearing the National Honor Society emblem are presented to each new member. OHicers for 1930-'31 are: John Salathiel, president, John Clement, vice- president, Dowdal Davis, secretary, Viola Hoopes, treasurer. Page 22