Independence Junior College - Inkanquil Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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. Y. M. C. A. Left to Right- Bullock, Heckert, Potter, Sanders Y. M. The college Y. M. C. A. was a mythical or- ganization the first semester of the school year. Most of the cabinet-elect did not re- turn in the fall, and the school was without the organization the first of the year. By the middle of the first semester, how- ever, the newness and disorder had worn off, and considerable sentiment was voiced on the part of college men in favor of a Men's Association. Things and activities had been in a bad state of affairs, and there was need for leadership in the men's activities. A meeting was called by Profesor Kirby one evening and a cabinet was elected. It was composed of the following: Harold Bullock, Jack Sanders, Bob Heckert, and Ted Potter. Plans were outlined for the remainder of the Page 18 C.A year, and among the results were several important events. There was a stag hike for college men only, a Y. M.-Y. W. party, and an all-school outing. Another feature of Y. M. activities has been the Wednesday weekly meetings. These were held in the mornings, before school, and they proved a source of inspiration to all who attended. We make no apologies for the organization this year, although we were only partially successful, due to the fact that we were labor- ing under handicapsg but we firmly hope that the men may have another and more success- ful association during the coming year. -Harold Bullock.

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LITERARY SOCIETY Top Row, Left to Right-Lanning, Gansel. Center Row-Dumbar, Salisbury, Gilmore Greenlee, Elder. Bottom Row-Brewster, Larery, Kratz, Shile. Literary Society Every member has entered into the spirit of the work, and almost every member has submitted work to be read at every meeting. -From the Inkanquil, 1926. Those, it seems, were the palmy days of the society. Now everyone is enthusiastic until he has been initiated. Since we are well organized, and have been acclaimed successful, we'don't have to work muchg moreover, the society is now affiliated with the Pen and Scoll Cwhich means that it has periodical tryouts, and that the members feel important and pay duesjg so like all who, after long labor, have attained the goal, we have retired, so to speak. Continuing the comparison, like the retired man who happily exhibits a successful busi- ness or manufacturing concern, we show, as a concrete result of our labors, a paper, The Lark, which flew high, and returning, brought a clear profit of fifty cents into our treasury. Having recently acquired three new members on whom the burden can be placed, we are anticipating another Lark, But do not think the literary society is not worth while. It is. What would we do dur- ing activity periods, if there were no literary society meeting? If that case were true, we might have to study. But most of us are sin- cere, some of us are even ambitious, a few have talent, and several are even willing to work. On the whole, we are above the aver- ageg and anyway, what is a school without a literary society? There is but little else to say regarding the literary society. It is here, and it is here to stay. It was brought into existence only af- ter a long, hard fight against all odds con- ceivable, and it is not a thing that will go without a harder fight than the one which brought it into being. -Kathryn Kratz. Page 17

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Y. W. C. A. Left to Right-Bowen, Wylie, Gansel, Krebs. Y. W. The Y. W. C. A. began its year's program with unusual spirit and enthusiasm last fall, and let everyone know it was in existence. At the very beginning of the school term, the Y. W., together with the Y. M., gave a party which proved a social ice-breaker in I. J. C. But the Y. W. C. A. was not only enthusias- tic regarding the social affairs of the school, but also about the helpfulness of the club. The new cabinet was installed promptly, and a year of beneficial and enjoyable pro- grams were begun. At the first Y. W. C. A. meeting of the year, Supt. J. H. Clement ad- dressed the club, and this proved one of the most instructive and inspirational gatherings of the organization. A very original meeting in charge of Bernice Shile was the one in which a well known newspaper was blue- penciled to display the upward and down- ward trends of modern journalism. The pro- grams varied greatly this year: they ranged from exhortation by prospective mis- sionaries to well-presented music recitals. The Y. W., again assisted by the Y. M., pre- sented one of the peppiest of the college chapels this year. At Christmas time, the Y. W. aided in stag- ing a party for the Mexicans children living in and around Independence. Each Y. W. girl was given the name of one of the little Mex- icans for whom she was to plan a gift, and those girls who attended the party felt re- paid for the effort to which they had been put by the joy their work brought the child- ren. C, A. The college Y. W. assisted in the spring Vesper service. Also several of th girls took part by singing, ushering, or by acting -in the pageant. Mrs. Sanford, the director, highly complimented the girls upon the service they had rendered. The college girls' rest room was made possible only as the result of effort put forth by the college Y. W. C. A. And although the room is as yet inadequately furnished, it af- fords a little nook that the college girls can feel is really their own. With the enthusiasm that is shown now, it is certain that next year will bring improvements in this san- ctuary not even dreamed of now. Last year a representative was sent from the Independence junior college to the state Y. W. C. A. conference, but never until this year has the club planned to send a delegate to the conference at Estes Park. The delegate, however, has not been selected as yet, but it is certain that the club will be better for having sent her, and it is expecting her to bring back workable plans for its betterment. The Independence club has adopted the national college Y. W. C. A. constitution, which makes the local organization a full- fledged college club. And as it follows the rules of this constitution, it is sure to con- tinue to grow, and to hold not only the inter- est of the girls who compose it membership, but that of the college as a whol :. - -Ruth Johnson Page ,19