Jasper High School - J Yearbook (Jasper, IN)

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THE COMET No annual would be complete without a brief account of the activities of the staff members of the Comet under the supervision of Mr. Kenneth Merder. Our editor, Mildred Stratman, has successfully carried out the tradition of Jasper High School, that of always producing a school paper worthy of recog- nition. The paper consists of accounts of school activities, local news of general interest, and news from surrounding schools. The Comet has recently become a member of a news exchange through which it is able to become more closely associated with the activities of other schools. Louise F ritch, news editor, always seemed to secure a surplus of news without any apparent effort, although we will give her the benefit of a few headaches. The feature material was not too plentiful, but Betty Eckerle and Lorayne Melchior always did their utmost in contributing to the success of the paper. Don Crewe, the sports writer, had his share of worries, too, each month. Mary Lee Bockelman and Ruth Marie Berger, circulation and advertising managers, respectively, each with a committee of four, willingly offered assist- ance, in foot work as well as brain work. Claude Egler and Cyrilla Striegel figured largely in the actual process of turning out the paper, the former manipulating the mimeograph machine and the latter doing the art work. Class reporters, Mary Rita Kluemper, Viola Fritch, ,lack Rumbach, and Frank Renneisen, also did their share in adding to the length and volume of the paper, while the typing and stenciling staff deserve praise for their unceasing efforts in trying to make our Come! a better paper. ' THE 1939 J As you know if you have ever attempted an annual, be it ever so humble, the path of the staff is not exactly strewn with roses. Our own forty-page brain child is no exception. Ruth Krodel and Cyrilla Striegel surmounted practically unsurmountable dif- ficulties in their capacity of photographic managers. They cajoled class groups into looking pleasant please. They prayed for clear weather. They bullied and bribed owners of prized snaps to give them up, snipped the snaps to fit available space, and covered themselves with gooey cement mounting them. Johnny Eckstein knows now the financier's headaches. He learned the value of co-operation from Roman Dudine, Bernard Eckerle, and other seniors. Mary Lee Bockelman, Dorothy Hochgesang, and Bill Haller have a future as Fuller Brush men. Getting subscriptions for the Jn trained 'emi Louise Fritch obligingly wrote up this and that, read proof, and was chief assistant worrier for the editor. Cits Hoffman did likewise, what's more he made no fewer than six copies of his Senior Statistics before he got an unblotted one! Numerous big-hearted seniors solicited patrons, typed, and helped with in- numerable odds and ends, while Margie Miller, Jack Rumbach, and Viola Fritch cheerfully furnished class histories. The editor and the sponsor each lost five pounds, hours of sleep, and con- siderable serenity of disposition doing all the things they couldn't hound any- body else into doing. 25

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STUDENT COUNCIL Officers President ............ ................. ....... N o rbert Schneider Vice-President ....,. ............. W illiam Haller Secretary ................ ........ R uth Marie Berger Faculty Advisor ..............,,..,.................,,.,.,,.,..........,....., Mr. Miller In its second year of trial in Jasper High School, the Student Council has endeavored to maintain and to further the work begun last year. As provided by the Constitution, the Council is composed of eleven representatives of classes and extra-curricular activities, the class delegates being elected by vote of home rooms, the other council members by votes of the activities membership at large. The distribution is as follows: three Seniors - Norbert Schneider, Charles Dudine, William Hallerg three Juniors - C. Ray Miller, Claude Egler, and Donald Greweg two Sophomores - Anna Marie Shurig and Bernard Von- derschmidtg two Freshmen - Margie Miller and Ruth Sturm, one representa- tive of extra-curricular activities, Sylvia Fritchg and a secretary appointed by the president, Ruth Marie Berger. Meeting bi-weekly with Mr. Miller, the Student Council has acted not only as an assisting governing agent but as a clearing house for any controversies or discussions needing faculty-student co-operation. The Council has also under- taken the sponsoring and encouragement of clubs and programs, having pledged its support to the fostering of more and more varied activities for the student body. The Camera and Debate Clubs, Convocation programs, band concerts, and pep sessions were all organized by the Student Councilg but the most popular innovation this year was that of school dances - mixers - open to all stu- dents with only a nominal entrance fee. Receipts from the dances were one means of revenue used to help defray the expense of another pet Student Council project-vocational guidance, or at least vocational information, perpetrated through the weekly distribution of the pamphlet, Your Future. It is unfortunate that the fine student-supervised honor study halls and hall monitor systems as organized last year had this year to be discontinued. It is the hope of the 1938-39 Student Council that next year, in addition tothe achievements of this year, a more active and efficient participation in school discipline will be made possible. 24

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DEBATE CLUB Officers President ................. .....,...,,,..., ,....,. C l aude Egler Secretary-Treasurer . ....... Lee Himsel Sponsor .................... ....... M r. Merder MEMBERS: Row 1: C. Egler, B. J. Krodel, A. M. Kiefer, A. Kunklerg Row 2: I.. Himsel, A. Eversman, C. Hoffman, R. Hemmerlein. To awaken interest in the art of debating has been the aim of the Jasper High School Debate Club, reorganized in October, 1933. Meetings were held bi-weekly, mainly during convocation periods, sometimes at night, and were conducted as informal discussions of the proposed question given by the State High School Debating League, Resolved that the United States form an alliance with Great Britainf, To add zest and competitive interest, the club engaged in active debates with high school clubs of other towns, winning over Reitz and Marengo afiirmative teams and Reitz and Huntingburg negative teams. However, they bowed to Princeton, Reitz, and Mt. St. Francis of New Albany negative teams and New Albany, Princeton, and Reitz affirmative teams. The Jasper negative and af- firmative teams also engaged in debates for Convocation programs and once for the Knights of Columbus. On February 25 the club was host to the sectional debate tourney in which six teams participated. Sorry to say, Jasper was the perfect host, allowing New Albany to take first honors and Mt. St. Francis second before they stepped in for third. The Club also had a social side, sponsoring a dance for the entire school in January, with music by Pitch Eckerle and his Kings of Swing. To raise funds for transportation to the debates in other towns, the members sold Wildcat emblems to the school and general public. Much credit must be given the Club's sponsor, Mr. Merder, who coached the Club and always lent a helping hand. Of him it may be said, He was always there when needed. 26