Jasper High School - J Yearbook (Jasper, IN)

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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

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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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CAMERA CLUB Officers l,fl'Silll'flf ...............,.. ......,.......... ,...,,.......... I l ay Nliller Secretary-Treasurer ,... ..... ll lildred Stratman Sponsor ..,..,..,,,.............................,................,................ Mr. Johnson MEMBERS: R. Kunkel, E. Rohlman, G. Lukemeyer, R. Cramelspacher, K. Wal- lace, J. Rumbach, A. Kunkler, J. W'uetcher, R. Stallman, lf. Fronune, E. Rum- bach, M. Opel, M. Stratman, B. Kuntz, A. Opel, R. Krodel., E. Zehr, J. Wallace, R. Miller, L. Lampert, and J. Shaflord. Other members of' the club not present when the picture was taken are: T. Salb, R. Rush, and Mr. Johnson. The enthusiastic camera fans of Jasper High School organized a club early in the school vear on October 7, 1938. The club was organized 111 to further the knowledge of cameras and improve their use, 121 to learn developing and printing technique: and 131 to furnish pictures for the school annual. From the beginning the Camera Club was guided and controlled by a consti- tution which made parliamentary law oflicial at weekly meetings. Surprisingly enough, the financing of the photographic organization was l stable from the start through profits derived from entrance fees, a flower sa e, and especially from popcorn sales at the basketball games. This money was used to build a luxurious darkroom located in a storeroom of the gymnasium. A developing tank, a printing box, three gross of sensitive papers., and a storage vault were among the manv accessories purchased by the club to improve the darkroom, which was, incidentally, me first ever set up by students of Jasper High School. Monthly lantern-slide programs toget ter wi 1 1 sions furnished the means for furthering photographic knowledge. One intra-club snapshot contest on winter scenes was staged with R. Miller's North Jackson Street scene awarded first prize and R. Rush's Children in the Snow was iven second rize b' the 'nd e of the contest, Father Urban. ll- P Y .l g l 'tl hel :ful lectures and discus- l bi led outin and photographic hike at the Jas- Late in the schoo year a com 1 g per Lake furnished both social and photographic entertainment. rf'