Jasper High School - J Yearbook (Jasper, IN)

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Eigdfi CZLL5 The fall of 1940 found very interesting questions under discussion in Jasper High School and throughout the nation. Compulsory military service was being enacted, the quadren- nial classic of American history, the presidential election was under way, and the war ma- chines were booming in Europe. To add to this state of chaos, the Indiana Debating League adopted for debate the very political question, Resolved, That the power of the federal gov- ernment be increased. After having extended a call for members and by proceding along lines with a marked similiarity to that of the federal government, i.e. draft , the club finally embarked on their year's journey with eight members, one of them, Alfred Kuper, having been drafted. Other members included Jack Rumbach, Denzil Conolty, Bernard Vonderschmidt, Maurice Kuper, Frank Renneisen, Robert Gramelspacher, and Richard Kunkel. The club engaged in several inter-scholastic debates and presented a verbal combat for the Knights of Columbus. Clncidentally several democratic members of the negative teams almost were forced to switch political parties to argue the question effectivelyj. Debates were held with Bosse, Washington, Glendale, Salem, and the club also participated in the sec- tional tourney held at New Albany. Four members of the team will be lost by graduation, but the fall of '41 will find four seasoned veterans returning to the debating tactus who should prove an unconquerable- quartet. Awards received by members were emerald studded pins to sophomore members Maurice Kuper, Frank Renneisen, Richard Kunkel and Denzel Conolty. Jack Rumbach, Ber- nard Vonderschmidt, Alfred Kuper, and Robert Gramelspacher were the recipients of silver pins for one year's service with the club. The achievements of the team were to a large extent due to the persistent efforts of Mr. Merder who might well be called the nucleus of the club.

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Omaf EDITOR - - - - - JACK RUMBACH NEVVS EDITOR - - - - DOLORES ERNST FEATURE EDITOR - - - ANNA MAE KIEFER SPORTS EDITOR ----- - BOB GRAMELSPACHER CIRCULATION MANAGER - - - - ALMA KRODEL GENERAL STAFF ----r------ MILDRED SMITH MARGIE MILLER, LILA LEE GIESLER, MELBA MILLER SPONSOR ---------------- MR, MERDER Always fostering the best interests of J. H. S. was the slogan adopted to represent the aims of the COMET staff when it was organized shortly after the advent of the current school year. As the official organ of Jasper I-Iighg School, the COMET, published once a month, served to bring to the student body not only details of school activities, past, present, and future, but provided them with the inside on the popular aflairs of the heart as well as an interesting survey of the sports world. Aiding the staff in maintaining a vigorous freshness of news were the club and class reporters who kept them posted on the latest activity of their respective groups. ' In keeping with its slogan the COMET staff ventured from its journalistic capacities to carry out its aims. To add to the color of the debut of Hoosier Hysteria, the basketball sea- son, the staff supervised the election and crowning of a Basketball Queen who reigned su- preme at the opening tilt on November I. Seeing the need for assembly programs, the COMET also made it a policy to present monthly gatherings of the student body. The types of programs presented were very diversified, ranging from a very excellent speaker on char- acter building to musical interludes and motion pictures.

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amz '10, CIM PRESIDENT ------ - - ART WAGNER SECRETARY-TREASURER - - ROBERT VOGEL SPONSOR ------- - - - MR. MASON The Camera Club, in its third year of existence went over with a bang again this year, as it has in the past, only a slightly louder bang. The Club sponsored the first school dance of the year on October 16, 1940, with music by Ebb Uebelhor and his Moonlight Serenaders. The profits were used to purchase supplies for the dark room. Throughout the year, the meetings of the club were made interesting by slides and motion pictures from the Eastman Kodak Company, by talks and demonstrations delivered by some of the members and by local professional photographers, and by movies, most of which were furnished and shown by Glenn Gramelspacher. The dark room, with its new equipment and supplies, was rarely abandonedg it had no chance to get dusty from lack of use. A book entitled, How to Make Your Own Photo- graphic Equipment was purchased causing all glass hammers and left handed monkey wrenches and board stretchers to be put to work making photographic equipment. In the latter part of the winter season, a photo contest was conducted. Twenty-three pic- tures were submitted. The winners were: Richard Nicholson, first prizeg Glenn Gramel- spacher, second prize, and Art Wagner, third prize.