John R Mott High School - Mir Or Yearbook (Postville, IA)

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FIRST ROW: Peterson, D. Meyer, L. Meyer, Medberry,'Plaht. SECOND ROW: D. Harris, Hath, Turner, Livingood, Koenig, Marston. THIRD ROW: Palmer, Brainard, Hughes, C. Schultz, Severn, L. Christ- offerson. .lieth-:fr The Letter Club is one of the leading organiza- tions of this school. lt consists only of students who have won at least one major letter in a sport, or a student manager's letter for a sport. To obtain a letter a student must meet certain requirements established by the coach, such as time, attitude, and other favorable points, one of which is elegibility by scholastic standards set up by the Iowa High School 'Athletic Association. At their first meeting they elected these officers: president, Gene Medberry, vice president, Luther Suckow, secretary-treasurer, Leo Meyer. The high spot of the Letter Club is the sponsor- ing of the annual Letter Club Hop, the biggest all-school party of the year. For thisleach class picks out their class queen and then the whole high school votes among these four. Those as queen of their class this year were: Seniors, Ellen Svendsen, Juniors, Marjorie Bareisp.Sophomores, Virginia Brown, Freshmen, Mary Sanders. The president of the Letter Club crowned Virginia Brown queen and presented her with a corsage of red rosebuds at the Hop. The other entertain- ment for the Hop always proves-to be rather unusual and very entertaining. This year was no exception. For an orchestra Benny Gamble and his Gamblers proved very successful. The Gamblers were all members of the Letter Club. A group of dancers 'lThe Wacky Sacs of Waki- ki-ki provided untold mirth, especially their dash- ing young leader. This party is always held in the new gym. This year, for the first time, the Letter Club sponsored a picnic which they hope will become an annual affair. In showing appreciation for the help they received selling concessions at the sec-H tional basketball tournament the club invited 'all who helped in any way to be their guests at a picnic held at the golf course. At this picnic they furnished all the cokes, peanuts, hot dogs, etc. one could eat. During the latter part of the afternoon new members were initiated into the Letter Club. Needless to say, all had a grand time. To complete the year, the Letter Club bought Coach Blackman a farewellpresent, a beautiful upholstered occasional chair, and hopes he will get enough rest in it to mke up for all the hard work he did with the Postville boys. 5

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I' WT if .28 rutsr now: iz. Meyer, Mmm, owgim. sscouo now: R. M. Meyer, Abernethy, Koevenig, Harris, Finnegan. Banc! C70 anal The Band Council was elected during the fall by the popular vote of the band. lt consists of five members of the band ruled over by the three officers. - lt is their duty to meet whenever there is bus- iness for them to attend to. ln case the long- desired new uniforms are obtained, it will be the S band council's job to distribute them to the mem- bers of the band. The officers for this year were: President ........................................ Dwight Marston Vice President ............ ........ R amona Meyer Secretary-Treasurer ----- ......... Jean Douglass Olzaazf Banc! Postville High School's concert band suffered the loss of thirteen seniors but these losses were gradually made up. Under the direction of Harold Gamble this 35-piece band has come the farthest of any band this school has ever had. lt was or- ganized shortly after the fall marching band con- test. They practiced every fourth period on Tues- days and Thursday and on Wednesday nights. Sectionals and solo practices were held during the week. For contest their selections were Military Escort by Bennett and Courageous Overture by St. Claire. They received a ll rating at the dis- trict contest held at Waukon. The concert band also did a great job of playing for pep meetings and basketball games. A record of merits has always been kept by the secretary of the band and this year there were several awards made. To receive an award each member keeps a record of merits earned and from i time to time turns them in. Merits are accumu- lated from year to year. Merits are earned by such jobs as: membership in either concert band or marching band for one semester, l00 merits, solo before the public, 50 merits, member of a small group, 50 merits, public performance with the band, 25 merits, etc. Demerits are given for unexcused absence from any public performance or practices. When 1000 merits have been earned and. turned in by a member of the band, they re- ceive a monogram of a lyre with the year on the base and the word Postville across the mid bar. For each additional 700 merits recorded, a bar is received. When 4500 merits have been turned in and recorded a gold medal is given. Margaret Buddenberg, Jean Douglass, and Rose Marie Meyer were awarded gold medals this year. As we only lose three seniors this year, the con- cert band is looking forward to a great year.