Junction City High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Junction City, KS)

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ff' The ajax Gleams new Q ll r QAAA 414:-Iuka There trudge the lowly freshmen - than a few tumbles were received along with frozen fingers and ears- but what were they. when so much fun was had? Then too, the snow broke all records of tardies and absences on that certain day late in February, when the office force was completely swamped with names of those who couldn't quite make it. An average of about eight from every class were either absent or tardy the first day of the .big snow storm. Snowballing was somewhat quelled when Principal Vineyard decreed that such would not be tolerated, an hour in detention being made the penalty for any number of cubic inches of snow thrown. Ah, Mr. Vineyard. It was so much fun to hear those girls yell. Oh! Well. Life is just. full of cruel disappointments. Through the functions of the CWA, new bleachers on the north ride of the gym wene constructed. Everyone liked the idea of additional bleachers except possibly the juniors. who had just that much more space to conceal in decorating for the junior-senior banquet. Also the athletic field was widen- ed stretched and scraped through the Civil Works project. Those young men who so gaily sprint around the field and are called track men now have much more room in which to rtretch their legs. Are they happv! All during this time the nernbers of the editorial staff of the Pow Wow rztruvgled valiantly with the dummy of the book, wrote copy .mtil the week small hours of the 'nonrinQ. peeked awav on typewriters. and all in all. at last, their efforts are ic- flected in this book. As the ice and snow melted and winter suddenly turned into spring with all its attractions. roller skates soon started whirring and seniors and freshmen alike participated in this enjoyable sport. Almost any of those warm spring evenings one could see groups of .boys and girls trying their luck at skating and seemingly enjoying it. At that time also v. as the moon on duty. Spring at last announced its en- trance and the thoughts of the seniors began to turn toward gradu- ation and some of them began to strdy a trifle-just in case. But bev- fcrc we get the seniors off our lands. let us try to recall a few of the events which brought with them the u ual hub-bub of affairs that goes before the last rit-es for the seniors. As commencement suddenly loomed up out of the haze that has sur- rounded it for four years for some tfor others longerl and stood almcst ietealrrd. the days became warm and languorous. Those certain few rtu- dents woh usually have adeslrc to put into their craniums every fact that is contained in their textbooks, fell by the wayside with the others and sub- mitted, for awhile at leastl to the spell of spring fever. The juniors, who for many weeks had shrouded themselves with an air of mvstery about their annual blow- out for their upperclassmen, finally cave way and ushered the seniors into the gym Where complete surprise was for some. while others 'the old meanieslb knew exactly what was awaitng them. However, the juniors and the seniors had lots of fun struttim' their new togs and pulling each ot.her's hair. And say. bv the wav. if any of the silverware is missing. page Barbara Humphrey. She acquired the technique of mak- a Girl Reserve ing away with it at Conference. Margaret Coleman is her chief assistant. Toward the seniors broke the dramatic Ladies. The had a gay old time giving it and the audience seemed to like their ef- forts. Today this long-awaited publication makes it debut into polite and im- polite society. while the editor and the rest of the staff goes into hid- ing. You needn't try to look for them, because you won't be able to fini a trace of them. but they all said to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New 'Year. And thus the '33-'34 school era. ccmrs to a close. The passing of this school year to the low-er class- men means but another link added, to be replaced by the following more premising term. To the seniors it means the completion of the chain they started manv years ago. when they entered school for the first time cs a mere first grader. But whatever its significance. it has surely held at least a few un- forgettable happineases for all of us, And soon after the stream of humanity pours out of the doors for the last time 'till next fall. when a majority will return. the building will be closed. halls will be silent and echo to the slightest sound. Th-ere it will stand until autumn, when it will take on new life. Classes will r-cm-e and go for many more years. rut this brick building will stan-d thirougli them all-wait-ing-waiting -waiting for the School Board to finish payment on it. last down of April the and premnted production To the members of the cast

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4 Zlgnfn - 'lllllniu the candy. Mr. C. K. Ward! It's your turn. Late last fall conference bells start- ed ringingg and so the two senior Girl Reserve sponsors. Miss Elsie Kaden and Miss Margaret Bloome, bundled their cabinet Knot the kitchen onel into the Humphrey and Morton limousines and zipped up to Minnea- polis, the town with a lovely city park and a bandstand. fAsk some of the girls. They know all about it.J When they arrived upon the scene of the convention, tney were told that Something Is, Hiddeng Go and Find It! Immediately the girls began searching frantically for it. 'Nhat did they find? Well-that's a deep dark secret they won't reveal. A week later, the editors of the Blue Jay., accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Heady, attended the news- paper conference at the University of Kansas. Wonder what they learned ' Joan of the Nancy Lee, an oper- etta directed by Miss Ma.ry Wilson, was presented on Nov. 14 and 15. Mary Louise Heavey, youngest girl to have a lead in a high school oper- etta, played the title role. Hoover Rupert, senior, took the opposite part. Hoover' is very charming-in a pirate costume. And then the Hi-Y Clubsl with the aid of Bruce Tallman, state Y. M. C, A. secretary, the school board, Principal Vineyard. and the fairer sex of the school, staged the state I-li-Y Convention here. How the girls beamed and how their boy friends steamed when the lads from the 34 different towns kerplunked themselves in our fair city on that certain Fri- day afternoon. What a week-end that turned out to be! For two days 350 young swains swarmed the city. looked things over, Went to meetings, learned all about Adventurous Liv- ing In This Age, filled their address bttoks, returned home-and then again everything was quiet for a While. No sooner had football season come to an end, and members of that noble activity were leading Charlie's renowned horse back to the stable, than did Coach issue the call to the maple court and basketball season began. The first string quintet of hoop hitters, with the support of some mighty good reserves, came through it all with colors flying-a successful season to their credit. To be exact the Blue Jays won the league championship for the second straight year. A new form of stu-dent government in the school 'was introduced this year. The Student Councilr as it is called. was instituted to replace the form-er Stud-ent Enterprise Associa- tion, more commonly called the S. E, A., which had become only an unwieldy group of uninterested mem- bers. The Student Council is thought to have eliminated to a certain extent the inefficiency which was prevalent in th-e former group. The new govern- ing body is composed of the presi- dents of the four upper classes and the Hi-Y and Girl Reserve clubs as well as representatives from The Blue Jay and The Pow Wow. Principal Jerry J. Vineyard and Mr. N. W. Patterson are sponsors of the organi- zation. .An all school cast took the parts of th-e play The Clean Up, which was directed by Miss Ethel Hinds, dramatics coach. Mildred Saulmon and Lester Bowles headed the list as chief floor scrubbers. Then cam-e Christmas vacation with all its exhilarating fun, which lacked only snow to make the season complete. For a week an-d a half students and faculty alike forgot all the trials of the classroom and found how great it felt not to have to rise in time to scurry off to school. But all good things must come to an end and everyone soon went back to school Where semester and 6-weeks quizzes awaited their arrival. The memory of Christmas, and in truth of the whole school year, is touched with sadness at the thought of the untimely death which came to Mr. Robert K. Heald, instructor of Spanish and vocations, Dec. 29. following an appendicltis operation. Mr. Heald also was the person who laid the foundation for second place honors in the N. C. K. L. debate tournament. Since Mr. Heald had been here he had served as debate coach. His work was carried on by Mr, Carrol K. Ward and Mrs. Bertha Miller, who substituted for Mr. Heald following his death. After the second semester began the school settled down to a long and hard grind during the uneventful months which usually precede the coming of spring, when renewed acti- vity ls forthcoming. However, the months that -'iid fol- low held many interesting and excit- ing happenings desplte the prospect of nothing doing until graduation time. The groundhog saw his shadow on Feb. 2 and scampered back into hibernation, hurling at the vicinity a threat of six more weeks of winter weather. The groundhog's promise ran true to form., for Junction City scon received the heaviest and best snow during the whole winter. Snow! Snow! Beautiful Snow! It's snow use denying the opportunities that presented themselves with the snow! Bob-sledding parties soon be- came innumerable, To make things all the better, ai perfecny geongeous moon persented itself most every night, while the blanket of white was yet on th-e ground. Ice-skating was in order along with bob-sledding: and boys and girls soon appropriated every available river, lake, or stream for this sport. More Was widened, stretched, and scraped. Scene of T empestuous Battles

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E, Igufu - 'main CLASS OF 1934 Metamorphosis of a Senior since jolly freshman days. Upper Classmen make their debut as the year ends. On a certain September morning four eventful years ago, Junction City awoke to what lt thought was the usual opening of school. True enough, school was opening and everyone was bidding a sorrowful farewell to summer, yet looking to- ward the days to follow with anti- cipation-all, however, scurrying to school. But little dld anyone realize the significance of this one fact. Scattered thoughout that particular group making its way toward the red brick edifice ln the 300 block on 9th and 1.0th streets, were members of the present senior class, who were about to shake off the shackles of the 8th grade and enter fresh as a daisy into the ranks of the freshman class. The scene changes now and we flnd this same class by some hook or crook ready to receive its walking papers from the Board of Education, who says tlrc class has been re- tained long enough and the members should be released to strike out in the world for themselves. And that is what they are going to do-some to sharpen pencils ln papa's office and others to pull weeds from mama's flower garden. But before they leave all that has been so dear for otherwisel to them during the last four years, let us tak-e a. look backwards and view the highlights of their school career. The beginning of the freshman y-ear was greatly shadowed by the un- timely death of Jonn Hahn. jr., which occured the summer before. John was an outstanding member or the class and will be remembered by many here. After dutifully cleamng the J on Grand View hill as the seniors had decreed, the freshman class de- cided they had been treated with a. lack of appreciation long enough. Thereupon they agreed among them- selves that they would have to start things going and gain their due re- cognltion-especially from the senl-I lors. Beverly Bauer, at the Jubilee Car- nival sponsered by the Girl R-eserve and Hi-'Y clubs with everything but a ferrls wheel, calmly walked away as Carnival Queen. That an insigni- ficant freshman should receive such an honor was quite at blow to the upper classmen. In the sophomore year of this class's existence, the Blue Jay spon- sered a popularity contest to deter- mine the most popular girl and boy in school by popular vote. Again the class gained prestige by having two of its number receive first and second places as most popular girl-Man garet Coleman winning first and Bev-erly Bauer second. We're stlll wondering how Margaret came out on top in at contest of such a nature! Toward the spring or the soph- omore year' these young sophs ists came to the conclusion that their lot was aterribly unfair one to bear, as they too were not allowed a sneak day as were the seniors. What a life! they lamented. But it went even farther than that! On the morning of the annual senior spree, word spread like wild fire among the soph class, for every- one to m-eet in the city park. We're going to skip! All but a few cn1cken hearted ones. as they were dubbed, convened in the city park shortly after lunch, where controversy follow as to whether they should go, where they should go. and what they would do after they got there. However, every- thing was decided as the one o'clock whistle blared forth. No sooner had it blown than every one of those youthful insurgents, who had been the possessor of good intentions but a few minutes befor-e, was seen running toward school from the park and hoping fervently that he or she wouldn't be late for class. They':'e still wondering what the consequ- ences might have been had they skipped! Page Mr. Vineyard! Last year, the junior play. Who Wouldn't Be Crazy, which had its setting in an insane asylum, was nnesented quite naturally and ably bv fourteen members of the class. Mildred Hovt and James Rune stole the show with their clever character- izations of their comedy roles. Six of the class last year received the distinction of being elected in their junior year into the National Honor Society. They were Henry Barker. Helen Bell, Mlargaret Cole- man, Pauline Kramer, Susan Mor- ten. and Mary Pechin. Scott Cam and Paul Edwards are the only two boys of the class to be elected into the National Athletic Scholarship Society during their junior year. Did they count your Latin grades in on that, Scottie? '?J.2'll bet our last devaluated dollar tif we had a dollar! that they didn't. That's all right, Case, You're a great athlete. Oh, yes, yes! And you too, Paul. But when it comes to that well known art of arguing things outs, Henry Baker, Susan Morton, and Hoover Rupert seem to have the right technique. Susan and Henry are veterans of the forensic .team of the school, having debated on the team last year that tied for first place with Manhattan ln the North Central Kansas League. Again this year Susan and Henry with 'loover represented J. C. H. S. in the league meet and won second place. Henry tied with a Clay Center boy for the honor of being the best debater in th-e league. In the-' district tourna- ment-hurrah-the. team won first place. In athletics, a goodly number who have participated are seniors. A1- though many of them do not look like the Greek athletes of yore, their girl friends love 'em just the same and think they're great guys. Of the eighteen boys who lettered ln football, thirteen were seniors. Among the veterans on the team were Captain Jim Rupe, Riley, Lang- vardt, and Peterson. The hoop-hitting letterman of the maple court include eight seniors. S. Case and Shorty McKellar are the old timers of the team. Mc- Kellar in his junior year threatened to surpass the high point scoring record his brother Don and Kenneth Shane, '31, hold jointly, coming with- in a few points of lt. In their senior years Shorty and Case showed up well ln basketball, Shorty for scor- ing and Scott for all-around play- ing. , Believe lt or not. the senior class has always rated failrry high in the state scholarship contest. In the sophomore Year of the class's career, Mary Pechin won a hrst place ln World History and Helen B611 a third in that same subject. When the oon- test came along during their junior year, Mary won a fourth place, this time in American History. Helen and Marv in this same contest ti-ed for fourth place in Sociology. Smart gals, this Helen and Mary! A group of seven senior boys were called into the office every Monday and Wednesday mornings by Princi- pal Jerry J. Vineyard just as regub larly as Monday and Wednesday