Kent High School - K Yearbook (Kentland, IN)

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No school can operate efficiently without many leaders among the students. Une of the main functions of the school is to develop leadership and responsibility. Class oflicers. club officers. student li- lirarians. captains of athletic teams, pub- lication staffs. furnish 111a11y fine oppor- tunities for leadership training. 011 the following pages IIIEGI some of the people who have served in the above ca- pacities. mei we R010 e 0 Uwe ear Page nineteen

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Ouffifancbng ,Slwlma Kentland High School. like the baseball world. has its Hall of Fatneu. This year we are adding to the roster the following names for special mention: Class and organization presidents. Frank Mullen again leads the Seniors in the capacity of presidentg he also heads the Hi-Y and Science Cluh as well as serving as secretary-treasurer of the sixth Hi-Y district. The coveted hard task of leading the Juniors is handled hy ,lohn Dennis. Catherine Petersen has led the Sunshine Cluh to one of its most successful years. Bill R1-ed..lr.. served in the douhle capacity as local and district president of the F. F. A. Mark Yegerlehner was chosen class president of the Sophomores: Sam Wvashhurn was elected president of the Fresh- man class and filled the position well considering the fact that his fellow oliieers were girls. ,lim Wfalkcr and Carl Curran served as president of the seventh and eighth grades. respectively. Rita Lutz is president ol' the local F. H. A. and also district secretary. The two seniors to serve as student editors were: Howard Hensley. Campus Press. and Beverly Wvhaley. The K . Also Beverly was out- standing student in speech. Don Perkins was chosen hy his fellow teammates as captain of the foothall team while ,lolm Flinn piloted the haskethall team for the season of 1948--19. Tom Limp also did some outstanding work for the cinder squad. Outstanding students in academic courses were: Melvin Henderson. mathe- matics. and David Dicdam. art. ln dramaties, Kathleen Sondgcrath participated in the American Legion Speech Contest. She won first in the local contest and third in the district. ,lohn Prue was also an outstanding student in speech. In music, five students took part in the state solo contest. Mary Starks. Kath- leen Sondgerath. and Rohert Memering sang solos while Martha Petersen and Floyd Hutchinson played instrumental solos. Three seniors held solo chairs: John Newland, solo cornetq Shirley Lee and Floyd Hutchinson. solo clarinets. Wllile these people held some of the outstanding places they could not have accomplished much without the cooperation of their fellow students: the pitcher cannot do much without the help of the team. Page tu 1 nty one