Kent State High School - Statesman Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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THE STATESMAN National Honor Soeiety Eleven seniors and three juniors were honored by membership in the National Honor Society on Class Night held on june 2. Any junior or senior who is in the upper third of his class scholastically is eligible to be considered. 15 percent of the seniors and 5 percent of the juniors eligible are selected on the qualities of service, leadership, and character. The selection of members for the society is made by a comm- ittee of four members of the faculty and the principal. They are Mr. F. N. Harsh, Miss Blanch Miller, Miss Amy Herriff, Miss Norma D, Vifood, and Mr. E. R. Myer. The four seniors who were chosen in their junior year are Margaret Ruth Read, Mary Eileen Cook, Robert Curtiss, and Earl Wise. The National Honor Society was organized as a national soci- ety in 1921 through the efforts of the Department of Secondary' School Principals of the National Education Association. The local chapter was organized in 1925. In the United States there are now a thousand Chapters and A twentyffive thousand members. A , 1 There are eightyafive mzmbers in the Kent State chapter. This senior class has the distinction of being the only class so far to be able to select four members in the junior year. This is due to the fact that it is the largest graduating class from Kent State High School. T The three juniors chosen this year are: A A Bill Drew, Bertha Kernan, and Kearfott Miller, PAGE 43

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THE STATESMAN National Honor Society 2 1 1 1 3 Top row, left to right, Bob Curtiss, Mary Cook, Earl Wise. Second row, Marjorie Diltz, Gordon Hostettler, Betty McKibben Third row, Bob Dumm, Theresa Cberlander, Dwight Stewart. Bottom row, Laura jane Harsh, and Dick Wiland. PAGE 42

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THE STATESMAN Scholarships This year marks a milestone in history of Kent State high sch- olarship. Our teams competing under the supervision of Mr. E. N. Harsh at Kent State university, May 2, placed first in the dis- trict in private classification. Thirty members, making up fifteen teams, placed among the first ten in every subject giving State high 221 points. The team that placed second had 128 points. Those who participated, subject entered, and place received in the district are as follows: French ll - lane Osborne, first and Laura jane Harsh, second, English 12 - Mary Cook, first, Theresa Oberlander, sixth 3 chemistry - Dwight Stewart, fifth , Norma Oviatt, Sixth. French 1 - Ruth Clapp, first, Bill Drew, second, English 11 - lane Gaddis, first, Elinor Miller, seventh, American history - Martha Rufener, fifth, Bertha Kernen, sixth, physics - William Carpender and Paul Wright tied first place. Latin 10 - Jeanne Claypoole first, Marjorie Thompson, World History- Betty Ruggles, third, Bill Palmer, fourth, Plane Geometry Alvira Darrah, first, lean Douglass, fourth, English 10 - Charles Woodhouse, third, Carolyn Byrne, sixth. Latin 9- Hope Byrne, tie for fourth, Laura Oberlander, eighth General Science-Paul Alden, first, Charles Lacefield, second,Alge' bra-Eleanore Douglass, first, Roma Smith, seventh, English-9, Will- iam Clark, sixth, Grace Bowen, ninth. Other private schools entered included Andrews, School for Girls' 128 points, Villa Maria, 1105, St. joseph, 108.53 St. Augus- tine Academy, 108. The students who placed in the stae were Paul Wright, Bill Carpender, Paul Alden, Charles Lacefield, Alvira Darrah, Eleanor Douglass, Roma Smith, Bill Palmer, Betty Ruggles, Jeanne Clay- poole, Marjorie Thompson, jane Osborne, Laura jane Harsh, Bill Drew, Ruth Clapp, Mary Cooke, Charles Woodhouse and lane Gaddis. PAGE 44