Liberty Memorial High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Bill Conboy Editor Mary Alice Martin Associate Editor Charlotte Price Associate Editor Billie Froeliger Art Editor Frances Mee Department Editor Lucy Smith, Barbara McBeth Class Editors Vera Margaret Hurt Business Manager Roberta Frowe Salesman Mabel Baker, Betty Craig Advertising Managers Iva Belle Harper Adviser PUBLIEITY RED and BLAKE HANDBILL NU. 1 The annual staff has had an ever bigger job than ever this year+that is to select a theme for the year book that would take everyone's mind off the rather serious problems of the day. The circus theme was suggested and literally scooped up, because what could be gayer than a three ring circus with all its action and thrills? So early in September the staff began to prepare for the big show that would be climaxed by a party at which everyone could cast a critical eye over the year's work of the group of people known as the Red and Black StaH. A concentrated sales campaign was started in October at the Carnival, the opener for the ,school parties. At that time all who b-ought their annuals were given a fifteen or twenty-five cent reduction. This naturally boosted sales. The newest feature of our book is the use of silk screening for the division pages. This is really an old process, but as far as wfe know, it's the first time it has been used for an annual. In the process, the color is pressed through the silk screen onto the paper behind it. A stencil is placed over the screen wher'e the color is not supposed to go through. All this was done by hand, and it took five months to make 7000 impressions. One of the bright spots in the journalism room was the box of photographs. Robert Burns says: O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To .see ourselves as ithers see us! Some of the students would be astonished if they could see themselves as the annual staff has seen them. Left to right: Miss Harper, Price, Smith, Martin, Froeliger, Hurt, Conboy, Wulfkuhle, McBeth, Stull, Reazin fback of Wilsonj, Wilson, Craig, McClure. Seated on floor: Mee, Frowe. Those absent: Buingardner, Baker, Ingram, House, B Smith. Page 8

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DIHEETUHS Whether it's the blare of the caliope or the call to arms, li. M. H. S. answers with flying colors, and this year they're red, white, and blue. Under the leadership ot' the student council with a new defense superstructure the students are falling into line for defense. The general organization of the council remained un- changed. The representatives of advisory periods still met in Room 108 under the guidance of Miss Davenport and Mr. Bailey. Max Falkenstien, president and chair- man of the service committee, served with the able as- sistance of Viee-President Stan Stockton, who headed the committee to arrange assemblies. Proceedings were kept up to the minute by Secretary Vera Margaret Hurt.. Bob Bayles, senior representative, kept social activities in a whirl, while Hugh Bayles, representative ot' the junior class, attended to the business side as activity ticket manager. Rudy Carl, sophomore representative, was chairman of the publicity committee which keeps us well informed. The War Service Activities of the Student Council con- sisted of five committees, each with a distinct and import- ant function. The Committee to Promote the Sales ot' De- fense Stamps, headed by Rudy Carl, chose March as the month for the drive to increase sales. A premium ten cent stamp was awarded with every two dollar purchase of stamps. The Air Raid Defense Committee, under Stan Stockton, made arrangements for practice drills in- volving only a few rooms at a time. An air raid warden was chosen to patrol each floor. Each advisory class was directed by a room warden, and each room was subdivid- cd into squads. .lane Woestemeyer was chairman of the Student War Service Bureau. This bureau registered every student in regard to his ability to aid in various defense activities. A group ol' student typists selected through this regis- tration and the typing classes acted as registrars in the registration for the thi1'd and fourth drafts February lti. 'llie Committee to promote the Soldiers' Book Collection Campaign, under leadership of Joanna Wagstaff, provided a box in which students might leave books for the Book Campaign. The Junior Red Cross Council was organized to direct the activities of inembe1's of the Junior Red Cross in ll. M. H. S. with Annette Bigelow, chairman. The principal project for the year which involved only if I the students of the school gi was the revision of the point system, particularly in re- Il' X . gard to student activities. The committee in charge of this work was directed by Stanley Nelson. The Student Council, a true legislatuve body in a democratic institution, keeps abreast ol' the times, at the Nl - El f LY ti emi: ,.,,1,',,,, head ot' the parade. Here They Are-Most of Them-Mr. Bailey, left, and Miss Davenport, right, both standing, in the foreground, left, Max Falkenstien, president and Vera M. Hurt, secretaryg around the table, left to right, are Rudy Carl, Bob Bayles, Dick Wagstaff, Stan Stockton and Hugh Bayles. Others in the group are: Bob Ellsworth, Rosemary Aucha1'd, Anabel Keeler, Calvin Dresser, Patsy Creel, Maxine Hunter, Don McConnell, Annette Bigelow, Elsie Mullin, David Jones, Edwin I.ongnecker, Josephine Starliper, Carl Baker, Mary Greene, Kenneth Hickman, Elger Talley, Harry Crisp, Virginia Hazlett, Don Jones, Carol Foster, Phil Stockton, Norma Raber, Ruth Clayton, Ernestine Nutting, Lester DeWees0. Nancy Nevin, Mary Holtzclaw, Eddie Fritz, Patsy Miller, Frieda NVray, Helen Dean Collins, Betty Moore, Muriel Rod- gers, Dean Gibson, Ba1'ba1'a McBeth, Frances Mee, Joan Clough, Gerald Campbell, Mary Peterson, and Jimmy Anderson. Page 7

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DEP HTMENT THE B BEET HANDHILL NUR ga: saw of Me am Our Service to the School highlight was the preparation of names for the Service Flag an arrangement of stars and members on the background. As we go to press 320 graduates and former students are the school's Roll of Honor in World War 2. The committee in charge of this work are: Eunice Hoover, Virginia Austill, Violet Carr, Mildred Hack and Donald Messer. Publicity and more publicity . Not the bill board type-the news type interests students in newspaper Journalism who work on the Budget. A Circus performance may be witnessed about any Friday when the Budgets come out. 'tWho's the who's today? Who's performing now? Is he ever a Clown! Comments before and during the Circus-getting out the Budget-are passed around among the staff. Studying ethics of news gathering, as well as the science of it, gives b-ack- ground and knowledge as gathered from the best daily papers and reference books in the Publications Department. A Junior Red Cross publicity board was formed with Joanna Wagstaff, chairman, and Joan Gibbons, editor. They are serving the school and the community in publicity stories, besides their other Budget activities on the business staff. Selma Beil has served as artist and assistant exchange editor. A study of photography, typography, and the various engraving processes is covered, as far as time permits, after the study of the newspaper makeup, style, and service. George Ward Editor-in-Chief First Semester Betty Jane Anderson Editor-in-Chief Second Semester Eloise Basom Managing Editor Barbara Ewing Make Up Editor Don Messer Associate Editor Joanna Wagstaff Business Manager Charles Taylor Dick Thompson Advertising Managers The Staff and one of the projects they p1'esented-Book Week. Seated, left to right: Boil, Willer, Kennedy, Carr, Hack, Greene. On the floor, Green and Reed. Standing, left to right, Anderson, Farley, Basom, Ewing, E. Hoover I-Iunsinger, Rood, Wagstatf, Messer, Bellinger, Biggs Cin striped blousej, and Austill. Absent on business were: Taylor Volger, Buerman, Pennell, Gibbons, Thompson, Kiser, Hall and Schnider. as iv Serta mlicr iMi'io Seek iaxxvreiicc . Page 9 s