Macomb High School - Spiderweb Yearbook (Macomb, IL)

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BIOLOGY CLUB BIOLOGY CLUB Our Biology Club, which consists of about fifty members, is, perhaps, our largest organization. During the past year, the members held various contests in pistol and rifle shooting, as well as fly-casting and bait-casting in the way of fishing. They have also banded birds, and taken several field trips. The Club has also obtained speakers who gave talks that proved to be very interesting. The officers are: President—Wallace Reed Secretary-Treasurer—Esther Patton Vice-Presdient—Irene Delbridge Advisor—S. M. Bishop VAGABOND CLUB The Vagabond Club is one of the oldest and most successful organizations in Macomb High School. There are over fifty members in the club. It is under the able direction of Mrs. Good. The officers are: President—Mary Lou Seeger Secretary-Treasurer—Mary Marjorie Watson Vice-President—John DeRosa Program Chairman—Maurice Arnold One of the most important features of the Club's work during the year was the presentation on February 11, of three one-act plays, His Majesty Sleeps, The Lord's Prayer, and Dress Reversal. - { Page 25 k -

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THEJHI-Y CLUB The Hi-Y Club is an organization which is sponsored and supervised by Mr. Ekstrand, Mr. Wilmeth, and the Western Illinois District Young Men's Christian Association. The purpose of the club is to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character. The club's slogan is the following: Clean athletics, clean speech, clean scholarship, and clean living. The club is divided into many committees, namely: education, physical, devotional, service, program, and camp. The program committee has featured many interesting speakers at the meeiings this year. Among them were: Dr. Chappelear, William Harris, Dr. Hartman, Mr. Gumbart, and Brinton Sullivan. The club officers are as follows: President—Norman Davis Secretary—Joseph Hemp Vice-President—John Roark Treasurer—Owen Jones DEBATE CLUB The Debate Club, was organized early in the fall, with Maurice Arnold, President; James Kaufman, Vice-President; and Helen Louise Snyder, Secretary-Treasurer. The purpose of the Debate Club is to sponsor the social life of the debate sguad and provide financial backing for the materials used by the debaters, and traveling expenses. The debate season was opened with a debate with Monmouth, and closed with the District Tournament at Western. During the season, Maurice Arnold, Florence Crowe, and Helen Louise Snyder debated negative, with James Kaufman, John Campbell, Robert Pollock, and Peggy Mason debating affirmative. Page 24 }• -

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LIBRARY CLUB U SPEED WRITING CLUB tti LIBRARY CLUB The Library Club is composed of all the students who are librarians in our school library. The club was organized two years ago, as a means of controlling the library in a more orderly and uniform manner. The meetings are spent in discussing the problems met each week by the librarians in conducting the library. The officers of the club are: President—Martha Jane Shields Vice-President—Waneta Heaton Secretary—Wilma Morgan SPEED WRITING CLUB The Speed Writing Club, composed of about a dozen members, is under the able leadership of Miss Johnston. It was first organized this year to teach students who are not taking or can not take shorthand during their four-year course, enough about it to assist in note taking. Officers: President—Mary Ixiuise Noel Vice-President—Katherine Burke Secretary-Treasurer—Maxine Livingston - ►( Page 26