Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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The Future Farmers of America The Vocational Agriculture Department forming the F. F. A. is glad to present its work and activities of the past year. The officers of the F. F. A. are as follows: Lovell Green, President; Otto Erbacher, Nice President; Robert Beall, Treasurer; Allan Brotzman, Secre- tary: and Ralph Martin, News Reporter. There are 27 enrolled in the N ocational Agriculture Department of which 1() are F. F. A. members. This is the largest agriculture class in the past five years. Eighteen boys completed projects last year with an average in- come of about $80 per hoy. The Department sent a judging team to Columbus last June. The mem- bers of the team were Lovell Green, Otto Erbacher, Gordon Hejduk and Charles Garret. The team as a whole did not place in the 1st ten, but Otto was 7th in the State General Livestock contest and Lovell was 3rd in the horse judging contest. This year we had a basketball team and played with three other schools in this district. We didn’t lose any games so consider we had a successful season. The Apple and Potato judging team won 2nd place in this district. Walter Ferguson entered the District Public Speaking Contest at Char- don and placed third. Waiter Ferguson ’34 The Caldronette 1934 O Room I Library Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is station M. M. H. S. pre- senting the daily Madison High School Library program. As this is the last time we will be on the air, we wish to summarize our program of the year. Although our library is small, it is gradually growing. We have a variety of books as well as periodicals and an assortment of college catalogues. This year ninety students had cards and drew books. If a book was kept over the alloted time, there was a fine of two cents a day. With this money a new book, “Larry” was bought. This has been very popular with all the readers. During “oration season” the library did a rushing business. There was some very good material in the Literary Digest, Time Magazines, Reader’s Digest, Educational Magazines and Current Histories, all of which have been donated by friends. Most of the books in the library are on the reading list. These books have been used over and over again for book reports. One of the books, “Modern Tales of Canterbury,” was written by mem- bers of the English literature class. It is the last word in Modern poetry. The week following its publication it was the most talked of book in the library. Rita Pitschmann ’34 1 ,, ., . t Librarians Maree Forney .34 seventeen

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 The Caldronette 1934 The Scholarship Club Nine years ago the Lake County Scholarship Club was organized to en- courage high school students to raise their standards of scholarship. The plan seems from all appearances to have been an immense success. At least our Madison Club seems to be increasing its membership each year. A student, to obtain membership in this club, must have an average of 2 A’s and 2 B’s for the last half of the previous school year and the first half of the present School year. If the school does not have enough pupils with this average to make up the necessary 10%, the remainder may be elected by the student body, from pupils having an average of not below' 11-. Madison has twenty five members in the Club this year, and the enrollment of the school is about two hundred and thirty. This is more than ten per cent of the stu- dent body ! A first year member in the Scholarship Club receives a bronze pin, a sec- ond year member a silver pin, and a third year member a gold pin. Any person who receives a gold pin is entitled to life membership in the Lake County Scholarship Club. It is very possible that a person can be a four year member too, but no pin is given in the fourth year. This, however, is no sign that one should not try for four year membership. Those from Madison who are now life members of the Lake County Club are: Marv Louise Adlard, Elton Behm, Katherine Feller, Donald Gardner, Mary Chubb, Helen Stearns, Ruth Ad- lard, Olive Dunlap, Richard Kimball, Mary Warner, Fay Pasco, Mildred Pe- terson, Margaret Wetzel, Elizabeth Quirk, Robert McKechnie, Katherine Ad- lard, Jean McKeith, Alzora Waterman, Elinor Johnson, Caroline Henninge, Betty Mitchell, and Amelia Newby. This year bronze pins were presented to: Ralph Buckles, Charlotte Crum, Barbara Greene, Esther Klasen, Florence Koren, Olga Leopold, Olga Pol- janic, June Strock, Edith Toth, Eleanore Woodworth, Joyce Petsche and Helen Pitschmann. Silver Pins were awarded to: Rupert Atkins, Jean An- derson, Dallas Candy, Adam Febel, Joe Grgat, Theodore Heinrich, Louis Kel- logg, Keith Neuman, and Margaret Quirk. Caroline Henninge, Betty Mit- chell. and Amelia Newby received gold pins this year. Each year it has been the custom to have a banquet for the members of the club and to elect officers. For next year, Betty Mitchell was elected treasurer. The other Lake County officers for next vear are: Junior Silsbv, W ickliffe, President; Elizabeth Hilborn, Perry, Vice President: and Robert Na ville, Willoughby, Secretary. In 1934, Madison asked permission to have the banquet here. The re- quest was granted and everyone thought we did a tine job. Not only were the main items such as entertainment, food, and table-arrangements taken care of, but also the minor details were all thought of. It was really a success and much credit should be given to the officers of Madison’s club and to the home economics classes for co-operating so well. The Madison officers are Caroline Henninge, president; Joe Grgat, vice president; Margaret Quirk, secretary; and Dallas Candy, treasurer. W c hope that the success already met, points tow ard an even greater suc- cess in years to come! Elinor Johnson ’34 sixteen

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The Caldronette 1934 The Glee Club In the latter part of October, Mr. Warner held try-outs, and by the first of November we were organized well enough to begin on simple music. We re- hearse Thursday, Special Period, and Friday, after school. At first we rehearsed various numbers so that we might have a repertoire if the Club were asked for a special program. Later we worked up quite a few numbers for a Christmas program. These were: “God Rest You, Merry Gentle- men,” “Silent Night,” “Carol of the Birds,” and “Closing Hymn.” Mr. Warner and the club members are rehearsing diligently for a future program of importance. This is the annual Music Festival which is held at Painesville. Each club in the county gives two numbers separately, and then as a group, all of the glee clubs sing two numbers. These numbers are: “The Viking Song” by S. Coleridge-Taylor and “A Legend” by Tschaikowsky. The two numbers which we have selected are: “The Vesper Hymn,” a Russian Air, and “Ole Uncle Moon” bv Charles I Scott. We also hope in the near future to give a concert in the place of an operetta. There will be several numbers given at commencement too. The officers and their duties are as follows: 1. Gordon Martin is librarian and Rupert Atkins, assistant librarian. These boys give out the music for each rehearsal. If any members wishes to take any music out, he must see either of these boys. 2. There are three pianists: Robert Miller, first pianist; Loraine Nash, second; and Margaret Quirk, third. 3. The duty of the secretary, Virginia Maltbie, is to take attendance at each rehearsal. If there is to be a special rehearsal, she is to notify the mem- bers of the club. Club Roll: (1st) soprano: Charlotte Avery, Muriel Bates, Virginia Dawson, Gene- vieve Fairchild, Maree Forney, Mary Louise Greenmail, Ragnhild Hall, Eve- lyn Harmon, Caroline Henninge, Elinor Johnson, Helen Keener, Rachel Krause, Virginia Maltbie, Evelyn Miller, Rachel McMackin, Rita Nagy, Rosaline Oster, Rita Pitschman, Victoria Pizzino, Doris Roberts, Gladys Rose, June Strock, Margaret Ward, and Madge Whipple. (2nd) alto: Jean Anderson, Florence Corle, Marjorie Ernst, Georgia Easterbrook, Dorothy Foster, Jane McLean, Loraine Nash, Amelia Newby, Margaret Quirk, and Lucille Wymor. (3rd) tenor: Rupert Atkins, Allen Brotzman, Dallas Candy, Melvin Keener, Louis Kellogg, and Russell Whipple. (4th) bass: Walter Bates, Edward Bond, Harold Dunn, William God- dard, Phillip Greene, Edward Hayler, John Hutchison, Richard Marsh, Gor- don Martin, and George Nagy. Pianist, Robert Miller; conductor, Mr. Gordon Warner. Virginia Maltbie ’3(5 eighteen