Manhattan High School - Blue M Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Aldou Dunm l- 1 nt: n Hayl tt Holly. bu Art YI Brscom l'ng.,le I all I I urm rn Distinguished Service HIS year twenty three members of the Senror Class were elected to the Natronal Honor Socrety These students were selected on a basrs of therr qualrtres rn scho'arsh1p leadershrp character and ser vrce 'Ihey were chosen from a group made up of the upper thrrd of the class F1 rday Aprrl srxteenth was the date chosen for the assembly honorrng these Senrors Mr Brshop rntroduced the members and congratulatrons to the group Patt Farrman ercpressed for the entrre group and rndrcated the feeling of the when she sald that they were gorng out to meet the extended hrs apprecratron Senror class world Chrn up to glve rt all we ve got' The Rev C T Brewster egatronal Church was the guest speaker on the pro of the Cong gram and hrs speech was based on the rdea that now more than ever tne students should keep therr moral standard hrgh M Brewster congratulated the members of the socrety and urged them to contrnue to uphold the rdeals that made them outstandrng rn hrgh school Aprrl twenty fust the Natronal Honor Socrety members and then parents we e guests at a receptron held rn the study hall M Brshop was the toastmaster and Mr Bergman admrnrster ed the oath Lourse Teeter gave a vocal solo and thrs was followed by a speech of apprecratron by Brll Hofsess rn whrch he expressed the thought that the Natronal Honor Socrety rn wartrme would mean more to the students and that rt must serve as the frrst of the honors whrch would follow But he also added that Uncle Sam can out bld any unrversrty rn the country for servrce Ruth Hodgson p ayed a prano solo and then the address was grven by the Rev B A Rogers Mr Rogers stressed the cooper atron of groups workrng together protectrng the weaker members A pornt system dete mrnes the apporntments to the Natronal Honor Socrety The members are selected from the upper thrrd of the class The grade pornts of these students are doubled thus emphasrzrng scholarshro Frfteen per cent of the Senror class those who have the hrghest number of polnt become the members of thrs natronal organrzatron It rs consrdered a drstrnct honor as well as a responsrbrlrty to become a member and one that students work hard for Membershrp rn the Natronal Honor Socrety rs not a reward for thrngs done but a suggestron of how much more ought to be done by those who possess scholarshrp leadershrp servrce and character Darby 2 H rrp r I t it IQ Snrrlh tr V y l 'rug ll 17

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Yovull 7arger Zentv llmmuman Ilummmr Morlarltx em tabs 4Cont1nued f1om Page 'Il Oux sen1o1 yea1 was d1ffe1ent too We notlced lt f1om the f11st We notlced lt by the shop couxses belng offexed fox guls we notlced 1t by the new k1dS 1n the school and the old ones that were not we noticed xt by a hunched thmgs but we tr1ed not to let It bother us A1 ound Thanksglvlng the t1me we a111V6d at school was changed from 8 15 to 9 00 to accommodate the centlal war t1me wh1ch made 1t so ve1y dalk when we wexe supposed to stalt to school We dldnt change back unt1l Malch Howevex all of that dldn t altex the enthuslasm w1th whlch we attacked ou1 yeally electlons W elected Pat Dunne Cal ohne Peme and Royce Pence to lead us but there again the changes caught up Wlth us At the end of the sem ste1 Pat and Rozz started off wlth several othels to get ln as much college llfe as posslble before departlng fox the a1my Thls t1me 1t was Norman Johnson and Bob Qulnlan who stepped ln to f1ll the gap and ve1y n1cely they dld too We dldn t attend as many out of town games as tue and gas 1at1on1ng we1e playlng havoc wlth Joy udmg but ou1 teams went on pelhaps not to vlctoxy always but they were mxghty good We went to the 1 gulax pa1t1es and they were f1ne All the t1me we kept heaung f1om boys ln the 61 v1ce so the Jouxnallsts declded to keep a lecoxd of all the alumnl and alumnae Yes alumnae too as the WAAC s, WAVES and Maunes wexe g1OW1Ilg fast 1nto blg 01gal'11Z3.tl0I1S When the 11st was paltlally completed, the home ec classes made huge se1v1ce flags to hang ln the audltouum 16 NA YOVVPII G R Q F Comm Mem l Hr o rm m x I nt QRY IAIU I'Il not rx n rx I xlrlo IC 1 1 t NAID IINII Stotldxlt H b 2 In rl ORD IIMMIRMAN ll R I 1 Intern L Llum J na xc: n ra Cum lx PI UMMI R WI tmr rlland II nm 'S Q 4 bchollr u In rx EDWARD MORIARITY Football 2 S 4 Itra 2 3 A us 3 S Nav VO IICTLRL ARFHUR AIIILN Broad Rlpple High School Indlana 9 Decatur Hugh School III 3 Robed Cholr 3 GAI I' IARRILII Gym Pxhllxlt 2 Essay wlnner 3 4 Men tor Blue M taf We kept on sel11ng stamps and bonds and 1n one campalgn we sold a couple of Jeeps worth For that we got Jeeps to come over from the folt and we could pulchase a 11de for a dollar s wolth of wal stamps It was a novel expeuence fox most of us then Plobably lt IS an old sad stoly to some of you by now FTER All that was done thele was stlll one lm portant duty left to pex form It was the sad dest duty of all the saddest duty we had evel had It had suddenly become necessaly to keep a 11st not only of those among us who had left for duty but also those who had glven then llves It was a sad day when the eyex lengthemng Honox Roll was placed ln the hall One of the names on the Roll befole the yeal was over was that of Ph1l Gould Dramatxcs Coach and Flyer But golly we had l1ghte1 t1mes too Nothmg could have been llghter than the H1 Y G R play The Very Lxght Brlgade or the Senlol play What a Llfe We had a good t1me puttmg on those productlons and they came out swell W had a keen Senlor Jun1o1 too It was a barn dance We called It the Stable Stomp 01 somethlng l1ke that and everyone came ln tacky clothes The Junlor Semor was a rathel mlxed up affalr through no fault of the Jumors The band they had agleed upon was from the Replacement Center They vlolated some lules and we1e confmed to the camp for that nxght The 1esult'J We had the dance the next week and the O1 chestla was leally woxth wa1t1ng fox About the t1me of the dance everyone was get tlng name cards and exchangmg them wlth evely one else A few we ks sped by and the sen1o1 sneak was at hand It was about the most supel Job the SCDIOIS ever pulled too Because of gas 1at1on1ng we had to confme our dlstance coveled to a m1n1 mum, so we went to Ruth Hodgson's falm whlch 4Cont1nued on Page 491 ICI. I., . . 2, 3, flz.. ,. . .AZ lm? Er. Club 2, Il, 4: I'r 2. Ch . 4: Gy E h'I ' 2, 3. I'I'2I '. ll --fl-' Izll 3, 45 I t 1. 2, 3: 'z ' I' l'z1:c: n 2. 3. DO . -Q: - , '. ': t:. 4. CI,II F ', 41 - . . 'r's. 41 fs ' I 2. 3: F01 tl ll II. 41 'l'rz I 2: I t . 2, 3. 4: . I t. 4. .IAC ' ,, 'I f -s I -- . S. 2: H. R. S. C. M- . . : Hi-Y. 2, 3, 4: I . I . A. Clul 3, Q ' 1 shix tests 33 t z. IS. 4. -4 ' , I, Z n . . C ft CI I 3 U. . 'y 4. x V 1- WALTER RICE. JR.fHi-Y 2, 3. 4: Science club 2. 35 , Q4 I .gif . 1 , . . , . l f . 1' 1 ,N I .I ft' Q . ' IL I Y! . 1 . I 1' 1 QE O 1 ' ' . , - 1 1, ' I 1 ' AK . ,, I . . I I I . I . I I ' e . ' ' e . . ' A ' S ty . D I lt Y! , ' , ' ,I , , l . - - Y 1 ' ' 1 I v .CI . . ' Y ' . I . V v. Q . S I ' S . ' y ' . ' ' . . ' ' .

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Captain for 44 UST one mo1e step to go And sen1o1s we w1ll be We re gomg to make a super class I You Just walt and see' M X We are gomg fast X We ale gomg fax Because weve hltched our halness To a l1S1I'1g star H kbs' ERE WE ARE Jun1o1s Just about to step over to be sen1o1s How does It feel'-' Golly lt seems more l1ke yesterday that we wele startmg IH as sophomoles to th1s new h1gh school l1fe But two whole years have sped past and we1e at the polnt of becomlng what we have all looked forwald too flom the beglnnlng SEHIOIS Lets look back a blt though and see what we have done To begln Wlth we elected Ken Wh1tney Dona Jean Plescott and J1m Farlell to head us ln ou1 sophomo1e yeal They dld a 11ght n1ce Job too wxth M1ss Maxley to help them And w1th the add1t1onal a1d of the va11ous commlttees we put on a swell sophomole party Of course we went to the prom too and the basketball banquet and dance And oh we dld the usual stuff served at the Jumox Senxor Jomed clubs had elect1ons and all the othel thmgs that sophomore classes do I suppose we wele not exceptlonal O1 anythlng but we felt we we1e pxetty specxal somehow seemg as how lt was us UT IT IS the Junlor year we are most lnterested 1n The SEHIOIS seem to have queex 1deas about ou1 ab111ty They seem to thmk maybe we wont have an annual next year so they 16 puttmg our 1n d1v1dual p1ctures and a blg wrlte up about us IH the11s Its 11ght DICE of them to do that fox us I suppose but heck well put an annual out next year lf we have to lun lt off on the speed o graph I hope The past yeal wxth M1ss Maxley as oux sponsox we stalted off Wlth a bang electlng a bunch of boys to D18S1d6 ovel us Not only we1e our offl cexs boys but they wexe A 1 football men You rnlght say Ha1old Fleldlng cauxed the ball and Ronnle Webstex and Max Cook lan mtexfelence They scored t1me and agaln for us but the most b11ll1ant 1un was the one that ended smack 1n the m1ddle of the Junlol Sen1o1 18 And as long as we have mentloned the Jumor Senlox wasnt lt a honey? It was too bad about the mlx up whlch made us spllt the banquet and dance but It turned out all 11ght and I kmd of llked It anyway We sponsored other th1ngs too Our Junlor play was swell It was Evex S1nce Eve and there were a lot of good k1ds in It We leally packed em 1n and then we rolled them ln the alsles We we1e also sponsors of another dance the Gold Dlgg61S dance Of coulse we got the ldea flom the Junlors of last yea1' Maybe It w1ll be dance Wh1ch bungs us rlght up to the present and who can say what the future holds for us? So untll then een u, ask dl ' I O I 1, l . '- -. .- I .- ' - l come a tradltion, like the .l3lue MH signature Q ' ' . , Z1 0 .' ' , . I ' -v 3, ' v I 1 ' 1 Q ' .',