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

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FINISHED A GOOD BEGINNING N SEPTFMBER 1 1943 we sopl1omo1es en teled the l1alls of MHS to enloll fo1 ou1 soph 0111010 vc Il of school In ou1 mllld was cu11os1ty 1nd '1nx1ety COIlC9lIllIlg the futu1e envy of and 1dm11'1t1on fo1 tl1ose JllIll0lS and sen1o1s who w Llked uound w1tl1 that co11f1dent feehng and we may exen say a COIlC9lT,6d an Maybe tl1ey a1e 111st1f1ed now though All tlnough ou1 l1fe IH JUDIOI h1gh school we he 11d about the p1on1 klllg and queen the Blue M queen tl1e Blue M tl1e pa1t1es and tl1e plays and the IfI1l1IIb of gOll1g out w1tl1 a football Il6l0 and the 11110115 1et111t1es eonneeted wlth tl1e l1fe of a student 111 MHS Up lllllll tl11s yea1 we have had to t1ke the b1ck seat 111 all of these affa11s We had el1ee1ed tl1e football p1aye1s but we l1ad no pa1 LlLllI Ll DLISOXIZLI 1nte1est 111 them Of cou1se we would l11ve had tl1at 1nte1est lf tl1e chance had been QIVCII us but we w e1e 11ot so fo1tunate so we 16111 11ned Just .ndent ICUHIICIS f1om tl1e s1de hnes We watched tl1e uppe1 classmen put on the plays play basketb 111 hstened to them talk of the pa1t1es but 11ot u11t1l tl11s yea1 we1e we fo1tunate enough to ttke pa1t 111 these affa11s But begmnmg on Septembu 6 1943 we 11-rally we1e on tl1e f1ont 10W 111 the 11ea1t of the act1x1t1es Afte1 l1f1w111g, emolled we we11t to ou1 classes fo1 6 We eyed ftll those tall b1oad shouldeled sen1o1 boys to say notlnng of tl1e sl1o1t ones 01.11 l1ea1t eunl up 111 ou1 LIllO'1L5 when they smxled at us 1nd '1 few of us developed butte1fl1es 1n ou1 stom aeh Ot 1011189 ou1 boy f11ends we1e g1v1ng the tue to tl1e se111o1 gn ls too We all had ou1 t11als and t11bul1t1o11s that f11st day but IL was 1eally fun To st 11t tl1e yen off llgllt many of us Jolned tht H1 Y and G R. o1gan1zat1ons fOl a yea1 of good wholesome D1 OSI uns both entextalnlng and educa LIODTI F1on1 ou1 sopl1omo1e class seve1al of next ye Ll s le Idblb fo1 tl1e Gul RESGIVCS and H1 Y WSIS ehosen E CHOSE as ou1 le'1cle1s fo1 0111 fnst yea1 B111 D1ly DIPSICIGIII, W1lly Whltney v1ce p1es1de11t llld Maxnn Yenxwlne see1eta1y LICHS lllll LILEI 111 tl1e yefu B111 Dalv mox ed to Wash mgton D C so Wally Wh1tney was act1ng p1es1 dent Rep1ese111111g, us 011 the Student Councll we1e JOIlll Busenb 1111 1nd Don BLlSl,9l wl1o was elected to leplue Betty Sue W11son who moved away B111 Slddens a xeal swell guy left fo1 tl1e navy Clllllllg the f11 st se1neste1 On Oetobe1 '73 two o1gan17at1ons tl1e G R and H1 Y p1ese11ted tl1e11 annual play Slxteen 1n August Tl1e cast was ably suppo1ted by fou1 of ou1 sop11omo1es namely Sl111ley Kmg Pat11c1a Nel son A1v1lla Johnson and Ehzabeth Pe1k1ns On Nove1nbe1 20 we attended 0111 fllst P1gsk111 Plom Boy was 11,6161 swell' T111s was to chmax ou1 supe1 pe1fect football season that well neve1 fo1get It was a p1og1am dance and du11ng Intel m1ss1on tl1e k1ng and queen Well c1owned M1ll1e Dom1no and Bob S1aek 56111018 we1e g1ven the l1ono1s but we l1ad fou1 f1ne klds f1o1n ou1 class 111 tl1e 1unn1ng They we1e Ma1y Ahce Bolen and I1ma Lee S1monton fOl quz en and L D Compton and John BLISSDIJRIIKI fo1 kmg On the evenmg of Decembe1 11 ou1 l1ome 1oom motl1e1s sponso1ed a pa1ty fo1 us We 11 Ld '1 g1eat tlme 1111916 also danelng and playmg games Leap yea1 w as at last made evldent on tl1e mght of Feb1ua1y 12 We guls 1eal1y l1ad ou1 cl1ance and dont tlllllk we d1dnt glVe those fellas tl1e 1un ZLIOUIICI T11 it was a n1gl1t to 1emembe1 It ce1ta1nly was w1tl1 ou1 l1elp that the l11gl1 scl1ool as a w l1ole exceeded tl1e11 va1 1ous Wal bond quot ts and we also cont11b11ted to the school sp111t UR ANINUAL sop11omo1e pa1ty was l1eld on Ap11l 20 and It too was '1 success AS1d6 f1om tl1e danees held afte1 basketball and football games ou1 soc1al 11v1ng D1 Ogl am 1n hlgh school was te1m1nated by the Blue M s1gnatu1e dance Even though 1t may sound l1ke we danced and we11t to pa1t1es all the t1me we 1eally d1dnt We stuched and Clammed f01 tests and fmals we have t11ed to make plans fOl ou1 f11t111e and have Cel ta1nly tl 1ed to be an asset to tl1e scl1ool Many of ou1 3611101 boys tl1at we have admued and talked about w III be gomg out on all of the battle f1onts of the wo11d the 1un1o1s may leaxe us ln the same fasl11on but we ce1t'11nly l1ope tl1at they wont haye to At a11y 1ate well be l1e1e to wel come any and all of you back to the l1alls of MHS We a1e golng to t1y to keep up ou1 good wo1k IH 1na1x1ta111111g ou1 school as the one tl1at you l1ave made lt We1e su1e tl1at we along w1tl1 tl1e Jun 1018 w1ll keep It golng and make 1t tl1e swell place fo1 next yea1 s SODIIOIHOICS that you l1ave made 1t fo1 us In closmg we wo11ld l1ke to say that we w1sl1 you all the luck ID the wo11d and please 1emembe1 we ll be back l1e1e 1001lI1g fo1 you Come see us any t1me ou1 d00lS w1ll be ope11 to you God bless you fellas and gals' O 0 1 , , ' ' ' ' ' Q , ' ' ' I 1 I f, . . .1 1 1 I V 1 1 -I ' , ' 1 I H V . ,Z . . 1 ' v 1 1' .' . 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A 'T S-' 5 JAL. A 1 1 11 v lllVll N uc D1 un 1 1 1 L 111 n nu M11111, 1 OND I Nl 1 1 ll mu 1 H11 kmr, l N11 r H1rr1 r 1 N11 1 111 I mpg l11ll11t11l111 Nl ryVNh1tn USING A FUNDAMEN TAL FREEDO IGHPOINT of the year of 1943 44 was on Feb ruary twenty frfth when the Journalrsm classes celebrated the twenty flfth year of publr catron of the Mentor wrth a ten page Srlver Annr versary edrtron There were other speclal edrtrons rncludrng an extra for the C K L football cham pronshrp Chrrstmas and the Tormentor the Aprrl Fool edrtron They also publrshed a srx page pamphlet durrng Educatron Week Next to the Annrversary Edrtron whrch was plan ned weeks rn advance the hrghlrght of the year was the publrcatron of the Blue M Numerous ac trvrtres were worked out to rarse money to rmprove the Blue M over prevrous years These 1ncluded a dance after a basketball game sellrng tlckets on commrssron sellrng prctures from past Blue Ms a rummage sale srgnrng the Whrte M and a play presented dur rng actrvrty perrod Everyone worked at these varrous enterprrses wrth the result that they were an overwhelmrng success Another b1g Job was keeprng the ser vrce 11st Re cent graduates of MHS each week recerved a Men tor whrclr rncluded a column tellrng what other S6lV1C6 men were dorng and rf possrble where they were Keeprng the lrst of men and their ad dresses was made more drffrcult because they were be1ng moved around a great deal In an attempt to clarrfy these drffrcultres the Journalrsm classes 1n co operatron mth the pr rncrpal superrntendent and the pr rntrng and 'nt departments sent out Chrrstmas cards rn December and rncluded a ques tronnarre askrng rf the Mentors vsere berng received Agarn thrs vear 10111 nalrsm attr acted enough students to Justrfy tuo classes In the publrcatron of the Mentor our future Journalrsts were grven ex perrence rn exercrsrng the fundamental freedom of the press Publrcatron was alternated between the classes for greater effrcrency and to drvrde the work more equally among students Edrtorshrp was passed around among the students each one edrt rng at least one page under the drrectron of a board ot publrcatron made up of tv1o students from each class They v1ere grx en expeuence rn all phases of newspaper work On March f11 st Mrss M11 ram Dexter took a posr t1on at Kansas State College be1ng replaced as Mentor sponsor and Journalrsm teacher by Mrs Elrzabeth Ellrson However Mrss Dexter sponsored the Blue M In addrtron to all the extra money makrng actrv rtres there were the regular Blue M sales Blue M Queen contest Blue M assembly and the Srgnature Party The Srgnature Par ty was the clrmax of the year for the Journalrsm students the Blue M s were out . - - 1 , ff N X N . he 4 5 1 X 1 K 7 A - , 1 . 1, A , G ,V 1 qi. l Ii. 1 v 1 1 ,ll 5 1 V' ' T - f ' X 1 Tl fl Vi' I .f l A ' V X . .2 . K K s 5 1 .1 . f Y g .- J x ' , 1! V. 1 ,. ii' A K : gb . I Q. I la. ,I s , 1 1... -1 . 1 .sf ' 1 - ls., , 'gl Qi... 1 1 - . r u h V 'I , . I 'I. I .kg . ' K .' 1 r 14- , iq -' . L ' 11 - ' If gy' lokfg . f Q. A i x . I 'I U i , . t L. 1 I i , K knri as gt ' ' ,1 ' f .- if - I 1 1 . ' f Q , , -1. , ,. , f-4 X .- 'l'Ol' l' Nlilr. S1-1-111111 Rowf-W'z lt1-rs. W'ls11n, lin ' -lu, , 1, '1-s, S111-11s1v11, M rs, l'Illis1n1, Miss D1-x11-1', .'1': -I , -11 1 , l lt'lll-IIK. Fi 'st Row Bl: ssvy, M 'I. '11, D0 111111, S14 ' , '1-1', VY: llu-V. H1-1-al. ll1sl11-1-p. Slit' 'A 'II,. Sv -111111 R1111' VY 'l1s11-r, Schibh-1', Kim-1', Esvhv I rg. H:1wI1-3. H111 11111. G111-1'1':11l. ll1-s, C11 11'11, ' ' vh , Allen. D1':1y1-1', S y 1-, 1 's. Fi sl R,lHV'GilI0, Petrich, Sz1l1'1-11, l'111't1-1'. A1111-11, .' -1-1-1111, li1'1-11-1-1', lil 11: 1-s, v lf- 1r , 1- 11 , '1- 1- -s1v1. 11 in pi1-l111'1- lla 11 , ' ' 1-y. n u A ' u ' V C ' . n 1 - ' I .' . . 1 ' . - ' - . .' ' - ., -' . .K 1- . . . ' . . . . ' ' ' , I - 1 u ' ' A4 ' Y! .' . . . Y u' w Q' I v ' . ' 1 I I '. ' .- , . . ' v, ' 1 1 ' I ' 'V I 1 I ' , 1 v n v v y ' - 7 I I ' ' 1 ' u ' 1 ' Y .. . . . , . . . Y ' .