Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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THE STAMP CLUB 1 hr Merrilville Stamp Club has now been organizer! four years with Mr. Houchin as its sponsor. In the first three years, the club s membership was limiter! to boys only, but this year anyone who attends the Merrillville I ligh School and is inter- ested in philately may join. During the past year the club boasted forty members. I he club is organized for the purposes of ( 1 ) promoting general knowledge of stamps and the bobby of stamp collecting together with the arts and sciences related to it; (2) aiding members in increasing their collections by exchange, auction, etc.. (■ ) promoting good fellowship among the members by social entertainment. 1 he officers of the club were: President, Caro! Pierce; Vice-President. Lynn Harris; Secrelary- I reasurer. Irene Beneake. 1 be club met every other W ednesday during the thirty minute activities period. “M” CLUB The M Club was organized at the lirst of this school year. Its membership consisted of twenty boys and girls who have earned major “M’s” in athlet ics. The purpose of the club as stated in the con- stitution is to foster athletics and develop the proper school spirit and attitude throughout the student body of the school and throughout the community. The club bad complete charge of the sale ol season ba sketball tickets and made a success of ibis campaign. The officers of the club were IJoyd Saager, President: ( rank Henderson, Vice-President; and Virgil Monroe. Secretary ! reasurer. Mr. Robinson was faculty advisor. TIES [l“]

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BAND and ORCHESTRA COMMERCIAL CLUB BAND AND ORCHESTRA The hand and orchestra was under the di- rection of Mrs. Ralph Fades. The orchestra, the older of the two groups, consisted of the fol- lowing members: Lejune Schwall, piano: Dorothy Busselhurg, John Saylor, Fdward Niksch, Dora Roberts, Irene Beneake. violins: Gerald W’eiler, Edward Schoppel, Dorothy Klusmeyer, Dorothy Henderson, Bernice Harms, John Hasprunar, trumpets: Cora Roberts, Rutb Struebig, Jean Her- shey. trombones: Marcella Kl emn. drums: I lerman I (arms, Frank 1 lenderson, clarinets. I he band wh ich was formed last year has made much progress in the last year. It consisted of the same members as the orchestra with the ex- ception of the violins and piano. Billy Bowrnin, drums: John Saylor, tuba; Lejune Schwall, clari- net. COMMERCIAL CLUB The Commercial Club has been in existance about eight years although it had not been form- ally organized until this year with Miss M. Fried- rich as our advis or. The aim of this organization is to further its member s knowledge in the field of business. Only junior and senior girls who participated in some Commercial subject were allowed to become members. The club took field trips to the near-by firms and county institutions or had a representative of a company explain a certain phase of the busi- ness world, (in January 0, our club had a joint meeting with the 1 lobart C ommercial Club. Tbe officers for tbe past year were: Presi- dent, Ellen Harper; Vice-President, Barbara Scbmidt; Secretary-Treasurer, Johanna Smith. Our colors were red and white, and our motto was Rowing, Not Drifting. A C T I V [lo]

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LITERARY CLUB LITERARY CLUB 1 he Literary Club was organized for those who are interested in studying the various types of literature. It is joined both for pleasure and for the knowledge gained. 1 he purpose of the club is to enlighten the members on present day writers. Writers like Kdna St. Vincent Millay, John Masefield, ( hristopher Morley. 1 1. G. Wells, I liegh Walpole, Rose Macaulay. Joseph C. Lin- coln, Sinclair Lewis, and Willa Gather were con- sidered. Among the many topics discussed were journ- alism, historical fiction, novels, essays, short stories, biographies, poetry, contemporary humor, the using of libraries, drama and motion pictures, modern problems, the writing of letters, and hob- bies. I he Literary Club was organized one year ago with Mr. McAllister acting as sponsor. There were ten members in the club. The club took pride in the quality of its members rather than the quantity. I he officers of the club were as follows: President, Johanna Smith; Vice-President. Dor- tha fleiny; Secretary- 1 reasurer, Virginia Daven- port. LATIN CLUB The purpose of this Latin Club is to broaden the members understanding of the life of a Ro- man in order to appreciate his views of literature, religion, architecture, sculpture, art, business, etc., and thus gain a more universal outlook. The Club has been in existence all last year, but it was fully organized the first of this year. J here were twenty members in this club. Last year the club celebrated Christmas alter a Roman fashion. It also had a Valentine meet- ing at which the Sybil told fortunes. The mem- bers dramatized mytbs, learned about the life of Virgil from slides obtained from Indiana Uni- versity. and learned other interesting facts. Dur- ing the past year the members of the club learned Latin songs and soap carving. They also pre- sented a Latin play. LATIN CLUB