Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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HI-Y Officers — Mr. Boettner, Sponsor; Jack Ayers, Treasurer; Richard Clark, Chaplain; Dick Henderson, President; Robert Metcalf, Sgt. at Arms; Lyle Thomas, Vice-President; Ed Shipley, Secretary. It is the purpose of Hi-Y to create, maintain and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character. The colors of the organiza- tion are red representing Americanism and red-blooded manhood, blue standing for loyahty to all Hi-Y ideals, gold which is for ihe richness of ideals when practiced, and white symbolizing the Christianity and purity represented by the cross at the center of the emblem. Clean speech, clean scholarship, clean athletics, and clean liv- ing comprise the platform upon which Hi-Y functions. The Hi-Y in our school has been working over-time to make school life more interesting. The activities have been both functional and recreational. In the early part of the school year, the new members of Hi-Y were suggested by the active mem- bers, approved by the teachers and announced to the student body. At an impres- sive candle-light ceremony the officers of Hi-Y installed new members. At the time of this induction, Dick Henderson was president; Lyle Thomas, vice president; Ken- neth Walter, secretary; Jack Ayers, treasurer; Richard Clark, chaplain; and Robert Metcalf was sergeant-at-arms. Since that time, Kenneth Walter has gone to the Army Air Corps and Ed Shipley has been elected secretary. George Boettner is the sponsor of the organization. Thirty

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THE MIRROR Seated — Nancy Kleinschmidt, Marjorie Reed, Glenna Lauer, Carol Smith. Standing — Marian Lennertz, Cecelia Krieter, Donna Mae Bush, Joyce Hockett, Rita Franz, Andrew Sokol, Corinnc Hoppe, Frank Thomas, Miss Knoche, Richard Lentz, Dorothy Keilman, Mary Jo Komasinski, Mary Ruth Taylor, Eleanor Fossey, Jack Woodland, and Evelyn Maihofer. “Freedom of Speech” is exercised by this organization for the purpose of uniting the students in thought, word, and deed. It has been the plan of the “Mirror’s” pub- lications to portray life at Merrillville by keeping up with the activities and social events during the school year. In the process of going to press bi-monthly the following people could be seen hurrying about collecting interesting bits of news: Glenna Lauer was our very capable editor, and Carol Smith was her assistant; Marjorie Reed had the task of writing an editorial column; Joyce Hockett was Society Editor; Mary Ruth Taylor and Evelyn Maihofer, Feature Editors; Jack Woodland, Art Editor; Business Mana- ger, Marian Lennertz; Editors of Sports, Andy Sokol and Frank Thomas; Jokes, Dorothy Keilman; Gossip, Nancy Kleinschmidt; Typists, Richard Lentz, Cecelia Krieter, Eleanor Fossey, and Corinne Hoppe; Mimeographers, Donna Mae Bush and Rita Franz; Proofreader, Mary Jo Komasinski. We correspond with other schools, and copies of the “Mirror” are sent regularly to students now in the Service. Our rating as a newspaper is “A” as was last year’s and as a whole the year was very successful. Twenty-Nine

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MEMBERS Seated — Bill Adank, Frank Rogas, Bernard Thomas, William Metcalf, Roland Piske, and Kenneth Homeier. Standing — Richard Lentz, Willard Schafer, Frank Willy, Ralph Kleinsorge, and Frank Thomas. In an effort to aid in beautifying the school, the club painted the cafeteria dur- ing Thanksgiving vacation. The boys fixed the score-board in the gym so that it would be possible for spectators at the games to “know the score.” In order that people might find the school more easily, the sign on Broadway was repainted. To provide recreational activity for the student body, several “sock-dances” have been sponsored by Hi-Y. The Christmas dance was a Hi-Y project and was a most successful one. The novel arrangement of a lighted Christmas tree in the middle of the floor attracted the attention of the dancers. An Invitational party was held in January with a variety of entertainment including ping pong, card games, checkers, Chinese checkers, and dancing. Refreshments were served late in the evening. Also in January, the Hi-Y and the Sunshine Society w r ent into Gary to the Y.M.C.A. to take charge of the evening’s entertanment at the “Golden Nugget,” a high school recrea- tional center. The club meetings are held once a week during activity period. State and na- tional affiliation helps the Hi-Y members to make plans. A district convention in South Bend, Indiana, attended by a group of our Hi-Y members, proved to be in- teresting and a stimulation to activity in our group. Thirty-One