Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Speech Club Has Fir st: Year Under the able direction of our sponsor, Mr. Weldy, the Speech Club completed its very first year successfully. Our officers, Bob Mandly, President; Martha Moore, Treasurer; and Lorraine Schmidt, Secretary, had their hands full organizing eager youngsters into experi- enced debaters. As a member of the Calumet Forensic League we participated in its activ- ities every Tuesday night. They include debate, radio announcing, poetry reading, extem- poraneous speaking, humorous declamation, dramatic declamation, oratorical declamation, and original oratory. Other activities staged by the Speech Club were a Christmas play entitled, The Mid- night Clear and an amateur program with prizes given to the winners. “Now Listen!’

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Camera Club Gets New Darkroom The Camera Club of Merrillville High School started its fourth year with the following officers: Roy Shannon, President; David Fryer, Secretary-Treasurer; Dave Bookwalter, Vice-President. The new dark room in the Science Room is being equipped and will be a modern up to date room for developing and printing as well as enlarging. The program, mostly furnished by the Eastman Kodak Co., was as follows: October 27 — Introduction to picture making. November 22 — Making pictures people like. December 22 — Photography in criminal investiga- tions. January 26 — Night, photography. February 23 — Print Analysis I. March 30 — The Master Series. April 27 — Tips on Kodachrome and Kodacolor. “Smile”

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“Sunshiners Enjoy Sun.” Junior Sunshine Organized With love in my heart, forgetting self and with char- ity for all, I will make the object of my life helpfulness and kindness to others. I shall try to fit myself to give intelligent service in making my community a safer and more beautiful place in which to live. Thus will my own life become rich and complete, is the creed of the Sunshine Society. This year we have 60 members and the girls that have served under our able sponsor. Miss Grace Gar- mong, are: President, Bonnie Lindborg; Vice-President, Barbara Mitchell; Recording Secretary, Delores Don- danville; Corresponding Secretary, Judy Nearing; Treasurer, Dorothy Rastovski. The Sunshine motto is Others ; flower, the yellow ro e; emblem, the rising sun and the colors yellow and white. We started our social season in October wiih our formal initiation of 36 new members. We journeyed to Flora for our district convention. For Thanksgiving, the girls made bas- kets and distributed them to the needy families of the community. At Christmas we made apple Santa Clauses for the children at the Parramore Hospital. As a new project for our school this year, we organized a Junior Sun Ray club for eighth grade girls with the Sunshine girls as their sponsors. It was a great success and was enjoyed by both clubs. We held a paper drive, our second annual Sock Hop, and a rose sale. In March we went to New Haven for our State Convention. The girls entertained their Mothers Ideal Ladies at a banquet in April. We closed the year with a picnic in honor of the Senior girls in the club. Page Twenty-Nine