Middletown High School - Optimist Yearbook (Middletown, OH)

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1 t Board of Education C. G. CRIST, President DR. J. C. STRATTON, Vice President R. H. SNYDER, Clerk-Treasurer J. L. GLASS SHERMAN PERRY R. W. SOLOMON ...... WADE E. MILLER ......... VERNA W. COMPTON ...,... JEROME C. SCHULZ .,..... KATHLEEN BANKER ..... HELEN L. BARKLEY ...,. E. O. BARR ............ ANNE L. CARMAN ........ FAY CLARK .......,......... THELMA M. CLEVENGER HERMAN J. COPP ,......... MABEL E. ELDRIDGE ..... RUSSELL F. EVANS ...... ROYNER C. GREENE ...... HELEN J. HARTMAN ..... ELEANOR HAUEISEN ...,. GLADYS HOERNER ........, BEss MARIE HOOVER ELMO LINGREL .......... HELEN M. LONG ....... Superintendent Principal .......Dean of Girls Dean of Boys Mathematics History 'Printing Spanish Public Speaking Music English .. Social Science . ..........' . History History . Bookkeeping English English Physical Education Stenography and Typing VEDA MCCRAY .............,...................................... Latin ELIZABETH MCDERMOTT Stenography and Typing MARK MCMILLAN ...........,....,...............,.......,... Physics LILLIE MAIER ............ MILDRED G. MAsON ....... ANNA E. METZLER ........ OMA V. MOOMAW ..... WILBUR C. NEEL ....,.. CLYDE D. PIERSON .,..... SCOTT B. PIERSON ....,.. FLORENCE POWELL ......, Latin Home Economics French Physical Education Bookkeeping Manual Arts Biology Public Speaking GERTRUDE PRICE ..,.................. ..... M athematics ERNESTINE E. ROUDEBUSH ....... ....... E nglish ANNA MARIE SHUMAN ......... ..,.... B iology FOREST H. VALENTINE ,.,.... ...... C hemistry J. F. WINKELMAN ........., ,...... H istory F. LOUISE WOOD ........ English Special Scliolarsliip--Three Years of Work H. W. NAEGELE-Foundation in History: First Honor--Gold Medal .................,...,..,....,,......... Mary L. Jones Second Honor-S5 in Gold ........, .,......, D orothy Louise Singleton Honorable Mention ..,...,......,........,,........,...... Georgia Edna Poulos J. W. AUER-Foundation in Business Practice: First Honor-S10 in Gold .......................... Wilbur Homer Boxwell Second Honor-S5 in Gold .....,........,.......,..... Ruth LaVerne Balser FRANK SIMON--Foundation in Music: First Honor-5510 in Gold .................. Luther Merriwell Morrison Second Honor-S55 in Gold .......,.... ...,......... M ark 0. Kerschbaum JOHN KUNZ--Foundation in Art: First Honor--S10 in Gold .....,. ......,., E dward W. Portsmouth Second Honor fDividedJ- n 82.50 ln Gold ...............,....,.......................... Mildred D. Bloch 32.50 in Gold ..,...,.......,...,,....... Geraldine Roberta Anderson MRS. GEORGE M. VERITY-Foundation in Home Economics: First Honor--S10 in Gold .,....,......,.......,. Doris Elizabeth Kemp Second Honor-S5 in Gold ......,.....,..,.,... Mary Catharine Nickell W. O. BARNITZ-Foundation in Industrial Arts: First Honor--S10 in Gold .......,...............,.......... William Gregory Second Honor--255 In Gold ......,................I.,,......., Frank M. Gray Special Scholarship-Two Years of Work MARY GORDON--Foundation in French: First Honor-3910 in Gold ......................,....,......,........ Marie Sigel Second Honor-S5 in Gold ......................,.,.. Georgia Edna Poulos ALTRUSA CLUB OF MIDDLETOWN-Foundation in Spanish: First Honor fDividedJ- S5 in Gold ,.,...,,......,.,......... ,....I.,....... M argaret Lamson 355 in Gold, I...,.........,..,,..,......,............... Marjory Helen Fisher Second Honor-S5 in Gold .........,............,........ Richard W. Hayes FRANK B. PAULY-Foundation in Economics, Psychology and Bible: First Honor-S10 in Gold ...........,......,,....,..., Julia Betty Morton Second Honor-S5 in Gold ..........,................ Florence B. Ditmyer BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB- Foundation in Business Training: First Honor-S10 in Gold .....,................ Helen Elizabeth Bennett Second Honor-S5 in Gold .........,.............. Mary Catherine Sutphin Contests Z. W. RANCK-Foundation in Spelling: First Honor-S10 in Gold ,.,......,,.,....,....,...... S. Milton Blumberg Second Honor-S5 in Gold .,.,....,..,........ Mary Gertrude Lamphier B. F. HARWITZ-Foundation in Public Speaking: First Honor ....,.......,................,....,. ' .....................,.. Valda Wilkerson Second Honor .,............,......,......,....,........,............... Max B. Russelo Special Honorable Mention fRank in the upper ten per cent, but do not receive any Honor or Prizej Marion Elizabeth Kettenacker Dorothy Faye Radabaugh Helen Mae Frisch

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Honors and Prizes, 1931 The honors have been arranged in the order of preferred groups. A student winning honors in one group is ineligible to receive honors in another, except in the groups won by contest and election. These honors were given public mention and the prizes presented at the Recognition Service held Wednesday morning, June 10. Election CHARLES R. HOOK---Foundation in Citizenship: First Honor for Girls-S15 in Gold ....,.,.....,......... Frances Schomer Second Honor for Girls-S10 in Gold ,................. Valda Wilkerson First Honor for Boys-S15 in Gold ..,....,..........s. Robert E. Getter Second Honor for Boys-S10 in Gold .............i Richard W. Hayes General Scholarship-All Grades Considered GEORGE M. VERITY-Foundation in Academic Course: First Honor for Girls--Gold Medal .,..............s.. Valda Wilkerson Second Honor for Girls-Silver Medal ...,.,,......r Virginia G. Hilling Honorable Mention .,..,..........,...,.........,......,....r Mary Ellen Congdon First Honor for Boys-Gold Medal ............... Raymond K. Hovel Second Honor for Boys-Sliver Medal .......,.......r William M. Bevis Honorable Mention ,.,,.....,..............,,. ........,.. ,..... R 1 chard W. Hayes W. O. BARNITZ-Foundation in Commercial Course: First Honor-S10 in Gold ,.......,,.......,, La Wanda Elynor Roberts Second Honor-S5 in Gold ....... ............,........ P auline R. Graham Honorable Mention .........,...,...........,.,.......,.,.. Ruth LaVerne Balser FRANK A. JONES-Foundation in Industrial Course: ,Horatio M. Barnes 5 ............,.......,.......... Second Honor-S5 in Gold ...............,,....,., Laben Thomas Mowery First Honor- 10 in Gold Special Scholarship- Four Years oi Work MRS. WILLIAM A. SMITH, Jr.-Foundation in English: First Honor-S10 in Gold .....,...,.......,....,....,.... Mary Ellen Congdon Second Honor-S5 in Gold ,...... .,,....,,.,....,.. F rances Schomer Honorable Mention .,,....,............,.....,....... Mary Gertrude Lamphier MARY E. RHONEMUS-Foundation in Latin: First Honor-S10 in Gold .........,..,,........,,.......... Robin Nell Becker Second Honor--S5 in Gold .....,.......,...,........., Frances Agnes Fisher COLIN GARDNER, Jr.-Foundation in Mathematics: First Honor-Gold Medal ...........,..........,,..........., Louis E. Schmidt Second Honor-Silver Medal ........,............,...,.. Elsie Mae Campbell W. J. BECK-Foundation in Science: ,.....,.Robert E. Getter First Honor-S10 in Gold ......... Second Honor-S5 in Gold ,..,,.......,.......,..,,,.,.... M. Gordon Duvall GEORGE H. HARVEY-Foundation in Phonography and Typing: First Honor--S15 in Gold ..,....,.........,............ Vera Eleanor Turner Second Honor-S10 in Gold ...,.... .,...., M ildred E. Gibbons A PROGRAM l D7 K P ' Superintendent R. W. SOLOMON, Presiding l I CLASS PROCESSIONAL, Power and Glory . Cobb L HIGH ScHooL ORCHESTRA l l HALITAQ' lfWild Flowerl .... F. H. Losey HIGH ScHooL ORCHESTRA 5 INVOCATION . . . Rev. J. M. Shimer i ' ANDANTE, Surprise Symphony . Haydn SERENADE, Les Millions d'Arlequin', .... Drigo VIOLIN SEXTET: Horatio M. Barnes, Dorothy Singleton, Marion Kettenacker, Kathryn Franks, Clayton F. Hill, Wilda Clendenin PIANIST: Valda Wilkerson CLASS ADDRESS ..... Dr. W. O. Thompson President Emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio D10 POSSENTE fEven Bravest Heart, '6FauSt Act IIJ . Gounod HTHE OLD REFRAIN,,, Kreisler .... Mattullath BARITONE SOLO: Mark O. Kerschbaum PIANIST: Valda Wilkerson PRESENTATION or DIPLOMAS ..... C. G. Crist President of Board of Education CLASS SONG . Class of 1931 I BENEDICTION . . . . Rev. J. M. Shimer I CLASS RECESSIONAL-- Golden Friendshipsn . Fillmore It HIGH ScHooL ORCHESTRA S l 5 ..i... Note-Will the audience please remain seated until after , the class has marched out. l

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P es for Foundation in Public Speaking donated by B. F. Han-wit First Honor--Set of Books, Lord's Beacon Lights of History C' Second Honor--Set of Books, Ohio, The Historic and Beautiful FIFTY-SIXTH .-11 ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT ' 4 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN, on-no Thursday, June 11, 1931 Eight O'cIock