Milford High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Milford, IA)

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lei Witt The Milford High School girls, during the spring of nineteen hundred and twenty organized a club which in due time would become affiliated with the Y. W. C. A. organization of the United States. It was decided to call this club the Hi Tri because it represents the triangle which has a three- fold purpose of developing the spiritual, mental and physical sides of life. The aim of the.organization is to give Christian training and instill Chris- tian ideals into the life of the school. This organization strives to increase the spirit of friendship, high standards of scholarship, and democratic ideals. Service is the watchword of the organization. The ofiicers of this club as first elected were Onalee Heldridge, presi- dent, Dorothy Gran, vice president, Leona Moreland, secretary, Arlene Hel- dridge, treasurer. The first advisors of the organization were Miss Julia Ward, Miss Emma May Wood and Miss Erma E. Hollen from the faculty, and Mrs. R. T. McElroy and Mrs. L. D. Daily as town advi-sors. Hi Tri meetings were held in one of the recitation rooms immediate- ly after school. These meetings, though few in number, were always inter- esting. When one of the finest Y. W. C. A., camps in the country, located on

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The year of 1920 started with Milford Torstenson as president, Claude Brown, vice president, Elmer Van der Aarde, secretary and Jakie Lafoy as treasurer. This was the Hi Y's most successful year, due to the work of the officers and the help of Professor Arrington. By sending Elmer Van der Aarde to the Hi Y training camp on Lake Okoboji, the boys were given new ideas and a new and more advanced method of carrying on Hi Y club work. The splendid benefits received from the preceding conferences and Hi Y work convinced more boys of the necessity of attending such conferenc- es, it was with this idea that Milford's largest delegation of boys attended the Older Boys Conference at Des Moines. This conference held at Des Moines was the largest Older Boys Conference ever held in the state. This shows the advancement made by the different schools along the line of Christian living. The boys came back with a new challenge of Christian ideals and with a purpose to better fulfill the pledge to create, maintain and extend Chris- tian character. The first effects shown from the conference was a campaign that the Hi Y put on for Clean Athletics. This campaign had just finished when the boys put on a campaign for raising money for the starving Chinese. The Hi Y canvassed the town, receiving aid from everyone, and by the hearty co-operation of the town they were able to receive over three hundred dol- lars. The success of this campaign gave the boys new encouragement so they put on a Come Clean Campaign. This campaign was a great success, and it made it possible for the Hi Y to become a standardized club, thus being one of the first four standardized organizations in the state of Iowa. After the Easter vacation the new officers took charge: Jakie Lafoy, president, Laverne Moreland, vice president, Stanley Overland, secretary, Gunder Torstenson, treasurer. The Hi Y has done a great deal towards building Christian character for the High School students. In the three years since the beginning of the or- ganization a different spirit has been manifested in school work and activ- ities and with the new set of officers the Hi Y will help to keep up the high standards and ideals of the school.

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MAROON AND WHITE the shores of Lake Okoboji, opened in the sulmmer the Hi Tri was well represented by many of its enthusiastic members. In the fall of nineteen hundred and twenty more enthusiasm was shown in regard to Hi Tri work. Miss Perry, the Y. W. C. A. Student Field Sec- retary, held conferences with the girls, complimenting them on their splen- did beginning, and explaining methods of affiliation. The cabinet members elected for the year were Onalee Heldridge, president, Leona Moreland, vice president, Dorothy Gran, secretary, Mabel Born, treasurer, Margaret Meyer- dirk, chairman of the program committee, and Mary Warren, chairman of social service, Beatrice Fellows, chairman of social activities. Efforts were put forth after Miss Perry's departure to secure a charter, signifying that the Hi Tri had the honor of becoming an afiiliated club. Owing to the many unavoidable delays the charter was not received until the end of the school year. A series of Bible studies and general meetings constituted a helpful pro- gram. While the spiritual and mental sides of the Triangle were well em- phasized the physical side was not forgotten. Many enjoyable hours were spent in recreation. Social service work progressed nicely throughout the year. The Hi Tri contributed to the support of Miss Charlotte Neely, Y. W. C. A. Secretary in China, and the girls managed a campaign for the sale of Health Stamps just before Christmas. The Y. W. C. A. convention was held at Des Moines, Iowa, February fourth, fifth and sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-one. Six delegates were sent from the Milford Hi Tri Organization. Those sent were Dagmar Hansen, Marv Warren, Margaret Meyerdirk, Dorothy Gran, Onalee Heldridge and Leona Moreland, with Miss Emma Wood as advisor. The conference theme was Make Your Light to be in Readiness . Many inspirational talks were given and the Hi Tri girls came back filled with en- thusiasm for their organization, realizing more than ever before the call to service Much credit is due to our High School advisors for their untiring efforts in behalf of the organization.