Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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Jlcwoaecl. GIRLS STATE An orgamzation much like that of Boys State Girls State was in its initial year of operation last spring on the D W U campus at Mitchell Girls from almost every city m South Dakota attended and learned their place in this ever changing world Two junior girls from MHS Clarlce Carlson and Shirley Hanson journalist attended the one week session D A R high school Velma Johnson effY Gmn CNY H2l'm0h Bradley Jensen Clarice Carlson Shirley Hanson One of the highest honors a high school girl can receive is to be selected as the DAR candidate from her school This year Velma ohnson received the candidacy for both Mitchell High School and Davidson county for her outstanding good citizenship in her four years f BOYS STATE Ar the close of their Junior year last May, seven boys Bob Murphy Brad ley ensen udd Mahee Sherrill Swen son erry Harmon erry Ginn, and Dean Swanson had the privilege of attending South Dakota Boys State on the campus of NST C at Aberdeen South Dakota une 1 through 7 1947 This institution was founded by the American Legion before World War II to train selected young men in the state for work in the government of tomorrow. It was an interesting six- day course divided into three parts - city county and state government - 'aa 5 , and was in charge of American Legion counselors. Judd Mabee -R Bob Murphy Dean Swanson Sherrill Swenson

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left to nght Donna ezn Wxlson Charmaine Marquesen Elizabeth Woods Paz Comstock Bull Kaye Lnllun Le ser Keith Dobbersteln Tom Blntllff Delores Backlund June Frederick Miss Schumacher Nancy Lo.: Peterson Clance Carlson Connie Tapletr fdflauufi Goan! Wal' May I have a pomt for that? How many pomts do I have now? Th1s type of conversa tlon IS typical of most meetings of the Natlonal FOFCHSIC League, for membershlp ln thls talk atxve xnstltutlon ns acquired on a pomt system Any person 1n the upper thlrd of h1s or her class, and who has earned 20 or more pomts ln debate or declamatxon contests, IS el1g1ble for entry 1nto the N F L He or she lS then entltled to the Degree of Mernt, lnslgnla, and varzous prlvlleges reserved for members Thus, lf one wms a declamatlon contest, he earns eight pomts, for wmmng a debate, he recexves ten pomts for the First and one less for each consecutlve debate, and even lf he loses, h stxll gets one poxnt Mxss Elalne Schumacher advlser, Clarnce Carlson, presldent, Nancy Lou Peterson, v1ce president, and Charmaine Marquesen, secre tary, mltxated slx new members th1s sprmg who had earned credlts as follows Tommy Bmtllff public speakmg, debate, and declamatxon, Pat Comstock debate, ex temporaneous speakmg, une Frederlck d bare, declamatlon, and public speak1ng L1ll1an Lesser debate, declamatlon, Ellzabeth Woods debate The state wide N F L tournament, held on the 'ith and 6th of March at D W U saw students from MHS partxcxpatmg ln all public speakmg d1v1s1ons To earn money, the club members held reg ular coke, coffee, doughnut, and hot dog sales durmg all the MHS football games at Kernel Stadlum Hlghllghtlng the YCHYS BCIIVIUCS, the Club supped and dII1Cd In style at thexr annual banquet In the Steak House l l l . ': J '. ' .l . .' s ' f u fl. I O I ,Q . ,, . . . . ' '-C, . . ., I il 3, v . l , e ' v

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!V.-J!S6aJe The Natxonal Honor SOCICIY was founded to strmulate the development of scholarshxp servlce leadershlp and character fthe NHS cardxnal prmcrples of the students ln schools throughout the Jmted States Last year yellow and whlte were adopted as the colors of the organrzatxon and the yellow rose was chosen the ofhcxal flower Each mem ber IS ent1tled to wear the gold emblem of the SOC16fy and recelves the Student Life, 1ts OHTI c1al magazlne To become members of the Natlonal Honor Socxety students who are 1n the upper thxrd of thelr class scholastxcally are voted on by therr respectrve classes Then the faculty makes 1ts cholce after whlch the names are submltted for Final selectlon to the natxonal commrttee Only 5 per cent of the junlors and 15 per cent of the senxors may be elected for member shxp Those chosen from the Senlor Class of 1947 were Max1ne Dav1s Delores Kangus Daune Gall Dlclc Purdy Stanley Papoutsrs Donna Lou Starr Paul Vanderburgh and Herbert Wrrght They are now Natlonal Honor Socxety Alumnl The jumors who were also accepted for mem bershlp at that same tlme were Shrrley Hanson Alberta Cohrt Velma ohnson Bob Murphy Sherrlll Swenson and Clarxce Carlson Their membershrp wxll be valrd only as long as they mamtam therr hrgh standards Every year tvlo people from each chapter are prxvlleged to take the Natlonal Honor Socxety scholarshxp test The hlghest ranlung entrants ln the natlon are awarded college funds On March 16 Sherrlll Swenson and Velma ohnson had the honor of talung thls test A speclal formal assembly IS held annually 1n the sprmg to 1n1t1ate mcomlng junxors and SCHIOIS Becomlng a member of the National Honor Socxety IS one of the hrghest honors a student can rece1ve 1n hmgh school At a formal mmatron on Aprll 30 1947 twelve new members were lnducted Row 1 Delores Kangus Maxine Davls Velma ohnson Shnrley Hanson Alberta Cohrt and Donna Lou Starr Row 2 Dnck Purdy Stanley Papoutsns Herbert Wright Duane Gall Paul Van derburgh Bob Murphy and Sherrxll Swenson Not DICIUKCA