Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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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

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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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L1-tha entertains Y Teens grou wxth hxlar u d L f 'WW 'ar p to s anec ote e t to right Beverly Engbrecht Eunice Phillips Mlss Esther Knut son Evelyn Morrison Rita Stevens Carols Koehn Clarxcn Carlson Miss Florence Althen Panme Ann Woods Verna ,lo Vander burgh and Lelha Rowlev Not pictured Evelyn Baldwin Nlarlanne Thade Sh l l V l n xr ey owru. e ma ohnson and Delores Backlund cyyvewewgevmafgwe-705 The Young Women s Chrlstlan Assoclatlon, also known as the Y W C A , was first organ lzed ln London, m prayer clrcles and the other w1sh1ng to estabhsh homes for nurses returning from the Crlmean War In America, however, the Y W C A was organized by women who wanted to help people ln need They received thexr charter m Boston m 1866 A jumor edmtlon of thls fine organlzatlon IS the Y Teens group Formerly called Curl Re serves, they changed their name ln une, 1946 The purposes of the YTeens are to make a better society, to help women and girls grow 1nto liner personalmes, and to seek a Chrlstlan way of llVlhg Mltchell YTeens meet every second and fourth Tuesday at the Y Dues for a year's membership are 25 cents Officers of the senlor hlgh group for 1947 48 include president, Verna Jo Vanderburgh, v1ce president, Letha Rowley, secretary Fannle Ann Woods, and treasurer, Carola Koehn Ad vxsers for the group are Mlsses Florence Althen and Esther Knutson For the Y W C A Mrs J H Thaden IS presldent, Mrs F Keszler, vlce presldent, Miss Grace Barth, secretary, and Mrs ess Spry, treasurer Serving on the YTeen com m1ttee are MISS Mabel Woods, executive dl rector, Mrs E C Peterson, chaxrman, and Mrs Albert Gall, asslstant The membershlp llst of the Senlor High Y Teens contams the followmg names Evelyn Balclwm, Beverly Engbrecht, Marlanne Thaden, Evelyn Morrison, Letha Rowley, Eumce Phll lrps, Verna jo Vanderburgh, Fanme Ann Woods, Velma Johnson, Carola Koehn, Shlrley Lowrne, Rrta Stevens, Clarxce Carlson, and Delores Backlund V H , I - 6 l 2 K , 5 . ' Q A :' r A - Y 1 ' Q -7, I 'Q g l 4 ' I Q 'fi . . . A Z -' 11, f' , A ' - ' ' ' - ,' . F' A t x , 5 V f 5 . Q .J J xr I wma, .7 ,V .Vv.V , 7 ,J ws, fiixifsas- L Q 4. A 'W' 'f:r1,, .im , . . . . . . h ' . ' 9 I . . . . ., . . . '