Monroe High School - M Book Yearbook (Monroe, WI)

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OFFICERS: Editor - Eetty Lanz Ass't. Editor - Jack Sery Sponsor - Muriel Peterson M BOOK Bus. Mgr. - George Williams Ass't. Bus. Mgr. - Ruby Zwygart Sponsor - Viola Norton Every Monday during club hour and after school the M Book staff is found industriously engaged in putting out the '38 year book. For a while it seemed as though there would be no M Book, likewise no staff. However, several ambitious students began to work,collected the necessary 300 subscriptions and the publication was started. Presiding over affairs is Betty Lanz, editor, who scans the outfit with an experienced eye that tries to discover room for improvement. The make-up of the M Book is her most important job. First a dummy must be made which shows the amount of space to be filled. Each page is devoted to a different project. Assignments are now given out to the staff reporters, who go hunting for information. Next we see them busily composing stories to fill these pages. Another duty of several reporters consisted of checking the senior biographies for possible errors and cutting all unnecessary details. Trial stories are given back to the various writers who check, write additions, or assimilate two or three writings into one masterpiece. This year an important section of the M Book has been the work done by the Kodak staff. Under the capable leadership of Fred Steffen, there has been a general search for all usable pictures. Two Camera Clubs were organized this year mainly for the purpose of studying and learning how to take good pictures. With this knowledge they try to get interesting, alive pictures for our snapshot section. Those artistically inclined sketch and draw vivid pictures to give the pages an artistic aspect. Under Jack Sery's leadership many cl'ever designs are made, from which the ones to be used are selected. Meanwhile in a secluded corner we discover George Williams seriously checking over his account book. With the aid of Ruby Zwygart, he manages all the business affairs. Collecting overdue payments from students, club picture dues, and paying bills is this department's outstanding job. 1 7

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STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS: Pres. - Jack Sery Sec. - Carla Shriner V. Pres. - Glen Chesebro Treas. - George Williams Entering Miss Jones's room unobserved on a Tuesday afternoon at 4:10, we discover Monroe High's capable Student Council representatives ready to meet with their faculty members to discuss important affairs around school -------so to speak.' The student faction is composed of two persons from each class, and those belonging who are not officers are Grace Lichtenwalner, Paul Ritschards, and Leo Lisser. With the best interest of our fair high school at heart, the entire group convene every two weeke to make their decisions. First of all, we find that it is one of the especial duties of this organization to choose the chair committees, there being a different one every six-weeks. Next in line is the question of entertainment for mixers, various ways being discussed on the idea of pepping up these school parties. It is here, too, that the form of msuic Is decided upon— isu-ally the main issue is between an orchestra or a nickleoaeon. It Is quite necessary to choose various school organizations to sponsor pep meetings and this task also falls to the Student Council. Then, when Christmas time rolls around, the members attend to the decoration of the tree for the Main Room. The custom of the Christmas Collection Boxes was Introduced by the Student Council. Many students are probably ignorant of the fact that our Student Council also assumes responsibility for the decoration of the Armory during the Basketball Tournament. It's really beginning to look as if this group is responsible for a good many important events, and It is quite probable that Miss Peterson, Miss Anderson, Miss Jones, and Mr. Holyoke, as faculty advisers, had something to do with it. Here they come now --the meeting's about to begin! Student Manager, Jack Sery 16

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KODAK CLUB OFFICERS: OFFICERS: Pres. - Evelyn Voss Pres. - Leo Lisser V. Pres. - Patricia Jaegers V. Pres. - Willis Etter Sec.-Treas. - Sylvia Schild Sec.-Treas. - Mary Meythaler Sponsor - Leona Priem Sponsor - J. C. Calder As a result of a suggestion last year for a kodak club, it was put into effect this year for the first time with eighty-four students wanting to become members. With too many students turning out for the club, it was impossible for the formation of just one club. Even when two clubs were organized they were over-crowded; so an elimination contest was planned, in which each member was to take two pictures showing his photographic ability and bring them back to the club. Many students did not enter this contest. Therefore it was possible to include all the people who did show an active interest. Two clubs of twenty-five members each were formed, one under the direction of Mr. J. C. Calder and the other having Miss Leona Priem as sponsor. The purpose of this club is to encourage and improve each member's general photographic abilities and study in detail the defects, causes, and improvements in snapshots. First having a general discussion on how to take good pictures,the members were sent out to take and bring them back, criticizing both the good and bad points. For the greater part of the year the students were sent out to take shots of football and basketball games, students' life in school, and of the teachers. Since these clubs have just been newly organized this year, it is expected that the M Book will contain many more photos than previous years because of the increasing interest and the adaptability of the students to their cameras. Receiving slides from kodak companies showing the difference between good and bad pictures, some of the students wished further information on this subject, so they also received pamphlets and gave reports to the rest of the club. A talk was also given by W. E. Trukenbrod on kodaks and pictures. One of the members brought his enlarging equipment and gave the clubs demonstrations on how to enlarge and develop pictures, a subject taken up by the clubs the latter part of the year. The credit for this demonstration and also for the developing he has done for other students of the school should be given to Leo Lisser. 18