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

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STAMP CLUB OFFICERS: Fres. - Philip Blair Sponsor - Patricia Damon Sec Treas ) Elizabeth Ladner Kow much am I bid? --- 5 cents. --- Who'll raise it to 4? ----Such is the chant coming from Stamp Club members, under the direction of Kiss Patricia Damon, in their weekly stamp auction. Various groups of stamps are discussed and reported upon and the desired ones ordered. A list of the stamps for sale is made. At the auction the catalogue value is the minimum price. Bids made over the catalogue value raise the amount which goes into the club treasury. Another feature of this club tor enthusiastic philatelists is a quizz, concerning the history and design of stamps,--planned every week by a different member to give to the rest of the group. A sense of competition is brought into the club's activities by the division of the members into two groups or teams. The results of these quizzes are averaged to find which team ranks highest. Occasionally Superintendent E. 0. Evans, who is very interested in stamp collecting speaks to the group. Fart of the activity hour is devoted to work on projects for the annual Hobby Show in the spring. If time permits, the stamp albums are brought out and worked upon individually. It is interesting to note that today more than two million people in the United States are working on stamp albums. This hobby is encouraged in school not only for its value in stimulating interest in various fields of knowledge,but for the training it gives in classifying materials, and arranging them in an orderly fashion. Because there are so many kin.ds of postage stamps, there are nearly 90,000 government issues. It is estimated that collectors have been forced to specialize. A collector may concentrate on rare stamps,historical pageants, on commemorative stamps, a geographical study from stamps bearing maps, or any one of a hundred subjects. Emerson,in his Essay on Civilization writes about the stamp: The power of a wafer........ to guard a letter as it flies over sea, over land, and comes to its address as if a battalion of artilleries brought it, I look upon as a fine meter of civilization. Harold Vogel and his Stamp Album 20

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OFFICERS: Co-Editors - Margaret Kuster Marian Trukenbrod BULLETIN Business Manager - John Marty Sponsor - Helen Zimmerman Coming into Miss Zimmerman's room after school any night, shortly before the next issue of the Bulletin, one will find a group of students scurrying in, oxit, and around digging up news. Confusion reigns.' There is much shouting to each other to find out different facts, groans from those having a difficult time, and gleeful noises from the lucky ones whose efforts have been successful. Here in one corner is Betty Benkert racking her memory for a few more bits of gossip for Breezes . A group of cubs are gathered along the back blackboard trying to aid each other in their headlines and doing a little bit of everything and nothing much of anything. In another part of the room Mary Karlen and Margaret Schindler are busy reading proof. The co-editors, Margaret Kuster and Marian Trukenbrod, are also hard at work. Kusie is working on the make-up and Trukie is writing the editorials. Oh, Miss Zimmerman, what'll I do? I can't find Miss Nommenson for my story and it's due today. ----- --- What is another word for nervous disappoint? Everyone is wreck? --- Are there two ---- Where can I find Mr. s' s in Evans?'1 One wonders how anyone talking simultaneously, can do his work here. A somewhat similar scene takes place in the print shop the two nights preceding the date of the issue of the paper. Added to the bedlam that occurs in Miss Zimmerman's room is the click, click, click of the linotype machine. Everybody is putting last minute touches on his labors. But in spite of all the noise, the staff really does accomplish its purpose of producing a fine high school paper. Compared with others of its size, the Bulletin ranks among the highest. It has received an All-American rating from the National Scholastic Press Association six times since 1930. Of course there is not only work connected with the Bulletin. Several fortunate staff members were able to attend the state and national conventions. They are still talking about their grand times. As for the cubs, they will in due time receive higher positions. 19

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CONSERVATION CLUB OFFICERS: Pres.-F.Ryser V.Pres.-H.Heinzelman Sponsor-N. Preston Sec. -Treas. -’.V. Nafzger The Conservation Club was organized to study the preservation of wild life. Mr. Elmer, owner of a fox farm, gave a talk on traps at one meeting; at another, the Game Warden spoke. Ten pheasant shelters were erected in the fall by members of this club. During National Wildlife Restoration Week, March 20-27, a stamp sale was conducted in the form of a contest with Leon Rabe and Cecil Zentner as captains. The stamps were in the form of colored pictures of birds and animals, painted by Ding Darling, famous cartoonist. More than twenty dollars woj th were sold. Winners of the contest were given a picnic by Mr. George Luchsinger, head of the contest. SAFETY CLUB OFFICERS: Pres. -C. Mitchell Sec. -Treas. -C-.Boss Sponsor-E.O.Evans V.Pres.-C.Yon Kaenel Under the guidance of Mr.Evans this club was formed to study Safety. Not only do they study actual accidents tut also methods of prevention. Each member received a pamphlet which was prepared by the Safety Department of the State Highway Commission. In this “booklet is a course of automobile driving for motorists and pedestrians. Scrapbooks are made which contain clippings and pictures from newspapers of accidents that occur in Monroe and its vicinity and throughout the state. From time to time guest speakers are introduced. ivlay also our motto as well as the club's be, Drive Safely—Walk Safely— Be Safe.' a 6 21