Montello High School - Granite Hilltopper Yearbook (Montello, WI)

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NEWS STAFF First Row: Ethel Schmidt,Arlene Esselman, Lucille Vaughan, Mertice Johnston, Miss Wohlfert, Mary O'Connell, Phyllis Ritchie, Kathryn Ann Metcalf. . Second Row: Vivian Draeger, Esther Wegner, Lucille Weiske, Ruth Calnin, Ruth Wilson, Edith Murray, Marie Collins. Third Row: Stewart Cotter, Donald Robinson, Jack Robinson, Joseph Hull, Bruce Wetlaufer, Dan McNamara. The News Staff has been a very active organization in the past few years. They have worked tirelessly to glean news around the school that would be of interest to the students and the general readers of the Montello Express. Theirs is the task of letting the outside world know of the happenings up on the Hilltop. This organization has been in existence for six years, and it has expanded greatly during that time. In 1933 there were but two members on the staff, while this year there are twenty active reporters. Each class and organization in the school is represented by a reporter on the News Staff, whose reSpon- sibility it is to find and organize in readable form some item which will represent the doings of his organization for that week. Weekly conferences are held, at which time the reporters get their assignments and make plans for the following week's co umns. Members of the Staff receive no reward in the way of academic credits or personal honor. A11 accepted material is published anonymously, so that no glory ever accompanies the accomplish- ments of the writer. Thus, the members show real sportsmanship in choosing to belong to an organization that offers no immed- iate returns for such continuous work. Special mention should be made of the capable manner in which Kathryn Ann Metcalf, Editor-ineChief or the Staff, has led her corps of assistants; of the initiative displayed by Stewart Cotter as master of ceremonies of the Americanization assembly program; of the versatility of the Star Reporter, Don Bobinsa; and of the trustworthiness of Edith Murray, the Staff typist. All members have striven faithfully to impart the truth, to enlighten their readers, and to boost their school. 22

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FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Witmgaf W174? MONTELLO FUTURE FARMERS MONTELLO CHAPTER First Row: Earl Wilson, Aloysius Napralla, William Collins, Mr. Shestock, Stewart Cotter, Francis Klapoetke, Alfred Schmudlach, Robert Babbitt. Second Row: Charles Metcalf, Jack Metcalf, Dan Cotter, Maurice Metcalf, Vincent Metcalf, Harold Metcalf, Sidney Earring, Ed- ward Schultz, Jack Farrell. Stewart Cotter. . . . . . . President Dan Cotter. . . . . . .Vice President Jack Farrell. . . . . . . . Secretary Maurice Metcalf . . . . . . Treasurer Mr. Shestock. . . . . . . . . Adviser The Agricultural Department at Montello High has a present en- rollment of thirty-five boys. It is under the leadership of a Smith.Hughes instructor, which makes it possible for all-year projects to be carried on. The work is vocational in nature and highly practical. In 1935 a charter, authorizing the local Chapter of the Future Farmers of America, was granted to twelve boys. The organiza- tion has grown in size and popularity, until this year seven- teen boys comprise its membership. The yearly program of the organization is subject to the desires of the boys. Some of the usual activities are: rep- resentation by at least one team at the State Judging Contest, a display of members' work in a booth at the State and County Fairs, reforestration of a twenty-acre plot, and providing for group entertainment and education. Membership in a Chapter of the F.F.A. is restricted to members of classes in agriculture. The Club has four degrees or ranks. It is possible to gain the higher degrees by a combination of satisfactory classroom and project work. The Club motto is: 'Learning to do, Doing to learn; Earning to live, Living to servedl

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FORENSIC SOCIETY First Row: Kathryn Ann Metcalf, Phyllis Ritchie, Miss Swiggum, Mary O'Connell, Audrey Zastrow, Edith Murray. Second Row: Marian Zierke, Orland Radke, Don Robinson, Jack Robinson, Gerald Maloney, Marie Collins. Mary O'Connell . . . . . . . .President Don Robinson . . . . . . Vice President Phyllis Ritchie. . .Secretary-Treasurer Miss Swiggum . . . . . .Faculty Adviser The Wisconsin High School Forensic Association was organized in 1926 as a state organization, divided into leagues and districts. Montello Joined the organization in 1927 and was assigned to the Stevens Point District, and to a league con- sisting of Coloma, Endeavor, Hancock, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, Adams-Friendship, and Montello. The various forms of forensic work in which a student may choose to develop his ability are: oratory, dramatic declam- atory, humorous declamatory, extemporaneous reading, and extemporaneous speaking. A local contest is held to select the best participant in each field of forensic work, who represents the school at the league contests. If successful in the league contest, the participant proceeds to the district contest and finally to the state contest, which is held at Madison. In the last seven years of cantest work Montello has entered the league contest seven times; the district, six; the state, once. As recognition for outstanding ability in forensic work, Certificates of Merit are awarded by the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association to all who participate in the league contest. The Montello High School's Forensic Society awards letters to all who have participated in three local contests. The local Club has grown from an organization of five mem- bers in 1932 to twenty-two members in 1939. 25