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

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First Row: Gladys Foley, Charlotte Harring, Morion Day, Marie Kurkoske, Agnes Pufohl, Marie Collins, Mary Block, Arlowayne Blodo, Betty Giencke. Second Row: Miss Swiggum, Arlene Sommerfeldt, Ruth Colnin, Violetmoe Westphol, Dolores Metz, Leona Bettin, Eleanor Geske, Blodwyn Grohn, Norma Metcalf. Third Row: Hilory Howe, Marge Metcalf, Audrey Zastrow, Jack Robinson, Herbert Hallman, Melvin Crown, Florence Bell, Marvel Guerke, Arthur Gruhlke. DRAMATIC CLUB ' Sparkin' practice at four o'clock on the auditorium stage. All out for 'The Fixer' immediately following. 'Aldrich Family' will meet for final dress rehearsal tonight. It was the appearance of these announcements on the bulletin board that made me sit up and take notice. What's getting into these young folks and where's the world headed? Was this a family reunion? But now that the three plays, directed and produced by members of the Dramatic Club, have been presented, the light begins to dawn. They were given on the auditorium stage tonight, and all I can say, is Watch out Kath- arine Cornell, you and Guthrie will have to be pretty good from now on. Afterward we all adjourned to the gym for the first post-Lenten school dance. And did we swing out to initiate the nickelodeon recently donated to our school by Mr. Adrian! This one night's entertainment would have been enough to justify the group's very existence, but come to think of it, it was this same Dramatic Club that put on that extra-special pep stunt before the Westfield game. That was when Mahatma Geske, after much crystal gazing and cajoling of spirits, foretold a brilliant season for M. H. S. Cagers; and when sweet Miss Montello became Victory's blushing bride. Methinks those Thespians must have loads of vim, vigor, and vitality in addition to their dramatic ability and be a source of pride to Miss Swiggum, their ad- viser. I'll see them again sometime. Page Twenty-Two

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First Row: Morion Doy, Mory Block, Chorlotte Horring, Agnes Nickoloi, Shirley Moore, Arleen Sommerfeldt, Betty Giencke, Gladys Foley. Second Row Morion Ransom, Marie Collins, Agnes Pufohl, Violetmoe Westphol, Blodwyn £rahn, Vero Burlingame, Morie Kurkoske, Miss Swiggum. Third Row: Kenneth O'Connor, Orlond Rodke, Morge Metcalf, Mertice Johnston, Audrey Zastrow, Jock Robinson, Douglas Ritchie. FORENSIC CLUB DEAR DIARY: I've just come back from the local forensic contest and I'm still in a state of bewilder- ment. How those students, some of them in my own classes, can get up before an au- dience ond talk is beyond my ken. Just the thought of giving on orol theme makes my heort thump and my knees knock, but when these modern Demosthenes' turns came, they walked up on the stage with an unconcerned look ond made you laugh, cry, or gave out political information, as if it hod been an every doy occurance with them. I marveled so at their ability in this line of extra-curricular work, that I mode up my mind to find out something about this Forensic Club and how it operates. Here are a few of my findings: When Montello High joined the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association in 1927, the club consisted of six members, besides Miss Swiggum, the instructor. The interest which the students have felt in this work may be clearly shown by the fact that the club has grown to a total of 26 members and four advisers—Miss Swiggum, Miss Petchel, Miss Scobie, and Mr. Nickel. The student may choose from five different forms of forensic work in which to develop his ability. These are: oratory, dramatic declamatory, humorous declamatory, extempo- raneous reading, and extemporaneous speaking. A local contest is held in the spring, to select the school's contestants for the league meet. If the student is successful in the league contest, he proceeds to the district contest and from there to the state meet in Madison. The contestants this year have really had to be good if they were to beat the win-record set by last year's fine group. Of the five contestants in the league meet, M. H. S. won two first places, one second, and one third. Of course you know the league contest was held in our own school last year ond attracted much fovorable attention. Kathryn Ann Metcalf took honors last year by getting an A rating at the district contest and going from there to the state tournament, where she received a B rating, thus bringing more honor to her school. Yes, dear diary, this forensic organization is something worth watching. ■d Page Twenty-One |

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Fir»» Row: Ettolyn Droeger, Blanche Compion, Marion Bloda, Shirley Moore, Irmo Eichsteodt, Mary Block, June Noieen. Second Row: Maxine Zimmerman, Marian Day. Esther Wegner, Vero Burlingome, Marian Zierke. Bernice Furmon, Margaret Metcalf, Miss Petschel. Third Row: Ruth Stein, Loretta Neck, Gloria Beland, Eleanor Seske, Violetmoe Westphal, Ruth Calnin, Arlowiegne Klimke. Fourth Row: Bernice Radke, Leona Bettin, Virginio Wittliff, Ramona Walters, Audrey Zastrow, Elnore Zostrow, Lillian Bell, Arlene Esselmon. HOME EC DEAR DIARY: Who says we can't cook? After tonight I defy any man, woman, or child, regardless of oge, race or coior to utter anything to that effect, I just now got home from school (it's 9:30), my hair is straight from a steam-filled kitchen, my fingers are all puckered up from washing dishes and my spirits are of their lowest ebb. We girls of the Home Economics Club cooked and served an entire three-course dinner for sixty-five guests at the annuol F. F. A. Father ond Son banquet. And con those men eat! You should have seen the barrels of mashed potatoes ond gobs of chicken that they consumed and all in the course of on hour. When we started washing the huge stocks of dishes (all of which didn't do my manicure any good) we re- alized that getting the meal wos only the start. And that's not a||—next Monday night we have to serve another dinner for the principals and coaches of the tournament schools. Serving those banquets would be plenty of work for all year, but our club really can be noticed at other times as well. Let's see, we sponsored one of the first school parties of the year on October 7. That night we nearly had some casualties; for all the girls, not excepting Miss Petschel, our adviser, come close to swooning over Eddie Howard's rendition of My Last Goodbye. We held pop corn and taffy apple sales and even had to sweep up the upper corridor a couple of times. Then there was our Halloween party and the officers ore now planning a Valentine's party and later a Spring Style Show. I'm glad I'm not one of those officers, because they're always so busy! Who ore they? Well, Loretta Neck is president, and Bernice Radke is vice-president, while Blanche Campion is our sec re to ry-1 reasu rer. | Page Twenty-Three £)►