Mount Vernon High School - Hoop Pole Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IN)

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} } | Ee ae rg DSS Y Gite History In 1930, 83 young knights rode eagerly up to the portals of the “Castle of Knowledge’’, into which they were seeking entrance. These young knights were admitted, by Lord O’Bannon and Baron Rust, to the Castle, where they began their crusade in search of ‘‘Educaticn.’ In this year the knights were humble and low- ly and were known as Freshmen. Warren Kishline was chosen Chief Knight, with Eldon Welborn and Marjorie Reeves as his squires. Soon the young knights were given the royal welcome of the Upper Knights, and to them were explained the ideals tor which they must s trive in their crusade for ‘‘Education.’’ Battles of major and minor importance were fought, the last of which was with the dreaded foe, ‘““Examinations’’. Sorrowfully, they saw several of their number fall before the onslaught, but they carried on bravely as becomes true knights, and in 1931, their rank was raised to that of Sophomore Knights. As Sophomore Knights, they were grieved to see that their ranks had been depleted to 69. Some had given up the crusade for lack of interest and others because of health, impaired by battles. They now became Upper Knights and their standard was borne by Allyn Tennison, Kenneth Duckworth, Barbara Fessenden, and Oscar Uebelhack. Battle after battle was fought but very little was accomp- lished. At the conclusion of the annual battle with ‘““Examinations”’, the 59, who were safely victorious, continued in the crusade as Junior Knights. The Junior Knights had now completed half of the course in which their cru- sade was to be carried on, and they began to think seriously of gaining honor and glory for themselves and their order. This year, Mozelle Shake was the Chief Knight with Winston Kiehl, Harland Cobb, and Della Wheat as ranking nobles. As the knights had struggled hard to attain their rank, and had fought their bat- tles bravely, it was now their privilege to wear the coat of mail of their order. They chose an armor of brown and gold, adorned with the wildcat, the official crest of the Castle of Knowledge, and donning their armor, they began a more zealous search tor ‘“‘Education.’’ It was the privilege of the Junior Knights to entertain the Ladies, Lords, Dukes, and Senior Knights and to show their respect for those more experienced than themselves. So laying aside their battles, they transformed the banquet hall of the Castle into a Japanese Garden and royal festivities held Sway. In the midst of the gala affair, ‘‘“Examination’’ suddenly made his appear- ance and the knights immediately redonned their armor and waged a fierce com- bat against him, from which only 47 emerged victorious. At last! The small band of 42 had finally reached the goal of every knight who sets out in search of ‘“‘Education,”’ the rank of Senior Knights. To Kenneth Duckworth fell the honor of Chief Knight, with Winston Kiehl, Della Wheat, and Marjorie Ann Casper assisting him. This year the Knights were royally feted by the Junior Knights with a May Day festivity in the banquet hall. The Knights had struggled zealously for four years and they were justly proud of the honors which they had earned for themselves, but they sorrowfully watched the day draw slowly nearer, when they should be foreed to end their crusade, bid farewell to their fellow knights, leave the Castle of Knowledge, and go forth in search of new fields to conquer. So, on May 18, 1934, clothed in the honorary robes of black, the Senior Knights marched, for the last time, down the Aisle of the Assembly Room of the Castle and were presented with certificates of honor by which their training days were brought to a close, and they were sent out into the world, each one bearing in mind the motto of his order, “Only a Commencement.” —MOZELLE SHAKE. Twenty

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PLE) @ SENIOR PLAY 7 ‘Jonesy By Anne Morrison and Jr. P. Toohey Presented May 10, 1934 PSTN Om OTE Seana eee arene ne ees eet Ew AI 2 Fe ee eee Dorothy Roach ANESTH. CLs) Nt een ee ne eee ee Fe ae A Marjorie Alldredge Mozelle Shake Mrs. Henry Jones DE See eee ea ee ae ts oper PAE Ft bei tee ee Se a eee No See woe Thomas Jones Vig SMT ON AROGUENS ees a es i a ee Cee So ee ee Paul H. Egli VY HER OMCs ee eee eet ee ee oe ee Se oa NUN, ING WWwalliblemans, » djie- ES TMi VOT 52) eee ee Oe ee re re er ce ee eT! Kenneth Duckworth CAT Cee eee ee eee ee, See eee Pare EEA SR Selma Juncker DignasDWevierea Wx se es eC as Be 2 Pi ee Barbara Fessenden SLING VaR C cS Oil ae ee ee ree orn Fs ETE sh eee George Dunn VERE STIV.ORD Gn Seats ease Seen. oe ee pe See See ee WAhiehea TOM! Ol Ce nl a1 ene ae eee eee, Seemeee: CUTER Bk ee ee ea John McDurmon SYNOPSIS Act I—Jones’ Living Room. A summer morning, Act II—The Same. That afternoon. Act III—The Same. The next morning. Nineteen

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Honor Day BEST CITIZEN AWARD The best citizen is elected by the entire student body. The best citizen for ’34, JEAN KOHLER KAPPA KAPPA KAFFA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Presented by Gamma Psi Chapter Presented by the local sorority to the best girl scholar and to the best boy scholar. MOZELLE SHAKE PAUL EGLI KIWANIS SFORTSMANSHIP AWARD Presented by the Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club PAUL HOLDER ATHLETIC COMMITTEE AWARDS Basketball Letters PAUL HOLDER NUMA WILLIAMS EUGENE BURRIS WILBUR RUST JEAN KOHLER OLIVER WILLIS WARREN KISHLINE PAUL MOELLER JOHN WALTER Letter to Student Manager—HARLAN COBB Letter to Senior Yell Leader—BARBARA FESSENDEN FOOTLIGHT FERFORMERS AWARD HELEN MANN received honors by the student election for having done the best piece of acting in one-act plays for the current sechool year. RED AND WHITE RATING The following Seniors have been awarded a Red and White Rating for five or more semesters: TOU DM EGAN NAVAS OVC De ee a PATE DG aa eae ee se ra KO VALI OID} SURUN Do ee U ROBERTA . LICHTENBERGER - 7 Sau Ami HiWils eee eee ee 7 MARJORIE ALLDREDGE WINSTON KIEHL MARGARET J. RHEIN NUMA WILLIAMS MUSIC AWARDS N. A. Beeson Seniors— Juniors—- JAMES BLAKE ESTO EILERT PAUL EGLI JEAN KOHLER BARBARA FESSENDEN NUMA WILLIAMS JOHN KECK ALFRED WHITE JOHN WALTER EUDORA BOATMAN HELEN MANN LORETTA LEWIS ESTEL EILERT Twenty-one