New Marion High School - High School Daze Yearbook (New Marion, IN)

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.-M vw' ' -fr--xr-w-svn-nm--5-, Le Cercle Francais Top Row -Wysomr, Day, Winchr-rll, Julian, DuBois, Watson, VV:-xrner. Alrlerton. Curfman Second Row Grant, Sachse, Nall, Stuckey, Bourke, Mulberry, Call, Davis, Patterson Third Row- Pennington, Macdonald. Loyd, Prickett, Rhue, Covalt, Hood, Edwards, Malott, Wolf Fourth Row--Roberts, Lytle. Pence, Sausaman. Morrison, Lenfestey, Manpr, Fisher RENCH is exceedingly interesting. More and more persons are studying the language and learning to speak it fluently. Those who would be neighborly must be able to converse with people next door. There is a large call for French- speaking Americans to teach English to the French. If the international ex- change of languages were practiced. might not a stronger bond of friendliness be formed? At least several seekers after French decided to know more about the subject than mere text-book material and in order to do so on Tuesday, No- vember 2. 1926, the members of the French lll, IV and V Classes met and or- ganized Le Cercle Francais. The club was better known to those not in the parlez-vous Classes as the French Club. The purpose of Le Cercle is to create and maintain a higher appreciation of French. in fact. to promote interest in all things French. French problems and customs were the favorite topics of discussion. Interesting reports were giv- en on the government, social life and religion of the French people. ln the way of lighter things, French games. songs and charades were learned. The French National Hymn and many peasant songs were sung. The club met once every six weeks and at each meeting the fiag salute was given in French. The oilicers of the club were as follows: President. Minnie Bourke: Vice- President, Victor Day: Secretary-Treasurer. Jane Rhue. Near the end of the semester Victor Day resigned his ofhce and Clifton Grant was elected to fill his place.

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'Frm Row Snutlizrziss. Mart, Johnson. Hardy, Faiznn, Kc-im .I,utz, Fixel, Smlih Svconil Rim' Macdonald, Snyder. Fuland, Davis, Phillips, Fenslerrnaker, Jones, Callahan, Irwin Third Row Weaver, Day. Custer. l'Iehc-lbarirer. Carter, Choclms, Green, Cline one of which required the most exacting study in characterization. lThe stage presented a charming picture with its specially constructed set. novel lighting ef- fects. and the new black tormneotrs. which threw it into bold relief.J The part of Minick, the lovable old man who comes to live with his son and daughter-in-law in their Chicago flat, was splendidly conceived by Victor Day. The young Minicks lEleanora Lutz and Leo Keimj were easily recog- nizable as the typical, modern young couple, well-meaning, but too hopelessly engrossed in the social doing of their young married set to have much time for an old man, Lil and .lim Corey tAnna Louise Fagan and Stephen Johnsonl manage pretty well to demoralize even the best intentions of their friends. and what they leave undone in the way of destruction is more than accomplished by Marge and Al Diamond lVelma Poland and Robert Custerj, two jazz babies whose combined wind power is enough to wreck any home, be it ever so storm- proof. Top all of this with an Irish maid CRebecca Snyderl in a perfect fury and you have a fair crossfsection of the first act. Donnel Weaver and Everett Callahan developed unsuspected feebleness as Mr. Price and Mr. Deitenhoffer, Minick's friends from the old men's home across the street. and Josephine Hardy kept the comedy going as Lulu. the slouchy, indolent. but dictatorial new colored maid. One of the features of the play was the club-scene in which Mildred Echelbarger, Ruth Fenstermaker, Anna Chochos and Ruth MacDonald create pandemonium in their efforts to be rid of the talkative old Minick, who interrupts with his stories. Ruth Mac- donald was especially outstanding in her character as the stern, off-with-your head Miss Crackenwald.

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Hi-Y Club Tim Row Alxilvrrmll. liarm-s, Booth, lirunl, Charles, I'ull'n1:ln, Custer, Day, Drummoml S1-eoml Row Iluke, Ft-rgusmi, Fixvl, Mr. Foland, Foland, Gemmill, Gotseliall, Grant, Hamilton Third Row Hamilton, Hutchins, Hilda-brziml,James, Jarvis. Jones. Ke-use, Mart, lVletTlurt- Fourth limi' Mcllonough. Nluorv, Morrow, Nichols, Ovvrmun, Rhorer, Sixt, Mr. Smihh HIS Hi-Y Club has been organized in Marion about six years. ln this length of time it has become a permanent fixture of the moral and social life of the high school. The slogan is known as the Four C's : Clean living. clean speech. clean athletics. and clean scholarship. The purpose is to create. main- tain. and extend throughout the school and community higher standards of Christian character, At the beginning of each half year new members are chosen. The Hrst se- mester there were nineteen initiated and the second. thirteen. The club reserves the right to select their own members and by that method they keep the club from becoming too large and unwieldy. An annual Father and Son banquet was held at which Representative Al- bert l-lall gave an address. A Faculty and Hi-Y banquet was also given. Mr. Schnell, of the state staff of the Y.lVl.C.A., was the main speaker. The case of Miss Ciladys Neal was continued on this occasion. The culprit was last year charged with using a Latin pony and was this year proven guilty. The sentence was that since she had disgraced the Latin Department. her privileges as Latin teacher were to be forfeited and she was from thence forth to serve in the Physics Department. 0Hicers for the first semester were: President. Will Hildebrand: Vice- President. Clifton Grant: Secretary. James Anderson: Treasurer, John Mart. Officers the second semester were: President. Ellman Jones: Vice-President. Victor Day: Secretary. Hunter Stewart: Treasurer, George McClure.