North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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THE LEGEND Know Your Fossils and Contours BJIJOE FITCH The Geography Council, the successor to the Explorers' Club, was organized in the spring of 1931, and was affiliated with the Indiana Junior Academy of Science on May 20, 1932. The coun- cil is a departmental club under the guidance of the teacher of physical and commercial geography. Membership is open to geography students who have made a grade of B- or above and who are deeply interested in the purposes of the council. The chief object of the council is to study the geography of Fort Wayne and vicinity by means of field trips. An outstanding project done by the council in 1931-32 was the making of a contour map of Franke Park. Another object of the coun- cil is to help students to see the beauty of earth and sky. Star study helps one to see the beauty and majesty of the heavens and to appreciate the orderliness that prevails in the universe. There are no mountains nor canyons around Fort Wayne, but there are many elements of nat- ural beauty in our landscapes that are worth searching for. In the regular monthly meetings the members gave talks about the State Parks, or other interest- ing articles pertaining to geography. In addition to the monthly meetings, the council took a trip to the Weather Bureau, which proved educational as well as entertaining. During the spring vacation, Dr. Howard E. First Row: E. Paulison, H. Kramer, M. Srolte, E. Byrd, B. Titus, A. Meehan, M. Steward. Cox, Enders. dean of the school of science, Purdue University. made a visit of oflicial inspection as the sponsor of the clubs of the Junior Academy of Science. At the meeting, he showed reels on leaf-cutting ants, and snakes of Guatamala. An all-day field trip was taken by the members of the club also during spring vacation. They visited the quarries at Huntington and Hanging Rock. southwest of Huntington. The members gathered fossils of different kinds. Accompany- ing the group on this trip was the adviser, Mr. Frederick Breeze. The last regular meeting of the year was a Ceremonial Campfire in honor of the members who will graduate in June. Maurine Love was in charge of the ceremony around the campfire, and Mr. Breeze gave a demonstration lesson on stars. Leading the council from September to january were Jacob Feichter, president, Willard Hughes, vice-president, and Mildred Steward, secretary- treasurer. The present officers are the same with the exception of Marie Srolre, who is the secretary- treasurer. All programs are planned by the pro- gram committee which is composed of Willard Hughes, chairman, and Mildred Steward, Peggy Cleaver, Erma Hiatt, and Mr. Breeze. Nineteen members could not be present for These are Helen Blume. Peggy Drake, Jacob Feichter, Erma Hiatt, jack L i g h t, Clair Lochmer, Virginia L o t z, M a u r i n e Love, Virginia the group picture. Cleaver, Wanda Mr. F. Breeze, Nl. Second Row: H. Beaver, W. Hughes, V. Sanders, E. Wlilding, A. Hoy, H, Fritz, B. Geller, G. I.eMay. Polk, Alice Richey, Charles Spice, Betty Hipkins, Mar- 103 gie Elder, Douglas Lewis, Jane Maxwell, Floyd Mc- Niece. Margaret Stanger, and Marybelle Lackey. Following are notable con- tributions made by individ- ual members and given to the school: In 1933 Lona Fredrick made a relief mod- el of Watkins Quadrangle of New York State, Evelyn Martin drew a set of sun charts. The most important project this year was a relief model of the Susquehanna watergaps near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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TI-IE LEGEND umber 7 -C ommand of Fundamentals Visual Education By JOE FITCH The Kodak Club has just completed its second year of activity, and it has been an interesting and useful one. Besides taking. developing, printing, and exhibiting pictures, it has performed a great service to the school in securing and showing slides to classes, and approximately one hundred films have been distributed to teachers. Another activity has been the showing of several feature length pictures, old favorites such as The Legend of Sleepy l-lollow, Tarzan, The Lost World, and the story of George Rogers Clark at Vincennes. A series of comedies was shown in noon hour periods and a small fee was charged for admission. These films were secured from several sources, among them the Eastman Kodascope Libraries and the Indiana University Film Library. By means of these shows, materials and equipment were ob- tained for visual education at North Side. The school has two motion picture projectors. one of which was purchased this year by the club. The Kodak Club has other interests and activi- ties which have proven worthwhile. There have been two snapshot contests to foster the desire in the members to take, develop, and print their own pictures. Excellent examples of amateur photo- graphs were exhibited at these two contests, which were won by Robert Dull and Joan -Iuday. The club learned much about photography f r o m such speakers as lVlr. Bork- enstein of Jones' Camera Shop, and Nlr. Walter Neu- man. news photographer of the News - Sentinel. Other interesting talks on various phases of photography were given by members of the club. These were by LeRoy Robinson, on Plow lVloving Pictures Begnnf' l-lerman Conrad, The Exposure in Snap - Shot Photography, Elbert Bowen, Construc- tion of the Camera, Ther- esa Neptune, I-listory of Photographygn Robert Dull, Animated Cartoons: and La Vonne Xvaggoner. NA Trip Through a Movie Studio. Allen Wisely gave a demonstration on the making of a pinhole camera, and Keith Howey gave a demonstration of the process of developing and printing. After hearing these interesting talks, the club purchased developing and printing apparatus. The members were taught the process by Jack Anderson, who was placed in charge of this equip- ment. Qther Kodalcers gained excellent experience in news photography by taking moving pictures about the city during Anthony Wayne Weekf, Recognition of the services of the members to the school, and of their accomplishments in pho- tography is made by the awarding of pins. This is done through a point system. When a member has earned fifty points, he receives a silver pin, and for one hundred points a gold pin. The pins are replicas of a folding camera with initials N. S. K. C. on it. The members who have received silver pins are: Robert Dull, Keith Howey, Ed- ward Wilding, Ira Gaslcill, Robert McDowell, Jack Anderson, Helen Dustman, l'lerman Conrad, Le- Roy Robinson. For the first time, gold pins have been awarded to four of the members who have earned one hundred points: Jack Anderson, Rob- ert Dull, Keith l'lowey, and Robert McDowell. First Row: W. Wisely, M. Aitekruse, E. Keim, Welker, R. Dull, L. V. Xvaggoner, juday, H. Dustman, C. Gerard, Miss M. Bash. Second Row: B. McDowell, S. Munger, H. Fritz, K. Howey, A. Hoy, Anderson, H. Kiem, L. Robinson, E. Bowen, H. Conrad, M. Steward. 102

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TI-IE LEGEND They Make Their Mark By GILBERT JOHNSON Rifle Team First Row: E. Houck, T. Neptune, L. Heine, Press- ler, B. Grogg, C. Packer, E, Dunn. Second Row: Miss .Iudith Bowen, Bope, Nlr. Ivy, V. Wagiier, V. Miller. Ping! the bullet whizzed through the air, true to its mark. Such is the achievement that the rifle- men enjoy. In spite of severe losses by graduation and ineligibility, several of last year's varsity men returned to aid the team repeat the successes of last year. Some of this yearis sharpshooters are Oscar Branson, Earl Nicolet, Clifton Sefton, Jake Feichter, D. Pressler, Alouis Heiny, Bruce Grogg, Evelyn Dunn, Theresa Neptune, Charlotte Packer, and Eleanor Houck. Jake was the presi- dent of the Rifle Club this year. The North Side Rifle Team retained the county rifle title by winning by a good margin over the other four teams in the match on March 23, at the Armory. The Redskin sharpshooters had a margin of fourteen points over Arcola, their near- est rival. By virtue of their win, the W. Dick- ens trophy remains in our trophy case. The high point scorers on the North Side team were Bruce Grogg and Louis Heine, who shot totals of 197 out of a possible 200. The team defeated the rifle team of Elmhurst High in a match held at North Side on Monday, February 11. The Elmhurst team, made up of seven boys and one girl, was edged out by ten points by the Reclskin team, having five boys and three girls. The match was close and interesting from start to finish. Jacob Feichter was high- point man for North Side with a score of 99 out of a possible 100. Clifton Sefton, D. Pressler, and Evelyn Dunn tied for second place with 98 each. The rifle team came through with two more wins to add to their eight consecutive victory list, winning from South Side on March 4, and Elm- hurstis sharpshooters on March 12. The match with South Side was the closest of the season, North Side winning by only one point. The total for the match was the Reds 486 to South Side's 485. Theresa Neptune was the high-point scorer in this match with 99 out of a possible 100. In the Elm- hurst meet Bruce Grogg and Theresa were high with 99. The totals, however, were more favorable, being North Side 489, Elmhurst 471. The girls have shown as much ability in this club as the boys and comprise a large part of the membership. The club is a unit of the junior di- vision of the National Rifle Association of Amer- ica. and the members are eligible to receive the dif- ferent awards offered by the national association. These awards, numbering fifteen, are pro-marlcs- man, marksman, marksman first class, sharpshoot- er, nine possible 500V bars, expert rifleman, and distinguished rifleman. Eight members of the varsity squad were award- ed letters during the assembly of the extempor- aneous speaking contest. Those marksmen who were honored include Jacob Eeichter, president: Theresa Neptune, Earl Nicolet, Louis Heine, D. Pressler, Bruce Grogg, Clifton Sefton, and Evelyn Dunn. The team went through the season without a single defeat. Included in these wins was a vic- tory over a rifle team from the Fort Wayne Di- vision of National Guards. After the close of the season, a return match was held with this same National Guard teamg the tables were turned, however, and North Side was nosecl out by a slight margin. This was the third year that the team was an active participant in matches. Two of our marksmen also performed the al- most impossibleg namely, the shooting of a per- fect score. by Theresa Neptune and Earl Nicolet. Mr. 1 lyrle Ivy and Miss Judith Bowen are the advisers of the club, and along with the assistance of Mr. Eldon Schellschmidt were responsible for the achievements of the Redskin Rifle team. These same able coaches have guided their team to two consecutive victories in the County Rifle Tourna- ment. We sincerely congratulate our team on their outstanding achievements and urge them on to greater heights. 104