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

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TI-IE LEGEND Leaving the Ripples Behind By VIRGINIA BLAKLEY Well, it's three-thirty, sighed a girl, glancing at the clock in the classroom opposite her locker. And I suppose I might as well go home. Not that there's anything to do at home, but there's even less to do here. So, I'll go home and mess around till dinner time. then eat, then mess around some more,-maybe glance at my history-and then go to bed. Some life! Oh, well. The girl smeared the last vestige of cleanliness from her face with a grimy, over-rouged powder puff, looked approv- ingly at a smirking Clark Ga- First Row: N. Cannon, Jones, V. Blakley, R. Chapman. A. Wildermuth. ble mgunted in the most gon- Second Row: F, Shitier. G. Graef. M. Wurtenberger, A. Lepper. E. Harrison. spicuous spot of her locker, slammed the lo c k e r door, turned the combination a few notches, pulled her hat down over her eye at an even more jaunty angle, and turned to her friend again. The two walked off down the corridor, the sound of high heels and light laughter drifting back after them. This girl is not an unusual girlg she is typical of many high school students. Her problem is not that of insufficient leisure time. certainly. Rather. it is insufficient knowledge of how wisely to spend her time. What our high school students are needing is not more leisure time. but aid in learning to use it properly. The burden which falls upon the classroom teacher is heavy enough. It is to the club that students must look for guidance in learning to use extra time well. The Quill Club of North Side, advised by Nlr. Charles E. Dickinson, is dedicated to the promot- ing of creative writing in students as one worthy use of leisure time. As its name implies, it takes up the encourage- ment of original writing among students of the two upper classes in whom some measure of abil- ity arouses an interest in the clubis activity. Once each year, to record, in a sense, the prog- ress made by its members in the year and to pre- serve for its satisfaction and the pleasure of other students their best work, the Quill Club publishes Ripples, a literary magazine which contains, be- 99 Third Row: XV. Benningholf, E. Rosenthal, Mr. Chas. Dickinson, R. Thieme. sides the writing of ofiicial Quill Club members. specially selected material from the English classes. expressed both in prose and in poetry. This year the members of Quill Club who worked to put out Ripples comprised fourteen students who met together at intervals throughout the year to criticize one another's stories and to make final selections of the material to be used. Outside contributors numbered approximately sixty. Mr. Dickinson has served as adviser of the Quill Club group since its organization eight years ago. Ir began with much of its present ultimate in view --the publication each year of a literary magazine. Since the issuance of the Hrst Ripples one year after the group organized, in 1928. each year with no exception has seen the publication of another magazine. Its form, too, has been consistent. the same cover design. made by Louis Kenyon, a mem- ber of the first Quill Club, having been in use throughout the years of its publication. The Quill Club spends perhaps less time in meetings than any other North Side organization. yet its accomplishment is probably equally as great as that of any other. That has been the purpose Mr. Dickinson set for the Quill Club: always to spend its time not in meetings and social activities. but instead in writing for personal satisfaction and enjoyment and development of better writing.

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THE LEGEND Qfflrtists Qfilppreciate QArtisan Qfirts By CORNELIUS RYAN Association with the Art Club of North Side High School is practical- ly certain to stimulate a greater appreciation and a broader knowledge of art for whosoever is a member. The increased appreciation and knowl- edge will in turn promote a fuller enjoyment of life and its beauties. And under the leader- ship of the club advisers, Miss B e r n i c e Sinclair and Miss Gertrude Zook. the Art Club has done just that, providing a sense of aesthetic values along with the concrete forms of club fellowship. Membership in the Art Club is not limited to stu- dents in the art depart- ment, but is open to any person who is interested in art in any of its various forms. Nleetlngs have been held monthly, on the second Thursday of each month, and one business meeting of com- mittees and officers every month. Williar1'u Benninghoff, newly-elected president, presided over the first meeting of the year. held September 11. The official slate was completed by Leo Stillpass, Bill Poffenberger. and Dorothy Au- mann as vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. A meeting of the oH'icers later in the week re- sulted in the selection of Helen Dlofson as head of the program committee, with Bob Robinson and Ruth Anna Harrod to assist her. To top off a busy week, the ofhcers chose October 11 as the time, the cafeteria as the place for the freshman party, sponsored by the Art Club. Next on the calendar of the busy club came its major social function, the Art Club dance, given on the eve of the Central football game. A football theme was followed throughout. Pennants of ev- ery university hung from the ceiling, the orchestra played in the shadow of the goal posts, there were grandstands, and to make it complete, there were even football players, as the North Side team members were the honor guests. First Row: P. Fortriede. N. R. Woolever, B. Barth, R. Bixby, D. Auman, B. Reamer, lVl. Johnston, C. DeSpain, M. Byrd, H. Wilson, A. Lusk, Second Row: G. Hades, Martin, V. Garner, D. Fruechtenicht, A. Barth- olomew, R. A. Hat-rod, P. Zickgraf, M. Paulison, L. Hofer, Miss Sinclair. Third Row: G. Jaehn, L. Meyer, Barnes, D. Fisher, L. Stillpass, K, Swift, D. Walda, W. Poffenberger. H. Cook, Dickerson. The coming of St. Nick was observed by the Art Club in traditional style, the cafeteria being the scene of a Christmas party at which seasonal games were played and Christmas carols sung. and even the refreshments were of Yuletide na- ture. Helen Olofson was responsible for the suc- cess of the affair. Plowever, the entire energies of the club were not devoted to public activities, for the programs at the regular club meetings were replete with out- standing talks and lectures by prominent individ- uals. As witness: Mr. Walter C. McBride, head of the Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, whose engrossing exposition of water colors was illus- trated by his own paintingsg Miss Madeline Brok- enfet, native of Belgium, who recounted her life in Belgium and her reactions to America, Mr. Lindsay of Wolf 86 Dessauer's, who enhanced his discussion of house furnishing by display of some lovely modern draperiesg and Dr. Cary, antique collector, who shed a new light on the much- maligned practice of antique collecting. OHicers elected in February are Raymond Bixby, presidentg Dorothy Aumann, vice-president, Betty Reamer, secretaryg Charles DeSpain, treasurer. 98

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TI-IE LEGEND First Row: R. Foehlinger, F. Swanson, B. Kaade, A. Bartholomew, V. Polk, H. Novitsky, B. Lopshire, M. Weikart, A. Rastetter, N. Schlatter, Meeker, F. Shiffer, E. Rosenthal, Miss M. Suter, H. Gillespie, L. Coun- tryman, M. Geyer, M. F. Andrews, D. Koehlinger, P. Cleaver, M. Benninghotf, G. Frank, Walley. Second Row: T. Neptune, K. Plummer, N. R. Woo ever, B. Barth, L. Meyer, L. Countryman, Nl. Johnston, E. Harrison, E. Bowen, Dolan, D. Fisher, F. DeHaven, M. Gallmeyer, B. Emrick, H. Wilson, R. Stanger, E. Gresham, M. Traxler, D. Powley, M. Heaston. Third Row: C. Schroeder, R. Seaman, P. Brurnm, F. Kroemer, N. Seaman, F. Peddie, L. Stillpass, C. Ryan, H. Smenner. D. Allen, G. Huffman, D. Warning, P. Broxon, Mullendore, D. Warner, D. Thieme, B. Dull, B. Moorhead, G. Johnson. They Work as They Tlay By HARRY F. SMENNER, JR. By inculcating a fine and true sense of dram- atics, creating a taste for this diversion, and teach- ing especially the wise use of leisure time, the Student Players, Club under the direction of Miss Marjorie Suter is truly fulfilling the principles of education. More than seventy-five students take an enthusiastic part in the activities of the North Side chapter of the S. P. C. and are members of the classes in dramatics which are taught once a week bv Miss Suter. During the last school year, Edward Rosenthal and James Meeker served as president of the or- ganization and guided the Student Players through a most successful season. Assisting Ed during the first semester were Helen Gillespie in the role of vice-president and Faye Shiffer as secretary. Alice Rastetter and Noble Schlatter assisted Jim during the second semester. The first play of the season, 'Op oi Mc Thumb, was presented October 16, by a selected group consisting of Alice Rastetter, Fred Kroem- er. Dorothea Koehlinger, Margaret Geyer, and Marybelle Gallmeyer. Dickens' The Christmas Carol was given by the club December 17, under the auspices of the North Side Parent-Teachers' Association. Three performances were given. one in the morning for the North Side student body, one in the afte ernoon for a grade school audience, and one in the evening for the entertainment of the general public. The proceeds were distributed among the needy at Christmas time. Members of the club who took part in the presentation are Ed Rosen- thal, Leo Stillpass, Marjorie Snydor, Margaret Johnston, Fred Kroemer, Robert Seaman, Richard Thieme, Margaret Geyer, Herbert Meyer, Frank- lin Peddie, Dorothy Powley, Robert Smith, Rose- mary Stanger, Helen Novitsky, and Faye Shiffer. As a conclusion to a successful season, on May 11, the senior members of the club gave The Charm School. Fred Kroemer and Margaret Geyer were chosen to take the leading roles as Austin Bevins and Elise Benedotti. The rest of the cast included Gilbert Johnson, Charles Schroe- der, Ed Rosenthal, John Dolan, Darwin Allen. Rosemary Stanger, Dorothea Koehlinger, Alice Rastetter, Helen Gillespie, Eleanor Harrison, Flor- ence Swanson, Eaye Shiffer, Marjorie Snydor, Martha Lou Cleaver, Louise Meyer, Virginia Polk, Helen Novitsky, Alice Wildermuth, Betty Morton, and Theresa Neptune. The final meeting of the season took the form of a potluck held in the North Side auditorium. Much credit should be given to the stage crew for the success of the plays. This year Noble Schlatter acted as senior stage manager. He was assisted by Kenneth Landon. Other members of the crew included Keith Howey, Franklin Peddie, Bob Noll, Bob Heiny, and Bob Dull. 100