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

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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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THE LEGEND Charming Seniors in Charm School By DOROTHEA BAYER V Charming, indeed, was the senior play of 35, uThe Charm Schoolf, This humorous, fanciful play, directed by our own Susie Suter, gave added lustre to the activities of this year's grad- uating class. With such famed dramatists as Fred Kroerner, Eddie Rosenthal, and Margaret Geyer taking the leading parts, is it any wonder that the production was such an eminent success? The greater part of the play is built around a strict boarding school, which, in the end, is trans- formed into a Charm School. The curtain opens on the scene of a boys' apartment. Jim and Tim, the twins, have just lost their jobs, and the rest of the boys are also sadly in need of money. Aus- tin Bevins, who is hopelessly in love with a lass, arrives on the scene. He. too, is discouraged because of lack of dough-re-me. But, harkl The phone rings and a Mr. Johns informs Austin that his aunt has died and Austin inherits a girls' boarding school. Mr. Johns, the villain of the play, holds the mortgage on the school, but he promises Austin he will not foreclose if he does not fall in love with any of the girls, and if he will let Miss Hays. Mr. John's former wife, be put at the head. Aus- tin agrees to this proposition. Austin takes full charge of the school. His friends help him as instructors, dancing teachers, and what notl The girls are practically on the verge of striking, but when they see their hand- some president, they immediately change their minds. Their powder-blue uniforms and black cotton stockings are changed to feminine, fluffy dresses, and instead of Latin, mathematics, and similar dry subjects, the girls are instructed in the qualities of charm. George, one of the boys, falls in love with Elise, a niece of Mr. Johns, but she won't give him a tumble, as she is in love with Austin. Elise, using poor penmanship as a ruse, writes notes to her beloved in- structor, thus causing George to fly into a tantrum of jeal- ousy. As Austin pays no atten- tion to her, she runs away and Austin thinks it his duty to go after her. It is the belief of all the girls that they have eloped. 101 The curtain next opens on the love-sick couple slowly nearing home in a buggy. Austin, who suddenly realizes his love for Elise, drove so fast to find her that he wrecked his car, and hence a long, tiresome f?l, all-night buggy ride home in a storm. Thus ends Charm School -and, as in all good fairy tales, they live happily ever after. Fred Kroemer and Margaret Geyer were chosen for the leading roles as Austin Bevins and Elise Benedotti. Gilbert Johnson. portrayed George Boyd, and Charles Schroeder did exceptionally fine acting in the role of David. Ed Scrooge,' Rosenthal Uscroogedn some more by being Mr. Johns, while the parts of Tim and Jim, the twins, were taken by John Dolan and Darwin Allen. Rosemary Stanger and Dorothea Koehlinger had the difficult task of being the Misses Hays and Curtis, respectively. The part of Sally Boyd fitted our own little actress. Alice Ras- tetter, to a T , We must not leave out the rest of the charm- ing girls, Helen Gillespie. as Nluriel Doughty, Eleanor Harrison, as Ethel: Florence Swanson, as Alix, Faye Shiflrer, as Madge: Marjorie Snydor. as Lillian, Peggy Cleaver, as Dotsieg Louise Meyer, as Marsha White, Virginia Polk. as Beverly, and Helen Novitsky. Betty Morton and Theresa Nep- tune. My lines, my lines, I've forgotten my lines, were the words that ran through many a senior player's head right in the middle of a sentence. But there was no need for worry. as up piped a small but mighty voice of the prompters, Betty Morton, Lou Meyer, or Theresa Neptune. First Row: H. Gillespie, D. Koehlinger. M. Geyer, F. Kroemer, E. Rosenthal, R. Stanger, E. Harrison, A. Rastetter. Second Row: Miss Suter, H. Novitsky, B. Morton, T. Neptune, F. Shiffer, M. Snydor, L. Meyer. V. Polk, P. Cleaver. Third Row: F. Swanson, C. Schroeder. D. Allen. J. Dolan, N. Schlatter G. Johnson, A. Wildermuth.

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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.