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

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XJ? . BOEIOITI ROYVI A few people have made the writing in The Northerner exceptionally good. Really behind the sheet are Alice Ludwig. Green Menace Rob- erts, Publisher Bill Gerhard, Charles Parrish. and Sports Wfriters Jim Xveatherholt, and Dick Hammett. The Northerner has had a record circulation and these home room agents have been ex- cellent newsboys. Front Row: P. Bailey. P. DeHaven. D. Chambers, O'Day, Stiifler. E. Kauffman. Back Row: B. Morton. C. Lewis, D. Needham, L. Knepper, A. Byers. M. Gregg. BEHIND THE SHEET By ROSE STEIBER Through eleven years of publication. The Northerner has continued to malce progress and has by continued effort, risen to the highest peak of high school journalistic achieve- ment. In the fall The Northerner received two awards, the Quill and Scroll International Rating denoting a paper of Superior rank, the highest award given. and first place in a contest sponsored by the chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalistic fraternity. at Indiana Uni- versity. for schools with an 800-1500 enrollment. The Northerner was on display at the State Fair at Indianap- olis in the Indiana University Building. In the spring, two distinctive honors were added. The National Scholastic Press Association again awarded The Northerner the highest rating, that of All-Ainerican news- paper. for its general excellence in all divisions. The sports pages were considered unusually excellent. At the journalism Field Day conducted by Butler Univer- sity at Indianapolis on April 15. The Northerner received two honors: a gold cup for having the best sports pages of any high school paper in the state. irrespective of size. and second place for having the best all-round paper of any school in the state with an enrollment of over l.000. Many individual awards were received by the Redslcin journalists. with Bill Gerhard placing first in a National Anti-Tuberculosis news-writing contest: Alice Ludwig re- ceiving fifth place in feature writing in the East Central States Quill and Scroll division: and Jean Scott and George Kinne receiving honorable mention in news judgment and advertising writing. respectively. Advised by Miss Rowena Harvey, The Northerner marched on to greater heights with Rose Steiber. Shelly Vyagner. jean Scott. Ellen Kattell, Isobel Fraser. William Gerhard. and Richard Till serving as publishers. Philip Olofson was editor of the Tournament News. A majority of the major staff positions was held by graduating seniors. Mary Waller served in the capacity of managing editorg Charles Parish, feature editor: Arthur Crayton. advertising managerg Luella Liff, auditorg Virgil Kelpin. credit managerg Jim Weatherholt. sports editorg and Alice McGahey, circulation manager. Other positions filled by underclassmen were: News- editor, Helen Curdesg co-copy editors, Norma Dannenfelser and Margery Kennedyg tie up advertising manager, Kate Gerig. and assistant circulation managers. Fahma North, Wanda Foster, Shirley Field, and Paula Bailey. The year's special activities included a tea dance in September, an assembly on Spoolcs and Fraudsf' and trips to Indianapolis and Washington. D. C.

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EW? Top Row: Behind the sheets of The Northerner are fl great many people who do herculean jobs writing news, features, and editorials, and soliciting advertising. Those that have performed nobly are pictured in the first picture. Front Row: L, Eberlnach, C. Figel, lW. Bates, B. Dale, H. Curdes, A, Aiken. B. Frankenstein, A. Ludwig, Nl. Kennedy, N. Dannenfelser, Tobias, B. McConnell. Back Row: H. Franke, Wehrenberg, V. Vandenliferg, M. Harvey. R. Creager, B. Neidharr. Oxley. R. Rich- ards, C, Lewis, A. Stavenlk, E. O'Day, H. Starke. Alice lVlcGahey, Kathryn Gerig and Art Ctayton have performed well in their business capacities. Alice cap- ahly managed circulation while the others directed ad- -DS vertising. They have been caught loahng in the sec- ond picture. Middle Row: Five little misses who work for the paper are Shirley Field, Wanda Foster. Luella Liff, Fahma North and Julia Falvy. They capably hold down the positions of circulation assistants and auditor. Vergil Kelpin, our credit manager, and Virginia Bern- ing hang up another of the many certificates of award that The Northerner consistently receives. Overseers, really, but publishers by name are Ellen Kattell and Rose Steiber, seateclg Isobel Fraser, Dick Till, Jean Scott, Sheldon Wagner, Phillip Olofson, standing.

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EXQUILLENCE IN SCROLLS FRGM 1500 It could probably be traced back to that bald- headed monk. He plucked a plume one day from some feathered animal. clipped it in some con- cocted potion. and bedeck- ed a parchment of pound- ed leaves. And some way or other through the mo- notonous centuries, we have the Quill and Scroll. It probably originated thereg at least, for the present we will place the blame thereon, To receive membership in this organization. the prospect must be in the upper part of his class must have made some pal- pable dent in the journal- ism block, and received the approval of a national secretary. It the prospect is found to be possessed of these three prerequisites he becomes a member. I-Ie re- ceives the Quill and Scroll pin, golden with the feather and scrollg and monthly an issue of the national Quill and Scroll magazine finds its way to his door. These com- prise the material awards to be had. Miss Rowena Harvey generally announces the members at a Northerner and Legend potluck in April. A glance through the file book in the North- erner room would give the names of those who have 1 made 1500 or more points. These comprise the jour- nalism club. Isobel Fraser. publisher of the paper during the month of March, was given the presidential throne, Alice lVlcGahey. vice-presidentg Tom Sued- hoff, treasurer, and Shel- By WILLIAM GERHARD Quill and Scroll First Row: I, Fraser, R. Steiber, Scott, A, lVlcGahey. Second Row: C. Parish, Young, R. Harvey. E, Kattell, S. Wagner. Third Row: O. Kenyon. A. Craytori, B. Gerhard. Upon becoming a member of this club. the stu- dent receives the fifteen hundred club pin. em- blematic of the matrix. Upon earning an addi- tional fifteen hundred points he receives a silver ping five thousand points entitle him to the gold ping and with ten thousand points, he has the coveted gold-jeweled pin. :fvgsset Q93 First Row: S. Vvagner, F. North, Am, Ludwig, E. Kattell, Al Ludwig, R. Steiber, I. Fraser, A. lVIcGahey, D, Roberts, Second Row: D. Till, E. O'Day, M. Harvey, A. Stavenik, P. Olofson, Weath- erholt, E. Figel, D. Becker, K. Gerig. Third Row: A, Bartholomew, O. Kenyon, D. Needham, B. Gerhard, D. Ham- CIOH Wagner, Secretary- mm. A. Crayton, C. Petting, A. Aiken. 12