PJ Jacobs High School - Tattler Yearbook (Stevens Point, WI)

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tots U liib TOP ROW— Caler, Pavlik THIRD ROW — Grencer. Goder, Zeaman. Gruber, DuCharme. Waller, Martens, Hope, Phelan, Blackman. Walls SECOND ROW — Menzel. Diver, Clark, Lueck, Levi, Ludwig, Kraus, Nelson, Zeleski, Hennick BOTTOM ROW — Luebstorf, Lorbeck, Lippner. Kaszubski, Lewis, Wisniewski, Kubisiak, Ross, Olski Under the guidance of Miss Maude Marsh the Monitors ' Club has completed another suc- cessful year. Members of this club were chosen from the junior and senior classes by the facul- ty- This club was organized soon after school opened and began to function at once. Officers elected were: president, Ruth Phelan; vice- president, Albert Grencer; secretary-treasurer, Margaret Lewis. There are twenty-four regular monitors in all. Four are stationed throughout the halls in various parts of the building each period. Their chief duty is to maintain order in the corridors. Each student who walks through the halls dur- ing class time is required to present a hall pass which was obtained from his teacher. If a stu- dent does not possess a pass he is reported to the office. Other duties of the monitors are to act as receptionists to visitors, assist teachers and the office by performing errands. Besides the monitors serving in the halls, a system of stationing girl monitors in the ma- tron ' s room, for the purpose of administrating first-aid each period was successfully estab- lished this year. The Monitors ' Club presented a novel Valentine assembly to arouse pep for the Point vs. Nekoosa basketball game. Four kindergarten Cupids aided the monitors in presenting this assembly. As there were no regularly scheduled meeting dates, meetings were held subject to call of the president or advisor. This club dis- played a fine spirit of cooperation and initia- tive and proved a credit to the school. 24

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TOP ROW — Felker, Reed, Hawley, Kadzielawski, Nyberg, Timmer, Gregor BOTTOM ROW— La Barge, Warbelton, Komasa, Burrnet, Graff. Bentley out freezing the cadets are still on duty. They al- ternate from the school and are on duty for a few minutes at a time. These student police cadets also have a post to serve at football and basketball games. They assist at parades and other events when ever called upon. The maintenance of a student police court is an important part of the cadet system. Students committing an infraction of any of the Cadet Laws are brought before the court. Penalties are hours in detention, the number varying with the nature of the offense. November 14 was the date of the fourth annual Police Cadet dance. As no subject was chosen as a theme, as is the custom for our other dances, the idea of law and order was carried out in the decorations. The last event of the year and the one most enjoyed by the cadets is the annual pic- nic. All the cadets in the city, three hundred strong, are invited. These cadets are rewarded for their faith- ful service at an honor night held at the close of the school year. Outstanding cadets are awarded badges and plaques. 23

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v o . Tn the V. J. Jacobs High School three years of English are compulsory, while the fourth year is elective. The course in English includes literature, composition, and grammar, each one of which might be considered a separate sub- ject. The aim of the teachers is to give the work which will be of practical help in daily life; to speak and write effectively in a clear and socially useful fashion; to read with various purposes, for information and entertainment. Through instruction and practice in the funda- mental processes the pupil gains certain habits and skills. He learns to reason, to talk correct- ly, to write intelligently, and to search for and organize material that he may need. An extensive reading program outside of the regular class room is carried on. Pupils are urged to read both fiction and non-fiction books that are interesting to them and that are at their age level. This year the department of English sponsored a book-of-the-month club. In the first semester seven hundred and twenty new books were purchased by six hundred and twelve pupils at an average cost of twenty-three cents per pupil. The books were taken from the list recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English. At the time of the Red Cross drive each student in every English class wrote an essay on the subject What the Red Cross Means to You as a class room assignment. The first prize, a ten dollar defense saving ' s stamp was won by Katherine Hope, a junior. Five dollars in defense saving ' s stamps as a second prize Elhel Baerwalt, Ethel MacDonald, Zilphia Krembs, Marguerite Smith, Florence Kostecki, Margaret Ryan, Marion Wilson was awarded to Dorothy Wisniewski, a senior. Other winners were Jack Jayne, a senior, three dollars; Delores Preston, a senior, two dollars; Joyce Diver, a senior, June Olson, a sopho- more, Jeanne Schlies and Arlene Koshollek, freshmen, and Tom Raabe, a junior, one dollar each. These prizes were donated by the Lulla- bye Furniture Company to arouse interest in the local Red Cross Drive. To encourage creative writing, the depart- ment of English publishes a book called The Firefly. Each teacher contributes the best crea- tive writing which her students have done as a regular class assignment during the year. The students are very proud to have their stories, essays, book reviews, and poems in this book. This year, with the cooperation of the Art Department, the book has a very attractive cover which was made by a student in an art class. As in former years, the typing was done in the Office Practice Class, and the printing by the students in the print shop. I- 25