Palmer High School - Palmerite Yearbook (Palmer, NE)

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enior Record OCTOBER 16, 1941 This week the English class has spent their time worrying about the six weeks test and learning the poem On His Blindness by John Milton. To add to our worries we read the poem Death , by Raleigh. It's not what we call an interesting subject. Bump into someone and watch their reaction. That was rather an interesting assignment. At least the Directed Speech class thought it was However it was decided quite de- finitely that we were only to bump into one person. We find Directed Speech very interesting. especially so, since we've been studying about facial expressions, and thoughts conveyed by the eyes. We have learned that body actions play a very definite part in a speech. For a change Miss Kutcher gave us a five minute speed test instead of the usual ten minute one. The were as follows: Beulah scores Clarke, 53 words per minute: John Golden 45 words per minute: and Milton Suck 44 words per minute. OCTOBER 23, 1941 In English Literature class we are now studying Hamlet one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies It is considered one of his most in- spiring dramas. In Directed Speech we are study- ing about the effect of body move- ment while giving a speech. We learned that by actually thinking what we said, the body would res- pond accordingly. We also gave a speech this week illustrating some peculiar mannerisms of speakers which we had noticed. We had two speed tests this week in Typing. The scores in the first test were: Beulah Clarks, 53 words per minute: John Golden, 45 words per minute: and Milton Suck, 44 words per minute. The other test, which was supposed to be five min- utes long, but turned out to -be 515 minutes, John Golden had the high- est score, typing 61 words per min. SSN!- Beulah: Mother, there isn't any harm in walking in the park with a young man after dark, is ther'? Mother: No, not if you keep on walking. When I was young, I of- ten went walking in the park at night. Beulah: And did you keep on walking? Mother: Hush,-- it's time for you to go to bed. Lafe: Care to buy a letter opener? Speck: No thanks, I've got a wife. OUR FAVORITE SONGS Christian Burkhardt: Sunrise Serenade Margaret Burkhardt: -Star Over the Campus 'Clyde Burton: .......... Stardust Beulah Clarke: .... Maria Elena Carl Davison: ............. Delores Leroy Doncheske: .... Hut Sut .Song Virginia Gee: .......... You and I John Golden: . . . . . .Chattanooga Choo Choo Virginia Hodge: ......What Word Is Sweeter Than Sweetheart? Vivian Newlonz .. . . . .Down by the Old Mill Stream Milton Suck: ........ 'Til Reveille Robert Taylor: . .. . . .I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire. Dorothy Weber: A city Called Hea- ven. Lorene VVhited: ...... Goodbye Dear I'll be Back in a Year. Marion Winche'l: Pretty Coed has gone to my Head. Onilee Winvhell: ...... Good bye Dear, I'll be back in a Yrar. Louis Zuehlke: .............. Yours Martin Carlson: Hear a Thrush at Eve Miss Kutcher: ...... La Golondrina Miss Ericson: . . . . . .The Blue Daube Waltz Mr. Marshall: ............. Clouds OCTOBER 39. 1941 The twelfth grade English class is still reading about Hamlet, which is in many ways similar to Macbeth. Here's a version of the way Shakes- peare writes: Eddie Canter phoned Maurice Evans, who is rehearsing for a new fall production of Macbeth. A page boy summoned the Shakespearean actor to the phone. Evans lifted the receiver and said: Hail Edward. What's cooking with thee? We have taken a five minute speed test nearly every day in typing class: The three highest scores obtained were: John Golden, 67 words per min- ute: Robert Taylor, 60 words per minute: and Beulah Clarke 54 words per minute. The -biology class finished their experiment on the starfish and have started to experiment with the frogs. Our laboratory period Tuesday was spent in drawing the outside and the inside of the frog. These frogs were the ones that had been in the form- aldehyde. Thursday we are going to PAL ERITE experiment with one of the live frogs that we have had in the laboratory since the beginning of school. NOVEMBER 6.1941 In English we have finished Ham- let, and are looking forward to the much dreaded test. I think most of the class have enjoyed the Shakes- pearean play. Miss Ericson :If Shakespeare were alive today, he would be famous. Clyde : Naturally, he'd be over 300 years old. Each member of the Directed Speech class were asked to describe some building. Prince's store was des- cribed twice as there was a difference of opinion.. Even the Archer gro- cery store was described. The class as a whole is learning to speak with more ease and confidence. Imagine--this week we didn't have a speed test! However, we had an assignment which 'made up for it. NOVEMBER 13,1941 The twelfth grade English class are now writing short stories. We had a choice between reading As You Like It , which is one of Shake- spear's comedies, or writing a short story. We were informed, however, we would have to do both sometime, so I'm not sure if you'd call it a choice or not. We took two typing tests this Week, so I averaged each person's scores. The results were: Beulah Clarke, 45 words per minute: Robert Taylor, 44 words per minute: John Golden, 43 words per minute: and Virginia Gee, 42 words per minute. The Biology class has just re- ceived three new books on the study of insects, birds, and animal life. They describe every kind of insect there is and tell how to dissect them. Everyone in high school has enjoyed this privilege of watching a ,frog's blood circulate, and watching his heart beat. We also have a new aquarium of live animals, such as gold fish, turtles, and salamanders. One of our salamanders has escaped. l...1...1.. Virginia. I don't think I should get zero in this exam. Miss Kutcher: I know it, but it's the lowest mark there is.

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enicl' Reecrd Lua. .Inu By Beulah Clarke SEPTEMBER 11, 1941 The seniors thought the first day of school started off very satis- factorily. It was not definitely de- cided as to what subjects were to be taught. However it has been de cided hat we are to have Shorthand II and Algebra II, and so everyone is satisfied. In English we have a consider- able amount of history and we have read some of the older narrative poetry of which the authors are un- known. We are now reading Chau- cer's Canterbury Tales. Friday we took a speed test in typing. The highest scores were a' follows: John Golden, 51 words per minute: Robert Taylor, 46 word: per minute: ard Virginia Hodge 45 words per minute. Virginia Hodge typed for five minutes without er'- rors. This year we have a large class in Directed Speech. There are both juniors and seniors in this class One of the first questions asked in our class was, Why do peopl- talk? 'That was 'rather a dif- ficult question, don't you think? We are learning to direct our speeches toward a definite goal, ad- justing the means of expression tr- fit the needs of the situation. Fri- day we recited poems, trying to ex- press the feeling of the author. Speaking before the class gives us more self-confidence and ease 'be- fore an audience. To give a success- flll Slleeclr one must learn to act natural before an audience. At our class meeting Wednesday morning, Clyde Burton was elected president: Dorothy Weber was elec- ted vice-presidentg and Onilee Win- chell was elected secr'etary-treasur- er. Mr. Carlson was chosen to be our sponsor. . SEPTEMBER 18, 1941 The seniors have received as many tests as usual this week. We are about ready to take up the strdy of Shakespeare in English class. In typing the scores in the speed test were as follows: John 46 words per minute: Vi rginia G., 42 words per minute: Milton, 41 words per minute. In Directed Speech we have chang- ed teachers. We think Mr. Carlson thought we were impossible so we now have Miss Ericson as our teacher. We have to begin by giving a speech Tough luck! Due to the fact that we have but two microscopes in the biology class we were afraid of a slight handicap when the time came for microscopic study, however we will soon be us- ing a new micro-projector. This equipment is designed especially for high schools and projects onto a screen or wall where the whole class can study it at the same time. Another piece of new equipment which we will have soon is an aquarium or glass tank in which living specimens may be kept and the plants growing in chemicals may be studied. SEPTEMBER 25, 1941 Friday found us taking another speed test in typing. The scores were as follows: Virginia Gee and Beulah Clark, 43 words per minute: The 12th gade English class is reading Shakespeare's famous play. Macbeth. The underlying theme is the destructive effect of misdirect- ed ambition. This play, often re- ferred to as, a tempest set to mu- sic, tells about the tragedy that be falls the ambitious general, Mac- beth. We are having a little trouble in Directed Speech in convincing some of the cliss that it's necessary while taking this subject to stand in front of the class, and give a speech. No- tice I said, star1d in front of the class, because we do have a con- siderable number that like to give corfidential speeches to their neigh- bors. We are looking forward to getting our new books this week. SENIOR CLASS MEETING The Seniors held a meet ng Sept 22 to elect the Palmerite staff. The following were Milton Suck: Beulah Clarke: Robert Taylor: John Golden: Carl Davison: ' Beulah Clarke: Virginia Gee: Clyde Burton: John Golden: Beulah Clarke: Elma Burton: Sue Golden: Lorena Fishel: e,e:ted or chosen: Editor-in-ch'ef Assistant Editor Advertising Comm Humor Column Snapshot Editor Sports Editor Senior News Reporter Junior News Reporter Sophomore News Reporter Freshman News Reporter Dorothy Weber: lst, 2nd, 3rd anu 4th Grade Reporter Onilee Winchell: 5th, 6th, 7th and Sth Grade Reporter By the Sec.-Treas., OCTOBER 2, 1941 Ore of our interesting assignments in Directed Speech this week was to read a poem in monotone and then read it correctly. Sometimes we were very mrch confused as to whether we were reading in monotone or if we were reading it correctly. The assignment sounded easy but we found it quite difficult. Our new 'books have arrived. They are es- pecially written for high school stu- dents and therefore we find them much more interesting than the others. The advanced typing class is slow- ly but surely increasing their speed. The scores for this week are: Vir- ginia Gee, 45 words per minute: Beu- lah Clarke, 44 words per minute: Robert Taylor 43 words per minute. Second year shorthand are now working for an increase in speed. Nearly everyone in the class can have managed to take 70. However, take 60 words per minute and a few at that rate of reading Miss Kutcher States that she usual.y hears Whoa from several members of the class. OCTOBER 9, 1941 This week the senior class enjoyed i???J a longer assignment in typi g. We don't know whether we're im- proving or not but Miss Kutcher evidently thinks so. The scores are: Beulah Clarke, 47 words per minute, Robert Taylor 46 words per minute, and Virginia Gee 43 words per' min- ute. .lust when we think we're get- ting to be better and faster typers we start going backwards instead of forwards. This week the Biology class is stud- ying about the different kinds of cells We also have studied about the life of insects, and how they live. The English class has discovered that it has some very promising young authors. We have -been study- ing Lyric poetry, which expresses the feelings of the author. Mis Ericson had everyone in the class write a poem of at least six stanzas. The senior class enjoyed a theatre party Tuesday night at St. Paul. The name of the show was, Shepherd of the Hills. A good time was had by all.

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enior Record I NOVEMBER 20, 1941 The English class has had quite a time writing their short stories. Some of them didn't know how to be- gin them, while others couldn't de- cide where to end them. They were due last Friday. We now plan to read As You Like It , one of Shapes- peare's outstanding comedies. The typing class has been under- taking something new, which I failed to mention last week. We are typ- ing to music. I think almost all of us enjoy the one day a week set a- side for this purpose. The scores for this week were: Beulah, 5? words per minute: Bob, 51 words per minute: John 46 words per minute: and Onilee, 44 words per minute. Almost all of the students in the advanced shorthand class can easily take 65 words per minute. They are taking letters and having to tran- scribe them the next day. They have a little trouble transcribing the letters unless they do it immediately. NOVEMBER 27,1941 We are reading Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It. Our six weeks test was over the first two acts of the play. Tuesday, the Directed Speech class were in high spirits as they took their seats, as there was no given assignment. However, when Miss Ericson tated that we would take our six weeks test, an i mpromptu speech, everyone tried to remember an appointment which they had somewhere else. A few of the class felt rather sick. One of the topics which the students seemed to like to talk on was, School As I Should Like To Run lt. The scores in typing this week were as follows: Beulah 47 words per minute: Virginia Gee, 46 words per minute: and Robert Taylor, 46 words per minute. I guess things are going from bad to worse. DECEMBER 4,1941 The typing scores for this week were as follows: Robert Taylor, 54 words per minute: Beulah Clarke, 50 words per minute and John Golden 49 words per minute. The Directed Speech class is plan- ning to have an imaginery athletic banquet. We are using the theme, Pep Rally. Last Monday we studied the pronunciation of a number of words. The English Literature class had a very difficult task this week. We memorized one of the speeches in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Some of the class gave it orally and the rest wrote it. The second year shop class are making veneer pictures. They hope to have good results. DECEMBER 11,1941 Unexpectedly the 12th Engilsh class took a test over the third act of As You Like It and it wasn't as we liked it. We look forward to bet- ter days in the future. The Directed Speech class pre- pared a second Imaginary banquet this week. The theme was Spring Time. The students who prepared their speehes did very well. We took both a 5 minute and 10 minute speed test this week Scores in the five minute test were: John. 56 words per minute: Beulah, 53 words per minute: and Milton 49 per minute. Scores in the 10 minute speed test were: Beulah 53 words per minute: John -50 words per min- ute: Robert 46 words per minute. DECEMBER 18, 1941 Friday the seniors took a test over the entire play, As You Like It. We are now starting to read from our text books. The Puritan period will be studied first. The Directed Speech class has been having lessons in spelling. They are an indirect result of not -being quiet at the right time and of being too quiet at the wrong time. This week we had a 15 minute speed test. The scores were: Beulah, 55 words per minute: Robert Taylor,53 words per minute: Onilee Winchell 44 words per minute. Last Monday night the seniors en- joyed a party in the gym. This is the first party we've ever had when every member of the class was pre- sent. We played several games and folk dances. While the girls were fixing the lunch, we found we had some acrobats in our class. A good time was had by all. Milton: I'm in a hurry. Give me a gallon of gasoline. Bob: What are you doing-weam ing your car? PAL RIT! SENIORS' CHRISTMAS WISHES Lorene Whited: Popeye dolly. Onilee Winchell: A Hillbilly band Vivian Newlonz Apron with Strings. Marion Winchell: A Little Candy Sweetheart. Louis Zuehlke. A Santa Claus tummy . Christian Burkhardt: Flying Dutchman fa toy shipl. LeRoy Doncheske: Gee, what dif- ference does it make. Milton Suck: A Chevy with heat- er. John Golden: Chu Chu train headed for C. C. Dorothy Weber: Million dollars on a golden platter. Margaret Burkhardt: Everything she hasn't got. Beulah Clarke: A little red tele- phone. Virginia Gee: Little brown jug- full. Clyde Burton: A bicycle built for two. Robert Taylor: An automatic re- volver-bang- bang! Carl Davison: I Donna care, Virginia Hodge: A dydee dolly. Coach: A good looking School- ma'am. Miss Ericson: A car with a bat- tery. ' Miss Kutcher: Little Penny Piggy Bank. Mr. Marshall: Frogs, bugs. mice. Dear Santa: I'm sorry I had to intercept these letters but it was necessary. Please forgive me. JANUARY 1, 1942 In English we have finished reading the Puritan period and are patiently waiting for the test. Miss Ericson thinks we need more, and better grades in this subject. We had speeches to inform and gave speeches on men and women of importance. We are now writing ra- dio dialogues. The typing scores were as follows: John Golden 48 words per minute: Virginia Gee 44 words: and Bob Tay- lor 44 words per minute. This was a fifteen minute test.